Jon Kessler, Part II

by Sandra Orellana Sears, July 2012. In this month’s Oral History Initiative, we pick up where we left off with Jon Kessler. In Part II, Kessler discusses his decision to opt out of grad school, the collision of opposites in his work and the way he finds balance in making art and music. Audio + Transcript…

Interview: Judd Morrissey and Mark Jeffery, Chicago

by Anthony Romero, July 2012 “A project encompasses the making of something thatdoes not rely on or is dependent on work to appear.”– Paul Chan Judd Morrissey and Mark Jeffery have been executing projects together for the past nine years. Their innovative use of technology and choreography has yielded a rich body of work that…

Fashioning the Object, The Art Institute of Chicago

by India Nicholas, July 2012 Fashioning the Object at the Art Institute of Chicago, showcasing designers Bless, Boudicca and Sandra Backlund, subverts any expectation you may have going into a fashion exhibition. These three names, known for their respective innovations in the fashion community, harbor different aesthetics that nevertheless ring similar in many regards. They all…

Trisha Brown at the Venice Biennale

by Sandra Orellana Sears, July 2012 Since its inception, the Venice Biennale has expanded to become an interdisciplinary venue for all things contemporary. An ongoing international workshop for the experimental and the cutting-edge, the Biennale has transformed to include Art, Architecture, Music, Cinema, Theatre and, most recently, Contemporary Dance. Veteran visitors will affirm that at…