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Posted November 2nd, 2009 by Kate. Filed under Art, Current Events, New Media

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Flashy? No. Practical? Oh yes. If you’ve ever wondered how much dish soap you really need, this blog is for you. This local appliance blog gives you tips and tricks that might help you save serious moolah come the winter season. And it’s coming soon.

ArtBabble Video: Jean Shin: Common Threads

Artist Jean Shin and Curator Joanna Marsh discuss the exhibition Jean Shin: Common Threads at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Topics include: new work commissioned by the American Art Museum titled Everyday Monuments, a cityscape constructed from losing lottery tickets called Chance City, and Unraveling, an installation inspired by the complexities of the Asian American Art community.

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The Pharmacy

Posted October 26th, 2009 by Kate. Filed under Art, New Media, Technology

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http://www.beardrevue.com

Blog: beard revue

It’s all about the beards, people. This blog has a simple description: ‘Review, commentary & discussion for the beard enthusiast. Up the beard ratio!’

ArtBabble Video: Creation of a Tibetan Mural

Pema Rinzin paints a mural of the Buddhist Guardian Kings of the Four directions. Pema Rinzin on his personal decision to paint the Four Great Guardian Kings: “They are unique imagery in that they are solid; they are protectors; and they are closest to our human form. For example, in Tibet at the largest monasteries like Drepung, all the Guardian Kings are in the front of the monastery. I thought they would also protect us here in the United States and at the Rubin Museum.

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Tags: art blog, ArtBabble, beard revue, IMA Blog, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Kate Franzman, madre jeronima, rob stein, rubin museum, Sacred Spain, TAP
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The Pharmacy

Posted October 19th, 2009 by Kate. Filed under Art, Current Events, Local, New Media

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Blog: LaundroMatinee

The idea for LaundroMatinee.com came from the creators of renowned local blog My Old Kentucky Blog when they started inviting bands in to record small radio sessions at Pendleton Heights High School in the small, quiet town of Pendleton, Indiana. The founders shared an equally passionate love of independent music as well as an overwhelming compulsion to share it with others. Watch exclusive stripped-down and intimate recording sessions in sometimes unusual locations.

ArtBabble Video: Thought Process: An Interview with Joshua Mosley

This teen-produced interview with Joshua Mosley focuses on the artist’s mixed-media installation, dread (2007), which consists of a short animated film and five bronze sculptures that philosophically explores the human necessity to confront and apprehend nature. Mosley’s labor-intensive practice combines computer animation, stop-motion animation, digital sound, sculpture, as well as his own music and dialogue. In the film, an animated photographic forest is the background against which two characters–modeled on French philosophers Jean Jacques Rousseau and Blaise Pascal–hold a conversation on the relationship between God-given natural order, free will, and the human and animal conditions.

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Tags: art blog, gilbert Stuart, IMA Blog, Indianapolis Museum of Art, indy goth, joshua mosley, Kate Franzman, laundromatinee, myoldkentuckyblog, young woman
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The Pharmacy

Posted September 21st, 2009 by Kate. Filed under Art, Current Events, Design, New Media, Technology

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kottke.org

Blog: kottke.org (thanks @cmalexander!)

Pronounced “cot”- “key”…I’m still not entirely sure how to describe this blog. I remember looking at it the first time and being, well, underwhelmed by the overly simple design. But as one scrolls down the pages, one is confronted with nugget after nugget of outrageously interesting info. It’s about the content, people. One of the many descriptions on the About page reads: “An attempt to track and make sense of “material that connects the insights of science and culture, rather than using one to dismantle the other” (as Steven Johnson puts it).” I describe it as: clever, clever, clever.

ArtBabble Video: Artist Talk: Nic Hess

For the Hammer’s Lobby Wall, Swiss artist Nic Hess presents Automatic Crash Response, a mixture of images in tape ranging from tombstone- like monuments of several recently failed banks, animals, how-to exercise diagrams, a generic shopping cart, the USPS logo and more to weave a lyrical quasi-narrative left for the viewer to decode. Nic Hess discusses Automatic Crash Response, as well as his other works.

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Tags: art blog, ArtBabble, blond angel, hammer, IMA Blog, Indianapolis Museum of Art, john currin, Kate Franzman, kottke.org, Meg Liffick, nic hess, obama
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The Return of Polaroid

Posted September 10th, 2009 by Kate. Filed under Art, Current Events, New Media

Hey, remember this post? It wasn’t too long ago that we heard the news that Polaroid was stopping production of its iconic instant film. Well, guess what? It’s back!

image from Flickr user * f l o r

With the help of Urban Outfitters and The Impossible Project, Polaroid film will be back in production in 2010. When Polaroid stopped manufacturing instant film in 2008, The Impossible Project bought all the equipment and machinery. This year, Urban Outfitters will release 700 limited edition sets of Polaroid cameras and one pack of Polaroid film. Eventually, they’ll sell film packs too.

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