Unsolved Case of the Vertig-Oh no's, 2017. Acrylic and latex paints, wax marker, ribbon, shoelaces, laundry detergent cap and other found objects on wood with linoleum. 40” x 30” x 9”. Photo courtesy of Derek Macario. This! Here's an excerpt from a humbling interview with self-described “itinerant” Colombian-American artist Kat Geng: Kat Geng (KG): "... I did an installation called "If I Had a Bathroom" on a 16-foot box truck in a parking lot at The Parking Lot Art Fair. That was really exciting to me because it was the beginning of me experimenting with shared experiences and immersive installations. We live in all these people’s homes and it’s very intimate. I live among all of their belongings, I have a good sense, not of every aspect of their lives, but certain things that are generally more private. And we’re total strangers. They’re not friends, often they become friends but they don’t usually start as friends. And I was thinking what is one of
I Like Purple (D6506), Sara Malpass, 2014. The last of my trio of features on art studios in the Bay Area for adults with developmental differences. Here's an excerpt from my profile of NIAD or Nurturing Independence through Artistic Development Art Center (formerly The National Institute of Art and Disabilities) for Nat. Brut: "In the ceramic area, I make my way over to speak with a woman named Karen May, who informs me that she was a little girl before she was born. Puzzled, I say to her, “That sounds complicated,” and she continues her story unphased, without further explanation. Apparently, sometimes her brother comes to take her out for lunch dates. When I ask her where she is from, I don’t get a clear answer. This bob-and-weave continues as our stream of consciousness conversation winds around. We talk about how she cares about people being nice to her. She informs me that she wants other people not to bother her while she’s making work. I ask if our conversation
I had the good pleasure of speaking with Miss Wanda Sabir this morning on her radio show Wanda's Picks. Ms. Sabir is a writer radio host, and teacher who runs the site Wanda's Picks , which she describes as a black events resource. Check out the whole episode here:
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