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Book Launch for New Geographies #1

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Yesterday, the Storefront for Art and Architecture launched #1 (meaning, technically, #2) of the new urbanism/architecture/design journal, “New Geographies”. This issue explores the conditions...

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Sat, Jul 4 2009

Madonna Minter

The lush paintings of Marylin Minter seem to have found the best place in the form of video wall paper for Madonna’s tour. ...

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Wed, Jul 1 2009

Domesticating the German Pavilion

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The German Pavilion at the 53rd Venice Biennale breaks with tradition by exhibiting the work of British-born artist Liam Gillick. When I approached the pavilion, I saw Liam Gillick and my former professor...

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Sat, Jun 13 2009

The Europe of Strangers

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Artists representing their countries at the Venice Biennale face the task of making their work fit into their country’s pavilion. Automatically, the work becomes site and situation specific. While...

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Wed, Jun 10 2009

Reciprocal Representation

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2009, Cooper Union’s 150th anniversary, has been a particularly high-profile year for the school. After three years of construction, the massive New Academic Building has finally taken shape on...

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Thu, May 21 2009

Department “E” against art in Russia.

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Artyom Loskutov, an artist and political and cultural activist, was arrested on May 15th in Novosibirsk, one of the largest industrial Russian cities. On May 20th, a local judge decided to keep Loskutov...

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Wed, May 6 2009

Cooper Union Interdisciplinary Seminar Archives Released

We are happy to announce that SMAC is starting a collaboration with the Cooper Union Interdisciplinary Seminar. The series organizers Doug Ashford and Walid Raad have chosen the best talks from their...

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Wed, Apr 15 2009

SMAC Video Honored by The 13th Annual Webby Awards

We are happy to announce that a SMAC video about a solar powered media wall in Beijing GreenPix: China’s Next Great Wall has been selected as an Official Honoree in The 13th Annual Webby Awards. ...

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