ArtCast

Open Air special Basel mid-Summer

Barbara Strebel — 2010-07-28T12:26:02Z

On a hot summer night.. ever feel like breaking out into song & dance? Im Fluss on the banks of the river Rhein? Saturday: singer Roli Frei & the Soulful Desert or Chill am Rhy acoustics 6-8pm Mon-Wed-Fridays
Open-Air Art any one? et Voila:
29 July 6-9pm finissage Wink Witholt at Artachment in former Zollamt.
31 July Matthew Barney - Cremaster Cycle all-day marathon at Schaulager.ch to prepare or compare to Bristol action-sports-Artists Heath Bunting (interview) and Jame Kennard, keep on playing the borders August 4-14 at Bblackboxx.ch to bring us somehwere between art, action and survival. Looking forward to jump, learning to stone-throw and swing myself and mobile...portraits by Bunting.

6-7 August Celtic Road concert Augusta Raurica at Roman ruins in Augst
6-9 August Michael Taussig in Saas Fee,my radical anthropology Prof at European Grad school evening talks are public.
7 August Ausstellungsraum.ch opens with questions on art and photography.

August 13 discovery of My Heart Belongs to Cecilia Winter at Kaserne Basel 3day / 90 artist Water fest : claimed beyond swiss border to be the years musical surprise :"introduces us to romantic ballads, thundering guitars, whooping voices and massive bass sounds" is in Zürich Theater Spectal later.

14 August in the museum park? under the motto 10-10pm à 10 Beyeler opens to all day viewing
Fondation Beyeler Sommerfest , in the Museum and in the Park a program of art and music
Program: 10am - 10pm= 10 Chf = Basquiat and Felix Gonzalez-Torres
2:30pm tour «Basquiat» in English, 5pm in French , 10am-6pm Workshops, Graffiti and Museumgames
Music: 2-3pm Trio «D‘Schiksn», Klezmermusic/ 5-8pm Salsaband Son Alarde then Live Tango Punta Tango till 10 or Just for fun hop on an Oldtimer-Tram of Tramclub loops from Trainstation.

Back in Basel finally again Sheila She loves you in Stadtkino August 19 & 21 in Kuppel; the 12th in Rock Oz Arénes, Avanche
Going south later as the summer warms up in mid-August (after the Montreux crowds have gone) , the more bold can dare go see what the leisure class is doing in suburban Leman area with mysterious festival For noise invited Local Natives on 19 August with aka Cecilia Winter group, then 20th, goes Peaches who got lost in a big old house. to be continued... summer-time sometimes.

Hans Haacke: Give and Take, 1st Italian Solo Show

Barbara Strebel — 2010-06-26T18:43:02Z

Hans Haacke ’s first solo exhibition in Italy, of German-American conceptual artist addressing political and power issues, opens 20 July, as site-specific installation inside a former church, to mark the conclusion of the of "Give and take" for the Advanced Course in Visual Arts at Fondazione Antonio Ratti, extensive high-quality guests lectureres. Haacke looks at relationship between art, power, money, and has addressed the issues of free expression and civic responsibilities in a democratic society. With his sharp statements, something has to happen in Como. (possibly a screening in a cinema near you of Videocracy?)
"Show and tell" is his Opening lecture 1 July 2010,at 7 pm in Villa Sucota, Como.
The exhibition at the Spazio Culturale Antonio Ratti, Largo Spallino 1, in Como, open to visitors until 5 September 2010,(no admission) Tuesdays to Sundays, from 4 to 8 pm. Publications documenting the activities of the CSAV and Hans Haacke’s projects will be presented in November at the end-of-course exhibition, which will be held by the Fabbrica del Vapore in Milan. I will try to get there, Como, for you, with come conversation with participant of the XVI Advanced Course in Visual Arts. Post-Art market coverage. Seems to be a consentration in the Alpine region as cauldron of thinking persons meeting or oasis of resistance ? Como or Saasfee at EGS with Michael Taussig. Move over Videocracy

Vanishing Glaciers by Julia Calfee

Barbara Strebel — 2010-06-10T16:23:34Z

Julia Calfee's“Vanishing Glaciers“ installation now showing at Johanniterkappel in Rheinfelden , is part of “The Last Songs of the Glaciers”: a quest to capture remnants of ice memories. The artist/explorer grasps the very same trickels, as disappearing ice forms and recording, to collected in an artistic cauldron on the Rhineriver banks. Beginning in Vals Baths by Zumtor as a Book , followed the streams up to the ice and living in a contaner, Julia Calfee challenged the glaciers melting away. She continues a career documenting social currents and profound changes in the modern world, from via Chelsea Hotel or Mongolia to the Silk road.
The vast issue of global warming has been portrayed inVideo and Richarda Simonett won the Radio feature Prize recently. Calfee's intimate and artistic manner, single-womanly and with 100 recordings of ice and water, inspires. Preview a slideshow.
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Dublin Dance Festival 2010

Barbara Strebel — 2010-06-08T17:47:49Z

Ireland maybe having a financial crisis but that doesn't stop it putting on a great show..Dublin Dance Festival is fast becoming one of the most exciting and innovative events on the dance calender..Seamus Hughes visits his home town and reports on the 6th Dublin Dance Festival...rediscovers Dublin past and present..
New approach by director Laurie Uprichard. Review of International diversity of contributions, from Australia to Spain, to Yvonne Rainers' re-enactment of Rites of Spring: RoS Indexical Spiraling Down.
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Bet on Art aka Kunstwette.ch

Barbara Strebel — 2010-06-02T13:10:21Z

Wondering where the Art Party is this year? Better yet: Art is your bet! Yes it is June and time again for Artists to make Party Manuels ? to work-up-a-sweat or the latest: Bet on Kunstwette.ch is exclusively open to candidates of Swiss Art Awards. Artist MARINA BELOBROVAJA auctions herself off "Taking a critical look on the swiss art scene and the way it deals with the local art sponsorships". Adapting artistic practices in sync with real-life? Art Basel and Casino being the height of the bet-on-your-favorite-artist-tour and Basel in June the meeting-point of the Art World...Now betting meets Art-ists and goes Online or Mobile, criss-crossing the ups and downs of swiss landscape and culture. You too can put some money on and sympathise with participant of the second round. Yes Marina is up to it again. Back in 2006 at Liste/Kasko Party Manual made us "peddle to party", generating energy while revealing the gratuitous consumption needed to light up the spotlights. Shedding light on art, it works! yet somewhat painfully. So do get expert advice first from their sources. You too can bet!. and sweat with us artist: Swiss Art Awards will open June 14 Vernissage 6-9pm at Messe Hall 3 awarding 20-40 Swiss architects and artists and their vermittlung under the age of forty.
"In accordance with the practice of horse racing one can win money on the winners" of the Annual awards of Federal Office for Culture, will be announced by the federal (BAK) jury." and interviewed by the artist. Meanwhile in real-life, some made off with 100 thousands of francs, hit and run style, seemingly with little restraint and have not been heard from since.

Youthful innocence? or a playful note Karussel 2008 Kunstkredit Karussel is low tech childs play, no sweat. But if you like to compete and are 30 something between art school, CH > 40, registration opens December 2010.

Basel Art Museum: any hope for ART(cast) on-line?

Barbara Strebel — 2010-05-10T16:02:44Z

You might find yourself as I, entering my home towns' Art Museum Basel Museum via it's website entrance .. Video of the vernissage to encountered Adds rolling... ( since removed! so this blog works! ) before any Art was to be seen, Artist heard, or Curators' speech? My Art Museum, Basel's 500 years heritage among the oldest public art collection, currently offers blasting "Car Ralley" or Camera Adds, with especially irritating audio that is not Sound Art, no. Meanwhile back home at... call it Artcast, it is possible to distribute efficiently since 2005Artcast or Learning as Tate offers or Artcast SFMoma does, or higher forms of "Audio Arts hosted at Tate "Bill Furlongs lifes-works as quality interviews of a 30 year spam with Artists from Acconci, B= Beecroft-Beuy to Wallinger.
Ok, Directors may say, they are unaware that the imbedded adds, that automatically play (btw to get to the Art part, you have to close repeatedly click windows more then once with sound blasting in the background from coast-to-coast USA followed by Ambient sounds of a crowded Vernissage) I am sure not intentional but we, as the artist, are trapped in this delimma and are not shown the Exit to the way out.
The current artist, Gabriel Orozco in his own voice is still at Moma, yet the exhibit still travels-well as a simple audio-slide-show; Voila a tribute: a warm encounter with the Artist, treated with respect, as is the visiting public. As a "major survey show", traveling Paris to London, Basel is proud to be an International player at a level of excellence, yet lacking Internet awareness at the level Tate offers . In a time when Artists do work on and with the Internet and collections are digitized, Public Institutions' communication skills must rise to the occasion, as public access to art on-line is here and now and to be expected.
Meanwhile museum exhibitions can be both anticipated and Art enjoyed ( Moma) as long distance visit to current Abromovic retrospective at Moma or audio an almost complete experience, almost like being there, without the Co2 emission.

Gregory Maqoma redefines Dance& Africa

Barbara Strebel — 2010-05-08T14:59:35Z

Vuyana Dance /music group, Experience not to be missed: meaning "Light" Maqoma's (his native middle-name) is the amazing ability to share an expressively unique African dance form, where each movement serves also as score to synced with the musicians Vuyani, A gift of a unique blend of traditional as well as critical new African attitude. Both as a radically new, yet as smooth as an african-easy-stoll-down-the-street, Volia the birth of an attitude and distinct break from clichées things African. Maqoma emotionally-tender yet radical-expressively fierceness, spans to transform from vigorously swift defener to tenderness Tristes, to elegantly blending pain to strength. Returning to his home South Africa, he extends his invention back to the townships of his origins ( where he is self-tought mimicking moves from M. Jackson to township refugee women, relocating themselves and moves, Gregory gives to new generation: to invent new dance and musical heratige. It is a truly international accomplishment celebration and a reward to witness the pleasurable inventiveness of the positive-affirmation and re-invention of Black identity as well as smooth yet strong movement and attitude. However being internet-shy, is a barrier, therefore no interview for now maybe next time or BERN , PARIS extensive International touring. NEXT ARTCAST: Fab five Freddy on freindship with Jean-Michel Basquiat, opening at Beyeler

Artcast New interviews are ready coming-up

Barbara Strebel — 2010-05-06T11:23:35Z

SO what's up? Spring is here and getting ready to re-launch Artcast series. The latest concert of Nils Petter MOLVAER or media artist Jenny HOLZER, performance art or sound-art. Would you like to choose the next interview: up to you mail us: artcast@gmail.com

Artcast- Terry Gilliam on filmmaking 2009 in Zurich

Barbara Strebel — 2009-10-30T11:42:31Z

A Special feature to relaunch the upcoming series: Terry Gilliam in person on collaboration on filmmaking, as a director open to others input. We managed to find a moment after premiering_ The Imaginarium of Dr.Parnassus in Zurich at The Film Festival, Polanski had just been arrested, protesters waiting at the door. Please mail us at gmail.com>to celebrate the relaunch and encourage more uploads and interview with creative thinkers. Barbara

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Yves Behar on One Laptop Per Child

Barbara Strebel — 2007-06-22T11:08:34Z

Yves Behar co-designed One Laptop Per Child, giving access to kids most needy. The 100 Euro computer kids can use to call, draw and learn together doubles as a router thus extending the network. Available from Nigeria to Macedonia is was the baby of the Fuseproject.com team in San Fransisco, premiered at Design Miami in Basel June 14. OLPC was initiated by a former director MIT to bridge the digital divide, it is owned by kids and brought by their governments.

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