Julius Ferraro is a freelance writer in Philadelphia, a former Festival Guide intern, and regular blog contributor. We sent him to cover the opening night of Open Air. This is his story. My Thursday night started with a closeup view of the moon—craggy, cratered, with the arc of the earthʼs shadow slicing it out of… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Visual Arts
Preview: “Open Air”
Open Air kicks off tomorrow night with opening celebrations beginning at 7:30 pm. Then it runs every night through October 14, from 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm. Free!
Notes on “Notes on the Emptying of a City”: An Interview with Ashley Hunt
You may have noticed that we’ve been spreading our wings a bit, and wrapping them around visual and performance art more than ever before. At the 2012 Live Arts Festival, Los Angeles-based artist, Ashley Hunt, will perform Notes on the Emptying of a City for one evening only, September 11th at 7:00 pm (tomorrow!) at… Read more »
Love Museums? Hate Walls? This Is for You
Julius Ferraro is a freelance writer in Philadelphia, a former Festival Guide intern, and regular blog contributor. “Let your eyes wander . . . Really look at it, closely . . . Look at it where it’s all rough, hacked and gouged crevices . . . Have a look underneath. Look at the tapering points… Read more »
Get to Know Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
Good morning! To get your day started, take a few minutes and get to know Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, via this awesome Artnet interview. Open Air runs during the 2012 Live Arts Festival from September 20 through October 14 on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. 9:00 to 11:00 pm every night; free! Open Air is commissioned by the… Read more »
I Literally Cannot Stop Watching Rafael Lozano-Hemmer Videos
Here’s another one, because my eyes are on FIRE. Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s installation Open Air runs September 20 through October 14 on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Every night, 8:00-11:00 pm. Free! –Nicholas Gilewicz
Miscellaneous Debris
Live Arts and Philly Fringe artists get around: >>>James Franco talks Gatz at the Huffington Post. Elevator Repair Service returns to the 2012 Live Arts Festival with Arguendo. >>>Young Jean Lee’s Church is conquering the eastern seaboard from Maryland to Cape Cod. She also talked to Riff Raff about her first concert, and teaching actors… Read more »
Seismoscopic!
I like Rafael Lorano-Hemmer’s projects; his Open Air will be installed on the Parkway from September 20 through October 14 as part of the 2012 Live Arts Festival. While you wait, watch this video of his project Seismoscope 2: Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali, which explains itself as you go through. Open Air runs… Read more »
Artists Anonymous: Where Artists Gather
Prarthana Jayaram is a Philly-based writer and regular Festival Blog contributor. When I walk up to Connie’s Ric Rac, a small nondescript bar in the Italian Market, on a Monday night, I’m not sure what to expect. I decided to scope out a group meeting here on a whim, after finding an ad on Craigslist… Read more »
No Muss, No Fuss, Just Art: The SoLow Fest
Have you heard of SoLow? The name means what it sounds like. The festival, now in its third year, is all about solo acts, and the more experimental, the better. It also means what it’s spelled like: so low-tech, low-cost, and low-stress that most of the shows have happened in apartments. Performances also pop up… Read more »
Sacred Spaces and the Arts: Broad Street Ministry
Prarthana Jayaram is a Philly-based writer and regular Festival Blog contributor. From the outside, the Broad Street Ministry is an impressive castle-like building, a place you assume is home to an old, rich, and rigid religious tradition. The church is focused on spirituality, and explores spirituality through multiple avenues, including not only traditional worship, but also… Read more »
A Few Questions With Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Creator Of Open Air
One of the biggest surprises of the upcoming Live Arts Festival this September will be one seen by everybody in Philly—not just ticket holders. Every night, from September 20th until October 14th, Open Air, a major visual art installation, will light up the skies, created by a series of high-powered searchlights installed on a half… Read more »
At Home, Elsewhere
The best French bakery in Philadelphia, I believe, is Artisan Boulanger Patissier. It’s in Passyunk Square, a traditionally Italian neighborhood that’s now integrated with new Cambodian, Mexican, and Vietnamese immigrants. When we started talking around the office about At Home, Elsewhere, the spotlight series of the 2011 Live Arts Festival, the bakery is the first… Read more »
Tonight: “Zon-Mai” and “The Devil and Mister Punch”
Hey good-looking, what are you doing tonight? If you don’t have any plans, you should join my team. I’ll be staying dry at the Zon-Mai installation (opening party, free beer and wine, at our new building, can’t be beat!) from 5:00 to 8:00 pm. Then, for the 8:00 pm curtain, I’m headed over to The… Read more »
Help paint one of the world’s largest murals this Sunday
The How Philly Moves mural project is well on its way to becoming one of the largest public art projects in the world, and you can have a hand in making it this Sunday, December 12. No experience required, all supplies provided, fun had by all! Join photographer and designer JJ Tiziou, lead muralist Jon… Read more »
