Comments for http://bordertalksblog.com BorderTalksBlog: An Arts & Cultural Forum Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:26:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on The land of free speech? by Chris http://bordertalksblog.com/2008/03/25/the-land-of-free-speech/#comment-380 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:26:53 +0000 http://bordertalks.wordpress.com/?p=5#comment-380 “Good for him.” I don’t think that we’re sppoused to say that stuff out loud, though. Well, apparently not. When political art pushes beyond respectable hand-holding peacenik boo, you’d better be ready for the backlash. Especially if you’re a foreign born Arab male. (Go Waffa!)

]]> Comment on A Mobile Garden Grows…Everywhere by outdoor products http://bordertalksblog.com/2010/05/30/a-mobile-garden-grows-everywhere/#comment-343 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 09:42:39 +0000 http://bordertalksblog.com/?p=1006#comment-343 More than the mobile gardens, it’s the “seed bombs” that impress me the most. That’s a genuinely great idea that I haven’t heard of before!

]]> Comment on About BorderTalks by Cecile Brunswick http://bordertalksblog.com/about/#comment-324 Sun, 09 Jan 2011 04:59:05 +0000 #comment-324 i found your name on Adrienne Moumin’s FB entry and was interested to find out that you are drawn to art that is unusual and based on surprising content. I especially like your description of art galleries today and the way dealers run them.

My paintings are inspired by torn,weathered multi-layered remains of posters found on wooden walls surrounding construction sites. You’ll find them on my newly created in progress website: http://www.cecilebrunswicknyc.com Thanks for looking.
Cecile

]]> Comment on This is not a Gee’s Bend quilt by Mouna Andraos: Electronic Quilts « http://bordertalksblog.com/2008/04/06/co-opting-gees-bend/#comment-322 Sat, 18 Dec 2010 22:52:25 +0000 http://bordertalks.wordpress.com/?p=40#comment-322 [...] time ago I posted my enthusiasm for the Gees Bend quilts and their makers. Working with their families’ old work clothes, and influenced by [...]

]]> Comment on Sebastian Brajkovic: Digital Furniture by Plastic Displays http://bordertalksblog.com/2009/05/07/sebastian-brajkovic-digital-furniture/#comment-269 Sun, 02 May 2010 15:18:56 +0000 http://bordertalksblog.com/?p=940#comment-269 Wonderful post. I just located your site and wanted to let you know that I have honestly enjoyed reading your blog posts. At any rate I’ll be subscribing to your feed and I really hope you write again soon.

]]> Comment on The Empty Lot by lockemonda http://bordertalksblog.com/2009/11/07/the-empty-lot/#comment-255 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:28:13 +0000 http://bordertalksblog.com/2009/11/07/the-empty-lot/#comment-255 Re: the blog instead of the gallery as context, yes, I think you are right! And it is true that so many spaces today are owned by non-neighborhood entities, yet locals lay their claims, regardless, sometimes to the point of pushing for legal recognition. I love that. But the transient nature of contemporary life is here to stay. Perhaps we just had the illusion of permanence in past decades. Were neighborhoods unchanging in the 1940s, 1950s and 60s? No, but perhaps things changed at a lower pace? Not sure about that, either.

]]> Comment on The Empty Lot by vhallerman http://bordertalksblog.com/2009/11/07/the-empty-lot/#comment-254 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:39:59 +0000 http://bordertalksblog.com/2009/11/07/the-empty-lot/#comment-254 I know exactly the two lots you have in mind, but because I don’t look down on them daily, they’re not part of my experience in the same way. Perhaps that’s what you mean about “daily life, and someone to recognize the evidence…” Although, I do think you have a context to replace the gallery–this blog!

I found your piece really evocative of something universal in post-modern urban life: the temporary space–transformed by residents of the neighborhood, owned by someone not in the neighborhood, waiting to be “used” in an official way.

In that regard, I think of the beautiful garden and recycling center that used to be at the top of Greenwich and 7th Avenues in New York City, right across from the original St. Vincent’s Hospital. It had been created by local residents on property belonging to the hospital, which eventually claimed it and built the building that stands there now.

Anyhow, I loved reading about this lot with its interesting furniture. I intend to go for a walk and discover it myself now that you’ve recognized the evidence of its daily life!

]]> Comment on The Empty Lot by lockemonda http://bordertalksblog.com/2009/11/07/the-empty-lot/#comment-247 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:56:59 +0000 http://bordertalksblog.com/2009/11/07/the-empty-lot/#comment-247 Joseph, thanks for the link! I didn’t know about Spoerri’s work.

]]> Comment on The Empty Lot by Joseph Pujol http://bordertalksblog.com/2009/11/07/the-empty-lot/#comment-246 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:40:36 +0000 http://bordertalksblog.com/2009/11/07/the-empty-lot/#comment-246 That makes me think about Daniel Spoerri’s work too and his “tableaux-pièges”.

http://www.lintermede.com/images/colloque-artcheo-1.jpg

(sorry for my poor english)

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