Category Archives: Writing

Writings, responses, and reactions to events and readings. Some entries are edited while others are more casual.

I came across a post about a new Interactive Book app: Frankenstein, and sent it to my father.  I knew he studied Frankenstein at one point and was curious what he thought.  He replied with “Good Readers and Good Writers,” … Continue reading →

Last month, I went to the Hammer Museum to hear artist Jeff Wall speak.  Wall’s photographs stuck a strong chord with me when I first saw them at MoMA a few years ago.     I think, subconsciously at that … Continue reading →

As we build a participatory event — anything from mission for users to go on to a simple question — we look at them through the following lenses. Each lens offers further insight into how the even can be improved. … Continue reading →

The performers visit each audience member again, this time to give them a little votive candle. I’m rapt watching the man who just kissed me now struggle with his prop bag; the candles are stuck, but he keeps singing and his partners go through the chorus again and again until he’s out of the dark. Continue reading →

The Hammer recently released its iPhone App.  When I went to the museum last, I think it must have come out that morning because the girl behind the counter was very excited that I try it. The app looks beautiful. … Continue reading →

I didn’t know anything about Ed Ruscha before visiting the Hammer last week and I’m not really a huge fan of On the Road, either. But there I was, standing in a very empty, very white room, trying to make … Continue reading →

I have a love/hate relationship with free nights at museums. I avoided them at MoMA because it was just too crowded.  And crowded with the “check-list” kind of visitors: visitors who come in, see the Monet, and check it off … Continue reading →

My article, Wikipedia Links and Viral Loops, was published in the April 2011 issue of Curator journal. Thanks to Alison Cornyn, Sherri Wasserman, Nancy Hechinger, Clay Shirky, and Tom Hennes. http://www.curatorjournal.org/issues/542-april-2011

  I went to go see “Unfinished” by James Franco and Gus Van Sant because I heard the Michael Stipe had scored the film which was part of the exhibit.  Indeed, the music was one of my favorite parts, but … Continue reading →

The current exhibit at the Hammer has a lofty and somewhat general intention: to encompass all of life, and nothing of it.  That is, the artwork is to touch on daily and personal ideas while also focusing on form and … Continue reading →