Kevin Christy

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More from Baltimore: It's a Small World After All

Baltimore is an amazing city for experimental music and cheap/non-existent cover charges.  This past Friday night, I headed down to the HEXAGON for the first Homemade Dance Music Night at which locals could bring their own electronic dance music tracks to be played.  The best part about this venue is that it is volunteer-run, and the front room is a gallery featuring local artists.  

Although I had gone to film the electronic dance mixes, I got a personal tour of the featured artworks by the artists themselves.  By the end of the night, I had met a guy from Cincinnati (he went to Hughes High School), viewed a textile piece threaded with real horse hair, and discovered that BYOB meant a much more relaxed and fun time at the counter.  I almost forgot that I was in downtown Baltimore-- not at an old friend's apartment.  

France By Watercolor #6

Hope everybody is enjoying Claire's art as much as I am. If you are enjoying this, comment, and let her know. Claire has about 6 weeks left in France (till mid June I think) and I hope to continue posting her work till then. This week I have a painting of the Alps for your viewing pleasure and next week we'll see Lake Du Bourget which was mentioned last week.~TW

France By Watercolor #5

Moving right along with this experiment here is the third painting Claire did in Aix-Les-Bain. Hope everyone is enjoying their tour of France as much as I am! ~TW

"Aix-Les-Bain is a really small town. On the other side of the mountains is 'Lake Du Bourget.' I was on the country side surrounded by mountains, endless farmland and horses. I wanted to hop on a train and travel somewhere new in France, and Aix-Les-Bain is only about 40 minutes away from where I live in Annecy. I did the three paintings in one day."

RICHARD ROSS

From the Aperture blog Exposures.

I find this work really intriguing and inspiring, even if it isn't necessarily that innovative. The whole series can be seen online here.


Richard Ross: Photograph as Empty Stage and What's Next from Aperture Foundation on Vimeo.

"Opening in Washington D.C.’s National Building Museum this Saturday is Richard Ross’s exhibition, The Architecture of Authority. With this body of work, American photographer Richard Ross presents unsettling pictures of architectural spaces that each exert a kind of power over the individual. From a Montessori preschool to churches and mosques, to an interrogation room at Guantánamo and segregation cells at Abu Ghraib, Ross’s photographs reflect the state of our post 9/11 world—one in which he believes the public has become accustomed to the abuse of power, erosion of individual liberty, illegitimate authority, and constant surveillance.

In this video, Richard Ross highlights the physical relationship between the viewer and his images. Ross also gives insight into his new project, Suitable Placement: Juvenile Justice in America."

France By Watercolor #4

Welcome to week four. This week is a little different in that Claire did a series of three paintings on a day trip. So todays post will include the first two paintings and next week will have the last painting and the description for all three. The series was done in Aix-Les-Bain, France. ~TW

France By Watercolor #3

Getting back into the swing of quarter this week so this is a day later than I wanted to post it, but here is the third of Claire's watercolor paintings. Funny because it was actually the first one she did. Let me know if you're following this series of posts and if you would like any changes, etc. Now let's hear from Claire about this piece. ~ TW

"This was the first painting I did, shortly after arriving in Annecy. It was getting dark and a storm was coming in over the lake and I was mostly thinking wtf am I doing in France?"