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Wojnarowicz Writes
Via galleristny.com
May 14
NYU’s Fales Library has digitized David Wojnarowicz’s journals. Dating from 1971 to 1991, the year before the artist died from AIDS-related complications, they chronicle everything from a 1971 Outward Bound trip to his time in New York.
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Roden Creator
Via latimes.com
May 13
Perhaps the greatest progress made over the last decade on James Turrell’s Roden Crater: The artist has finished detailed plans so the in-progress earthwork—already nearly 40 years in the making—can be finished without his involvement, if necessary.
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Edible Forest
Via popupcity.net
May 13
Taking urban ag to the next level, Seattle’s Beacon Hill neighborhood is creating America’s first Food Forest. A 7-acre plot two miles from the city’s center will be planted entirely with foragable plants, from fruit and nut trees to berry bushes and herbs.
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Didactic No More
Via guardian.co.uk
May 13
Tate Britain’s new presentation of its permanent collection does away with the white didactic labels that have accompanied works since the museum opened under that name in 2000. It’s just one part of a “radical rethink” of the way the museum presents art.
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Konnichiwa
Untitled (Blog)
May 13
I have just returned from a Merce Cunningham-related research journey to Japan, where I visited the Sogetsu Art Center’s archives at Keio University in Tokyo, and the Kyoto Costume Institute, among many other places. While I reacquaint with this time zone and prepare a more thorough reflection, enjoy these images:
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Why Call It Art?
Via queensmuseum.org
May 10
Why are some projects called art while others aren’t? Queens Museum director Tom Finkelpearl mulls the question in a new blog series, landing on an initial list of aesthetic values related to participatory art: Complexity, Relation to Tradition, and Transformation.
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Wooden Vinyl
Via factmag.com
May 10
Amanda Ghassaei, who’s been 3D-printing records from mp3s, is now focusing on wood. In her latest project she’s created the world’s first laser-cut vinyl discs from wood, including Radiohead’s “Idioteque” and the Velvet Underground’s “Femme Fatale” in maple.

