On a recent trip to Tawain, I had the pleasure of visiting ‘Ai Weiwei Absent’ at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum to see his first major exhibition in the greater Chinese region. Ai was not allowed to attend his own exhibition, which partly inspired the title of the show. However, it was an exciting opportunity [...]
Categories: luminaries,social movements
Tagged: Absent, Ai Weiwei, art, China, quotes, Taipei Fine Arts Museum
Here’s an effective way to get the attention of the international press. Feminist punk band, Pussy Riot, staged this performance in Moscow’s Red Square as part of a series of interventionist acts to criticize Vladimir Putin and the upcoming presidential elections. Read more and listen to an interview here.
Categories: musical oddities,social movements
Tagged: art, collective, intervention, Moscow, music, protest, Pussy Riot
Amin Bani is a young Persian singer whose first recording was a short video performance taped on the side of the road in 2009 in Iran. Since then he has become an underground hit, reminding us in the West that there is a peaceful side of Iran. There are hints of Flamenco singing in his [...]
Categories: musical oddities,social movements
Tagged: Amin Bani, Farsi, Iran, Khoda Negahdar, music, peace, Persian
One of northeastern Vietnam’s rural folk traditions kept alive through the transmittance of dance and song, from generation to generation. (Recognized by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage in need of safeguarding)
Categories: musical oddities,social movements
Tagged: collaboration, folk, Giao Duyen, Hung King, Intangible Cultural Heritage, love, love exchange, music, singing, traditional, UNESCO, Vietnam, Xoan
Categories: musical oddities,relational aesthetics
Tagged: beer, Canada, Foghat LIVE, Ranchero, Sincerely John Head, tailgate party, University of Victoria
Dear Chris Held of Von Tundra, Someday when we return to the States and settle down, will you please make me a Console Cabinet in the walnut finish? If so, we will build a home around it. Most sincerely, Nat Andreini
Categories: musical oddities
Tagged: Chris Held, furniture design, Von Tundra
What’s better than going platinum? Going sequin! As a departure from his usual work with mundane visuals like images of fish and Buddha statues, South Korean artist Noh Sang-Kyoon dabbled in the re-appropriation of old records to create these “Recordings.” I had a chance to see a solo exhibition of his in Seoul this year, [...]
Categories: luminaries,musical oddities
Categories: musical oddities
Categories: musical oddities
Tagged: black music, japan
Categories: musical oddities