Witnessing Dance: Mediation and the Technologies of Representation* by Douglas Rosenberg
It is my intent today to be unashamedly utopian, to address how we look at, how we discuss, how we circulate and inscribe images of dancing bodies in a pluralistic world, a world that is increasingly mediated by technologies of representation, by social media, and by...
Bright Ideas 2019: Expand the stories told by fine art by Rodney Lambright II [BS-Art ’17]
For the sixth year, Cap Times reporters asked several Madisonians to share their “bright ideas” for the new year. We will publish the 2019 edition of Bright Ideas throughout the week and in print on Jan. 2. I use cartoons to distort reality, to see life in...
Take nothing for granted by Linda Falkenstein
Helen Hawley [MFA ’14] is a difficult artist to pigeonhole. Her work includes sculpture, painting, artists’ books, weaving, prints, performance and video. “I don’t have favorites. I can’t even say that I go through phases, but I have been working more with...
Out of the furnace by Erica Krug
The artists call it “the glory hole.” It’s one of three furnaces essential for glassmaking, used to reheat glass while a piece is being worked on. On this late November day, inside the Glass Lab on North Frances Street, the glory hole is burning at 2,150 degrees...