Feb 18, 2020 | Essay, From the Chair
Architecture is like writing. You have to edit it over and over so it looks effortless. — Zaha Hadid Artists edit, writers edit, architects edit. Begin with an idea, then find its truth through hundreds of subtle changes, each one creating a new set of possibilities....
Feb 10, 2020 | Essay, From the Chair
Change in many forms, is often difficult; not gradual evolutionary change, but rather hard-edged, instantaneous change. History is comforting even if it is built on quicksand; I lean on art historical knowledge embodied through personal experience, as it is a...
Feb 3, 2020 | Essay, From the Chair
I recently had the opportunity to sit in at a version of a “long table” discussion about generosity and art. The idea of the long table has been brought into a contemporary art context by the theater artist Lois Weaver, who based her version on Marleen Gorris’ film...
Jan 27, 2020 | Essay, From the Chair
The landscape is now quiet, deep into winter, and I find myself staring at the sky, at the landscape and the wall, at nothing… The ocular equivalent of opening the shutter on a camera for an indefinite period of time and letting all the light in, much like the work of...
