Saturday, September 26, 2009

Brand New Wood Type


How often do you get to say something like that? Matthew Carter designed Carter Latin, his first wood type back in 2002 and it has taken this long for the Hamilton Wood Type Museum to manufacture it. The process was recently accelerated by increased sophistication in laser cutting technology. The big unveiling happens November 20-22 at the Wayzgoose Weekend, a gathering of wood type aficionados.

More info here.

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Monday, September 21, 2009

Answer a few questions about your creative practice?

Designers, filmmakers, artists, writers: every day, we make decisions and take actions, large and small, that influence our lives and the world around us. What do you do, personally, that helps create meaning in your life and your work? What everyday habits do you cultivate?

Feel free to answer one or both of the questions above, in two sentences or less. Quotes may appear online and in my upcoming UCDA talk. Please let me know if I can use your name in my talk, or if you'd rather remain anonymous. --Joshua Berger, Creative Director, Plazm
Email josh (at) plazm.

More info about my talk:
Design Habits for the Future: Act, Collaborate, Do Meaningful Things

UCDA Design Conference, Seattle
Tuesday, Otober 6, 3:15 pm
More info: http://ucda.com/conference.lasso
Open to UCDA conference attendees

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Housin' Thangs!

Housin' Thangs


House has dropped two new series: posters and serigraphs


Housin' Thangs


I want....


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Scion Installation Auction

 



Scion Installation 5: Self Portrait - Final Show & Online Art Auction Trailer from Scion ART on Vimeo.


All of the work in Scion's latest Installation tour is available for public auction here. All artwork sale proceeds go to funding Creative Capital, a non-profit organization benefitting artists.


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Acid Art: the Museum of Blotter Bits




Rak Razam interviews Mark McCloud, collector of LSD blotter art, about the design/art form. Online at Juxtapoz.

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Saturday, September 19, 2009

Temple U. Japan: Typography 101

It's that time again: I'll be teaching Typography 101 at Temple University Japan in the upcoming semester.

About the course:
An in-depth look at typography (designing with fonts) for both beginners and experienced practitioners. This class is a working examination of Western typography including lectures on type history, type classification, and contemporary practice. Practical exercises, as well as in-class critiques will help broaden students' understanding of typography practically and critically.
The class will conduct projects to explore typographic styles, learn correct typesetting practices, and increase design acumen. It will host guest lectures by some of Japan's top graphic designers.

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Monday, September 14, 2009

New Oregon Performance Night



NORA ROBERTSON WITH ADRIENNE FLAGG, LINDA AUSTIN, AND BETH HARPER

WED, SEPTEMBER 30TH, 7-8:30 PM, DOORS OPEN 6:00 PM, $5 ADMISSION

The New Oregon Interview Series brings three prominent Portland performance figures together for an evening of intimate conversation. IFCC creative director and actor/director Adrienne Flagg, Performance Works Northwest founder/director and dancer Linda Austin, and Portland Actors Conservatory founder/artistic director and actor Beth Harper sit down to discuss their work and how our performance culture is evolving.

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Saturday, September 12, 2009

The Graphic Eye Book Release


Joshua Berger is one of a number of designers featured in the upcoming book The Graphic Eye:
Photographs By Graphic Designers From Around The Globe. There's a release party at Skylight Books in Los Feliz on Friday, September 18th at 7:30pm.

Skylight Books
1818 N Vermont Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90027

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Friday, September 11, 2009

New Plazm Thread Shirt


The latest limited edition Plazm Thread subscription shirt is from Plazm's own Joshua Berger. Posted today on September 11 in honor of the anniversary of the War on Terror. When they are gone, they are gone.

www.plazmthread.com

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Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Cartune Xprez European Tour


The CARTUNE XPREZ caravan is in Riga, Latvia tonight kicking off our 2009 tour: DARK VOYAGE. I am floating across Europe thru November 29 presenting our newest animated program.... incarnations of the human shadow projected with a backdrop of inflatable crystals. This is a rare opportunity to see videos by emerging artists as well as internationally known artists whose collective resume includes collaborations with Frank Zappa and major exhibitions at the Whitney Biennial, the MOMA in New York, the Sundance Film Festival, and many other institutions across the world. In addition, I am taking Hooliganship on a solo voyage for the first time, doing a live performance of some trashy cartoon theater.

In total, this dark voyage features work by Shana Moulton, Takeshi Murata, Martha Colburn, Bruce Bickford, Jacob Ciocci, Amy Lockhart, Taras Hrabowsky, Yoshi Sodeoka, Francine Spiegel, Barry Doupe, Adrian Freeman, Hooliganship and Jeff Kriksciun.

Here is the schedule of dates+venues so far:
September 5: Riga, Latvia - NOASS + The Dirty Deal Cafe
September 21: Nantes, France – Universite de Nantes
September 25: Marseille, France –L’Embobineuse
September 30: Porto, Portugal - TBA
October 3: Bordeaux, France – A Suivre
October 5: Paris, France – L’Ecole Estienne
October 7: London, England – Horse Hospital
October 8: Bristol, England – Cube Cinema
October 10: Manchester, England – Islington Mill
October 14: Antwerp, Belgium - Cinema Zuid
October 15: Saint Petersburg, Russia - Rodina
October 16: Utrecht, Holland – IMPAKT Festival
October 18: Amsterdam, Holland - OCCII
October 21: Rotterdam, Holland - Worm
October 22: Nijmegen, Holland - Extrapool
October 23: Bielefeld, Germany – Artists Unlimited
October 25: Karlsruhe, Germany – Ferenbalm Gubru Station
October 27: Berlin, Germany – East/West
October 28: Berlin, Germany – Image Movement
October 29: Kiel, Germany – KOKI Kiel
October 30: Copenhagen, Denmark – Husets Teater
October 31: Malmo, Sweden – Loyal Gallery
November 5: Oslo, Norway - Galleri Okmina
November 6: Gothenburg, Sweden - Koloni
November 7: Stockholm, Sweden - TBA
November 11: Helsinki, Finland - Ptarmigan
November 20: Glasgow, Scotland - CCA
November 29: London, England – House Party

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New Oregon Interview Series Book Night




Audio podcasts up now. Portland writers Jon Raymond, Monica Drake, and Ben Moorad with host Nora Robertson.

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Sunday, September 6, 2009

Finally! After All These Years, the Big Award We Have Been Pining For.

Notice the bling.

Here's a link to the "press release."

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Doug Fir Fiction Award Deadline 9/8

Every Story Begins Somewhere


At The Bear Deluxe Magazine, the Pacific Northwest environmental arts publication, many short fiction stories and their authors find first recognition through the Doug Fir Fiction Award. Now in its third year, this annual contest celebrates writing related to the natural world, sense of place or environmental issues.


Postmark deadline: September 8, 2009

Prize: $1,000 and national publication


This year's judge is Plazm editor, author of The Half Life and Livability, Jon Raymond


Word limit: 5,000

$15 reading fee

Mail formatted submissions and entry fee (check or money order in U.S. dollars) to

Orlo/The Bear Deluxe Magazine,

P.O. Box 10342, Portland, Oregon 97296 USA

Complete submission guidelines: www.orlo.org

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Friday, September 4, 2009

Crock - the Motion Picture


As part of PICA's TBA festival, Crock - the Motion Picture is getting a fresh showing tomorrow night.

Plazm editor Jon Raymond and co-conspirator James Yu record live commentary with interjections from cast members and special guests on September 5th. There might be free 1996 Plazm magazines around too.

9/5
4:30-5:50 pm
Northwest Film Center Whitsell Auditorium at Portland Art Museum

Details + Tickets

Chaotic, challenging, and absent of marketable aesthetic, Crock premiered in 1996 and promptly sank into obscurity. Filmed with Hi-8 cameras and edited at Portland Cable Access, this feature-length video stars artists and musicians from Portland’s 90s indie scene. Inspired by the French Foreign Legion comic strip of the same name, Crock is a messy and doomed counterpoint to the boosterism and cosmopolitan ethos that eventually altered the city’s character.

Somewhere in North Africa, revolutionary Pretty Boy enlists the aid of Legionnaire Maggot to steal the iron fist of Commandant Vermin P. Crock. Meanwhile, Pretty Boy’s sister Flossie plots her own overthrow of the colonial regime with the help of her all-womyn militia.

The movie shares characteristics with a genre of no-budget, underground films, and gestures toward conceptual art as initiated by artists including Hans Haake and Raymond Pettibon. Over a decade later, the film continues to vex audiences with its weirdly puritan perversity and disregard for cinematic conventions. Celebrating the film’s thirteenth anniversary, PICA brings together the filmmakers and cast members for another look at this odyssey of insurrectionary filmmaking.

"Crock means well, but bad taste, amateurism, [and] idea ripoffs hurt it."
The Oregonian, 1996

Also showing 9/6 at 6:30 pm and 9/12 at 4:30 pm


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Thursday, September 3, 2009

Scion Installation 5 LA


Scion Space Presents:
Installation 5 | Scion Art Tour: Self Portrait

September 12th - September 30th, 2009

Featuring 44 Self-Portraits by:
AJ Fosik, Alex Hornest, Andrew Schoultz, Angela Boatwright, Asylm,
Blek le Rat, Christina M. Felice, Codak, David Choe, Edwin Ushiro, el
Yem, Eriberto Oriol, Eye One, Francesco LoCastro, French, Ian Lynam,
J. Shea, Jamel Shabazz, Jeff Soto, Kelsey Brookes, Kofie, Lisa Alisa,
Logan Hicks, Mark Mothersbaugh, Nicholas Harper, Patrick Martinez,
Peter Beste, Peter Glover, RETNA, Rick Rodney, Rob Abeyta Jr., Ron
English, Saber, Sage Vaughn, Skypage, Something in the Universe,
Souther Salazar, Stormie Mills, Tessar Lo, Todd Tourso, Too Tall
Jahmal, Usugrow, Will Barras, Yoskay Yamamoto

Opening Event: Saturday, September 12th, 2009 | 7-10pm
Artists in Attendance | Free Valet Parking | Open bar for guests 21+

All art will be sold in an online charity auction at
www.artnet.com/scion.html Auction runs Sept 12 – Sept 30
Visit site to see artwork and get more details
All sales will go to Creative Capital

@ Scion Installation L.A.
3521 Helms Ave. (at National)
Culver City, CA 90232
Gallery Phone: 310.815.8840

Hours: Wednesday - Saturday | 11am - 6pm and by appointment | Free

VISIT SCION INSTALLATION LA >>
www.scion.com/space/upcoming_events.html

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Facebook - www.facebook.com/scioninstallation
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Graffiti Archaeology: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow


I totally forgot about this site until I came across it again today... still just as cool. Unearth the archaeology of a variety of graffiti walls, layer by layer over the years.

Dig in here
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