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I can’t look away! If you need any explanation, head over to: http://lachivany.com/site/

From the press release:

The Art Newspaper is proud to announce the launch of a web TV channel
for the art world. It features interviews with key collectors,
curators, dealers, artists, and art world luminaries.

The Art Newspaper TV aims to further the success of The Art Newspaper and continue to provide breaking news, art market analysis and insight for the art world, online.

The site features interviews with sculptor Sir Anthony Caro, painter
Ellsworth Kelly and singer Patti Smith – all recorded this year. There
are also illuminating interviews with John Richardson, Jeffrey Deitch,
Adam Lindemann and Simon de Pury, to name but a few.

Anna Somers Cocks, founder of The Art Newspaper and
presenter for The Art Newspaper TV says, "We have always insisted on
going to primary sources for our stories in the print edition and the
online channel will maintain these standards. Firsthand comment from
experts in their respective fields will be the hallmark of our
interviews".

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Also included with an online subscription is access to a PDF version of the monthly Art Newspaper.

Recent features and interviews include:

Frieze Round Up
Dealers arrived at the Frieze art fair fearing the worst on the back of
a global economic meltdown. The buying frenzy of previous years was
over and buying far more considered.

John Richardson, Art Historian. Part 1
In part one John Richardson lifelong friend of Pablo Picasso talks to
Anna Somers Cocks about the current crop of emerging artists and
reflects upon his early days in America.

Zoo Art Fair Feature
This year, its fifth, has more international galleries showcasing
works. Collectors were out in force and, with the economic crisis just
a few miles away in the city, artists and gallery owners didn't seem to
be worrying.

Martin Parr
Martin Parr talks about his latest project which sees him photographing
the rich and famous around the world. We caught up with him at this
year's Frieze Art Fair.

Don and Mera Rubell, Rubell Family Collection. Part 1
Anna Somers Cocks talks with two of America's largest collectors of
contemporary art about why they are based in Miami, how they started
their collection and the legacy they hope to leave.

For more information and to sign up for a 1 month free trial please visit here

http://www.theartnewspaper.tv

They also make me think of the effects of space and time in the way Thomas Mann used space and time. Mann suggested [in The Magic Mountain] that movement through space has similar effects upon a person as those of the passage of time; distanciation, obfuscation and disorientation. Not ‘time-traveling’ but ‘travel-timing’; faster if not as permanent.

Anyway, check out the video too…

From Inhabitat:

“Theo Jansen has been creating wind-walking examples of artificial life since 1990. What was at first a rudimentary breed has slowly evolved into a generation of machines that are able to react to their environment: “over time, these skeletons have become increasingly better at surviving the elements such as storms and water and eventually I want to put these animals out in herds on the beaches, so they will live their own lives.”

Constructed as intricate assemblages of piping, wood, and wing-like sails, Jansen’s creatures are constantly evolving and have become excellently adapted to their sandy beach environment. The creatures sport legs, which “prove to be more efficient on sand than wheels . . . they don’t need to touch every inch of the ground along the way, as a wheel has to”. .”

read the rest after the jump…

Is Dr. Taylor with us? More than most… http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/229

Found this while Stumbling around this morning…Can’t wait to try one of my own.

We just heard about the new Bryant Park Project over at NPR and while perusing the web component of the project, we ran across this great YouTube clip. Have a listen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mVAn4X5zNc

"Dylan’s been giving bad interviews for so long that New York Magazine compiled a list that they call "The Ten Most Incomprehensible Bob Dylan Interviews of All Time." Now I applaud them for their research, and it’s certainly worth a look, because they tracked down video of most of these trainwrecks. (A 1986 classic is above.) But I take issue with New York’s slant.

How many times have you heard Bob Dylan characterized as being out of it and incoherent? How many jokes have been made about him mumbling and rambling through songs and sentences? It’s a pretty old and predictable take, and it has little or no basis in reality.

Say what you will about Dylan. You may think he’s past his prime, you may think his songs go on forever, and after watching interview clips like the one above, you may think he’s a jerk. But make no mistake–he knows exactly what he’s doing.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=n1wnOUH2jk8