The VISUALlanguage of Sarah Illenberger

It is worth being in touch with the work of Berlin artist Sarah Illenberger, who has long made them smile here at Trendland with her humorous and insightful perspective, seen in concise visual forms. Working at the intersection of 3D design, photography, set design, styling and illustration, Illenberger speaks in images, often memorable and conceptual. Sarah Illenberger is the first monograph of the artist’s work, featuring commissions by clients such as Vanity Fair and Wallpaper, as well as a selection of personal projects. For more insight into Sarah’s work and process, be sure to get her great book, and check out the video on the Trendland Listing!

MUSEUMS & the iPad app

Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen
	Anri Sala2 November 2012–3 February 2013 Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen3050 Humlebæk, Denmark www.louisiana.dk Anri Sala App
	Anri Sala app for free download The Louisiana Museum in Denmark has produced an iPad app in conjunction with the Anri Sala solo show. The app is available as a free download from the App Store and contains footage from the works by the Albanian artist, as well as texts by Michael Fried, Hans Ulrich Obrist & Julia Peyton-Jones, Jessica Morgan and Sanne Krogh Groth, and short introductions to each work by curator Mette Marcus. Edited by Michael Juul Holm. Search for Louisiana Museum or Anri Sala in the App Store or follow this link. The app is optimized for IOS 6. Anri Sala Solo Show at Louisiana Museum of Modern ArtMusic is a regular element in many people’s everyday lives. Music can subdue other sounds, set the pace or put us in a particular mood. Health research and various branches of science study the significance of music—and so do some artists. The Albanian-born artist Anri Sala (b. 1974) works with film. He is aware of the influence of music on people, and he draws on this frequently in his work ... click here to read more

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IN SYDNEY: Step out with the family this summer!

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART AUSTRALIA WHAT'S ON This December, there's creative and hands-on fun for everyone. Here’s what’s coming up for kids and families this month. Some programs require you to book, so get your tickets now to avoid disappointment.   Art Baby: Focus on Primavera 2012 Saturday 1 December 10.00–11.30am MCA Galleries and MCA Cafe  Parents and carers are invited to join tours of MCA exhibitions for a baby-friendly art experience. Prams/front packs/slings are recommended. Suitable for babies up to one year old.  $15 Adults/$10 MCA Members and Concessions  (includes coffee afterwards at the MCA Cafe) (booking fees apply)  Changing facilities are located on the Ground Floor and Level 3  Meet in the MCA Foyer > BOOK NOW Art Safari: Colour Crazy – sunrise Wednesday 12 or Friday 14 December 10.30–11.30am MCA Galleries and National Centre for Creative Learning, Level 3 Introduce contemporary art to children aged 3 to 5 years in this fun and dynamic workshop. Children and carers visit current exhibitions and learn about art together. Explore a different theme every month through play-based activities, including storytelling, drama and art making. $15 per Child/$10 MCA Members Free for Parents/Carers, bookings essential (booking fees apply) > BOOK NO COMING SOON IN 2013 Sunday Family Fun Days  Upside Down and Inside Out Sunday 27 January  Mirror and Masks Sunday 24 February  10.30am–1.00pm and 2.00–4.00pm   (AUSLAN interpreter available from 2.00–4.00pm)  MCA Galleries and National Centre for Creative Learning, Level 3  Celebrate creativity with the whole family! The galleries are turned over to kids and adults alike for this free day of fun events, exploring a different theme every month. Pick up your Gallery Explorer and look together around the MCA galleries for clues. Once you have collected all your special stamps, get creative with an art-making activity in the Creative Studios. Ages 4+ FREE, drop-in Sunday Family Fun Days take place on the last Sunday of every month (excluding December) Contemporary Kids: Upside Down and Inside Out January School Holidays Programs Tuesday 22 – Saturday 26 January 10.30am–1.00pm and 2.00–4.00pm MCA Galleries and National Centre for Creative Learning Get reflective and look at the world in new ways this summer, starting with Anish Kapoor’s Sky Mirror, on display on the MCA lawn. Create your own artwork and then turn your world upside down and back to front when you transform your 2D artwork into a 3D form. Ages 4+ FREE, drop-in ARTplay Wednesdays 30 January, 6, 13, 20 and 27 February 10.00am–12.00 noon Bella Room, National Centre for Creative Learning Explore the Bella Room with Emily Floyd’s interactive artwork The Garden together with your toddler and engage in a sensory experience. Drop-in to explore sculptural objects, wooden blocks and let the creative play lead the way. For parents, carers and under 5s FREE, drop-in Image captions: Image courtesy and © Museum of Contemporary Art Limited; Image courtesy and © Museum of Contemporary Art Limited; Image courtesy and © Museum of Contemporary Art Limited; Image courtesy and © Museum of Contemporary Art Limited; Anish Kapoor, Sky Mirror, 2006, installation view, Kensington Gardens, London, 2010-11, image courtesy the artist and Gladstone Gallery © the artist, photograph: Dave Morgan; Image courtesy and © Museum of Contemporary Art Limited, photograph: Ben Symons/Tito Media  SUBSCRIBE TO THIS NEWSLETTER HERE MAINTAIN DETAILS HERE UNSUBSCRIBE HERE

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THE NEW REALITY: Augmented Reality Exhibitions

This entry really really should have been called (SMARTphones + DUMBbureaucrats = ART ... guerrilla style)but maybe that would be a bit long – and too much in your face. However, it is important to say that this is NOT NEW but there you go. Nonetheless, it does look a lot like the FUTURE – and the future in all its manifestations looks pretty interesting! 

 "Sander Veenhof and Mark Skwarek cordially invite you [well they did] to the "WeARinMoMA" exhibition in the MoMA NY, featuring augmented reality art in its proper context: a contemporary art museum. At the same time, the 'art invasion' annex exhibition showcases the radical new possibilies and implications Augmented Reality is bringing to the cultural and creative field ... PS  The MoMA is not involved yet" ... and it seems it still isn't but they do have a BLOG CLICK HERE

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"The virtual exhibition will occupy the space inside the MoMA building using Augmented Reality technology. The show will not be visible to regular visitors of the MoMA, but those who are using a mobile phone application called"Layar Augmented Reality browser" on their iPhone or Android smartphones, will see numerous additional works on each of the floors." ... FOR MORE PLEASE CLICK HERE 

CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE MELBOURNE MUSEUM VIRTUALLY

There is no need for VIRTUALexhibitions to be 'nurdy & techno' as the technology to do something really simply is available and very accessible. Once you get past the notion that everything in a museum is not sacrosanct and accept that it is NOT ILLEGAL to take photographs, rather make images, in a  museum you are on your way ... for more on that click here 

VIVA LE SMARTphone!

CULTURALLY RELEVANT PERFORMANCES: Garage Sales

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How Are We Performing Today? This is a Museum of Modern Art NY project examines the "shifting conditions and rising popularity of performance-related art, and its evolving—and frequently ambivalent—relationship to the museum". It draws upon the double meaning attached to 'performance': The live element in the arts – current cultural production;  and  The benchmarking for economic productivity and thus relevance. MoMA's conference is very much to do with understanding the "character and consequences of new performance formats and strategies used by artists, curators, and institutions".  Notably, it explores how performance is "tied to the experience economy—in which memory itself is a product—and how it is framed institutionally".  Importantly via this conference is engaging with its Community of Ownership and Interest around the world and is asking questions like: "Where and under what conditions does performance art emerge today?  How can artists and institutions address performance's migration from the margin to the center of contemporary art discourse?  What kinds of transformations or conditions might be necessary to create a meaningful or critically engaged performance art program within the museum?" Interestingly, in doing all this the flip side of 'performance's' double meaning comes into play given that MoMA is deepening its engagement with current theory and practice relevant to 'current cultural production'—reflecting on  changing paradigms, parameters, modes of production, and presentation.AND all the while the institution is being  'entrepreneurial'  and in a multidimensional way.

ART WORDS

• "the viewer is persuaded by his senses that he occupies the centre of the world around him - a world he changes at will as he moves through it" Rudolph Arnheim Art Theorist 1988 

 

• “the only thing that is not art is inattention.” Marcel Duchamp '

• we don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.' Anaïs Nin 

•  ‘i think all my works, my actions, have no meaning outside what they are. so if you think it's significant, then it's significant.’ Richard Long 

•  'in the end, the creative act is not performed by the artist at all: the spectator brings art to life and thus fulfills the work on the spot.' Detroit Mona - The Jane Show 

•  'I think both art and life are a matter of life and death.' Walter de Maria 

•  'art is art. everything else is everything else.' Ad Reinhardt 

•  'you can only express in words what words are capable of expressing, what language can communicate. painting has nothing to do with that.' Gerhard Richter

UNmaking # 1

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MUSEUM & SOCIAL NETWORK

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Auckland Museum is a standout institution both within New Zealand, the Pacific and internationally. A few years back in 2010 the museum was in trouble but right now they have a right to a claim to be amongst the leaders of the pack in their field. When they were refurbishing their museum the staff ran a blog to keep their community informed and engaged – they unknowingly were setting the pace that other are yet to catch up with. The BLOG has grown up to become a dynamic part of the institutions public face and the starting point for all kinds of community activity. 

Congratulations all round!

Apps & iPads Invoke Change

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Stay in touch with developments of interest to YOU wherever you are – at home, on the road, wherever. 

 The paradigm of the 'iPad App' is a newish way to get to publications – magazines, museums, news networks – content. Musers can browse news about exhibitions, publications, research and other events from the leading, commentators, international museums, art centers, foundations, biennials and art journals, plus read current and past commentaries. The iPad App offers us the added functionality to search, store, and share developments, journal essays, exhibition announcements and more still.

Information is going viral in the 'New Paradigm' we find ourselves in and the signals are telling us to "join in or eat our dust". The “Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself”, FDR’s First Inaugural Address March 4 1933 at the deepest depths of the Great Depression somehow has a resonance here – change or have change imposed from around us.

The Cure For Greed

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Whether we like to admit it or not, greed is one human emotion we all will face at some point. Conceptual artist Diddo has used this observation as the premise for his latest work, “The Cure For Greed”. Using an intricate chemical separation process, the artist extracted and recovered pigment from $10,000 of US currency, individually dosed at 5ml in crimp-sealed medical vials, and paired it with an injection kit, complete with a 24-karat gold syringe, two gold plated needles and packaged into custom monogrammed mahogany or walnut box.  Watch the amazing video, and see what Diddo had to say about the project... click here

MONA: The Proactive Museum

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It's no surprise at all to see that MONA is operating OUTside the square. The 'enterprise' continually sets new standards and points to new paradigms. If one is looking for an exemplar of leadership in a 21st Century 'museum' context, or for that matter any context, then perhaps one needs to look no further for a little while yet.

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Musing on YOUtube .... CAGE WORKS

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100 years of John Cage, Wednesday Sept 5

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Musical Alaska: 100 years of John Cage Alaska Projects L2, Kings Cross Car Park, 9A Elizabeth Bay Road Undeniably one of the most influential characters in 20th century music and art, John Cage once said, “I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.” But nearly 100 years to the day that Cage was born, Sydney zine World’s Only is set to present a tribute to the past ideas of the venerable American composer. From his infamous 4”33’ of silence, to the use of chance procedures and Eastern mythology in composition, Cage continually provoked and challenged audiences, often with tongue firmly in cheek. The free afternoon concert will be a celebration of the music, art and philosophy of Cage’s 80 year career, performed by young and emerging Sydney musicians including World’s Only editor and Broadsheet contributor Megan Clune, emerging conductor Hoshimi Sakai, musician and director of Serial Space Tom Smith, ABC Young Performer Award finalist Som Howie and many more.

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VISIT & EXPLORE

MUSEUM MUSINGS: Marketing, Mobiles & Deaccession

This site, bickersteth.blogspot.com.au, offers all kinds of insights into the MUSEUMworld. The entries on Mobiles and museums - the next stage and The real via the virtual – Google Art expands are especially insightful. The site is not VISUALLYrich but museum administrators, it would seem, would be well served by following this BLOG.

The Musing Museums BLOG does not shrink from the contentious deaccessioning issue with four entries on the topic. Its an issue that in our current difficult economic times that is likely to arise to 'balance the books' in the short term. Mostly deaccessioning shouldn't happen – and certainly not for short term pragmatic reasons in public galleries and museums.

There is always the risk of corruption when deaccession is on the agenda– and there are many examples to be found if one goes turning over catalogues in the backrooms of far too many museums and art galleries.

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Bob McMahon: My Tasmania

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Bob McMahon is Tasmania's OTHERbob with an interest in things 'wilderness' and curiously both take photographs – and both were at the Gordon below Franklan protests. McMahon is a writer and photographer besides being a climber, adventurer and activist – and more recently, a BLOGGER.  Bob is about to launch into an interrogation of the WILDERNESSidea an idea that has a particular resonance in 'his Tasmania'. That'll be something to watch out for!

GOOGLEbook Musing

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New Marker Stone installed beside Loch Ness, July 2012 While it is up for debate whether iconic Loch Ness needs a marker stone, it seems that some benefits could be gained by installing one here in Launceston. Not everyone (especially those beneath the fog line) recognises Loch Launceston on days when it appears ... Muse freely

DARK TOURISM: A matter of conscience & consciousness

There's a side of international tourism that's a bit controversial and booming. Within the industry it's called 'dark' or thanatourism. John Lennon (Glasgow Caledonian University)says It's the recognition that there is a human interest, human motivation to explore the dark side of our past, as well as the positive side ... In mainstream culture, we witness this, with the interest in war, horror, detective, murder. In tourism we see that in visitation of those sites, associated with the worst elements of our human nature. So it's visitation of sites of death whether real or imagined. So it could include assassination sites, such as the Kennedy assassination point or indeed my namesake, John Lennon at the Dakota building in New York. It could be sites of mass killing and extermination like concentration camps or incarceration. Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge killing field sites and also incarceration sites. It could also be battlefield tourism, which is very significant in places like the U.S. but also in the U.K. where people will visit heritage sites associated with battles and many of these sites almost since the battles took place, have been places of veneration and visitation ... In Tasmania there is Port Arthur with layer upon layer of bleakness and there are Aboriginal massacre sites replete with dark stories, cultural memories and denials and there is the Black Line and more still ... click here to read and here more on ABC Radio 

JOBS WANTED

SAMPLE ONLY Exhibitions and Displays  Curator WHERE?  Somewhere quite important even if a bit out of the way

Increase awareness, understanding, and enjoyment of current cultural production. This is a superb opportunity to use your curatorial flair and passion for modern and current cultural production to devise and deliver exciting exhibitions and displays for an iconic place in the imagination of cultural thinkers. Working within the Program Team, you'll be involved in everything from developing new concepts, selecting artists, and researching provenance to co-ordinating installation and managing related publications. We'll also look to you to engage in scholarly debate, contribute to our overall research programme and give lectures, gallery talks, and briefings. Building strong partnerships in the region and maintaining a relevant international network will be a vital part of your remit. The role calls for a successful track record of devising and delivering distinctive exhibitions and a comprehensive knowledge of the processes involved. This will be supported by an appropriate degree or equivalent and an in-depth knowledge of national and international current cultural production. A highly effective organiser, planner, and negotiator, your superb communication skills will be matched by your ability to manage budgets and people. With four major sites, the institution holds key works in the national collection  as well as modern and contemporary art. This is an exciting time to join us as we are embarking on the next stage of our development which will see the delivery of expanded gallery and learning facilities, the completion of our premier exhibition space and the further development of the visitor facilities and gallery spaces elsewhere. With all these developments, we aim to increase public awareness, understanding, and appreciation of current cultural production. Join our committed team, and help take our collections to the widest audience possible. Our opportunities are open for you to apply online. Please visit our website to create an account by registering your details or if you are an existing user, log into your account. For all opportunities, we ask candidates to complete an online application form for the vacancy they are interested in.  If you need an application form in an alternative format, please call us. Once you have submitted your application, you can keep track of its progress by logging in to your account. Our jobs are like our galleries, open to all.

dOCUMENTA (13)

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Geoffrey Farmer’s Leaves of Grass at Documenta 13. Photograph: Ralph Orlowski/Reuters

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dOCUMENTA (13) GUARDIANreview  ... click here

Pictures in a Gallery

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Thanks to this contributor who with this image makes the point so clearly is that what she was looking for was to 'steal' – capture or record – a memory and nothing more. But it was taken not stolen as it may have been elsewhere or in another time. 

Other contributions welcome!

ART? CULTURAL PRODUCTION?

A new trend has EXPLODED in China’s upper class where people are transforming their pets into miniature versions of animals or just dyeing them crazy colors. Pandas seem to be a big hit and obviously are the favorites. Apparently it’s become a huge industry and people are spending THOUSANDS on professional hair dyes, salon cuts, accessories, you name it! Panda Puppies! Perhaps all this is an exemplar of how culture manifests itself when it is unconstrained by cultural institutions defining and determining what is 'proper', what is 'legitimate', what is 'acceptable'.  Let's face it, the animal owners here do not depend upon, or have rejected' the 'proper way'.

TATE TANKS 2012

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The Tanks: Fifteen Weeks of Art in Action 18 July–28 October 2012 

Tate Modern Bankside London SE1 9TG United Kingdom www.tate.org.uk 

Converted from the former oil tanks of Bankside Power Station, the Tanks at Tate Modern have been specially designed by architects Herzog & de Meuron to showcase live art, installation, and the moving image. Over a period of fifteen weeks this UK summer, these stunning, raw industrial spaces are launched with a new commission by Korean artist Sung Hwan Kim, a pair of collection displays featuring two new acquisitions – Suzanne Lacy's The Crystal Quilt (1985–87) and Lis Rhodes' Light Music (1975) – and Art in Action, a rolling festival of performance and film projects by over 40 established and emerging artists from around the world. Artists include Ei Arakawa (Japan), Jelili Atiku (Nigeria), Nina Beier (Denmark), Tania Bruguera (Cuba), Boris Charmatz (France), Keren Cytter (Israel), Juan Downey (Chile), Gill Eatherley (UK), Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker (Belgium), Liu Ding (China), Jeff Keen (UK), Anthea Hamilton (UK), Malcolm Le Grice (UK), Tina Keane (UK), Joachim Koester (Denmark), Anthony McCall (UK), Rabih Mroué (Lebanon), Annabel Nicholson (UK), Eddie Peake (UK), William Raban (UK), Yvonne Rainer (US), Aura Satz (UK), Patrick Staff (UK), Aldo Tambellini (US), Kerry Tribe (US), and Haegue Yang (Korea).