Taste and Theory

2011-04-01T17:01:00.006-05:00

Patient Viewer : A GesamtkunstwerkApril 8th, 6-10pmXproject 109 N. Harrison, Richmond VAAn interactive work by Tara Strickstein and Jesse Yuhasz.Space, dictating the psychology of interpersonal relationships, constructs a particular physical reality.Under surveillance, these cognitive environments magnify the fragmented self, inverting the subject-object paradigm via arbitrary segregation.Time is

Upcoming Show : Part Three : Sensitivity Training

2010-05-27T10:05:00.003-05:00

Bloodshed Event presents Sensitivity Training, the third in a series of interactive situations by Tara Strickstein, rooted in social psychology and the seven deadly sins. Loosely based in Stanley Milgram’s studies on obedience, this concluding episode is sculpted as a means to maneuver human agency vis-à-vis sloth and wrath. VOLTA6 Dreispitzhalle June 16-20 Basel,

Part Two: PATAPHOR

2010-04-16T16:00:00.008-05:00

Bloodshed Event presents PataphorNEXT, Art Chicago April 29- May 3The second in a series of calculated situations rooted in social psychology and behavioral theory; the seven deadly sins incarnate.Performed in an exaggerated and macabre game-show aesthetic, this interactive installation investigates zero-sum theory as it relates to pride, greed and envy.Through a series of absurd feats of

My upcoming project

2010-02-11T16:50:00.003-06:00

Bloodshed Event presents Stuffed, the first in a new series of calculated situational constructs by artist Tara Strickstein, rooted in social psychology and behavioral theory. A means to maneuver human agency through subtle decision-making conflicts, this interactive performance work, featuring transgender taxi dancers and a pie-eating competition, investigates cognitive dissonance as it relates

50 Cent, Fearlessness, and You | Robert Greene | Big Think

2010-01-23T14:57:00.000-06:00

Human Morality (Hauser)

2009-12-19T09:34:00.000-06:00

Part 1 Marc Hauser lecture.

Decision theory and double effect

2009-12-19T09:29:00.000-06:00

This is the second part of an edited version of Marc Hauser's lecture on human moral psychology.

The promised LAND

2009-12-11T15:11:00.013-06:00

"Momin chalks up her L.A. move to a bit of a Wild West fantasy. “[L.A.] is a place where you choose how you want things to be, and there’s an idea that you can actually make it happen,” she says. (W, nov 09)Shamim Momin, former contemporary curator of the Whitney, has founded the non-profit art organization LAND (Los Angeles Nomadic Division) along with Christine Kim (curator at LACMA) .

Mathew Barney in Brazil

2009-12-11T15:01:00.003-06:00

“DE LAMA LÂMINA” (2004-2009), BY MATTHEW BARNEY, IS ONE OF THE NEW PERMANENT INSTALLATIONS INAUGURATING IN INHOTIM “De Lama Lâmina” (2004-2008) may be considered the latest achievement of a project that began in the performance with the musician Arto Lindsay, during the 2004 Carnival in Salvador, Brazil, and documented in the homonym long film, already part of the Inhotim collection and shown

Feat of..

2009-11-23T12:58:00.003-06:00

While researching for Pataphor, I came across this video. Awesome example of Japanese gameshow.It is hilarious!

What the World Eats, Part I

2009-10-30T18:22:00.002-05:00

What the World Eats, Part ILovely visual narrative on world family diet, from Time.

The Intelligent Hoodlum

2009-10-29T15:49:00.014-05:00

“It ain’t where you from, it’s where you at.” RakimIntelligence is the most effective form of violence, resistance and opposition. There is a pungent flavor, polemically inclined and rooted in historical irony that can only be achieved through this marriage of disparate elements. A breaching experiment in itself, undermining expectation, the intelligent hoodlum frees spirit to

Asch Experiment

2009-10-24T21:28:00.008-05:00

The Asch conformity experiments were a series of studies published in the 1950s that demonstrated the power of conformity in groups.

Carrie Mae Weems | Thirteen Questions for Wynton Marsalis & Cornel West

2009-10-17T09:11:00.009-05:00

At times, asking the questions can be just as (if not more) important than having the answers spoken.Art21:

Upcoming Course : Liam Gillick at MCA

2009-10-12T15:40:00.014-05:00

Utilizing the concept of a "breaching experiment" I will begin this course wearing an eye-patch. Halfway through the introduction, I will openly switch it to the other eye.In social psychology a breaching experiment would be utilized to examine peoples' reactions to violations of commonly accepted social rules or norms. In this context, it speaks to the students' capacity for the unexpected and

Art21 : Season 5

2009-10-08T19:21:00.006-05:00

Art21 season 5 Airs every Wednesday on PBS beginning Oct 7, 2009click on title to link to Art21 blog

Food Pairing

2009-10-07T23:12:00.008-05:00

Check out this site for creative flavor pairing.http://www.foodpairing.be/click on title to link.

If thoughts have mass..

2009-10-07T22:22:00.011-05:00

then gravity must also be exerted.Gravity, a fundamental underlying force in the universe, is proportional to mass and distance between 2 objects.Einstein's theory of relativity adds to this; he predicted that objects with great mass deform space around them, causing light to deflect into them.A fascinating theory, the concept of Noetics is a prevailing theme in the latest Dan Brown novel The

Seven Deadly Sins in the US

2009-09-29T10:30:00.004-05:00

Wired magazine recently published this interesting (yes, flawed) mapping of the United States based on the seven deadly sins.click on title to view article.

Kevin Coval : G-dself get Loose

2009-09-27T11:07:00.004-05:00

A lovely portrayal of the partnering lines of jews and hip hop.click on the title to watch this spoken word performance.

The Paper Chicken : a Yom Kippur story

2009-09-27T11:05:00.004-05:00

Forrest Bess

2009-09-14T11:56:00.014-05:00

As part of an ongoing internal debate regarding the relationship of sexuality and enlightenment, I have recently been acquainted with and intrigued by the personal trials of the artist Forrest Bess.Seemingly tormented by the notion of becoming a whole, spiritual being he was obsessed with his theory of self-inflicted genital mutilation (a sort of anatomical manifesto) as a means to achieve this

Pataphor

2009-09-14T11:24:00.017-05:00

Pataphor (noun):1. An extended metaphor that creates its own context.2. That which occurs when a lizard's tail has grown so long it breaks off and grows a new lizard.Pataphorology is a science invented by P.A Lopez and derived from the science of pataphysics as described by Alfred Jarry.As part of an upcoming series, I am manipulating the concept of pataphor to describe a division of assets.