Introduction to the Urban Cultural Heritage & Creative Practice Research Collaborative

Posted by Ian on Feb 13, 2012 in academic, arts, blog, news, publications, video

From the Winter 2012 Symposium held at Brown University. More information here.

Postcard Project featured on Providence Daily Dose

Posted by Ian on Jan 26, 2012 in blog, news

A nice little piece of press on the Postcard Project was recently featured in the Providence Daily Dose: http://providencedailydose.com/2012/01/22/providence-postcard-project/ Head over to the Granoff Center Friday for the opening party of The Providence Postcard Project — 1000 postcards,100 photographs, 22 neighborhoods — you may still have time to participate yourself. The Providence Postcard Project, by artist Betsey Biggs, explores […]

Brown to host International Symposium on Urban Cultural Heritage & Creative Practice

Posted by Ian on Jan 20, 2012 in blog, news

A  Discussion of International Approaches Heritage professionals from around the world converge on Brown’s campus for a day of conversation. Cape Town – Dublin – Hong Kong – Istanbul – Providence – York What is heritage, and what forms does it take in an urban environment?  How are creative practices affected by, and how do they […]

Launch of the Providence Postcard Project

Posted by Ian on Jan 17, 2012 in blog, news

On January 15, 2012, at AS220 in downtown Providence, artist Betsey Biggs launched her Providence Postcard Project. The project explores the familiar souvenir medium of postcards as a source of reflection by the residents of Providence on what meanings the city holds. Beginning this week, the project will be distributing pre-addressed, postage-paid postcards featuring photographs taken […]

Nostalgia Machines

Posted by Ian on Nov 19, 2011 in blog, news

The David Winton Bell Gallery will present Nostalgia Machines from Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011 through Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012. Exploring the intersection of nostalgia and technology in contemporary sculpture, the exhibition, curated by Maya Allison, features artists Meridith Pingree, Jasper Rigole, Jonathan Schipper, Gregory Witt, and Zimoun. An opening-night colloquium will be held on Friday, Nov. 18, 2011, at […]

Designs for an Archaeology of the Contemporary

Posted by Ian on Nov 15, 2011 in blog, news

This past Saturday, I was invited to be a panelist for a plenary session for the 2011 meeting of the Contemporary and Historical Archaeology in Theory (CHAT) at Boston University. Organized by Rodney Harrison, the plenary “Designs for an Archaeology of the Contemporary” was a wonderful opportunity to engage in cutting-edge, critical conversations around the […]

Building Expectation: Past and Present Visions of the Architectural Future

Posted by Ian on Sep 11, 2011 in blog, news

The David Winton Bell Gallery will present Building Expectation: Past and Present Visions of the Architectural Future from September 3 through November 6. An opening reception and lecture by the exhibition curator Nathaniel Walker will be held on Friday, September 9, from 5:30–7:30 p.m. It has been said that the past is a foreign country—but […]

Windshield (2011) installed at Brown University

Posted by Ian on May 10, 2011 in blog, news

Windshield (2011) – a new piece of public sculpture by artist Dennis McNulty at the Nightingale-Brown House in Providence, Rhode Island – was installed successfully this past week. Dennis has been in residence at the John Nicholas Brown Center at Brown University since February 2011. During this time he has completed this sculpture as well […]

Photosynth of ‘Space replaced by volume’

Posted by Ian on May 6, 2011 in blog, news

I’ve been experimenting with Microsoft’s re-launch of Photosynth as a mobile application. Here I’ve applied it to documenting Dennis McNulty’s exhibition ‘Space replaced by volume’ which is currently open at the Granoff Center for the Creative Arts at Brown University. As it is often difficult to capture the spatial relationships between works in the documentation […]

Exquisite Things: Online Exhibition

Posted by Ian on Mar 11, 2011 in blog, news | No Comments

Anyone interested in diving deeper into the Exquisite Things exhibition project we interacted with, you can explore more using the online exhibition site. We’d welcome your thoughts and feedback on the interactive elements, and we’d welcome your participation. http://www.exquisitethings.info