Strange Powers

A few weeks ago Creative Time curator Peter Eleey explained that we generally look to art for a transformative experience when he was telling me about the concept behind the group show “Strange Powers,†which opens today 19 July 2006 and runs through 17 September 2006. The works that Eleey and co-curator Laura Hoptman chose for "Strange Powers" are imbued with many more forms of …

GameOver

GameOver is a series of stop animation videos that use people to reenact classic video games Pong and Space Invaders. Created by Guillaume Reymond, founder of the Swiss design firm NOTsoNOISY, the videos were filmed perfomance art-style in front of an audience. via Spear

Wonder Twin Powers, Activate!

Wonder Twins‘ call to action, “Wonder Twin Powers, Activate” is a group show opening tomorrow, 14 July 2006, at Chicago’s Gescheidle gallery. Featuring works that are “aesthetically charged, and reference symmetry and metamorphosis,” images range from Erik A. Lang‘s classically-composed homoerotic photographs to Colleen Asper’s neo-icon paintings to the collaged psychedelia of Rob Yamabushi (pictured). Wonder Twin Powers, Activate! Opening 14 July 2006, 6-9pm Through …