• Algorhythmic Avant-Garde
    Posted on 10th November 2008

    Algorhythmic Avant-Garde

    There’s this new, controversial anthology of nearly 4,000 poems, entitled Issue 1. It is large enough to defy the limits of traditional bookbinding, with its 3,785 pages. It defies another assumption about books, too.

  • Advice for Writing Art Criticism
    Posted on 9th November 2008

    Advice for Writing Art Criticism

    Lately, I’ve been Learning to Write Art Criticism. Along the way, I’ve discovered some useful advice from a variety of critics at The Guardian, an English newspaper. Here’s a useful passage.

    ‘Don’t trust your prejudices but believe in your instincts’
    Adrian Searle on art
    The only rule: look, look again, and keep on looking. If you don’t like [...]

  • A “Wake” for Link Magazine
    Posted on 9th November 2008

    A “Wake” for Link Magazine

    Tonight was a mournful night for the arts community of Baltimore, even though the mourning was mostly in jest. A “wake” was held for Baltimore’s defunct arts magazine, Link: A Critical Arts Journal in Baltimore and the World (1996-2006). For ten years or so, Link was a preeminent authority on the subject of – you guessed it – arts in Baltimore and the World.