The Collective as Author

Death of the Author >< Birth of the Collective Blending my artist practice and my teacher practice has been particularly rewarding. I find a lot of riches through teaching the Guerrilla Art Collective (GAC) as an artist. I get to explore concepts and projects that allow me to work with a group of powerful and…

Inspired by 3hund’s “Lucid”

Light Installation by 3hund Oh my!   This is right up my alley… “Installing beacons in scenes of thick forests and milky lagoons, German duo Tarek Mawad and Friedrich van Schoor of collective 3hund produced the film LUCID in order to capture the melancholy mood of these displaced works. The short film is a surreal tale…

OH! “This blog is about my studio practice?”

I’ve begun my MFA, 30 years after starting my BFA. It’s good to be back at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. We are asked to keep a blog about our studio practice. What is my studio practice like? Well, it is multi-faceted. That is because I am an artist, AND an activist, AND…