Chunky Move lights up Pittsburgh with GLOW
Monday, November 12th, 2007 Posted in Dance, Cultural District | 1 Comment »The Melbourne-based dance company, Chunky Move, comes to Pittsburgh, courtesy of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, for the concluding performances of the five-week Australia Festival. On Thursday and Friday, November 15-16, Chunky Move will present the U.S. premiere of GLOW. ...
Edwin van der Heide
Thursday, September 20th, 2007 Posted in Video, YouTube, Documentaries (small files), Technology, Visual Art, Cultural District, Media Art, Wood Street Galleries | No Comments »[youtube]ffXRcgocAcg[/youtube] In the spring of 2007, Wood Street Galleries in Pittsburgh's Cultural District hosted three installations by Dutch artist Edwin van der Heide. The exhibit featured "Sound Modulated Light #1," a participative environment in which visitors were invited to explore and ...
We’ll Keep the Lights on for You
Friday, June 29th, 2007 Posted in Visual Art, Media Art, Cultural District, Events | 5 Comments »photo credit: Anthony Musmanno Pittsburgh: The City of Lights? In celebration of the Year of Glass, Pittsburgh is keeping its lights on for visitors with a unique public lighting design by French artist Lucette De Rugy. By transforming buildings in downtown Pittsburgh ...
4-D Art: A “tempest” of technological & artistic feats
Tuesday, March 20th, 2007 Posted in Technology, Visual Art, Drama, Cultural District | No Comments »Spirits, visions and sorcery come alive in 4-D Art’s presentation of La Tempête, a multi-dimensional adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. The cutting-edge company 4-D Art stages performances with virtual images projected onto the stage through the use of stunning holograms ...
Attack Theatre’s “The Dirty Ball”
Friday, March 9th, 2007 Posted in Dance, Cultural District, Events | No Comments »Billed as "the best time you can have with your clothes on," The Dirty Ball celebrates the fun and fabulous side of Pittsburgh's great exporter of dance, Attack Theatre. Founded by Michele de la Reza and Peter Kope, Attack Theatre ...
Dayton Contemporary Dance
Monday, March 5th, 2007 Posted in Dance, Cultural District | No Comments »The August Wilson Center for African American Culture hosts the heralded return of the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company. In this dynamic program, DCDC has assembled four different choreographers to create dance works inspired by the powerful paintings of Jacob Armstead ...
Thread
Tuesday, February 20th, 2007 Posted in Video, Vlog, YouTube, Technology, Visual Art, Wood Street Galleries, Cultural District, Media Art, Sculpture | 1 Comment »[youtube]5bQ7xES20_0[/youtube] "THREAD" is the latest installment at Wood Street Galleries. Guest curated by Michele Thursz, the exhibition features participating artists: Michael Anderson, Andy Deck, Ursula Endlicher, Tal Hadad, Yael Kanarek, Knitta, Guthrie Lonergan, Cat Mazza, Anne-Marie Schleiner, Devorah Sperber, Carlo Zanni, ...
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Monday, February 5th, 2007 Posted in Dance, Cultural District | No Comments »"Gnawa" photo: © Todd Rosenberg The celebrated dancers of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago will present four dynamic pieces as part of the Pittsburgh Dance Council series on Saturday, February 10, 8 p.m., at the Byham Theater. Lickety-Split, choreographed by ...
Sketches of Apophenia
Sunday, February 4th, 2007 Posted in SPACE, Visual Art, Cultural District, Sculpture | No Comments »[youtube]RWjhErnb07E[/youtube] The last installment of the ARTSINPGH interviews with Keny Marshall at SPACE in Pittsburgh's Cultural District (December 2006).
Everybody’s got 3-D Pipes
Saturday, February 3rd, 2007 Posted in Visual Art, Media Art, Cultural District, Sculpture | No Comments »[youtube]qq1c1mhVY5A[/youtube] Pittsburgh-based artist Keny Marshall talks about the life-size, analog version of "3-D pipes" in an interview filmed in December 2006. Part of the exhibition, Apophenia, at SPACE.