Springboards for March Speakeasy…
Join us Wednesday, Mar. 7 (6:30-8pm) for drinks and lively, informal discussion downstairs at the CAMH. This month, our guest provocateurs from the artist-run studios and gallery Box 13 have chosen the theme GRAND THEFT ART-O and have selected the following three “springboards” for a conversation about whether the use of appropriation in our art and culture is essential or just lazy…
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James Brown, Give It Up or Turn It Loose (Jungle Remix)
And a list of the most sampled James Brown songs: http://allyouneedislists.com/entertainment/music/the-10-most-sampled-james-brown-songs/
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“All artists borrow; great artists steal.” –Pablo Picasso
Springboards for February Speakeasy…
Join us Wednesday, Feb. 8 (6:30-8pm) for drinks and lively, informal discussion downstairs at the CAMH. This month, our guest provocateurs from The Menil Collection have chosen the theme MELANCHOLIA and have selected the following three “springboard” conversation-starters…
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Melencolia I, Albrecht Dürer, 1514, engraving, 31 cm × 26 cm
More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melencolia_I
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Shut up I’m dreaming, Friedrich Kunath, 2008 C-print, diasec, aluminum frame 31.5 x 23.6 inches.
More info: http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/friedrich_kunath.htm
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Torsten Slama, Walt-Whitman-Gedenk-Raffinerie (Wlt Whitman Memorial Refinery), 2005, ink on illustration board, 28 ¾ X 40 ¼ “
More info: http://www.camh.org/exhibitions/zilkha/perspectives-166-torsten-slama
Brood on that, and we’ll see you Feb. 8th!
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston - 5216 Montrose Boulevard, Houston Texas 77006
Springboards for January Speakeasy…
For our January 18th Speakeasy, our cheerful pals at Lawndale Art Center are bringing in the new year with the theme of WORST CASE SCENARIO. As our guest provocateurs for the evening, they’ve decided to start the conversation around the topic of epic fails, impending doom, and personal apocalypses, and have selected the following “springboard” conversation-starters to get your gears turning…
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In 1983 IRAS (Infrared Astronomical Satellite) spotted a red dwarf, later named M6V 11825 (Minoris). Shortly after they discovered it was moving towards us, and fearing public panic, withdrew their statement…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpPP9Z9LOBU
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World health ministers said Friday they were being vigilant after a Dutch laboratory developed a mutant version of the deadly bird flu virus that is for the first time contagious among humans…
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jzltvRmKshFhJFd12Z42UEsR3doQ?docId=CNG.5cbb5adf472564d8ca0e0b3587eca98b.241
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SPEAKEASY
Wednesday, January 18 (6:30-8pm)
Guest Provocateurs: Lawndale Art Center
CAMH - 5216 Montrose Blvd.
Free admission. Beverages available.
