Events - August 2008

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Friday, August 1, 2008 | 7:30 PM

The Mystery of Claywoman

Part of New Museum Presents
 
Film/Video

Claywoman is a 500-million-year-old enigma who, legend has it, can cure anyone of their deepest pain. She has traveled the universe searching for souls to heal and planets to save. The Mystery of Claywoman, written and p... more

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Saturday, August 2, 2008 | 10:00 AM

Target First Saturdays for Families: An Imaginary Animal Kingdom

Part of Target First Saturdays for Families
 
Family Programs

Visit “Museum as Hub: Antikhana,” an exhibition organized by Townhouse Gallery of Contemporary Art in Cairo, Egypt. Inspired by the Townhouse Gallery’s neighborhood, the artists included in this exhibition capture ... more

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Thursday, August 7, 2008 | 7:30 PM

Radio Action III

Music/Performance

Join free103point9, in collaboration with Radio Web MACBA (RWM) and Barbara Held, for a live performance celebrating Radio Action III, an online radio program produced for RWM and the next free103point9 Audio Dispatch CD... more

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Friday, August 8, 2008 | 7:30 PM

Rhizome Commissions Conversations with Dan Pfiffer, David Nolen, Mushon Zer-Aviv, Carolyn Strauss and Julian Bleecker, and Melanie Crean. Moderated by Rhizome Editor Ceci Moss

Part of New Silent
 
Discussions, New Media

This is the second in a three-part series that features presentations by artists awarded grants through Rhizome's Commissions Program. Founded in 2001 to support artists working with technology, the Rhizome Commissions P... more

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Thursday, August 14, 2008 | 7:30 PM

Dina Ramadan: A Taste for the Modern: Art Criticism and the Making of the Egyptian Bourgeoisie

Part of Exhibition Related, Museum as Hub
 
Discussions

Scholar Dina Ramadan discusses the journal Sawt el-Fannan (The Voice of the Artist)—a self-proclaimed pioneering publication in the field of Egyptian art criticism, first produced in 1950—as a departure point for und... more

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Saturday, August 16, 2008 | 3:00 PM

The Visual Rhetoric of Environmentalism

Part of Exhibition Related
 
Discussions

As scientific consensus about global warming gains traction with the public,this panel explores how such knowledge—and the environmental strategies itprompts—should be expressed visually. With Dr. Cameron Tonkinwise,... more

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Friday, August 22, 2008 | 7:30 PM

CAPTURED (2008) with Q & A

Part of Art on the Bowery
 
Discussions, Film/Video

This 2008 documentary by Jenner Furst, Dan Levin, and Ben Solomon examines the life of filmmaker, photographer, and longtime Bowery resident Clayton Patterson. Since 1979, Patterson has dedicated his life to documentin... more

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Saturday, August 23, 2008 | 3:00 PM

Museum as Hub: Clare Davies on Open Studio Cairo

Part of Exhibition Related, Museum as Hub
 
Discussions

Open Studio Cairo is an international residency program in downtown Cairo exploring creative approaches to sound. Seventeen cultural practitioners from over ten different countries spent two weeks in the program. It was ... more

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Thursday, August 28, 2008 | 7:30 PM

Museum as Hub: The Sawa Workshop: Video Art Screenings

Part of Museum as Hub
 
Discussions, Film/Video

Artist Ayman Ramadan and independent practitioner of arts and cultural programs Aida Eltorie present short videos produced in Cairo during a three-week workshop (led by artist Ahmed El Shaer) at Townhouse Gallery for Con... more

Exhibitions - August 2008

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July 17, 2008 - September 21, 2008

After Nature

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July 10, 2008 - September 21, 2008

Museum as Hub: Antikhana

Presented by Townhouse Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo, Egypt

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June 25, 2008 - October 12, 2008

2008 Altoids Award

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December 1, 2007 - November 9, 2008

Jeffrey Inaba

Donor Hall