This is the blog for the project I did with the Artpologist Collective in Oakland California with Zhanara Nauruzbayeva, James Crosby, Davon Ramos, Diana Sanchez, Monica LInzner and Speed Pickney
An article about the Diagnostics project on Oakland North News
Good Magazine wrote a little article about Davon Ramos, James Reitano and myself that's worth checking out!
A collective of artists and social scientists that combine art and anthropology to engage in the visual exploration of urban landscapes. As artists, we investigate cities through visual means. As anthropologists, we use ethnographic fieldwork to situate our inquiry in the perspective of different people in changing places.
"The Borrowed Kazan" project engaged with the residents of Osh, Kyrgyzstan through the medium of food in September 2009.* By cooking and serving food in a temporary street cafe in the bazaar, we interacted with bazaar laborers and shoppers from all walks of life. Our project had three objectives: opening a street cafe in the middle of Osh bazaar; creating the cafe as an art installation; interacting with local communities and generating conversation. The project is a Global Arts Lab project sponsored by CEC Artslink.
A project by CEC Artslink. The Global Arts Lab is a one month residency that I participated in during the month of September 2009.
A collaborative art project with James Reitano for the Tengri Umai Gallery in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Sponsored by the U.S. Embassy in Kazakhstan. Video work by Davon Ramos
This blog-site is a documentation of the two-month-long intensive process of project work, including sketches, studies, impressions and thoughts in textual and graphic format.
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This is a collective blog site voted to be the best grass-roots media outlet in 2007. I have written a few articles on the art scene in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Symposium and art show at the University of California Berkeley
A collaborative art project in Almaty with James Reitano and Davon Ramos
Photos and descriptions (Russian Only) of a project I did with James Reitano and Davon Ramos September 2008
