February 2012
I am pleased to announce that I will take part in a project by CEC Artslink called "One Big City". The project will take place in May 2012. I will work with Mikhail Zheleznikov at Museum of the Moving Image In Astoria, Queens. I'll update this news shortly.
January 2012
I am working on a comic book! The book is a blend of history, mystery, and a cultural slice into the lives of Mexican Americans in the South West during the mid-20th Century. To work on the comic book I set up a blog to post things related to the project. Feel free to check out the work in progress at The Artpologist blog
November 2011
The Diagnostics Project is featured in Rides Magazine December/January issue. This is part of an ongoing collaborative project called The Artpologist with artists Davon Ramos, Diana Sanchez, James Crosby, Monica Linzner, Frank Sosa, Zhanara Nauruzbayeva, Speed Pickney, and Ralus Rogers.
Pop on down to your local magazine stand and pick up a copy.
Pop on down to your local magazine stand and pick up a copy.
October 2011
I've been working on my new blog. You can check it out here:
Daniel Artpologist
You can get updates on my latest projects and see some of my latest work.
Daniel Artpologist
You can get updates on my latest projects and see some of my latest work.
September 2011
An Austrian Contemporary Art magazine The Visual Artbeat Magazine has a new issue out with an article about the Diagnostics and The Borrowed Kazan projects. If you click on the link you can order one from them.
August 2011
If you are one of the many people on Facebook you can click like here : Facebook/Artpologist to get the latest news on our work joining art and anthropology!
August 2011
Rides Magazine will publish an article about my work with the Artpologist Project in Oakland called Diagnostics. I'll let you know more when the article is up. I'll also put it on the links page if there is anything available.
July 2011
Oakland North published a nice little article about our work on the Diagnostics Project. I was interviewed for this one. Here is the article: Diagnostics Show
July 2011
Diagnostics
Speed Pickney's auto shop "Enthusiast Automotive" is a microcosm for the shifting urban landscape in North Oakland, California. Not only does Speed’s shop provide tangible services to the neighbors through auto-mechanics, but over time, his space has also become a community center. Together with Speed, his colleagues, and residents, we explore the neighborhood and its history.
Here's the link to the slideshow of the project with Video by Davon Ramos: Artpologist
Speed Pickney's auto shop "Enthusiast Automotive" is a microcosm for the shifting urban landscape in North Oakland, California. Not only does Speed’s shop provide tangible services to the neighbors through auto-mechanics, but over time, his space has also become a community center. Together with Speed, his colleagues, and residents, we explore the neighborhood and its history.
Here's the link to the slideshow of the project with Video by Davon Ramos: Artpologist
March 1st, 2011
Nishat Kurwa interviewed me for Turnstyle the web publication for Youth Radio in Oakland, California. You can read the interview here: Art from Under The Engine
Fall 2009
The Borrowed Kazan
The Borrowed Kazan is a project sponsored by CEC Artslink for their Global Arts Lab residency. I Worked with the chef and artist Jerome Waag of OpenRestaurant.org and Zhanara Naruzbayeva a member of the Artpologist collective and an anthropologist and doctoral candidate at Stanford University to create a restaurant to study and partake in the daily life of the bazaars in the city of Osh, Kyrgyzstan.
Project Online:
http://artpologist.com/projects/borrowed-kazan
Blog for project:
http://theborrowedkazan.wordpr
CEC Artslink Global Arts Lab website:
http://www.cecartslink.org/pro
The Borrowed Kazan is a project sponsored by CEC Artslink for their Global Arts Lab residency. I Worked with the chef and artist Jerome Waag of OpenRestaurant.org and Zhanara Naruzbayeva a member of the Artpologist collective and an anthropologist and doctoral candidate at Stanford University to create a restaurant to study and partake in the daily life of the bazaars in the city of Osh, Kyrgyzstan.
Project Online:
http://artpologist.com/projects/borrowed-kazan
Blog for project:
http://theborrowedkazan.wordpr
CEC Artslink Global Arts Lab website:
http://www.cecartslink.org/pro
Fall 2008
The Diplomats
A collaborative art project with James Reitano funded by the U.S. Embassy in Kazakhstan to work with local urban artists in the city of Almaty and with disadvantaged youth in the city of Shymkent.
The project is also a video documentary made by Davon Ramos.
A collaborative art project with James Reitano funded by the U.S. Embassy in Kazakhstan to work with local urban artists in the city of Almaty and with disadvantaged youth in the city of Shymkent.
The project is also a video documentary made by Davon Ramos.
Summer 2007
Transformations of Space in Almaty, Kazakhstan
As a member of the Artpologist collective, I participated in the multi-media art project that explored, documented and interpreted the everyday lives of people living and working in a city remade by the profits of oil exploration. The project focused on the studios of Almaty artists and explored the working spaces of Kuanysh Bazargaliev, Assel Kalieva, Galim Madanov, Irina Maslikova, Saken Narynov, Saule Suleimenova, Abdrashit Sydykhanov and Georgii Tryakin-Bukharov. These studios are not only separate micro-worlds where artists think and create but are also pieces that reflect a larger macro-order, in our case, the city of Almaty.
As a member of the Artpologist collective, I participated in the multi-media art project that explored, documented and interpreted the everyday lives of people living and working in a city remade by the profits of oil exploration. The project focused on the studios of Almaty artists and explored the working spaces of Kuanysh Bazargaliev, Assel Kalieva, Galim Madanov, Irina Maslikova, Saken Narynov, Saule Suleimenova, Abdrashit Sydykhanov and Georgii Tryakin-Bukharov. These studios are not only separate micro-worlds where artists think and create but are also pieces that reflect a larger macro-order, in our case, the city of Almaty.
Summer 2006- Spring 2007
Soviet Socialist Condensers Series
Inspired by Victor Buchli’s amazing book An Archaelogy of Socialism , I spent a year in a study of Soviet apartment buildings in two cities in Kazakhstan, Taraz and Almaty.
The urban fabric of these cities is defined by Soviet modernist architecture and the mushrooming luxurious high-rise architecture stemming from the new oil wealth. On the one hand, I couldn’t help but be concerned with how the Soviet apartment stock has been evolving into buildings that the architects would have never imagined. My concern was to convey how Constructivism, Modernism, Internationalism - the utopian projects of Soviet Communism - worked and failed.
On the other hand, I was fascinated with the new aesthetic and the emerging architectural hierarchy that arises from the birth of class. Much of the Soviet architecture today in Almaty is being destroyed, and augmented beyond recognition. Through a series of paintings on Soviet-era apartments in Almaty, I seek to re-analyze and re-evaluate the socialist legacy and how buildings change and adapt.
Inspired by Victor Buchli’s amazing book An Archaelogy of Socialism , I spent a year in a study of Soviet apartment buildings in two cities in Kazakhstan, Taraz and Almaty.
The urban fabric of these cities is defined by Soviet modernist architecture and the mushrooming luxurious high-rise architecture stemming from the new oil wealth. On the one hand, I couldn’t help but be concerned with how the Soviet apartment stock has been evolving into buildings that the architects would have never imagined. My concern was to convey how Constructivism, Modernism, Internationalism - the utopian projects of Soviet Communism - worked and failed.
On the other hand, I was fascinated with the new aesthetic and the emerging architectural hierarchy that arises from the birth of class. Much of the Soviet architecture today in Almaty is being destroyed, and augmented beyond recognition. Through a series of paintings on Soviet-era apartments in Almaty, I seek to re-analyze and re-evaluate the socialist legacy and how buildings change and adapt.
