TART 2014

The artist Duncan Campbell has just been shortlisted for the Turner prize. Anne gave him his first US show at TART in 2005.

Duncan Campbell’s film “Falls Burns Malone Fiddles” draws out the processes whereby people do nothing and something happens. It is a sort of aesthetization of everyday existence visible in the hairstyles, the fashions and aspirations of the moment…

Update: Campbell won the 2014 Turner Prize!

As TART was conceived to exist for no more than 3-4 years (our first show was in 2004 our last, 2008), the website I designed has become the space’s primary archive.

Truth Through Dare

A few weeks ago I invited my friend Steve to come and chat with the team at StudyBlue. Steve is a UX guru who really knows how to surface inherent process and organizational challenges facing start-ups.

Daring to examine the way we design and create products–essentially exposing ourselves to the group–is liberating and the sign of a team and organization that wants to know what it feels like to be healthy.

The ability to act on the revelations these sessions always make known, to embrace the necessary, often difficult changes is the sign of a functional organization that wants to succeed.

The work continues.

The Shape of a Pocket

Anne’s work reached new heights at the beginning of the year with a stunning, commissioned exhibition for the Mills College Art Museum.

With screens set amongst paper rock sculptures, Colvin’s newly commissioned three-channel video installation A Granite Note creates a haunting call and response refrain using abstracted visual and sonic fragments of boats, flowers and pipers that extend and shrink the chasm between time and image.

Installation views.

Auld Lang Syne (to the tune of, Old Long Sine My Jo)

And there’s a hand, my trusty fiere !
and gie’s a hand o’ thine !
And we’ll tak a right gude-willy waught,
for auld lang syne.

For auld lang syne, my jo,
for auld lang syne,
we’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.

–Robert Burns, 1788

Happy New Year!

Studyblue – Class Stats

The new Class Stats feature–aimed at high schools–for the StudyBlue web app starts gaining some traction.

Teachers want better ways to understand and motivate study behavior that’s directly connected to improved outcomes. With Class Stats they can seamlessly integrate StudyBlue into their routine without having to change curriculum, learn new technology or secure district funds.

-Becky Splitt, StudyBlue CEO

Prototype Design