December 15, 2010
Shooters’ Choice: Ten Memorable Documentary Photos from 2010
Read more http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2010/12/documentary.html#ixzz18O2sFMG3
12/7/10
Happy Birthday Skylar!
Happy birthday (December 5th) and CONGRATULATIONS to Skylar for receiving a Shansi fellowship! She will be teaching English in China for two years following graduation. We love you!
phở-to seminar
Pipo and Jake cooked overnight to make phở for the seminar. Cold night, hot food, good friends, and many puns.
11/26/10
A History of the Future
Susannah Sayler and Edward Morris have been photographing sites around the world that are being affected by climate change in various capacities, or are in the process of adaptation and mitigation. While they are interested in "both the stillness and the potential violence in these places," as well as the Sublime, the images also have a place within the multi-faceted discourse about climate change. This project led to the formation of the Canary Project, a larger project producing art & media that deepen public understanding of human-induced climate change.
Richard Barnes
Saw his show in NY last spring and was struck by how funny and beautiful the images of natural history museums were. Equally arresting are his images of sterlings and the Unabomber's shed. Check out more of Richard's work
11/17/10
Lecture tomorrow
Thursday 18 November
12:15 – 1:15 pm, Classroom I, Art Building
For our own comfort, or for our
collections? Towards a history of the
museum environment
Mattias Legnér
Gotland University, Sweden, and OC STINT Fellow in
History (Fall 2010)
The second half of the 20th century saw a rapid expansion of HVAC systems in museums
over the world. Climate technology offered the possibility of controlling the environment but
proved to be costly and to create its own problems. The desire to control indoor climate - heat,
moisture, light - by introducing technology and international standards came to define the
field of preventive conservation in the later part of the century.
By studying how indoor climate issues have been considered and dealt with, we can better
understand imagined and real relationships between people and objects in museums. It is
acknowledged that climate is just one of many important factors when it comes to preserve
collections for the future. The lecture focuses on the history of Nationalmuseum, the national
museum of art in Stockholm, and how climate issues have been handled in the building over a
period of 150 years.
12:15 – 1:15 pm, Classroom I, Art Building
For our own comfort, or for our
collections? Towards a history of the
museum environment
Mattias Legnér
Gotland University, Sweden, and OC STINT Fellow in
History (Fall 2010)
The second half of the 20th century saw a rapid expansion of HVAC systems in museums
over the world. Climate technology offered the possibility of controlling the environment but
proved to be costly and to create its own problems. The desire to control indoor climate - heat,
moisture, light - by introducing technology and international standards came to define the
field of preventive conservation in the later part of the century.
By studying how indoor climate issues have been considered and dealt with, we can better
understand imagined and real relationships between people and objects in museums. It is
acknowledged that climate is just one of many important factors when it comes to preserve
collections for the future. The lecture focuses on the history of Nationalmuseum, the national
museum of art in Stockholm, and how climate issues have been handled in the building over a
period of 150 years.
Pipo speaking in Syracuse tonight
| 6:00pm | Pipo Nguyen-duy Lecture (Speakers) Light Work is pleased to invite you to view "East of Eden: Vietnam," featuring photographs by Pipo Nguyen-duy. These large-format color photographs bear witness to scars on the landscape and its people caused by the Vietnam/American War.
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11/9/10
Timothy Archibald
11/7/10
guest blogger: Rachel
Oscar Fernando Gómez Rodríguez is a taxicab driver and wonderful photographer from Monterrey, Mexico, who most often shoots from right inside his taxi. He was featured in the Fall 2010 issue of Aperture, with an introduction by Martin Parr. Read his bio/statement here.
11/1/10
Lecture Today
Monday, November 1, 2010 ● 4:30 p.m. ● Wilder 101
"Asian American Art History: Hidden Right Before Our Eyes"
Gordon Chang
Professor of History
Stanford University
A professor of American history at Stanford University, Gordon Chang's research focuses on the history of United States-East Asia relations and on Asian American history. He is particularly interested in the historical connections between race and ethnicity in America and foreign relations, and explores these interconnections in his teaching and scholarship. He is a recipient of Guggenheim and ACLS fellowships, and has been a two-time fellow at the Stanford Humanities Center. Chang is the editor or author of a number of essays and books, including Chinese American Voices: From the Gold Rush to the Present (2006), Asian Americans and Politics: An Exploration (2001), Morning Glory, Evening Shadow: Yamato Ichihashi and His Wartime Writing, 1942-1945 (1997), and Friends and Enemies: The United States, China, and the Soviet Union, 1948-1972 (1990). His most recent work, American Asian Art: A History, 1850-1970 (2008) is the first comprehensive study of the lives and artistic production of American Asian artists active in the United States before 1970. He is currently at work on a "long" history of U.S.-China relations from the colonial era to the present.
Sponsored by Oberlin College Comparative American Studies Program, Oberlin College Shansi, Oberlin College Art Department (Baldwin Fund), Oberlin College Department of History (Anderson Fund), Oberlin College East Asian Studies Program, Oberlin College Multicultural Resource Center
"Asian American Art History: Hidden Right Before Our Eyes"
Gordon Chang
Professor of History
Stanford University
A professor of American history at Stanford University, Gordon Chang's research focuses on the history of United States-East Asia relations and on Asian American history. He is particularly interested in the historical connections between race and ethnicity in America and foreign relations, and explores these interconnections in his teaching and scholarship. He is a recipient of Guggenheim and ACLS fellowships, and has been a two-time fellow at the Stanford Humanities Center. Chang is the editor or author of a number of essays and books, including Chinese American Voices: From the Gold Rush to the Present (2006), Asian Americans and Politics: An Exploration (2001), Morning Glory, Evening Shadow: Yamato Ichihashi and His Wartime Writing, 1942-1945 (1997), and Friends and Enemies: The United States, China, and the Soviet Union, 1948-1972 (1990). His most recent work, American Asian Art: A History, 1850-1970 (2008) is the first comprehensive study of the lives and artistic production of American Asian artists active in the United States before 1970. He is currently at work on a "long" history of U.S.-China relations from the colonial era to the present.
Sponsored by Oberlin College Comparative American Studies Program, Oberlin College Shansi, Oberlin College Art Department (Baldwin Fund), Oberlin College Department of History (Anderson Fund), Oberlin College East Asian Studies Program, Oberlin College Multicultural Resource Center
9/29/10
Lecture Today
Wednesday, September 29, 5 pm—Hallock Auditorium, Lewis Center for Environmental Studies
Trevor Paglen, Photography and the Creation of the World
Trevor Paglen is an artist, writer, and experimental geographer whose work deliberately blurs lines between social science, contemporary art, journalism, and other disciplines. His visual work has been exhibited at the Tate Modern, the Andy Warhol Museum, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, and has been featured in numerous publications including the New York Times, Aperture, and Art Forum. He is the author of four books: Torture Taxi: On the Trail of the CIA’s Rendition Flights (2006), I Could Tell You but Then You Would Have to be Destroyed by Me (2007), Blank Spots on a Map (2009), and Invisible (forthcoming August 30, 2010). Paglen holds a B.A. from UC Berkkeley, an M.F.A. from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and a Ph.D. in Geography from UC Berkeley. He currently resides in Oakland, California and New York City.
Still life from Afghanistan
Thanks to Hossit ( to see more)
For U.S. military officials in Kandahar province, the war in Afghanistan – is not only the shooting and patrolling. It is also usual scenes of daily life in the camps and bases. Dusty regions. Metal bowls. General barracks. Impromptu memorials to the fallen soldiers. Still life in Afghanistan.
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9/26/10
9/22/10
9/21/10
Postcard from Down Under
Lab monitor Alex Voight checks in from his semester in Australia (with the absolute perfect post card!)
9/17/10
9/16/10
Egyptian newspaper under fire
The altered photo
The originalFrom the BBC
Egypt's state-run newspaper has come under fire for altering a photograph to suggest President Hosni Mubarak was leading the Middle East peace talks.
Al-Ahram showed Mr Mubarak walking on a red carpet ahead of US President Barack Obama as well as the Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian leaders.
The original image, taken at the White House when talks were formally re-launched, shows Mr Obama leading the way and Mr Mubarak trailing behind.
9/7/10
AMAM Lecture series
Wednesday, September 29, 5 pm—Hallock Auditorium, Lewis Center for Environmental Studies
Trevor Paglen, Photography and the Creation of the World
Trevor Paglen is an artist, writer, and experimental geographer whose work deliberately blurs lines between social science, contemporary art, journalism, and other disciplines. His visual work has been exhibited at the Tate Modern, the Andy Warhol Museum, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, and has been featured in numerous publications including the New York Times, Aperture, and Art Forum. He is the author of four books: Torture Taxi: On the Trail of the CIA’s Rendition Flights (2006), I Could Tell You but Then You Would Have to be Destroyed by Me (2007), Blank Spots on a Map (2009), and Invisible (forthcoming August 30, 2010). Paglen holds a B.A. from UC Berkkeley, an M.F.A. from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and a Ph.D. in Geography from UC Berkeley. He currently resides in Oakland, California and New York City.
Tuesday, October 5, 5 pm—Hallock Auditorium, Lewis Center for Environmental Studies
Andy Grundberg, Culture Wars Revisited: Mapplethorpe, Photography, Pornography and the Real
Andy Grundberg is a curator, teacher, arts consultant and former New York Times critic who has been involved with photography and art for more than twenty-five years. Among the major exhibitions he has organized are Photography and Art: Interactions Since 1946 (1987), Points of Entry: Tracing Cultures (1996), Ansel Adams: A Legacy (1997), and In Response to Place: Photographs from the Nature Conservancy’s Last Great Places (2001). His books include Alexey Brodovitch (1989), Mike and Doug Starn (1990), and The Crisis of the Real (1999), a collection of essays, which examine the notion that photography both reflects and helps shape the contemporary art world. Grundberg is currently the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies and the Chair of Photography at the Corcoran College of Art and Design in Washington, D.C.
Monday, October 11, 5 pm—Classroom 1, Allen Art Building
Mark Levitch, Filling the Void: The Culture of Photography in Great War France
Mark Levitch holds a Ph.D. in modern and contemporary art history from the University of Pennsylvania. Previously an intelligence analyst at the State Department, Levitch works as a researcher and writer at the Department of Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. He is also the author of Pantheon De La Guerre: Reconfiguring a Panorama of the Great War (2006), the first historical and scholarly exploration of the Pantheon. Oberlin’s Professor of History Leonard Smith writes: “Levitch’s fine archaeology of the Pantheon provides a great service to historians of the memory of the Great War.” Levitch combines cultural history, art history and material culture studies to trace the changing reception of traditional art in the new age of mechanical media.
Thursday, October 14, 5 pm—Hallock Auditorium, Lewis Center for Environmental Studies
David Odo, Reframed Meanings: Early Photography of Japan as Souvenir/Science
David Odo is the Bradley Assistant Curator of Academic Affairs at the Yale University Art Gallery. He previously taught in the Department of Anthropology at Harvard University. Odo received his D.Phil. in Social and Cultural Anthropology from the University of Oxford, and has held numerous research fellowships, including appointments at the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, the Freer/Sackler Galleries, Harvard University, and the University of Tokyo. He has edited, curated and published work on early Japanese and Asian photography. His most recent publications are Unknown Japan: Reconsidering Early Photographs, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (2008) and “Expeditionary Photographs of the Ogasawara Islands, 1875-76” (in History of Photography, 2009).
5/10/10
Happy Mother's Day
Jake and his mom Rhea collaborated on The Gift, the last project of the Mixed Media class. 10 am on Sunday we were invited to show up wearing pajamas. First of all, no one has pajamas and I don't think that students can get up that early on a Sunday. We all came, some of us wearing pajamas and watched Jake's video and ate Ria's famous pancakes with berries, scrambled eggs with mushroom and cheese, bacon and drank Mimosa. Happy Mother's Day and it was a win win situation for everybody. Thanks Ria and Jake!!!
930am
The early birds
The Pancakes
The eggs
The video
The crew
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