If you missed SXSW, or even if you went, be aware that there are two other festivals coming up. Dallas’ Nasher Sculpture Center will be presenting its “’til Midnight at…
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Today, March 18, Austin art space Pump Project is hosting a virtual reality experience by Flatsitter, an interdisciplinary collaborative that uses video, film, software programming, performance and installation to comment on…
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SXSW Kerfuffle! Artists Upset Over Deportation Clause in Contracts
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonThe South by Southwest Festival (SXSW), which begins March 10 in Austin, has sparked controversy after Brooklyn-based band Told Slant pulled out of the festival and posted the language of…
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It was announced a couple weeks ago that the city of Austin is now accepting submissions for its 2017 Faces of Austin film program. The event, which has been running since…
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Visual art has long had a presence at Austin’s SXSW festival and now the SX folks are making it official. They announced their first official Art Program, which will showcase…
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It May Be Too Late, but this Group is Set to Save East Austin Art
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonGentrification is the annoyance of many artists throughout Texas (and elsewhere). Artists, beatniks, and hippies move into a neighborhood because of its cheap rent and make it all cool. Developers…
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Earlier this year, the President and First Lady traveled to Austin for the South by Southwest (SXSW) conference. Apparently, Obama was very inspired by the mass meeting of creative thinkers…
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David Hanson, who founded Hanson Robotics in 2003 in North Texas, showed off one of his robots at the recent SXSW conference in Austin. “Sophia” has been described by various…
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Now in its third year, Marfa Myths will come to Marfa, TX on March 10–13. Curated by Brooklyn-based record label Mexican Summer and Ballroom Marfa, it’s referred to as a…
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Finally, a chance to see Eagle Pennell's 1983 Houston-shot film "Last Night at the Alamo" on a big screen.
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Austin’s Punk/New Wave Cinema, Discovered and Re-Discovered
by Peter Lucasby Peter LucasA newly restored program of rarely seen short films gives a glimpse of Austin's DIY rennaisance in the late-'70s and early-'80s.
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SXSW Looking for Artistic Tech Trend Nerds with Interesting Ideas
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonThe 23rd annual SXSW Interactive Festival, an “incubator of cutting-edge technologies and digital creativity,” will return to Austin from March 11-15. For 2016, the Interactive Festival’s Hugh Forrest has specifically…
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Video: The Glasstire Talks: Hugh Forrest of SXSW Interactive
by Glasstireby GlasstireGlasstire Founder Rainey Knudson interviews Hugh Forrest, Director of the South by Southwest Interactive Festival.
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The Show on the Road is a high-low art gallery housed inside a 1993 Chevy box truck; it was founded by gallerist Karen Light and it will be an exhibitor at SXSW’s Music Gear…
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Of the dozens of artists featured at this year’s Whitney Biennial, only one currently works in Texas, Andrew Bujalski, and he’s a filmmaker. He hails from Austin, a city which…
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A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of sitting with artist Christina Sukhgian Houle who is in Mexico City for six weeks as part of the SOMA summer artist…
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Jeanne Clair Van Ryzin of the Austin American Statesman has a mini review of the Arts of Palm, a clever re-use of an abandoned public swimming pool as a one-night…
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A friend and I used to have an ongoing joke about writing a blog titled Double Feature. In this fantasy blog we’d review films that seemingly had nothing in common…