…is the book just out from Italy’s Mousse Publishing, which documents the one year of exhibitions, installations, projects, and events at the temporary non-profit art space spearheaded by Elizabeth Dee with curator Cecilia Alemani that was housed in the former Dia building in New York City for which I produced the Fall 2009 project ‘Dome ..
…for the Roman Rooftop Homestead plants – returning from their warm holiday retreat in my makeshift window greenhouse – now that this city has returned to it’s Mediterranean-climate senses with night time temperatures back above..
…which I just bought on Clivo Portuense the street with all of the bicycle/moped shops by Porta Portese – now that the rains have stopped – and already it has totally changed the way I experience the city, having always been on foot until now – very exciting: night-time rides around the colosseum, big circles ..
…has been created in my East studio window this morning, providing a new winter retreat for my rooftop plant refugees as sub-freezing temperatures arrive in Rome evidenced by the ice forming in the Academy fountain out in the courtyard below….and hey, it just started to snow (which is only supposed to happen every 20 years?), ..
…is something that is only meant to fall once every twenty years – but they got over an inch last winter and we’re getting it today – magic! pretty! (global..
…looks deceptively warm, but no&#..
…engaged in a thoughtful dialog with curator and critic Laura Barreca at MAXXI this evening about the videos she shepards entire communities of hundreds of local collaborators – young to old – to make together from conception to production – and there were some dance numbers that I especially enjoyed. (artis..
…is what I am seeing out my window now, (while watching live video from Corriere della Sera of the dramatic scene on the streets below) as it was just announced that Silvio Berlusconi won the vote of confidence in the lower house, just three votes away from the collapse of his government, while 1,500 police ..
…is what I’m mak..
…the short film featuring Totò and Ninetto Davoli from the 1968 collection ‘Capriccio all’Italiana‘ – is actually bringing some tears to the eye tonite – especially the last moments of the last scene as Ninetto, a marionette version of Othello, looks up at the sky from the garbage pile where he has been dumped, exclaiming ..
…or EUR, originally known as E42, the vast development south of Rome initiated by Benito Mussolini in 1935 designed by a collaborative of Italian architects is where we went today in search of some adventures in fascist Roman architecture – which first fascinated me (to the horror of my Italian classmates and teaching assistants) while ..
…today and almost every day at 5pm in my studio has been a revelation (having previously always needed a daily lead yoga class, too bored or distracted to be able to do it on my own, and enjoying the non-verbal community and energy of a group) – as we gather in a circle, starting out ..
…was viewed in haste on the pedestrian river crossing of Ponte Sisto – my favorite Tiber bridge & my tranquil expressway into the center – at 16:30 which seems to be such an early/northern time to say ‘addio’ to the sun until you realize that Rome is on the same latitude as Chicago….so I’m looking ..
…after six weeks of rain is worth looking up for – where you can see the story of Roman ruins begin before your very eyes, leaves falling, accumulating, decomposing, with dust settling, becoming fertile soil for any floating or bird-deposited seed to ..
…is a simple little system I have going on the Roman rooftop garden (also known as Edible Estate #9: Rome, Italy) which involves collecting unwanted empty containers (from American Academy residents, who also happen to write their names on their bottles when they leave them in the communal kitchens, which adds a really cute personal ..
…featuring recipes from the kitchen of The American Academy in Rome by Mona Talbott and Mirella Misenti just had a very civilized Academy event and tea reception to celebrate the release of the first in a series of books to come from The Rome Sustainable Food Project. (publisher’..
…is the just-announced May 13-15, 2011 conference organized by Portland State University’s Art and Social Practice program: The ‘Open Engagement’ conference is an initiative of Portland State University’s Art and Social Practice MFA concentration. Directed by Jen Delos Reyes and planned in conjunction with Harrell Fletcher and the Art and Social Practice students, this year’s ..
…announced a winning London housing estate community garden last month for the competiton inspired by Edible Estate Regional Prototype Garden #4: London, England, commissioned by Tate Modern in 2007; and with the 2012 Olympics coming up I also hope that my 2007 manifesto originally presented at the Turbine Hall on June 23rd, 2007, ‘Olympic Farming ..
…tonight officially opened the stunning new wing designed by the charismatic/punk French architect Odile Decq (who I spent some time with last year while in residence in Oxfordshire for a conference at The Ditchley Foundation), however the inauguration unfortunately coincided with an underattended opening of a couple of new shows at the new MAXXI (Museo ..
…in Trastevere made me especially LA homesick when I entered their hothouse of succulents and cacti this morning. (..
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