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Monthly Archives: July, 2014

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Pzzzt – The Buzz from Albania

A communist-era air-raid shelter is home to Tirana’s new independent gallery space.

WWJD

A comic by Eric J. Garcia.

New Topographies

Police arrested and detained Tokyo-based artist Megumi Igarashi, who works under the name Rokudenashi-ko ("No-good girl"), on the accusation of selling the code that could be used to reproduce her own vagina with a 3D printer.

The Un-Pop Star

Sia Furler is the lyrical mastermind behind an endless stream of pop hits including Rihanna’s “Diamonds” and David Guetta’s “Titanium.” Unlike her A-list collaborators, Sia prefers to avoid the spotlight entirely and focus solely on her work as a writer.

Deliberately Casual

The sounds of New York car horns in the 1960s are audible beneath the uninflected, steady narration of Yvonne Rainer delivering instructions for movement. A set of chairs faces the window where the audience is able to sit and listen.

Good Riddance

A comic by Eric J. Garcia.

World Cup Displacement

Hundreds of thousands of Brazilians took to the streets this June chanting “FIFA go home,” to the World Cup organization that The Nation’s Dave Zirin called “a neoliberal Trojan horse.”

Attention Crash

The Barbican Center’s Digital Revolution exemplifies the most frustrating aspects of a life fully infiltrated by technology.

The Sound of Flight and Fight

A review of the Speed of Sound experimental concert at the Farnborough Wind Tunnel.

Son of 70mm Festival Opens at the Music Box

Featuring "Vertigo," "2001," and "The Master"

On Kawara’s Last Days

The iconic painter has passed away at the age of 81.

3D Musical Expression

A visit to The New Interfaces in Musical Expression Conference 2014, London, UK

“Truth and Liveness” at SUGS

Here, There and Everywhere: Truth and Liveness is a two-person show featuring works by recent SAIC alumni Angharad Davies and Stephen Kwok. The exhibition’s opening coincided with Kwok’s performance piece, Pineapple, which was featured in the March issue of F Newsmagazine.

Byway

F Newsmagazine's literary issue treads on well-worn ground with our senses enlivened. We drift, and we ramble on and through the alleys, streets, parks, and monuments of Chicago

HELP ME HELP YOU!

A comic by Eric J. Garcia.