February « 2009 « spin off stuff | spins & needles blog

The Coming of Altermodern: Is This What You Call Post-Postmodernity?

Tate Britain has a new exhibition for the Tate Triennial called “Altermodern”. It declares that “postmodernism is coming to an end, and we are experiencing the emergence of a global altermodernity”. It’s on from February 3rd to April 26th in London.

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Caught In The Act at the National Gallery

In preparation for the spins & needles event at the National Gallery next Thursday, J and I took a peek at the Caught In the Act: The Viewer As Performer, which will be featured at the event.

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National Film Board posts film archives online

A couple weeks ago the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) launched the first of its films to be digitized and made available free online.

Today I finally checked out the website and was amazed at the number and diversity of the films – there are currently 700 films [...]

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Silkscreening 101 January 2009 Workshop

This past weekend was a busy weekend for workshops, including a Silkscreening 101 Workshop.

There were some great designs, including one that involved Darth Vader and a banana. I [...]

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Spins & Needles Celebrates 4 Years

I’ve been very neglectful of the blog – tsk tsk. The thing is, we’ve been so busy preparing for spins & needles 4-year anniversary events in Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal!

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