Armenian Genocide Poster Exhibit

An exhibit of Posters about the Denial of the Armenian Genocide by the government of Turkey at Woodbury College opened today. There was supposed to be a panel discussion (I was on the panel) but that was canceled apparently because of a conflict in schedule with another Genocide panel on Darfur. The exhibit has both modern and historic posters of the Genocide. The historic posters told of the event and different campaigns to finance rescue efforts to "feed the starving Armenians".

The Getty

Yesterday I spent an afternoon at the Getty and enjoyed the work of Tim Hawkinson, PH Emerson, and the gardens surrounding the building. Hawkinson's work was represented by 4 new pieces called Zoopsia this work takes everyday household tems and turns them into "hallucinations of animals". They comprise a dragon drawn on paper, a bone structure made out of Crayola Model Magic, a bat made out of plastic bags and ties, and my favorite, a giant octopus made of photos of body parts. Another interesting piece that he has at the Getty takes up the entire main entrance, a giant sound machine made of anything you can think of from Home Depot that renders a score, much like a player piano every hour.

P.H. Emerson made "naturalistic" images of the Norfolk Broads, a rural part of England from 1885 to 1895 and is known for his stunning Albumen and photogravures. It was great to see them in person after looking at them in books for so long.