Michael Connor

Article about artist Ming Wong

Michael — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:35:54 +0000

My article about Ming Wong’s newly commissioned work for Performa 11 has been published in Moving Image Source.

Interview with Terry Gilliam

Michael — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:47:25 +0000

As part of the project Persol Magnificent Obsessions, I collaborated with Holly Gilliam on this interview with legendary director Terry Gilliam about the process behind the film ‘Brazil’. Check it out on Moving Image Source.

Rhizome Review of Marian Spore

Michael — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:09:18 +0000

Alan Licht did a great review of Marian Spore on Rhizome. He concludes:

“If you ask me, someone should buy the entire collection as a piece in and of itself; as a curatorial work, the whole is even greater than the sum of its parts.”

Marian Spore in the WSJ

Michael — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:50:34 +0000

There’s a write-up in today’s Wall Street Journal about Thom Kubli’s installation at Marian Spore. The opener ought to show you just how hard it is to get a Wall Street Journal reporter across the bridge:

I went to Brooklyn Wednesday evening to think. And not just about anything, but to think political thoughts. Why Brooklyn, Manhattanites might wonder? Hasn’t the Upper West Side traditionally been on the cutting edge of political discourse?

Here’s the link.

Melanie Crean Publication

Michael — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 16:42:26 +0000

I contributed an essay about Melanie Crean’s project ‘The Luminists’ to a publication just released by Art in General.

The Vasulkas: Video as Pure Signal

Michael — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 00:45:02 +0000

New article on The Take! This time I talk about Steina and Woody Vasulka and their conception of video as a medium composed of ‘signals’ rather than images and sounds per se.

Young Curators to Watch

Michael — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 17:53:22 +0000

TimeOut wrote me up this week as a ‘young curator to watch.’ It’s a very short interview, but I did manage to name-check Gustave Doré.

Review in The Varsity

Michael — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:36:29 +0000

There’s an interesting review in the Varsity of an installation by Jennifer and Kevin McCoy that I curated as part of the Toronto Film Festival.

Fernseh-galerie and Jan Dibbets’ TV as Fireplace

Michael — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 07:55:03 +0000

I have a new post on The Take, the Guggenheim’s new blog about video and the Internet. Called ‘The Transmission of Art by Television‘, it looks at the Fernseh-galerie and how it dealt self-reflexively with TV as an artistic medium.

Berlin Biennial Review on Rhizome

Michael — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 03:25:20 +0000

My review of the 2010 Berlin Biennial is now up on Rhizome.