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From the Editor March/April; Volume 18, issue 4

From the Editor
March/April; Volume 18, issue 4

by | Mar 5, 2024

Dear Reader, I admit to being a Luddite when it comes to preferring a paintbrush to the computer. So, when artists gained access to AI-generating tools, I wasn’t that impressed, nor alarmed. There seemed to be a lot of hoopla and fearmongering about the prospect of...

ART FOR DUMMIES Sophie Becker and the Ventriloquy Redux

ART FOR DUMMIES
Sophie Becker and the Ventriloquy Redux

by | Mar 5, 2024

Often seen as an eccentric art form, ventriloquism has resurfaced and gained popularity again in mainstream culture over the past few years, from televised talent competitions (three ventriloquists have won America’s Got Talent: Terry Fator, Paul Zerdin and Darci...

STAYING INSIDE THE LINES Painting AI's Possible Future

STAYING INSIDE THE LINES
Painting AI's Possible Future

by | Mar 5, 2024

Many consider the AARON project the earliest use of AI in artwork. If AI is the most recent and advanced example of humans using automated processes to make art, then its history goes back much further. So why all the fuss now? Is AI so different than John Cage...

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Escape from LA 

Paolo Soleri’s New Urbanism in the Desert, an interview

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Paolo Soleri’s eyes sparkled from under bushy eyebrows, deep-set in a grizzled face; they projected intelligence tinged with a spark of irony. When I met…Read More 

Desert Shindig 

Shenanigans at Shangrila

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Like its Himalayan literary counterpart, Joshua Tree’s Shangrila is a utopian vision; part dream, part tourist destination. Concretely, it’s a one-bedroom residence on Shangrila Lane,… Read More 

Dong Hoon Jun 

Humor in the non-ironic desert

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I often feel the need to escape the insincerity of Los Angeles for the non-ironic nature of the desert. Hollywood’s slapstick tradition seems to have… Read More