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Has it really been that long?

Oh my.
I haven’t posted in months. This tends to happen when I start a blog and I know why. I begin when its difficult to write the dissertation, then I feel guilty about spending all that time on writing that’s not on topic…once a catholic always a catholic – isnt that what they say?  THEN [...]

Soundsuit Plans

I wrote an earlier post about Nick Cave’s soundsuits and my burning desire to see them… last weekend I made a trip to SMoCA and was astounded by them.
Amazing.
Larger than life-sized and presented on a low platform, the suits towered over me. My nephew was a little taken aback (he’s 3 years old) but once [...]

Foxy

I’ll be writing about this piece for my paper at CAA in February. This is the first time I’ve seen the video of the fox Alys tracked through the National Portrait Gallery.  AWESOME.

CAA Presentation Abstract

I am so excited about presenting next year at the College Art Association in Chicago. I’m on a panel titled “Contesting the City: Experiments in Transnational Public Art.” Abstracts for the individual papers were due Aug 1. This is mine.

“Seven Walks: Francis Alys Reads London”
Jo Novelli
New York University
jo.novelli@nyu.edu
This presentation examines Francis Alÿs’ Seven Walks (London, [...]