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Posted by: Jenevive Tatiana Like many of the artists in this years TBA program, the rock group Mega*Church takes a popular form, empties it of its’ original content and refills it with absurdity and subversive possibility. Whereas Mike Kelley applies … Continue reading →

It seemed rehearsed. How could they rehearse the answers to 2000 questions? They couldn’t but it seemed like they did, the overly dramatic, sometimes effected speech of Forced Entertainment as they wound their way through their tattered sheets of questions. … Continue reading →

Superamas BIG 3rd Episode (happy/end) Like a variety act performed in a living room by excited children for their parents, Superamas sang, lip synched, play acted their way into our hearts with joyful abandon. By utilizing repetition, this Parisian/Viennese collective … Continue reading →

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Photo: CaroleZoom (All Rights Reserved, PICA) posted by patrick leonard A few days have passed after seeing Superamas perform their BIG 3rd Episode (happy/end) and it is proving to be one of the shows that resonates the longest. It was … Continue reading →

Posted by: Jenevive Tatiana I was really excited to see that Mike Kelley’s “Day is Done” would be screened as part of this year’s festival. I first encountered this work in the autumn 2005 at the Gagosian gallery in New … Continue reading →

Our Hit Parade Bring on the Dirty Pop! James Maxwell In 2009 I am entering graduate school to earn a Masters in media and cultural studies. My life plan is to eventually become a professor of pop culture so on … Continue reading →

Russell says goodbye, Edwards says hello. Blog and Photos by Wayne Bund Despite the lack of audience members, the last few words by Mark Russell were riveting. In the Winningstad, where audiences had packed the house numerous times in the … Continue reading →

It’s a good thing I didn’t attend the going-away party for Mark Russell, because, from what I hear about the emotion (probably partially due to the inconceivable lack of sleep from PICA’s tireless staff), I would have been uncontrollably sobbing. … Continue reading →

It’s probably safe to assume that a participant of a scavenger hunt doesn’t expect to come away with anything resembling a food item permanently tattooed to their body. Well, there are a few people out there now with indelibly matching … Continue reading →