Author Archives: pica-blogger

Photo: Shawn Records (All Rights Reserved) posted by patrick leonard Portland can be a remarkably self-aware city. Heralded as a model for progressive civic development, we take it as our cue to hold a series of events, and even a … Continue reading →

Two men sit side by side in a dark, grungy room lit only by a dim overhead bulb and light from the street filtered through dirty blinds, each wearing smeared clown make-up. One, holding an imposing stack of sheets of … Continue reading →

my Portland completely redeemed itself in my eyes (after my beef with it from “built”) during today’s City Dance. this event must have been blessed by the heavens because everything, literally everything, was perfect. whoever the sound guy was deserves … Continue reading →

Not having any kids myself, but still wanting to see the haps at tiny tba, I invited the closest thing I have, my pal Matt, to go with. We arrived in the middle of some aerobic-style dancing led by Anna … Continue reading →

After a slew of promises to listen to me and do what I say, I loaded my nephews in the car and headed off to The Works for some daytime kid-centered fun, their parents gleefully waiving us goodbye. Ethan, 5 … Continue reading →

I love tiny tba. I’m a preschool teacher and I’m always looking for ways to bring real art and grown-up friendly music into my school. Finding the good stuff can be a challenge. I was excited about this year’s line-up, … Continue reading →

Superamas: BIG 3rd Episode (happy/end) 09.12.08 at Lincoln Hall Auditorium 2008 Time-Based Art Festival, PICA Photo by Patrick Sullivan All Rights Reserved, PICA You really need to go see this show tonight. No really. If you’re a TBA fan, you … Continue reading →

Photo: Patrick Sullivan posted by patrick leonard As the fog billows up just outside a set of sliding glass doors, the audience witnesses a purely-Kubrick moment. A cosmonaut, in illuminated helmet, carefully explores a suburban patio to the swelling strings … Continue reading →

Dance-offs, Deconstruction, and Reiteration: Oh My! By Wayne Bund I don’t know where to start. Feisty dance offs. Gorgeous actors on stage repeatedly undressing and exposing themselves. A lip-synched lecture of Jacque Derrida given from an exercise machine. A reenacted … Continue reading →

Such a pleasing mess. I’ll be the first to admit that I am not usually a fan of large-scale chaotic installations that streamline sculpture and painting into something unrecognizable. Yet the latest creation by the artist collective PAINTALLICA, on view … Continue reading →