Category Archives: Art

You Can’t Ride the Bus for Free Forever – Place lease discontinued

Posted on March 23, 2014 by Joshua Berger

  Place Gallery has been a vital and important part of the Portland creative community for a number of years. I have appreciated not only the diversity of the programming, but the location as well. I had the honor of … Continue reading →

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Philatelic Atrocities

Posted on February 28, 2014 by Joshua Berger

My Plazm partner Niko Courtelis has started putting up his anything-but-atrocious collages online. He asks, in the masthead of his project blog, for forgiveness. I’ll forgive you, and thank you. Combining images and text in new ways always reveals new … Continue reading →

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Plazm at Liquid Space PDX: Drinks, design, & discussion

Posted on January 18, 2014 by magdalen

As Plazm exhibit inaugurates Liquid Agency’s experimental gallery in Portland, three luminaries of the city’s creative scene engage in conversation. Join Plazm art director Joshua Berger, artist Kate Bingaman-Burt, and Namita Wiggers, director and curator of the Museum of Contemporary … Continue reading →

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22 years of Plazm / 10,000x edit

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Joshua Berger

This version takes about two minutes to watch. If you’d like to enjoy the full-length version, please visit the post prior to this. That one takes about two hours to watch. I guess it’s like a Hollywood movie preview. It … Continue reading →

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Plazm 1991–2013 with an E*Rock Soundtrack

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Joshua Berger

A few months ago Alfredo asked me if I could fill the lobby of the Liquid Agency offices in Portland with a history of Plazm. Some of you may have stopped in during the Design Week Portland open house and … Continue reading →

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22 Years of Plazm at Liquid Space

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Joshua Berger

The lobby of Liquid Agency’s Portland office acts as an experimental gallery called Liquid Space. It is currently filled with a 22-year retrospective of Plazm work. This can be seen during the Design Week Portland Open House. In addition, Liquid … Continue reading →

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David Carson: Never Snap2Guides

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Joshua Berger

Wieden + Kennedy / Plazm present A Design Week Portland event. David Carson  Never Snap2Guides David Carson: typography rebel, revolutionary graphic designer, and legendary art director of the magazine “Ray Gun” will show what he’s been up to over the last couple … Continue reading →

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100×100 art gallery

Posted on July 7, 2013 by Joshua Berger

I last wrote here on May 18th, the anniversary of my bike accident. A few months prior to that there was an event at PICA to both help offset a mountain of medical bills and to celebrate my recovery. It takes … Continue reading →

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Plazm editor Tiffany Lee Brown’s Easter Island Project at the Cooley Gallery

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Joshua Berger

Plazm editor Tiffany Lee Brown at The Cooley Gallery Reception & one-day video installation: Saturday, June 15, 1–4 p.m. Conversation with the artist, 3 p.m. Reed College Library Lobby Anakena: The Easter Island Project Anakena: the Easter Island Project is the … Continue reading →

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100 x 100 for Josh: a PICA celebration & fundraiser on Feb 24

Posted on February 14, 2013 by magdalen

Hello, people of Plazm… On February 24, our friends at PICA are very kindly putting on an event for Josh due to his bike accident, with help from many wonderful friends and compatriots. We hope you’ll come. There’ll be art … Continue reading →

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