Author Archives: Joshua Berger

The Democratization of Surveillance

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Joshua Berger

Anyone remember this scene in Minority Report? The year in the film was 2037. We may be closer than most people realize to this sort of advertising. There’s a nice article in the Sunday Times business section on facial recognition … Continue reading →

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Plazm 20 Years of Art & Design retrospective opens at the Archer Gallery

Posted on November 12, 2011 by Joshua Berger

We just finished installing this show out at the Archer Gallery in Clark College. Thanks to all the students and interns who helped mount this thing. Some photos of the install are posted here. I am doing a lecture on … Continue reading →

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Making Faces Screening Tonight

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Joshua Berger

About ten years ago Plazm had the honor of doing a joint lecture with Jim Rimmer. Jim was a Vancouver, BC based artist and typographer. He had rooms and rooms filled with old type machines. He created limited edition artist … Continue reading →

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If you love trees and want to do something about global warming…

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Joshua Berger

It’s Autumn. It’s a time of change for trees. The growing season is coming to a close, though in walking around one can see some species are just now coming to fruit or seed. Leaves are beginning to turn and … Continue reading →

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Dan Attoe featured in Plazm 30 and GQ – for realz

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Joshua Berger

GQ STYLE X ADAM KIMMEL X DAN ATTOE X MATTHEW WILLIAMS from Matthew Williams on Vimeo. Portland-based artist Dan Attoe was featured in this Matthew Williams video and in the current issue of GQ magazine. Video above. Some images of … Continue reading →

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Plazm 20th Anniversary Event photos

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Joshua Berger

On a Plazm schedule, it’s been a month – here are some photos from the 20th Anniversary event. Album on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150319263774557.359677.48648579556&type=1 — plazm blog has moved to http://blog.plazm.com — — plazm design studio: www.plazm.com — — plazm magazine & … Continue reading →

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Plazm 20th Anniversary Party details

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Joshua Berger

Plazm 20th Anniversary Party Saturday, August 20 Main event 8:00pm-2:30am  /  $5–15 sliding scale Smegma Purple and Green Strength Atole Woolly Mammoth Comes to Dinner DJ Yeti DJ Miracles Club Video & film: Vanessa Renwick, Lena Munday, Adrian Freeman, Shana … Continue reading →

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The best crap money can buy

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Joshua Berger

It’s true! The new issue of Crap Hound is just around the corner. All they need is a little support. This magazine, for those that don’t know it, is the best of the clip art genre. Sean Tejarachi started it … Continue reading →

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Micro and Macro Consciousness

Posted on July 2, 2011 by Joshua Berger

Markers of Time: Aurora + 11:43pm Truck Denali, AK Following up on my post a few days ago, and a prior conversation with Christina Seely about her Lux project, a brief interview and some of her new work is featured below. … Continue reading →

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Markers of Time

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Joshua Berger

Christina Seely is one of the featured artists in the upcoming issue of Plazm magazine. You can see a preview of some of the work and read a conversation she and I had a while back about her Lux project … Continue reading →

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