THRU Magazine Archive
Forty years ago, on September 11th, the Presidential Palace in Santiago was attacked. The elected President of Chile was ousted by coup, replaced with a CIA backed sham democracy under the dictator Pinochet. The name is familiar to many, but few understand the story. I had read about it for the first time in the […]
You may have noticed the ridiculous way I signed off on my introduction. Particularly the sentence concerning the myriad identities and hats I wear at various times, for various people. All of these things are true. But was also meant as a parody of the descriptions contemporary art often uses to sell itself. In the saturated marketplace of […]
Last night seemed to be a solid kick off to the performance program—if not controversial. Attendance was full for the two theater events I witnessed. In a brief encounter with Angela Mattox earlier this year, at the closing party of social practice conference, Open Engagement, that attendance for T:BA ‘13 was a concern. Last year’s […]
Greetings to the InterArts community, and whomever else may run across these words. My name’s D. Todd Dickerson, and I’ll be helping cover events at the 2013 Time-Based Art Festival. I’ve been an occasional T:BA attendant for years now, so it should be interesting approaching with a more critical lens. Look forward to musings and […]
Last night, the 11th Annual Time-Based Art Festival had its kickoff. I picked up my media pass at the box office located next to PICA headquarters around 4 pm yesterday. It is worth commenting on their pricing. As large scale multi-venue festivals are concerned, and for what T:BA offers, passes are definitely fairly priced, plus […]