THRU Magazine Archive
Holcombe Waller: Requiem Mass: LGBT/Working Title Go to Holcombe Waller: Requiem Mass: LGBT/Working Title alone or with someone you could sit with for hours in silence without giving a second thought to. Arrive early. Bring as little with you as possible mentally and try to exhaust whatever is left before you land. If you must, stroll […]
A practical guide to PICA’s annual contemporary arts festival The 13th Annual T:BA Festival launches its ten-day mission on Thursday. I have lived through eight of these, seeing well over a hundred different works. It was the first assignment of this magazine, and it was the first I ever made for myself, in 2008, on […]
Days 6-8 at T:BA:14 Time-Based Dementia appears to be what I am going through at this point. Existential crankiness because you need a nap is not necessarily unpleasant. It is simply another affect of post-modern performance. Writing now, I am sitting inside PICA and Angela Mattox is explaining to someone how she keeps herself on […]
Today happens to mark the opening night of Portland Institute for Contemporary Art’s ten-day Time-Based Art Festival (T:BA), in Portland, Oregon, and it has been happening for more than ten years now. If you have never attended a single event but always see the annual booklet popping up at your favorite cafe or local library […]
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 […]