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Sunday, January 29, 2012
NEW ART FOR THE TULLMAN COLLECTION - "ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE" BY ALEXANDRA MANUKYAN
The central theme that unites all of Alexandra Manukyan's paintings examines how seemingly separate and isolated life experiences actually disguise the extent of our individual and communal bonds. The "masks" and the accompanying identities we all assume depending on the life role we must play, obstructs the conscious mind from acknowledging what truly unites us through the isolation and chaos: our shared encounters of pain, loss, desire, and longing for serenity and acceptance. The false facades we all manufacture to adapt and belong also renders most blind and lost in a world where the meaningless has somehow become meaningful and the idea of a shared honest self devoid of hidden agendas all too infrequent.
"I focus on combining traditional oil painting techniques with surrealist symbolism to communicate the immediate and lasting impact of technological innovations on the human body and psyche. One recurring motif in my paintings often appears as the feminine form bearing the burdens of worldly grief and mistakes on her body bowing in resignation to a seemingly inevitable fate: the acquiescence of the corporeal state to the encroaching dominance of modern technologies conjoining itself like an apathetic demon of silicon and circuitry cursing more than fulfilling promises of beauty and comfort. " – Alexandra Manukyan
Alexandra attended the College of Fine Art and Design and State University of Yerevan/Armenia before emigrating to the Unite States to study Textile and Graphic Design at UCLA. Since 1990 she has worked extensively in Fashion and Entertainment, designing movie posters, key art and sets. This is her first solo exhibition.
"I focus on combining traditional oil painting techniques with surrealist symbolism to communicate the immediate and lasting impact of technological innovations on the human body and psyche. One recurring motif in my paintings often appears as the feminine form bearing the burdens of worldly grief and mistakes on her body bowing in resignation to a seemingly inevitable fate: the acquiescence of the corporeal state to the encroaching dominance of modern technologies conjoining itself like an apathetic demon of silicon and circuitry cursing more than fulfilling promises of beauty and comfort. " – Alexandra Manukyan
Alexandra attended the College of Fine Art and Design and State University of Yerevan/Armenia before emigrating to the Unite States to study Textile and Graphic Design at UCLA. Since 1990 she has worked extensively in Fashion and Entertainment, designing movie posters, key art and sets. This is her first solo exhibition.
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Friday, January 27, 2012
TRIBECA FLASHPOINT ACADEMY CAMPAIGN FOR A CAUSE SHORT VIDEO COMPLETED
WE COULDN'T BE PROUDER OF ALL THE TRIBECA FLASHPOINT MEDIA ARTS ACADEMY STUDENTS WHO HELPED MAKE THIS PIA PROJECT A HUGE SUCCESS. THANKS ALSO TO OUR JUDGES, STAFF AND FACULTY FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK, TIME AND SUPPORT.
Learn more about Production in Action
Learn more about Production in Action
WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: http://youtu.be/4u3HrtMKyo4
WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: http://vimeo.com/35776842
GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT TRIBECA FLASHPOINT MEDIA ARTS ACADEMY AT WWW.TFA.EDU
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
Saturday, January 21, 2012
TRIBECA FLASHPOINT ACADEMY STUDENTS COMPLETE PIA - CAMPAIGN FOR A CAUSE
MORE THAN $15,000 RAISED FOR 5 GREAT CHARITIES IN LESS THAN 2 WEEKS
WATCH THE TIMELAPSE OF THE PRODUCTION
MORE INFO ON TRIBECA FLASHPOINT MEDIA ARTS ACADEMY
AT WWW.TFA.EDU
TRIBECA FLASHPOINT ACADEMY TEAM INTERVIEWS RED TAILS CAST MEMBERS
WATCH THE VIDEO: http://vimeo.com/35597951
MORE INFO ON TRIBECA FLASHPOINT MEDIA ARTS ACADEMY
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Thursday, January 19, 2012
Chicago.com launches @Chicago email identity product with BuiltinChicago
Dear BuiltinChicago Members:
We are excited to launch Chicago.com's first ever digital product. It's a privilege to be able to give BuiltInChicago.org members a first look at our @Chicago identity product, available at http://identity.chicago.com with access code: builtinchicago. The site will be open for registration seven days, then we will close it down for a couple months to retool.
We call it an "email identity" product as distinct from "email" or "email services," as our product focuses purely on the identity layer within email-- enabling, for example, somebody with an email such as robert.smithberg224@notverygooddomain.com to own bob@chicago.com or roberts@chicago.com without having to change your existing email provider. @Chicago is agnostic as far as underlying email provider and integrates seamlessly with Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, Live.com, Outlook as well as iPhone and iPad native mail apps. Nearly everything to the left of the @Chicago.com is available.
Additionally, we treat @Chicago.com email addresses like domain names-- discrete, liquid digital assets that have a market value based upon a supply/demand curve we have been mapping out the last year. Every identity is a unique item, and the marketing value of a simple, brandable, permanent and portable online identity is valuable. Prices range from an average cost of $55/year to several thousand $, depending on a name's demand, liquidity, length and other variables (e.g., special pricing for Non-Profits).
We will be launching a secondary market for the identities in April of this year, similar to a Sedo.com or Afternic. Ammar Kubba, founder of Aftermarket.com, is the main investor in our technology.
This is the first real "product" in Chicago.com's ten years, and the amount of support and feedback we have received over the past nine months has been tremendous.
Special thanks to Anthony Buglio, who, if it weren't for him turning down an offer for $1,000 for tony@chicago.com at a time in Chicago.com's history when we really could have used the cash, this entire product may not have happened. Tony's simple refusal to sell the name for less than several thousand dollars paved the initial road to this product, and opened our eyes to the value of these identities.
Double Gold Star Super Thanks to: Howard Tullman, JB Pritzker, Matt Moog, Peter Fox, David Flando, Kevin Helliker, Keith Amonlirdviman, Sam Benediktson, Thomas & Dana Johnson, Chris McAvoy, Sean Miller of NYC.com, Jim Warren of the NYTimes, Dan Pulcrano, Ammar Kubba, Andrew Mason (for the Axure.com suggestion...), Yuval Degani, Daniel Marks, David Ormesher, Adam Hecktmam, Pete Georgiadis, Erhard Chorle, Phil, Noah, Igor & Jeff @ Doejo, and my board of directors, Karl & Mike. Oh :) and Vujadin, Lindsey & Kelly @ Chicago.com!!
Gold Star Thanks to our team of tech advisors as well:
https://identity.chicago.com/pages/tech. Each and every one of these individuals has had some effect, some input into this product and the direction we are taking it.
Chicago's software ecosystem is thriving, and over the next several years we plan on developing, from the ground up, a new website worthy of carrying the name of one of the truly great cities of the world, Chicago.
Official press release: http://bit.ly/z1n0Uj
Product feedback, + or -, is welcome directly to josh@chicago.com or our staff at staff@chicago.com.
Kind Regards,
Josh
Josh Metnick
Chairman & CEO
Chicago.com, Inc.
josh@chicago.com
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
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