A diptych, this painting touches on a lot of aspects of our work, including both the history of performance and its live element, The Cover Artists, factory work + labor, and the relationship between digital and analog.

I hope to post various iterations as the paintings progress, but for now, here is the digital sketch of the LHS canvas. Both canvases measure 30 X 40 inches and are each comprised of 10,800 1/3 inch squares that will be individually painted.

Color name: RGB #3B5998, Facebook Blue

If you’re in KC, come see + participate in Me/assage Me – my new interactive installation – tonight at H&R Block Artspace, 6-8pm.

If you’re not in KC, you can still participate by sending me encouraging messages that will appear during the performance.

Friend me on FB at Kate Lindholm to post.

In the June issue of WIRED, Clive Thompson asserts that,

“Automatic-translation software has long been treated as a joke because of how hilariously it mangles phrases. But in the past few years, something has shifted: The technology is now surprisingly mature.”

Read the full article here.

Here’s a good background article from the New York Times.

Unfortunately, there don’t seem to be many classes in the visual arts – at least not that I’ve seen. I hope that can change.

Access is key!

Here is some beautiful digital art-making. It’s giving me some ideas about The Facebook Project (tentative title that I’m not really happy with…). Enjoy.

Photos courtesy of Candida Alvarez, curator for Sub-City Projects in Chicago.