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Matt Henderson’s Xhurch hosts a now-yearly alternative Nativity installation. This year he and the Xhurch team created a virtual space which visitors can experience NTVTY installations of the past, as well as a Virtual Baptism, in the 3d environment via the Oculus Rift headgear.
Another view that never gets old – the sun setting over a roiling sea.
The Julie Ruin at Time Based Art Festival Portland
I had no idea who The Julie Ruin or Kathleen Hanna were two months ago. I knew who the Riot Grrrls were (to some degree) in the 90’s (aka “my prime”) but have become more acquainted lately through my friend Brenda. So going to the show at the opening night of the TBA festival was […]
I took in the listening party for the record release of Tomorrow’s Harvest, Boards of Canada’s latest. At the Holocene, Colin Manning was orchestrating projections from several film projectors and overheard projectors, and I stayed a bit longer to watch Ghost Feet perform. I’m definitely happy I decided to break my normal 10pm bedtime.
Lead Pencil Studio’s Inversion: Plus Minus has intrigued me from the day I moved here. The formation evocative of an industrial structure under construction, but from the top down, etherially and lightly looms over the intersection of a busy bridge crossing here. It reminds of some the the great work I’ve been able to […]
NTVTY 3.0 is the most recent iteration of an installation created by Matt Henderson and Xhurch, this year including contributions from Seattle’s Hair and Space Museum, performances by Cloaks and MSHR. From Xhurch’s event description: “Rounding out a three-year effort by Xhurch to explore, scramble, dilute, and REDEFINE the staid tradition of the Christmas nativity scene, […]