Slog - Comments on Room of Fears http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/room_of_fears In Documenta 12, which closed recently after seeing a record number of 754,301 visitors (and 15,537 journalists on top of that, of which I was one), the dark rooms are what you remember. The art objects were spotlit, but the rooms themselves were left to their own devices, some animated by gaudy pink and orange paint, others left dark. It was a theatrical device, really, and irritating in person. Oddly, it grows charmed in memory. One of the continuously populated dim rooms was the one, in the Neue Galerie, that held dozens of Bulgarian artist Nedko Solakov's drawings, all titled... Copyright 2008 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:30:11 -0800 Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:45:18 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by chris i am incredibly jealous you were able to go to documenta, jen. my work schedule prevented it, and i've aleady spent two months in europe earlier this year. from what i've seen and read, documenta 12 looked incredible. i'm already planning ahead for documenta 13 in 2012. london for the olympics and kassel for lots and lots of stellar art.

]]> chris http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/room_of_fears#c817202 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/room_of_fears#c817202 Arts Wed, 03 Oct 2007 11:51:26 -0800 Comment by Aaro)))n Edge — Great post, I love the "fearless adventurer mountain" image... the play between positive and negative is wonderful, stark.

]]> Aaro)))n Edge http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/room_of_fears#c817556 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/room_of_fears#c817556 Arts Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:19:17 -0800 Comment by The CHZA If I poop a little on a scalpel, can I submit it to an art gallery if I say it's a new illustration of the constant play between artificial cleanliness and natural decay?

]]> The CHZA http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/room_of_fears#c817669 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/room_of_fears#c817669 Arts Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:40:02 -0800 Comment by Margaret R. Lim Focused by keeping the credit card line weight is as important to warrant.

]]> Margaret R. Lim http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/room_of_fears#c827335 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/room_of_fears#c827335 Arts Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:44:56 -0800 Comment by Margaret R. Lim Focused by keeping the credit card line weight is as important to warrant.

]]> Margaret R. Lim http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/room_of_fears#c827336 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/room_of_fears#c827336 Arts Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:45:18 -0800