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It's a shame that, with the omnipresent video capabilities of most mobile phones like the iPhone and Android, this was almost certainly recorded and is now posted with a soundtrack on YouTube to a disco beat.

Sticker books are great for keeping your Unicorn morphs of famous celebrities in.
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Breaking news one SAM member disappointed in artist tal......zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!
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I was there last night, and it was indeed a huge mess. Cynthia Rowley in particular had nothing to say, and seemed confused herself on what the point of the Q&A was. The moderator's slide show was indeed a stretch, but at least she had an engaging presence. Cave and Rowley were dead inside.

Also, will people ever learn how to appropriately ask a question at one of these lectures? Don't talk for five minutes when you should be asking a terse question, and don't try to sell your own art to the speaker.
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Oh no! An artist wasn't a great talker! Oh dear no!

Now I have more reasons to love Nick Cave! Talking means $#!t, it in the work you pretentious @$$holes.
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I saw Cave at the Remix event. His work is great. The Q&A was okay, if a bit rushed. It was nice to put a body and voice to the pieces, just to try and connect those in my mind. Beyond that, I wouldn't say there were any stunning insights offered. I think he'd already done one earlier that night. Probably he was tired. Who knows how much time he'd spent over the previous days helping to set up the show, etc.

Or perhaps he's just more comfortable and articulate speaking through his work. That certainly would describe a lot of artists. I was pretty blown away by the work. So there's definitely something to the dude imho.

I completely agree about the 5 minute wind-up to a question. Frustrating.
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When I heard of this weird mash-up, I was shocked. OK she was here for a fashion show at Nordstrom & ummm, they are both African-American and she designs clothes and he is an artist whose work involves aspects of peacocking and pageantry... whose brainy idea was this? A conversation with Nick Cave & Rene Bravmann, the awesome art history prof at the U who specializes in African Art would be a great combo and an enlightening experience for all. I’m so tired of museums selling themselves out to donors and trying to produce hip flashy events. Teach us something, expand our horizons for chrissakes!

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