by Alicia | Jan 27, 2014 | Hyperallergic
CHICAGO — There will be hundreds of exhibitions between now and the end of March, when the weather starts to warm up around these Middle West parts. Culled from this group are 10 not-to-miss shows opening during this period that ask questions about climate change,...
by Alicia | Jan 13, 2014 | Hyperallergic, Selfie Column
CHICAGO — The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, will begin on February 7, but theselfie olympics have already gone viral. These gold-, silver- and bronze-winning selfies show individuals displaying amazing agility in relation to the mirror. These competitors...
by Alicia | Jan 13, 2014 | Hyperallergic
LOS ANGELES — Every day, a weirdo is born. Some people feel as if they have the word terminally painted across their foreheads and need no reminders of their weirdness. Others visit artist Kristin Calabrese’s studio — as I did right after getting off a plane in Los...
by Alicia | Jan 13, 2014 | Hyperallergic
CHICAGO — In his book The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again, the famous pop artist considered the surface nature of his life and art in a very deadpan manner. He gives equal importance to acts of throwing out gay porn magazines, flushing things...
by Alicia | Jan 13, 2014 | Hyperallergic
CHICAGO — Media theorist Marshall McLuhan once said that television is cool and radio is hot. This isn’t a temperature thing, but rather a classification of media based on the participation it involves from viewers — TV watchers can be more detached, whereas radio...
by Alicia | Jan 7, 2014 | Hyperallergic
A new study by a team of Finnish researchers recently published in the journalProceedings of the National Academies of Sciences (PNAS) analyzes where we feel emotions in our bodies. Through color-coded visualizations that show different emotions, the team discovered...
