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A Filmmaker Probes the Magic and Madness of Female Adolescence / Hyperallergic

A Filmmaker Probes the Magic and Madness of Female Adolescence / Hyperallergic

by Alicia | Feb 26, 2016 | Hyperallergic, Writing

LOS ANGELES — As a woman who was once a teenage girl, I have a certain fondness for any filmic or visual art that harkens back to that time of intense, unbridled feelings, awkward physical changes, and sexual desires running wild ’n free. Now that I am far from my...
Inhabiting Other People’s Recorded Memories / Hyperallergic

Inhabiting Other People’s Recorded Memories / Hyperallergic

by Alicia | Jul 30, 2015 | Hyperallergic, News, Writing

“I turned the computer on and began to write — all the details of our story, everything that still remained in my memory,” writes the author dubbed Elena Ferrante in her book My Brilliant Friend. This is how the narrator begins her four-part story about a lifelong...
Breathing Life into a High-Tech, Glowing Sphere / Hyperallergic

Breathing Life into a High-Tech, Glowing Sphere / Hyperallergic

by Alicia | Jul 23, 2015 | Hyperallergic, News, Writing

Back in the late ’90s, I considered going to raves. There were kids at my high school wearing jelly bracelets, wide-legged JNCO skater jeans, and last night’s eyeliner and mascara, smeared and stained. In our 9am homeroom class I could see the multi-colored,...
From Cum Shots to Orgasmic GIFs, a Playful Take on Virtual Sex

From Cum Shots to Orgasmic GIFs, a Playful Take on Virtual Sex

by Alicia | Jul 8, 2015 | Hyperallergic, Writing

From Hyperallergic, January 8, 2015, by Alicia Eler: Faith Holland’s show TECHNOPHILIA at Transfer Gallery left me wanting more, kind of like I imagine a good dick pic would. Of course, like any sexualized image sent between two consenting parties, it’s not about the...
From Cum Shots to Orgasmic GIFs, a Playful Take on Virtual Sex / Hyperallergic

From Cum Shots to Orgasmic GIFs, a Playful Take on Virtual Sex / Hyperallergic

by Alicia | Jun 28, 2015 | Hyperallergic, News, Writing

Faith Holland’s show TECHNOPHILIA at Transfer Gallery left me wanting more, kind of like I imagine a good dick pic would. Of course, like any sexualized image sent between two consenting parties, it’s not about the image — it’s about the energy activated between...
California Artists Address Coast-to-Coast Political Struggles // Hyperallergic

California Artists Address Coast-to-Coast Political Struggles // Hyperallergic

by Alicia | May 22, 2015 | Hyperallergic, News, Writing

What goes West must always return East because New York is still the center of the American art market. California has gone on a cross-country road trip to New York City with the exhibition Left Coast: California Political Art. On view through May 30 at the City...
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