by Alicia | Feb 9, 2014 | Hyperallergic, News, Selfie Column, Writing
LOS ANGELES — Your selfies are a visual wonderland. This week’s images touch on boredom, mother-daughter relationships, photo booth self-portraits as predecessors of the selfie, webcam-induced mirror reflections, and plain old internet “weirdness” that borders on...
by Alicia | Feb 9, 2014 | Hyperallergic, News, Writing
LOS ANGELES — Once in awhile, we all think about it, though some of us admittedly more than others: What’s it like to be a movie star? How would I look on the cover of a magazine, on a movie poster, on celluloid, in the tabloids, as a doll, as a picture to hang on the...
by Alicia | Jan 8, 2014 | CNET, News, Writing
Investigators already use images from security cameras and photographs snapped by bystanders to solve crimes, but a new study suggests criminal evidence could actually be found in photos that capture the reflections in bystanders’ eyes. Researchers from the...
by Alicia | Dec 13, 2013 | Artforum.com, News, Writing
“We’ll All Make Out Better Than Okay” CHARLOTTE STREET FOUNDATION 1000 W. 25th Street October 25–December 20 A giant white gym sock covering a robotic arm that once functioned in a Detroit auto-manufacturing plant speaks in a deadening monotone to passersby. He...
by Alicia | Dec 9, 2013 | Art21, News, Writing
Little disasters pop up in our lives whether we notice them or not. They may be as mundane as getting stuck in traffic or a cycle of negative thoughts that manifest as poor decisions. Can these be avoided? Or is it that the tides of chance turn, and not everything is...
by Alicia | Dec 9, 2013 | Hyperallergic, Selfie Column, Writing
CHICAGO — What’s it like to be on the other side of the mirror? Selfies are contemporary self-portraits shot through the reverse-mirror effect available through smartphones and webcams. We see ourselves reflected back into the smartphone or webcam mirror, snap the...
