by Paddy Johnson on March 21, 2012
Art Fag City is dedicated to trying new things, so tonight we will physically and mentally eviscerate artist John Powers. It’s all part of Flux Factory’s new program: Death Match. The arts organization asks four participants to discuss a given topic — tonight it’s the effectiveness of art strategies employed by OWS — and we hurl insults at one another until a victor is announced. Or something like that. Tonight’s line up includes myself, Hrag Vartanian, artist John Powers and William Powhida. Vartanian and I will take the high road and champion the OWS Arts and Culture group, while Powers and Powhida will discuss the various ways the group sucks.
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by Paddy Johnson on January 30, 2012
Back in early January, Carolina Miranda, John Powers and I had a twitter debate over the merits of ArtPrize, the self-proclaimed grand experiment in Grand Rapids, MI, which awards hundreds of thousands of dollars, based mostly on popular vote. Carolina was suspicious, John thought ArtPrize could do artists better, and I decided the event was great. Hoping to hash this issues out a little a more in person, John Powers and I spent close to two hours with ArtPrize’s Kevin Buist, discussing its various merits and detractors. The result: 18 sequential YouTube videos documenting our conversation, idea by idea.
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