Mark Aguhar @markaguhar - Tumblr Blog

These are the axes:

1

Bodies are inherently valid

2

Remember death

3

Be ugly

4

Know beauty

5

It is complicated

6

Empathy

7

Choice

8

Reconstruct, reify

9

Respect, negotiate

These are true:

1

the thing is the thing this is the thing this is also the thing the thing exists inside my head and inside your head and on the page and the thing is the key and also the thing a thing is a hole in a thing it is not

2

beauty is so rare a thing, Pound sang so few drink at my fountain

3

is fixity the thing is consistency the thing is there a difference between sincerity and authenticity are those things marked by fixity and consistency

4

change is the thing

5

this exists inside this frame but it also exists inside this other frame

6

the dragon is the frame and the gaze is the frame and control is the frame

7

this is the intention and this is the reception and this is the important part even when this is not the important part

8

this is the transubstantiation this is the transmutation this is the transition this is the trans this is not the cis

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UIC MFA Fall 2011 Final Critiques Open to the Public

The UIC MFA Fall 2011 Final Critiques take place from December 5th-9th 2011 and are free and open to the public. All students and faculty will be present to showcase and discuss work from the current semester. Come watch things get REAL!

All locations in Art & Design Hall, 400 S. Peoria St., are abbreviated as follows: GS Great Space, room 530 SG South Gallery, room 560 (within Great Space) NG North Gallery, room 570 (within Great Space) GBU Student Gallery, room 510 SR Screening Room, room 3226

Monday Dec. 5 Guest Critic: Nicolas Collins

9:00 Courtney Prokopas (SG) 9:45 Lauren Anderson (GS) break 10:45 Tina Tahir (GBU and 3104 ADH) 11:30 Mark Kent (GS) Lunch 12:15 - 1:15 1:15 Paul Cowan (SG) 2:00 Kera MacKenzie (GBU) break 3:00 Ben Keddy (CVRA A&A 845 W. Harrison Rm. 3304)

Tuesday Dec. 6th Guest Critic: Kelly Kaczynski

9:00 Daniel Bennett (SG) 9:45 Ben Murray (GS) break 10:45 Anthony Koerner (NG) 11:30 Cameron Gibson (SR) Lunch 12:15 - 1:15 1:15 Nina Barnett (SG) 2:00 Brendan Meara (GBU) break 3:00 Tiffany Funk (NG) 3:45 Mark Aguhar (SG)

Wednesday Dec. 7th Guest Critic: Natasha Egan

9:00 Daniel Shea (SG) 9:45 Jeremy Bolen (NG) break 10:45 Josh Albers (GBU) 11:30 Mary-Helena Clark (SR) Lunch 12:15 - 1:15 1:15 Lauren Edwards (SG) 2:00 Alex Rauch (4th floor crit space) break 3:00 Ian Curry (SR)

Thursday Dec. 8th Guest Critic: Jonathan Rosenbaum

9:00 Jesus Duran (SG) 9:45 Macon Reed (SR) break 10:45 Daniel Tucker (SR) 11:30 Drew Mausert-Mooney (SR) Lunch 12:15 - 1:15 1:15 Marianna Milhorat (SR) 2:00 Nick Rummler (NG) break 3:00 Sebastian Aguirre (GBU)

Friday Dec. 9th Guest Critic: Naomi Beckwith

9:00 Chaz Evans (SG) 9:45 Jon Chambers (GBU) break 10:45 Neal Vandenbergh (NG-GS) 11:30 Andrew Reinke (GBU) Lunch 12:15 - 1:15 1:15 Gwen Zabicki (GS) 2:00 Lilianna Angulo (GS) break 3:00 Kasia Houlihan (NG-SG)

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