Posted by Aeron Bergman
I am teaching early video art to an interested yet skeptical class of very smart young Norwegian artists. Apologizing in advance because the perspective is mostly American, I am explaining the political situation of the time, and how these artists actually believed they were going to change perspectives by making video [...]
Posted by Aeron Bergman
There are unsufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation (and so many others). The check of justice, freedom and security has bounced. The solid rock of brotherhood has crumbled to sand. Veterans of creative suffering, we wallow in self evident truths that look anything but. Freedom rings and [...]
Posted by Aeron Bergman
Today Alejandra and I continued our tour of Detroit’s historic sites of violence and civil disturbance. The violence seemed far away today: a clear winter sun lit up mundane, quiet, daily activities and made even burned out apartments look elegant. We bought cakes at Minni’s on Wyoming Avenue. Lamuriel, the [...]
Posted by Aeron Bergman
The shock of driving through the endless grids of over-lit shopping and suburban Detroit sprawl deadens after a while, but two years passed since I last visited my childhood home, and the shock hit me fresh. How much energy do Americans need to burn up everyday? Big distances divide mundane [...]
