Autumn Knight’s “Performance Prescriptions” at DiverseWorks’ “State Fair”
DiverseWorks‘ State Fair feels like a version of “Now THAT’S What I Call Social Practice!” As you walk through, you are beckoned to participate in an idea barter booth, to ask an artist about his role as a shrimp salesman, to chat with a gossip swapper, to play a carnival game with candlemakers, to [...]
The State Fair of Texas: A Feeling, in Pictures
It’s State Fair time again. I haven’t been in nearly a decade, but I’ve promised my small people I’ll go this year. I look forward to it with a kind of glee mixed with fear – a potent cocktail born of memories of sickness and stickiness and the smell of livestock. In honor of those [...]
Diverseworks State Fair Offers Humorous, Low Budget Antidote to Art Fair Hype
In a witty retort to the commercialism of the upcoming Houston art Fairs, Houston’s Diverseworks Art Space is planning State Fair, an exhibition/event that curator Diane barber describes as “sensory overload”, “picture walking into the carnival midway at the rodeo at dusk.” This Friday from 6-9pm, 16 booths manned by artists playing the role of [...]