The previous issue of SFAQ contained an excerpt from the first chapter of my little book Achievement, Failure, Aspiration: Three Attempts to Understand Contemporary Art. …

The question, unresolved from part one, remains: how does a developer or a gaming community initiate a folk tradition with video games? By looking at …

Lizzie Fitch / Ryan Trecartin Regen Projects 6750 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90038 October 22–November 26, 2014 We have by now come to expect …

K8 Hardy Fashionfashion, 2002-2006 Higher Pictures 980 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10075 Reception: September 17, 6-8pm September 17 – October 11, 2014 For a new …

Forrest Bess, “Seeing Things Invisible” Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive 2626 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA June 11 – September 14, 2014   By Courtney …

  On the Fourth of July my family had a small reunion—parents, brothers, grand parents, great-grand mother, aunt, cousin, nephew—all met on Manasota Key on …

  We’re all used to limp conversations about “practice” which can mean anything to anyone without marble-plinthed pressure. As a student I used to think …

Christy Gast is back from her Kadist residency in Paris and yesterday morning we went to the beach together. There was a storm cloud in …

  I’ve been thinking about Peter Lamborn Wilson telling me: “The trouble with all these ideas that we take seriously is that they can be …

  With no car in Miami my choices are to walk, or to bum rides from friends I haven’t met. I’ve already earned a reputation …

BORN TO KILL FANZINE “CHEESEBIKE AT SEA — B-SIDES FROM ISSUE 7” BY: PAT McCARTHY PHILADELPHIA —> ANTWERP APRIL 2014         … …

Ruairiadh O’Connell “Invisible Green” Jessica Silverman Gallery 488 Ellis Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102 Reception: May 23, 6-8pm May 23 – June 28, 2014   …

  My ideal morning begins by swimming in the ocean, emerging from the sea every day like life at the very start.   IMPOSSIBLE GOAL: …

I escaped New York City just before the art fairs hit. At the moment I would rather crawl over ground glass than endure an art …

Currently on view at Fondation Speerstra in Apples, Switzerland is “Week-End à Rome” a two person exhibition featuring Martine Bedin and Mai-Thu Perret.  The exhibition …

Currently on view at Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles is a solo exhibition of new works by Margo Wolowiec. Wolowiec’s woven pieces are complex canvases comprised …

Currently on view at Et al., San Francisco is a solo exhibition by Andrew Chapman featuring various works that include, sculpture, painting, collage, and site …

Currently on view at Wallspace, New York is “Tunnels and Lighthouses,” a solo exhibition by Jiří Kovanda, one of the most important conceptual artists living …

  Currently on view at Mihai Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles is “Glistening Echoes of a Slow Walk Home,” a solo exhibition by British artist Jack …

On Tuesday, April 29 at the California College of the Arts, San Francisco is a lecture by Isaac Julien, one of the most prominent documentary …