SEAWORTHY

For those of you in New York on Friday, we strongly recommend the opening of SeaWorthy at the EFA Project Space in Manhattan.

SeaWorthy presents work by artists who employ the boat as a platform for collective action, private reflection and liberatory possibility. Among them are WOOLOO.ORG artists Mary Mattingly, Micheal Arcega, Rachel Bacon, Brindalyn Webster and Charles Westfall.

Congratulations! We are looking forward to the show.

FREE ACCOMODATION IN VENICE

As you might know, Wooloo was invited to participate in this year's 54th Venice Biennale by the Lebanese Pavilion. Despite the Pavilion's recent cancelation, we have decided to continue our project New Life Venice.

New Life Venice offers free accommodation to artists in need and our local Venetian hosts are accommodating artists exhibiting for the national pavilions of Albania, Lithuania, Haiti and Romania among others.

To those of you contacting us: No more calls and emails please - we are completely booked! Thank you for your interest and understanding.

THE AESTHETICS OF JOURNALISM

The latest issue of 12-Pages is Movement. The issue takes as its point of departure the act of 'carrying on' that New Order displayed in releasing their debut album Movement on 18 November 1981, 18 months to the day after the suicide of their talisman, Ian Curtis.

WOOLOO.ORG members Jeffrey B. Childs, Beverly Bennett and Charley Peters are among the artists selected from the Open Call.

NEW ISSUE OF 12-PAGES

For those of you in the UK over the summer, Wooloo recommends the upcoming show All that Fits: The Aesthetics of Journalism.

The show is curated by Manifesta 8 co-curator Alfredo Cramerotti and Simon Sheikh and puts forward the idea that art and journalism are not separate forms of communication. Rather, they are two sides of one unique activity: the production and distribution of information.

We are happy to learn of the involvement of several WOOLOO.ORG artists in the "A Lot of Possibilities" project, taking place in the community gardens of New York City.

Organized by artist Anna Lise Jensen from an Open Call, the project features many interesting works by Norbert Francis Attard, Leah Grimaldi, Lisbeth Langkjær, Coraline Meyer and Aleksandr Razin among others.

"A Lot of Possibilities" was most recently exhibited at the MCLA Gallery 51.

WOOLOOPICK WINNER

We are happy to announce Daniel Galas as the WoolooPick! Daniel got the majority of the public votes from WOOLOO.ORG members and visitors.

In his artistic practice, Daniel is mainly a painter, even though he also does work in other kinds of media. Among them a USP truck in paper-mache. He lives and works in Nyack, USA.

Wooloo spoke to Daniel about his work:


- How would you describe your artistic process?
Its like the Zen saying... "When sitting, just sit. When walking, just walk. Above all, don't wobble." Whether the drawing is "good" or "bad" it doesn't matter... but to second guess my intuition is to fail.

- Can you give us an example of a work of yours that you are especially happy with?
I'm most happy with my work when it reveals to me something unusual about myself and what I'm drawing. I hone in on something peculiar about a person, place, or thing and eliminate all other unessential information.

- What inspires you to create your work?
The infinite creative possibilities in visual art and the curiosity of being alive in the world.

- Has the Internet an effect on your practice as an artist? And if yes, in what way?
Yes. Because I am on the Internet so often, sitting in front of a computer screen, it has conversely given me the need to be more engaged with my immediate surroundings.

- How long have you been using WOOLOO.ORG and why do you find it useful?
I've been a member for one year. I absolutely love that it is international, free, and requires no submission to become a member!

NEW PROGRAM COORDINATOR AT freeDIMENSIONAL

We are happy to learn that Siddhartha Joag has received the position of Program Coordinator with the NYC arts and human rights organisation freeDimensional (fD).

Siddhartha applied for the position via the Open Call on WOOLOO.ORG and he will now take part in running fD to support culture in the service of free expression, justice & equality.

All best to Siddhartha and our friends at fD!