Ryan Trecartin’s video A Family Finds Entertainment is now a decade old. With the serious intent of Bill Viola and Nam June Paik fused with PCP into the Tom Rubnitz and John Waters school of filmmaking, Trecartin heralded the rise of the DIY, YouTube auteur that is so common these…
“Maria and I didn’t start out an interfaith couple. We became one 15 years into our marriage. Up until then, my wife was a lapsed Catholic and I was a bad Jew. We shared a New Age spirituality and read mystical books to each other as we carpooled to work…
For the last 14 years, the Artists in Residence in Everglades (AIRIE) has strengthened the bonds between science and art as a means of creating awareness and insuring the survival of the Everglades — a unique and delicate ecosystem that is unique and should be of utmost concern for all…
The Sweat Broadside project has been going strong since “a sweltering evening in 2009, a group of visual artists and writers met at Sweat Records in Miami to share their work and talk about ways they might work together.” Showing the tangibility of modern poetics, writers and visual artists have…
Giacomo Puccini’s timeless opera Madama Butterfly has endured as one of the world’s most beloved because of its simple beauty and universal themes that go beyond cultural mores. The libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica tells the tale of an arranged marriage between the American sailor Lieutenant Pinkerton and…
Cassius Clay will forever be enlaced with South Florida’s international profile since he defeated Sonny Liston in six rounds in Miami Beach in 1964. It was in South Florida that Clay would meet the Black Muslims. It was in South Florida that he furiously trained under the eyes of Angelo…
Haochi Waves has been living up to the second part of its name for some time now. From the ashes of Pretty Please, husband-and-wife creators Juan Oña and Ana Farina Mackliff reemerged, joined again by Didi Aragon. And now they’re poised to release their latest band’s first full-length album, Peggy…
HîPleasures via FacebookIt’s unfortunate that in 2014, this far into human existence, American society at large still suffers from sexual apprehensions and taboos long shed by more progressive societies. Here at Cultist, we can’t ignore the psychological ills of a sexually repressed society, and we do our part by concentrating…
People’s Choice Awards nominees are live. The community can vote now through November 17 via text message for one of six selected Knight Arts Challenge finalists to receive $20,000 to fund their projects. It’s a text-to-vote campaign: Choose your favorite group and text its code to 22333. Of the 75…
In the fall of 2012, Tiger Direct celebrated the launch of Windows 8 and its OEM computer lines by hosting its inaugural Tech Bash. The event, filled with food and drink, hosted more than 4,000 folks eager to witness the operating system’s new features. In the spring of 2013, the…
“While the works in Departure are, like most of Tuma’s oeuvre, re-shaped and re-contextualized photographs, they represent a literal departure from the intricate, ornate mosaics of his earlier collections.” And in one swift move, Butter Gallery’s latest press release on Yuri Tuma’s new solo exhibition manages to ambiguously suggest that…
Who’s been drinking from the Jim Jones “party mix?” Proving the indelible mark upon the realities and imaginations of the American public, the mass-suicide/murder of 909 folks from the Peoples Temple Agricultural Project in Jonestown, Guyana refuses to fade away into the annals of the “dark past” of American history,…
Les Claypool has been the driving force behind funk metal outfit Primus since 1984. In that time, he has also written a book, South of the Pumphouse, directed a film, Electric Apricot, and become synonymous with the sounds of animated TV shows Robot Chicken and South Park. Now he’s remade…
In the late ’70s, California bands like the Screamers and the Unit were creating what we currently refer to as synth punk. Meanwhile, South Florida — often maligned for its geographical and cultural isolation — was witness to the creation of a similar (if not more refined) sound through the…
Emerson Dorsch’s ambitious eight-week programming series, thisishappening has seen a number of abstract and provocative works already, like Franky Cruz’s savage poem of isolation and electronic renouncement, The Last Tiger and Carol Adrianza Ferdinand’s three-day exploration of spiritual purification through shamanistic and historical ritual. Joining this tapestry of diverse artistic…
There is more to Miami’s music scene than meets the eye. But surely, no one thinks, Rockabilly!, when the Magic City is mentioned. What a damn shame, because our city’s seen its fair share of quality rockabilly acts. Showing its Southern roots, Miami was home to a thriving rockabilly scene…
For 35 years, 7 Seconds has been a stalwart of the hardcore punk scene. Founded in Reno, Nevada, by brothers Kevin and Steve Marvelli (who adopted the new last names Seconds and Youth, respectively), this Sacramento crew has also figured prominently in the straight-edge movement. An energetic man by nature,…
Progressive cities have progressive ideas. Miami certainly wants to play with the big boys, but there are so many simple gestures this town lacks that earns it the appropriate “third world” stamp many other states have assigned it. Recycling here is a joke. Green areas are few and far between,…
Canadian installation artist Geoffrey Farmer has long admired the counterculture and music of the ’60s, a longing of someone who has realized he’s missed out on something. Growing up in the MTV and Atari generation has shaped his artistic outlook with an ADHD exuberance toward multimedia. As a result, his…
The Fordistas project continues their “fostering unique and honest expression, while promoting burgeoning, undiscovered talent” with this month’s exhibit focusing on Italian street muralist Jacopo “2501” Ceccarelli. Known for his undulating monochromatic works depicting somewhat familiar creatures in defiant contortions, Ceccarelli was born in Milan and at 14 years of…
Geoffrey Farmer is a Canadian installation artist, recognized for his collage work and his references to artists of the early 20th Century and Dadaism movement. He’s also taken a theatrical approach to his installs and the museum/gallery-going experience in general. Born in the back end of the turbulent ’60s, Farmer’s…
Jeffrey Deitch has been stone cold hip since the ’70s and continuously relevant in the art world since. Art dealer, artist, curator, advisor, patron, writer, strategist and authenticator — Deitch might not be a very tall man, but his arms encompass an enormous sliver of the contemporary art world. Most…
