Transforming An Octavio Paz Poem Into Theatre

“Heavily influenced by Surrealist imagery, and laden with references to Mesoamerican and Greco-Roman myths, Paz’s 1957 poem is a rapturous, metaphysical rumination on erotic life forces and the search for an authentic self (or selves) within other people, other cultures and the flow of time and history.” The performance aims to “immerse audiences in Paz’s … universe.”

In Camden, NJ, Using Art To Alter A Downtrodden Area

“There’s a new art gallery on Broadway. In Camden. At the Rescue Mission. ‘It’s got people buzzing,’ says the Rev. Al Stewart, the mission’s longtime pastor. There’s lots more to talk about: the cluster of arts and cultural organizations slowly emerging around Broadway and Ferry Avenue in the city’s down-but-not-out Waterfront South neighborhood.”

SFMOMA Expansion Contest Narrows To Four Firms

“The finalists include one of the world’s best-known firms, Foster + Partners, … and cult favorite David Adjaye Associates, whose only completed building in the United States is a small museum in Denver. The other finalists are Snøhetta, a Norwegian firm that designed the National Sept. 11 Memorial now being built in Lower Manhattan, and Diller Scofidio + Renfro….”