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Film Review: Greed

Posted on March 4, 2020 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
While its anti-capitalist exploitation message is well meaning, it doesn't change the fact that Greed is a pompous, cheesy and dreadful film.

While its anti-capitalist exploitation message is well meaning, it doesn’t change the fact that Greed is a pompous, cheesy and dreadful film. … read more

Posted in: Film ReviewsTagged: Film 4 Productions, film review, Greed, Michael Winterbottom

Film Review: Extra Ordinary

Posted on March 5, 2020 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
If you tend to enjoy BBC comedies and have a fondness for ghost stories, you are likely to have a very pleasant time with Extra Ordinary.

If you tend to enjoy BBC comedies and have a fondness for ghost stories, you are likely to have a very pleasant time with Extra Ordinary. … read more

Posted in: Film ReviewsTagged: Comedy, Extra Ordinary, film review, Horror

Localized: Consumer Reducer

Posted on March 5, 2020 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
As Consumer Reducer, local musician Steven Lear finds room for beauty and feeling within his noise compositions.

“Consumer Reducer is half-human, half-machine. It’s about making you comfortable before going to a place of dysphoria and negative psychedelia.” … read more

Posted in: LocalizedTagged: Consumer Reducer, Feint Recordings, Localized, Steven Lear, Urban Lounge

Made of Masks: Alli Arocho’s Aislá

Posted on March 5, 2020 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
(L-R) Alli Arocho, "Colorá" and "Playera," 2020, from Aislá at Sugarspace.

For Alli Arocho, vejigante masks have become a lifeline to her island home, and her show, Aislá, will debut through Mestizo Institute of Culture and Arts. … read more

Posted in: Interviews & FeaturesTagged: Aislá, Alli Arocho, MICA

Women to the Front: The Legacy of Women’s Suffrage through Contemporary Artists

Posted on March 5, 2020 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
Annelise Duque, “To Be Close to You No. 8,” 2018, from Women To The Front: Perspectives on Equality, Gender, and Activism, at Rio Gallery.

Women to the Front acknowledges and sheds light on the intersection of equality, gender and activism through the lens of 15 artists. … read more

Posted in: Activism, Outreach and Education, Interviews & FeaturesTagged: Nancy Rivera, Rio Gallery, Scotti Hill, Utah Division of Arts and Museums, Women to the Front

Localized: Passive Refraction

Posted on March 5, 2020 (March 13, 2023) by Asha Pruitt
Local electronic duo Passive Refraction’s multimedia sci-fi excursions look toward the future to deal with the intensity of present emotions.

The art created by Passive Refraction speaks to a central, guiding principle: “finding tranquility in places that aren’t considered tranquil.” … read more

Posted in: LocalizedTagged: Hiraeth Records, Localized, Passive Refraction, Urban Lounge

Trishelle Jeffery: Comics That Cultivate Connection

Posted on March 5, 2020 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
Comic artist Trishelle Jeffery will make her second consecutive 35 x 35 showing this month. Her recipe for success? Simply keep creating.

Whether multi-panel stories or single-frame snapshots, Trishelle Jeffery’s pieces capture an insightful, memory-like stream of consciousness. … read more

Posted in: ArtTagged: comics, Trishelle Jeffery, UMOCA

Film Review: All The Bright Places

Posted on February 28, 2020 (October 12, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
Still of Elle Fanning and Justice Smith in All The Bright Places

All The Bright Places is an honest, touching and beautiful film that deserves to be seen, talked about and even celebrated. … read more

Posted in: Film ReviewsTagged: All The Bright Places, Brett Haley, Echo Lake Entertainment, Netflix

Engaging community members, students and local organizations: Framework Arts’ Love at Mestizo

Posted on February 28, 2020 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
Framework Arts, "Alvarez Family," 2020, from the exhibit Love. Photo: Ecaterina Leonte

Love depicts students’ expressions of love through love letters, photographs, mixed-media still lifes, a soundtrack and photographed still lifes. … read more

Posted in: Interviews & Features, Local EventsTagged: framework arts, Megan Hallett, Mestizo Coffee House

Jerrin Wagstaff – Miscellaneous Debris

Posted on March 5, 2020 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
"Small World"

Jerrin Wagstaff’s Miscellaneous Debris offers a thoughtful response to today’s part-problem, part-blessing of choosing wisely from an overflowing pot. … read more

Posted in: ArtTagged: Jerrin Wagstaff, Miscellaneous Debris, Nox Contemporary Art Gallery

Utahns Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Spiral Jetty

Posted on March 5, 2020 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty, 1970. Copyright Holt/Smithson Foundation and Dia Art Foundation/Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY.

Located along the northeastern shore of the Great Salt Lake, Spiral Jetty is one of the most recognizable sites of public art in the country. … read more

Posted in: ArtTagged: Landscape Art, Spiral Jetty, UMFA

Guerrilla Girls Drop the F (feminism) Bomb on SLC at UMOCA!

Posted on March 5, 2020 (January 24, 2022) by Asha Pruitt
Guerrilla Girls at the Abrons Art Center, 2015.

The Guerrilla Girls exhibit at UMOCA features recent work Utah audiences may not have seen and gives perspectives on racism, classicism and current events. … read more

Posted in: ArtTagged: art, Feminism, Guerrilla Girls, Protest Art, UMOCA
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