Eastman Kodak Co announced that the last rolls were hitting the shelves in June 2009. Kodachrome is the first successful color film and perhaps still the most beloved. Indeed, the end is at hand with the last lab in the world that processes the famed color film, Dwayne’s Photo in Parsons, Kansas, discontinuing its processing [...]
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William T. Wiley shows open in the SF Bay Area this week
I’ve been looking forward to the William T. Wiley retrospective (What’s It All Mean: William T. Wiley In Retrospect) that opens at the Berkeley Art Museum on March 17th. When I read Kenneth Baker’s review on the retrospective this morning it occurred to me that I fall into the category of those who can’t think [...]
Ann: Bill Viola: Potent early works
Pacific Film Archive's three-part program, "Metaphysical Medium: The Video Works of Bill Viola." The roster of works includes short pieces such as "The Space Between the Teeth" (1976) and longer essays such as "The Passing" (1991). More information and an interview with Viola.
Article: Stanford scanner penetrates mummy’s secrets
A minor priest from ancient Egypt gave his body to a high-tech scanner at Stanford Medical Center on Thursday. The priest is a mummy, dead for some 2,500 years, and getting him under a scanner may shed new light on the religion, the art and the history of a time before the Persians conquered the [...]
