Diana Arce
visualosmosis

Back on Tour

So, I never added updates here but I’m very active on the Politaoke website. Princeton University and Reed College are bringing me back for two more shows and I have another show in NYC as well as a lecture I am giving at Pacific Northwest College of Art. I’ve also transfered to the Master’s program at the University of Art in Berlin and am now a Fellow of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation. Expect an updated CV in the future as well of more information about Politaoke and other works!

Wow, Bad on the updates

I’ve been over at my political karaoke website, Politaoke. and managed to not really keep this page updated with what is going on. Later this week, I will add some more information regarding the tour and new dates as they come in. I’m also hoping to add some more videos to the YouTube as well as the Myspace page and Facebook group which are both linked on the main site.

As for other Politaoke events, a second Weimar edition will take place and a Tour of Germany is being planned for 2009. I will also making a Canadian Tour on the 5th of September, taking a short break after the Republican Convention to head up to Montreal.

Where Have I been?

I’m over here.

But also working on a sound installation in the Ilm Park for an exhibition on Friday

Launched!

Poltiaoke.com is now up and on the web. I am also working on complete tour dates with map and calender as well as all the promotional materials to bring Politaoke to you! Politaoke 2.0 as I refer to it, is expanded, bigger and better, with more political karaoke speeches than the Gerber3 Event had before. It is a speciality act that will be constantly updated during the entire tour, to provide actual up to date speeches and interviews from your favorite politicans.
More Duets. More Politicians.More Fun

Politaoke: Hallwalls, Buffalo NY

Now you too can deliver the great rhetoric filled speeches of today’s most important politicians in this audience participation performance!

POLITical speeches as karAOKE = POLITAOKE.
Politicians are actors, deliverers of words cleverly written by high paid political scientists working as speech writers sent to them via teleprompters. Other times they are professional improvisers, stringing together the current events jargon into sound bits and phrases that are perfect for being cut into newspapers, radio shows and television. But their words, whether powerful, ridiculous or down right wrong, belong to us. Politaoke provides the audience a platform to perform, mock and finally hear and see clearly what their politicians say. In celebration of the upcoming election, speeches from current and former primary candidates (John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama) as well as the showstopper George W. Bush Jr. will be included in the line up.

USA Tour 2008

Today is my last day of rehabilitation of my knee. After 3 weeks of 5 hour a day training, I may finally be done! Sorry if I haven’t been answering emails or responding to comments, I had my knee to take care of.

More importantly, I am currently planning my 2 month (August/September) USA tour, where I will take both new and old works to the public in various venues. Currently I have dates in the works for the Buffalo and several locations in Florida and am looking to fill out my dance card. Any tips or requests; please let me know, I would be happy to fill you in!

Sickness and the results

1. Upgrades to the Bolex.
2. Sewing circles.
3. Coughing fits.
4. Great Unachievable sounding plans.
5. Googling.
6. Neverending Skype conversations.
7. Books on Forgetting.
8. Movies and love stories

March 20th, 8PM at Kay Salon

Not only has Kay given me the best haircut I’ve gotten in my entire life, but in his beautiful salon, he organizes a many events including art, music and food. I was extremely flattered that he asked me to participate in the Loft Spectacle III.

For 7 Euros you can enjoy a great atmosphere, great music, amazing food and some nice visual stimulation. My contribution to this show is a selection of films looped including; Escape, May Day Silent Noise, Self Study Course, Suburban Lanscape #1, Un Viaje (the yet forever unfinished film!), Character Study 1, Streetwallker and Creation Death Memory.

Probably will get in trouble for posting this...

but the MFA Public Art and New Artistic Strategies at the Bauhaus University really blows, for lack of a better word. I have never been exposed to such a lack of professionalism in my entire life and if not for the other students, I would’ve dropped out well into my first semester.

I’ve noticed that people who surf to this page often come via the MFAs website; so I thought I’d give you a warning. Don’t be fooled! Because of an incompetent employee, I’m really considering throwing in the towel and starting somewhere new; credits be damned. And because she is the only regular point of contact, as the head professor is about as interested in us as I am for a ball of lint, she is completely unavoidable.

I rarely rant via the World Wide Web, and this could possibly have bad repercussions, but I no longer care.

Some would argue that this is due to a lack of care in the german education system, but as I have learned in my 6 semester experience in Berlin, this have everything to due with bad hiring.

Extraordinary Machine

Upcoming projects and or updates:

• Complete Politaoke details to website and possible launch of new site
• Newspaper from the MFA distributed vis TAZ
• Gießen project added to website
• DVD loop for event this Month at Kay Salon
• Details of new top secret art project in Weimar
• Oh yeah, and physical therapy for my bad (right) leg

Today they pick up my motorized leg so I have to start doing my exercises without mechanical help.