In 2012, I started writing for Hyperallergic, which described itself then as an online “forum for serious, playful and radical thinking about art in the world today.”
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While writing for The L Magazine I began conducting lengthy interviews with various figures working in art and performance around New York City. I have since published these interviews in other publications. These interviews serve not only as a way for artists to speak for themselves, but also help capture moments in time in the artistic life of the city.
Continue readingRe-Examining the Soho Effect
In the summer of 2010, when New York’s Ohio Theater was set to close its doors forever, I wrote an essay for The L Magazine about the cultural history of the plot of land that the Ohio had sat upon for decades. Through this discussion I opened up questions about the ways that artist-led gentrification effects neighborhoods in urban centers and the ways that contemporary city’s try to use artists as a means to an end in stimulating economic growth.
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