Moveable Type: Cross-country Adventures in Printing

Kyle Durrie of Power & Light Press, a letterpress studio based in Portland, Oregon, is touring
the U.S. with her Moveable Type truck on the Moveable Type: Cross-country Adventures in Printing. Her stop in Dallas was at Oil and Cotton.

Type and Flyers

Kyle Durrie Demo in Type Truck Printing Studio

Prints from Type Truck

Type Truck

Worldwide Moment 11-11-11 at 11:11am NY

Posted a little late but this was taken for Worldwide Moment on 11-11-11 at 11:11 am New York time (10:11 am central time).

Dora's hands with henna tattoos.

REAL TIME: mobile phone video

The opening of REAL TIME: mobile phone video Friday night at The Contemporary was great. The gallery was dark except for the videos projected around the gallery space creating a very compelling environment. An interesting aspect of the exhibit uses the immediacy of cell phones to create and send art. The members of inter.sect will send new images everyday to create an ever-changing exhibit.

The photo above, taken by a cell phone, shows the projected website that displays the new cell phone art as it is received.

Check it out:

REAL TIME: mobile phone video

Curated by Dean Terry & John Pomara

February 15, 2008 ~ May 10, 2008

inter.sect a Dallas-based art collective, that responds collaboratively and immediately to verbal prompts

Everything Old Is New Again

It seems the more things change the more they stay the same. Old guard, Mail Art, and new guard, Cell Phone Art, have much in common. They both are very democratic in inviting participation from whoever wants to play.


Early Mail Art was a statement against the juried show system and the exclusivity of the art world, with influences from the Dada and Fluxus movements. Anyone could participate. There was no jury; no fees it just needed to go through the postal system. A network of artists exchanging art through the mail, the more one sent out the more received. When a call for Mail Art went out all artwork received was shown, there was no fee to enter and documentation of the show was sent to all.

Cell Phone Art is sent via email to a network of friends, family and social network contacts. There are no juries or fees and documentation posted to websites.

A great film is How To Draw A Bunny about Ray Johnson (1927-1995) who is considered the father of Mail Art.