Author Archives: Joshua Berger

You are what you eat.

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Joshua Berger
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Jon Raymond Rain Dragon reading at Powell’s

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Joshua Berger

Plazm editor Jon Raymond will read from his new novel, Rain Dragon, Friday at Powell’s Burnside. Damon and Amy have had enough of Los Angeles. Fitful and tired and dreaming of a simpler life, they leave the city to go … Continue reading →

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Transformation Time with Vanessa Renwick

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Joshua Berger

Vanessa Renwick is on her way back from a week of Portland at La Gaîté Lyrique just in time to do an in-gallery presentation at the White Box tomorrow night. This is a great opportunity to experience her Portland 2012 Biennial … Continue reading →

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Jon Raymond, Rain Dragon

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Joshua Berger

Plazm editor Jon Raymond’s second novel is about to be released. It is entitled Rain Dragon. I am pretty excited about it. Jon literally spent years working on this book and it’s awesome that it is finally coming out. We’ll … Continue reading →

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The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Joshua Berger

The Guerrilla Girls created this original piece for Plazm issue #9. Now that Newt is somehow seen as a viable Republican candidate for President, it’s time to dust it off again. This was made prior to the investigation into Newt’s … Continue reading →

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Abstraction, Feminist Art, and Film

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Joshua Berger

Two great shows are coming to a close. They are in the same building too. Upstairs in the Lumber Room you will find Interior Margins. Downstairs in the Elizabeth Leach Gallery you will find Body Gesture, a Group Exhibition of … Continue reading →

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Remember Segregation

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Joshua Berger
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Final Week – Plazm: 20 Years of Art and Design

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Joshua Berger

The twenty-year retrospective show of Plazm’s art and design work will close on December 10th. There are hundreds of pieces of ephemera, posters, and one-of-a-kind pieces of art. Hope you can make it out to the ‘couv this week. We … Continue reading →

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The Democratization of Surveillance

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Joshua Berger

Anyone remember this scene in Minority Report? The year in the film was 2037. We may be closer than most people realize to this sort of advertising. There’s a nice article in the Sunday Times business section on facial recognition … Continue reading →

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Plazm 20 Years of Art & Design retrospective opens at the Archer Gallery

Posted on November 12, 2011 by Joshua Berger

We just finished installing this show out at the Archer Gallery in Clark College. Thanks to all the students and interns who helped mount this thing. Some photos of the install are posted here. I am doing a lecture on … Continue reading →

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