Some kind of unstructured modifications/Tart elastics This show suggests a kind of psychological analytical theatre, a stage set full of poignant 'props' (that quietly talk to each other, their own script, part improvisation, a devise for multiple conversations), a memory time machine flipping between the past and the future. It is, on one reading, a confrontation of the recent history of this gallery space and a springboard for future developments; it is taking stock and moving forward, a new blank page but with erased marks, traces of its past thoughts and ideas, discarded or rewritten or reassembled, rethought to... Read More

A month ago I had the pleasure of meeting the artist Shane Carroll at an opening at TART gallery. TART organiser, Anne Colvin, introduced me to him, and he told me about Panic In Detroit http://www.tartsf.com/PANIC/ , his upcoming online show for the gallery. I was thrilled to hear about the show, a mix of real-time data mining and xml driven flash animations. And I was equally thrilled when Anne asked me to write about the show for Shotgun, because Panic In Detroit is a wonderful example of how the technologies driving web 2.0 can be used by artists.... Read More