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Month: February 2013

Control Alt Delete

Posted on February 22, 2013 by John Beck

New exhibit coming up at Artworks! Opening reception next Friday, March 1st. See you there!

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March 1 – March 31, 2013
Reception: March 1, 4 – 7pm

An exhibition of new student paintings entitled Control, Alt, Delete is being presented at Artworks Trenton from Friday, March 1 to Sunday, March 31, 2013.  The exhibition will include paintings and sculptures produced by the twenty-eight students currently enrolled in Advanced Painting at TCNJ. In conjunction with the opening, there will be an artist reception and discussion of the works by the students and faculty on March 1, from 4-7:00PM.  Music will be provided by AMP’d, TCNJ’s student electronic music group.

Control, Alt, Delete takes its theme from the new and varied ways that contemporary painting is influenced by digital media. Led by Professor Greg Thielker, students in the Advanced Painting classes at the College of New Jersey use this theme to create paintings that are based on digital sources, filters, and tools along with traditional techniques. Rather than spelling the irrelevance of painting as contemporary art medium, these influences have served to reinvigorate the paintings in this exhibition with new colors, techniques, and sources.  Students have used the flexibility of paint to make reference to the blur of photography, pixilation of low-res imagery, and even the colors of infrared cameras.  Paintings in the exhibition function as exploration of the digital sources and reinterpretation by the artists. The title of the exhibit is a reference to the ability to interrupt processes on the computer, effectively freezing a way of looking.  Painting can be this interrupted moment, allowing us to consider the complex visual dynamics at work in the digital realm.

For more information on TCNJ’s Department of Art and Art History or Professor Thielker, please visit http://www.tcnj.edu/~art/

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Top 50 albums of 2012

Posted on February 14, 2013February 16, 2015 by John Beck

This year was more difficult than in year past and it hurt me to leave out a lot of great albums. With that being said here’s my personal favorite albums of 2012.

1. Beach House – Bloom
2. A Place to Bury Strangers – Worship
3. Goat – World Music
4. Santigold – Master of My Make-Believe
5. The Soft Moon – Zeros
6. Sleigh Bells – Reign of Terror
7. Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
8. Lower Dens – Nootropics
9. Crystal Castles – (III)
10. Emeralds – Just To Feel Anything
11. Shackleton – The Drawbar Organ/Music for the Quiet Hour
12. Memory Tapes – Grace/Confusion
13. Mi Ami – Decade
14. Peaking Lights – Lucifer
15. The xx – Coexist
16. Swans – The Seer
17. Dan Deacon – America
18. Animal Collective – Centipede Hz
19. Teeel – University Heights
20. Skeleton Lipstick – Glows Then Melts
21. Merchandise – Children of Desire
22. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Mature Themes
23. Grizzly Bear – Shields
24. Andy Stott – Luxury Problems
25. Om – Advaitic Songs
26. oOoOO – Our Loving Is Hurting Us
27. Dead Can Dance – Anastasis
28. Panabrite – The Baroque Album
29. Chromatics – Kill For Love
30. Nite Jewel – One Second of Love
31. Soil Creep – Small Death
32. jj – High Summer
33. Purity Ring – Shrines
34. Alexander Tucker – Third Mouth
35. Cold Specks – I Predict A Graceful Explusion
36. Holy Other – Held
37. Lorn – Ask The Dust
38. Yeasayer – Fragrant World
39. Dirty Projectors – Swing Lo Magellan
40. How to Dress Well – Total Loss
41. Raime – Quarter Turns Over A Living Line
42. Bat for Lashes – The Haunted Man
43. Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do
44. Jessie Ware – Devotion
45. Grimes – Visions
46. Tim Hecker & Daniel Lopatin – Instrumental Tourist
47. Cat Power – Sun
48. Scott Walker – Bish Bosch
49. Demdike Stare – Elemental
50. X-TG – Desertshore/The Final Report

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Ravens Super Bowl celebration panoramic

Posted on February 7, 2013 by John Beck

Took this awesome panoramic photo on the field at M&T Bank Stadium during the Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl celebration.

Ravens Super Bowl celebration panoramic

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Flag Football: Father or Flacco?

Posted on February 5, 2013 by John Beck

Over the weekend we had a friendly co-ed game of flag football. My father wore the #5 Joe Flacco jersey and was the quarterback. I think Flacco saw this video and was inspired. Would he have gotten the MVP if he hadn’t of seen it?

Pump fake. Scramble to the right. Throw to the left. Pass complete.

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Baltimore Ravens 2012 NFL Champions!

Posted on February 4, 2013 by John Beck

The Baltimore Ravens have won the Super Bowl!!!!

Ravens Win!!!

I will definitely be going to the parade tomorrow to celebrate with the team!

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Grizzly Bear – Gun-Shy

Posted on February 1, 2013 by John Beck

One of my favorite songs of 2012 just got a video…

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