From the press release:
Lance Wakeling is the director of Art Mini, a miniature art fair. Each participating artist designs every detail of their booth including layout and the work to be shown. Parody and satire are indistinguishable from earnest and literal representation.
Seen in the “One Pill Makes You Small” show at Tastes Like Chicken Art Space. Here are some photos I found on Flickr from the opening.
I suspect if someone put a bomb outside a post office, government building, or religious institution, not only would the New York Times write about it, our federal officials would be on TV talking about it. If it’s a bomb outside of an abortion clinic, neither thing will happen. There are not a lot of big deal media outlets in the Google News Search on the suspect’s name.
Via Reuters.
A 27-year-old Austin man was arrested on Friday and charged with placing an unexploded bomb containing some 2,000 nails outside an abortion clinic in the state’s capital.
The explosive device also included a propane tank and a mechanism “akin to a rocket,” Austin Police Commander David Carter said.
The device was discovered on Wednesday in the parking lot of the Austin Women’s Health Center, police said.
The Texas Joint Terrorism Task Force — made up of federal, state and local law enforcement authorities — arrested Paul Ross Evans, who authorities said was on parole for an unspecified crime.
Evans was charged with violating federal laws banning the manufacture of explosives and interfering with access to an abortion clinic. He appeared before a federal magistrate, and was being held without bail.
No further arrests were anticipated in the case. “The threat is over,” Carter said.
A robot was used to disarm the bomb after the unmarked clinic building and an apartment complex were evacuated, police said on Thursday.
This was the first bombing attempt this year at an abortion clinic, according to the National Abortion Federation, which tracks violence against abortion providers.
Four incidents of attempted bombing or arson were reported in 2006, the NAF said. More than 40 abortion clinic bombings have occurred since 1977, with the last reported in 2001.
Thanks to Joy Garnett for alerting me to this action two days ago at the Hart Senate Office Building. Note that it barely made the news at all except for some tiny AP stories.
I’m quoting the press release from her post:
via email:
WASHINGTON, D.C.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS – WE WILL NOT BE SILENT
Multiple actions occurred in the early afternoon today inside the Hart Senate Office Building. Eight New York
activists were among the 15 plus arrested.
TODAY, APRIL 26, 2007, A.R.T.* OCCUPIED THE HALLS OF CONGRESS IN A DRAMATIC TWO-PART ACTION.
First, in a massive distribution, A.R.T. hand-delivered a 20-page tabloid petition to every representative. It contained documentary evidence for indictments, literally putting impeachment back on the table.
Then, at 1PM, in a spectacular visual feat, A.R.T displayed the full text of Article II, Section 4 to the Senate as a 30-foot banner drop in the Hart Office Building atrium. A second 30-foot banner read “YOUR SILENCE YOUR LEGACY”. Organizers said, “We must magnify the refusal of Congress to uphold the Constitution. Their silence equals complicity in the flagrant crimes of this administration.”
Contact: *A.R.T. (Activist Response Team)
email: stateofemergencyaction@gmail.com
Related: A28, National Impeachment Protests
I’m a few days late. On April 21, 2002, I did my first post on bloggy. It’s about the art we bought at a White Columns benefit.
Recommended listening while you’re celebrating in your own special way: This mix by Adam Smith from ABL Radio of house, etc. from 1986-1993.
Check out my friend Stu’s The Reeler for all of your Tribeca coverage. We — I’m the tech consultant — launched the Tribeca part late last night.
Nancy Shaver, installation view
I love this show, with its mix of minimalist sculpture and cash and carry “curiosities” from her store in Hudson, NY called Henry.
Here is an image of her work I saw and wrote about in 2003.
Nancy Shaver
Yellow and Black Horizontals and Red and Green Verticals, 2002
Wooden boxes, plastic blocks, flashe, acrylic and house paint
Donna Huanca, installation view
I said earlier that I would put up some more photos on flickr of the show. Check them out.