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Slideshow: Future Arts 2009: An Urban Oasis

A festival of urban arts at the Roxy on May 16, 2009

By JENNIFER MORGAN | May 20, 2009

Future Arts 2009 featured live art, audio, visual, and multi-media artists at the Roxy on May 16, 2009
Photos by Jennifer Morgan

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Slideshow: Fischerspooner at the Roxy
Fischerspooner at the Roxy
Slideshow: Quay Brothers at Fourth Wall Project
Animation experts the Quay Brothers put on an exhibit at the Fourth Wall Project of their still-life.
A star is porn
"As Steven was saying the other night at the screening, at the end of the day we're all selling something, and we all want something, whether it's monetary or not."
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Slideshow: Fischerspooner at the Roxy
Fischerspooner at the Roxy
Slideshow: Quay Brothers at Fourth Wall Project
Animation experts the Quay Brothers put on an exhibit at the Fourth Wall Project of their still-life.
A star is porn
"As Steven was saying the other night at the screening, at the end of the day we're all selling something, and we all want something, whether it's monetary or not."
The rain in Maine
If you're planning a trip to Vacationland this summer, be sure to bring your galoshes — the "gay storm" that's been satirized all over the Internet rolled into Maine last week.
Racism in real estate
After more than a decade in the business, the real-estate agent knew that many landlords had very narrow ideas about whom they did and didn't want living in their apartments and houses. Most of them were fairly subtle about it. "I want the right people," they might say, being careful to couch their instructions in innocuous-sounding terms.
Music Seen: Ocean and Pontiak
The day after Ocean's predictably under-attended (30-40 people) Cinco de Mayo performance at SPACE, a friend who also attended asked what I thought. "So loud," I said. "So slow," he responded. It wasn't hard to catch the reverence in both reactions.
You Snus you lose
Unbowed by last month's $1 a pack increase in the cigarette tax, the tobacco industry is pushing new unhealthy products to gain more Rhode Island customers.
Tried and true
The greasy, informal meals of summer lead to lots of uncouth mouth-cramming and finger-licking. It is best not to look. For this reason, many purveyors of the quintessential summertime burger are set up for shoulder-to-shoulder eating.
Generation gap
It’s an uneven show with a dour vision that leaves a mediciny taste in your mouth — and, I think, offers signs of a generation gap among curators.
John McCain's economic philosophy
Big Fat Whale
Twitheads
Is Twitter bad for journalism?
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SLIDESHOW: FUTURE ARTS 2009: AN URBAN OASIS | May 20, 2009
Future Arts 2009 featured live art, audio, visual, and multi-media artists

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Fischerspooner at the Roxy

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Animation experts the Quay Brothers put on an exhibit at the Fourth Wall Project of their still-life.

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