tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39571300086441509902011-06-07T23:37:47.932-07:00an open market for artists, with installations and performance, live music, refreshments, and dancing, in Austin, Texassam sanfordnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957130008644150990.post-18654662470152197612008-07-07T18:58:00.000-07:002008-07-07T19:04:59.793-07:00Video documentation of Mercado 1 is now online: <a href="http://vimeo.com/mercadoaustin">vimeo.com/mercadoaustin</a> or <a href="http://youtube.com/user/mercadoaustin">youtube.com/user/mercadoaustin</a>. Thanks to Elizabeth Abrams for shooting it. Also, check out the updated <a href="http://mercadoaustin.com">website</a>.<br /><object width="400" height="302"> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <param name="movie" value="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1292845&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;show_title=0&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=000000&amp;fullscreen=1" /> <embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1292845&amp;server=www.vimeo.com&amp;show_title=0&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=000000&amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="302"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3957130008644150990-1865466247015219761?l=mercadoaustin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>sam sanfordnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957130008644150990.post-36591345912435082632008-06-23T18:12:00.000-07:002008-06-23T18:16:50.384-07:00Post yours to <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/mercadoaustin.com">our flickr group!</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/mercadoaustin/"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_055L3UyPSp4/SGBKfRCqZkI/AAAAAAAAB88/LbKhO6O-H84/s400/2008-6-21+64.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215250269506004546" /></a><br />installation by <a href="http://ivanlozano.net">Ivan Lozano</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3957130008644150990-3659134591243508263?l=mercadoaustin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>sam sanfordnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3957130008644150990.post-15955741335504849362008-06-12T18:26:00.001-07:002008-06-23T20:22:38.128-07:00<img src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_055L3UyPSp4/SGBoZHAu0lI/AAAAAAAAB9E/9yK5m8hrfo4/s400/mercadoLogo2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215283149083169362" /><br /><br />The Mercado is launching just in time to function as part of a larger conversation about Austin that's been going on on the local blogs, primarily among Ivan Lozano, Raymond Uhlir, and Eric Zimmerman.<br />It started when <a href="http://live.glasstire.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2341&Itemid=61">Ivan</a> and <a href="http://www.youngrepublic.org/2008/05/there-can-be-only-one.html">Raymond</a> both applied critera from a <a href="http://badatsports.com/2008/episode-143-roundtable-fun/">Bad at Sports discussion</a> about how a city becomes an 'important art city' to Austin and decided the prognosis isn't good. <a href="http://ezimmerman.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/its-a-flat-world/">Eric</a> tried to complicate the argument a little, and Raymond responded with a <a href="http://www.youngrepublic.org/2008/06/my-world-is-still-very-round.html">lengthy analysis</a> explaining why he has decided to leave us to "fight over table scraps" in Austin while he seeks a "heartier meal" in L.A. Ivan <a href="http://live.glasstire.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2366&Itemid=61">summed up the discussion</a> thus far and concluded that "the brain drain is here to stay." After I <a href="http://samsanford.blogspot.com/2008/06/austin-art-mercado-june-21.html">announced the Mercado</a> and explained our intentions, Ivan <a href="http://live.glasstire.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2376&Itemid=61">correctly interpreted</a> this as a contribution to this ongoing conversation, an experimental attempt at a possible partial solution to the problem, which seems to be that artists in Austin don't think they can be successful, make a living, or otherwise achieve their goals in Austin - a catch-22 because the fact that the most successful artists leave town helps prevent Austin from becoming a place where they could achieve the success they imagine.<br />Make sure and read the comments on all these posts to get the full community discussion.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3957130008644150990-1595574133550484936?l=mercadoaustin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>sam sanfordnoreply@blogger.com0