Experiments in news and arts with Jude Cowan Montague. This week:​ Passaggiatina 2019. The annual art residency in the Apennines reports back on creativity and cultural interaction of this summer. With Chris Simpson, Lisa McKendrick, Riitta Hakkarainen and other artists. This year the theme of the goddess Mefiti became an unofficial theme, the ancient pagan worship of the mountains of Southern Italy and the vulcanesque deity of nearby Pompeii. A highlight of this year was a trip to Canneto to the shrine of the Black Madonna to the source of the River Melfa, named after the forgotten goddess. For more information see thenewsagents.blogspot.co.uk.

The technology underpinning blockchain is a powerful decentralizing network architecture that could revolutionize many industries. Now, some artists are leveraging blockchain to help guarantee the authenticity of their work -- and ensure that they get paid. Miles O’Brien reports on how digital documentation is putting power back into artists' hands, even when no tangible object exists.

Artist discusses whether her immersive stage show New Society worked, how it reflected US politics and why she had to be ‘hard-assed’

The show is a culmination of an artistic body of work bridging Rebecca Kopycinski's interests in filmmaking, music and live performance.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

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VIDEO ART SHORTS 'MOVING SILENTLY' With live music performing original scores by RICHARD MARRIOTT & ENSEMBLE Richard Marriott - Winds &...