On 09-02-10, Officers of the Johnson City Police Department arrested a male subject identified as Justin Michael Faulkner (07-07-1983), 112 16th Street, Bristol, TN on charges Aggravated Burglary and Theft of Property over $1,000.00. The arrest is a result of an investigation into a Burglary that occurred at 3615 Cimarron Dr., Johnson City where several pieces of electronic items were reported stolen. Faulkner was arrested at the Sullivan County Detention Center where he was in custody on unrelated charges. He was taken to the Washington County Detention Center and will have a court date in Washington County General Sessions Court on 09-03-10. His bond was set at $20,000.00.
On 08/05/2010, officers responded to 1400 Orleans Street #421 in reference to theft. Upon arrival, officers met with the resident and learned that her jewelry was stolen from her home. At the time, the resident believed that her roommates were responsible for the theft. Officers began to investigate and located most of the resident’s stolen jewelry at We Buy Gold and NuTrade in Elizabethton. Officers learned that a Brian Keith Stratton (W/M, 12/16/1982) of General Delivery, Johnson City, Tennessee 37601 sold the jewelry. Stratton was one of the two roommates. On 08/31/2010, officers located Stratton and placed him in the Washington County Detention Center in lieu of a $10,000 bond. Stratton is charged with one count of Theft over $1000. Stratton’s arraignment hearing is set for 08/31/2010 at 9:00 a.m.
On 05/24/2010, officers of the Johnson City Police Department responded to Headquarters in reference to theft. Upon arrival, officers spoke with a subject who stated that two females, whom he gave a ride to Kingsport on 05/18/2010, are believed to have stolen two of his checks and cashed them in the City. Officers began to investigate and obtained video surveillance footage from Regions Bank which showed two females cash the victim’s checks. Officers identified one of the females as Sherry Lynn Carver (W/F, 04/04/1964) of 205 Fairridge Road, Johnson City, Tennessee 37601. A warrant for Carver’s arrest was issued a short time later and was served on 08/27/2010. Carver is currently in the Washington County Detention Center in lieu of a $2,000 bond. Carver is charged with Forgery and Theft under $500. Carver’s arraignment is set for 08/30/2010 at 1:30 p.m. in the Washington County General Sessions Court.
Five years ago today, Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast region, crashing through the levees that held the waters of the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet at bay from the city of New Orleans. Overnight, 80 percent of New Orleans was submerged. To this day, only a fraction of residents in the hardest hit areas, like the Lower Ninth Ward, have returned to their homes.
Today, in partnership with ABC 26 (WGNO), a local television station in New Orleans, we commemorate the anniversary of Katrina with a selection of videos on our homepage from New Orleans residents.
Some videos showed how much work is left to be done, like this one from the Ninth Ward, narrated by a resident returning home to survey the damage five years later:
Others discovered relics left behind but not forgotten:
And some chose to honor their city and its resilient spirit through song:
If you lived through Hurricane Katrina, we still welcome your reflections. Please submit your videos using YouTube Direct on ABC 26’s website. A selection of videos will also be featured on abc26.com, ABC 26’s YouTube channel, and broadcast on ABC 26 (WGNO).
For our second cross-post from the Guggenheim’s The Take blog, inspired by YouTube Play. A Biennial of Creative Video, Jaime Davidovich pontificates on YouTube as “public access gone ballistic” and how the 21st century artist might deal with the site’s cacophony of image and sound.
Davidovich was one of the first artists to recognize cable television for its potential for contemporary art, producing The Live! Show, a weekly public-access television program that featured avant-garde performances, artwork, political satire and social commentary. He’s currently working on pieces for his YouTube channel, as well as “video paintings,” or video images projected onto a gestural painting surface. You can read his original article here.
In his recent book Feedback: Television Against Democracy (2007), David Joselit challenges artists with a manifesto that echoes a sentiment common among us: "How is your image going to circulate? Use the resources of the 'art world' as a base of operations, but don't remain there. Use images to build publics."
I have been practicing Joselit's principle since 1976, putting art into the public arena through public-access television. One of my first programs was The Live! Show, a satirical variety show about the art world, which ran from 1979 to 1984 on New York cable television.
In the series I appeared as Dr. Videovich, my alter ego, interviewing artists such as Eric Bogosian, Tony Oursler, and Martha Wilson, as well as Marcia Tucker, founder of the New Museum, and the present-day director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation, Richard Armstrong. The idea of The Live! Show was to showcase art on a popular medium — TV — allowing people to watch these works in the comfort of their homes.
Continuing the first-come, first-serve spirit of public-access TV, YouTube, with the tagline "Broadcast Yourself," is the current medium for circulating art outside the pristine walls of the art gallery. YouTube is public access gone ballistic — an anarchist brain on steroids. While public-access television was one channel at a time, YouTube features dozens of channels at the same time, and they are not listed anywhere, but found by user searching. And while public-access television was low tech and a 30-minute format, YouTube is all tech and features short clips with a maximum length of 15 minutes. I currently have a work on YouTube that is a close-up video of a delete key with audio accompaniment. The concept of this piece is to provide a break in the cacophonous overload of YouTube images and sound.
I am a conflictivist, an artist who explores the conflict between high and low culture. The artist of the 21st century cannot live solely in the art world or the “real world.” Rather, he or she should commute between the two.
How should artists today deal with new forms and media? Please comment below (note comments are moderated due to spam) or directly on The Take.
On 08-27-10 at 1207 hrs, Officers of the Johnson City Police Dept. arrested Shantaye Nicole Thomas, dob 09/01/87, of 2709 S Roan St #5 and charged her with Aggravated Assault. The arrest stems from an incident at Longview Mobile Home Park, wherein Ms. Thomas got into an argument with her roommate and threatened him with a large kitchen knife. Ms. Thomas is being held in the Washington County Detention Center in lieu of a $10,000 bond. She is scheduled for arraignment in General Sessions Court on Monday 08/30/10 at 1330 hrs.
On 08/15/2010, officers responded to 3658 W. Market Street, Bay’s Mart, in reference to a robbery. Upon arrival, officers learned from a clerk that an unidentified W/M entered the store just before closing and demanded money. The clerk stated that the W/M fled on foot a short time later with an undisclosed amount of cash. On 08/26/2010, officers made contact with Jonothan C. Davis (W/M, 11/14/1990) of 242 Claude Simmons Road #21, Johnson City, at his home after receiving several tips that he was involved in the robbery. As a result, Davis was arrested and placed in the Washington County Detention Center in lieu of a $51,000 bond. Davis is charged with Robbery and Theft of Property under $500. Davis’ arraignment hearing is set for 08/30/2010 at 1:30 p.m. in the Washington County General Sessions Court.
Kingsport Chamber members, come out to support our City of Kingsport's accomplishment of opening of a newly constructed road!
Community support and networking at its best!! Wednesday, September 1 10 a.m.
Gibson Mill Road
The ribbon cutting will be held near the intersection of Gibson Mill Road and Stone Drive at the new roundabout. Please park in surrounding areas by the nearby medical office buildings.
The newly constructed road features a roundabout which leads towards a newly constructed bridge built to improve access to Holston Valley Medical Center. Please join us for this special event!
KINGSPORT – Cleek Road between Orebank Road and Stone Drive will be closed to traffic beginning Monday, August 30, 2010 and remain closed for the next 90 days.
The closure will accommodate the upcoming realignment and reconstruction of the Stone Drive/Cleek Road intersection, with work having already begun on the Cleek Road side of the intersection and New Beason Well Road on the opposite side of the intersection.
The project will widen approach lanes at both New Beason Well and Cleek, allowing for the separation of left, thru and right turn lanes. The project will also add a left turn lane onto Cleek Road from Stone Drive, and adding stacking depth extend the eastbound left turn lane from Stone onto Beasonwell, adding traffic stacking depth.
In all, the project improves approximately 500 feet of New Beason Well Road and 770 feet of Cleek Road.
A future, second phase of the project will reconstruct Cleek from the new intersection all the way up to Orebank Road.
