Bracketology Update

[From Kastav overlooking Kvarner Bay on the Adriatic coast in northern Croatia, I file an update to to an earlier post on the March Madness tournament for curators now underway on the Leisure Arts Web site]


"Last year we selected the top 64 Art Collectives for our first LeisureArts Championship. It's March Madness once more and the 2007 tournament features curators. Print out the bracket (please note our imaging software doesn't allow the use of "special" characters, so some names do not appear in their proper form, apologies in advance) and make your predictions as to who will take this year's championship! Put your bracketology skills to the test."

"Curatorial Championship: Day Two Update
In the second day of tournament action, top seeds continued to do well. Only Udo Kittlemann and Sarah Cook managed to knock off higher seeds (Okwui Enwezor and Gavin Wade respectively). Cook's victory was not without its predictors. Others advancing: Ralph Rugoff, Claire Doherty, Saskia Bos, Nina Montmann, Maria Lind, Annie Fletcher, Helen Molesworth, Nato Thompson, Ali Subotnick, Eric Troncy, Kenny Schacter, Stephanie Smith, Carlos Basualdo, and Rene Block."

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"Curatorial Championship: Day One Update
There was just one significant upset Thursday, but plenty of top seeds could face challenges during Friday's action.

Top seeds carried the day in the East bracket, except that Elena Filipovic knocked off Steve Dietz. Also in the East, Massimiliano Gioni, Hon Hanru, Michael Fehr, Hamza Walker, and Simon Sheikh all advanced.

The big upset of the day occured in the West bracket where Kitty Scott took out Nicholas Bourriaud. Joseph del Pesco, Lars Bang Larsen, and Christian Rattemeyer also won.

In the South bracket we had Mary Jane Jacob, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Jens Hoffmann advancing, and in what is likely a bracket buster for some (High Low & in between), Matthew Higgs was upset by Francisco Bonami.

Finally, we have the North bracket seeing Dan Cameron and Lisette Smits advance.

We have somewhat solved our internet access at sea problems, but access is not reliable and we may not get updates up as soon as we'd like. The bracket won't be posted again until the Sweet Sixteen, so you'll have to pencil in winners until then."

[note: bracket added to this post March 20.]











[see related March 2 post below]

[photograph of Kastav, Croatia from a google image search for "Kastav"]