BOMB 118/Winter 2012
BOMB 118/Winter 2012 cover

Still from The Mothership Connection, 1974.

TERENCE GOWER by Pedro Reyes

WEB EXTRA VIDEO Artist Pedro Reyes talks to Terence Gower about his lecture video New Utopias which investigates utopian fantasies from Funkadelic to Jacques Demy to Sun Ra. Watch an exclusive clip.

Sophie Jodoin, from Small Dramas & Little Nothings, 2008–, Conté and collage on mylar, 9.4 x 7.5 inches. Courtesy of the artist. BOMBlog/Posted Jan 2012
WORD CHOICE

TWO STORIES

by Jesse Ball

BOMBlog’s Word Choice features original works of poetry, fiction, and art. This edition of Word Choice, selected by Peter Moysaenko, features fiction by Jesse Ball and art by Sophie Jodoin.

IN THE CURRENT ISSUE
WEB EXTRAS

BJORN COPELAND: BEHIND THE SCENES

WEB EXTRA VIDEO Watch a BOMB Extra Video with artist Bjorn Copeland, whose work is featured in First Proof, BOMB’s literary supplement.

Stuart Sherman in Eleventh Spectacle (1978) Photograph by Babette Mangolte courtesy Nothing Up My Sleeve: An Exhibition Based on the Work of Stuart Sherman. BOMBlog/Posted Jan 2012
ART

THE EYE-POPPING SPECTACLES OF STUART SHERMAN1

by John Reed

John Reed takes notes (and footnotes) on the career of art animus Stuart Sherman, using the new catalog Beginningless Thought/Endless Seeing as a jumping-off point.

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LITERATURE

TRANSLATING RAYMOND ROUSSEL

by Mark Ford and Mark Polizzotti

WINTER ISSUE PREVIEW The linguistic contortions in Roussel’s work have influenced artists and writers from Duchamp to Foucault to Ashbery. Two recent translators of Roussel discuss his outlandish creations.

Yvonne Meier in Mad Heidi. Photo by Lina Palotta. BOMBlog/Posted Jan 2012
PERFORMANCE

YVONNE MEIER

by Suzanne Snider

In the first installment of this two-part interview, Suzanne Snider catches up with Yvonne Meier to discuss the revival of The Shining, Meier’s 1992 Bessie-winning work that involves refrigerator boxes, unmarked vans, flashlights, and macking.

_The Family_, 1980-81, oil on linen, 20 x 36". BOMB 99/Spring 2007
ART

BILL JENSEN

by John Yau

Heir to the American visionary tradition, Bill Jensen’s art evolves through an intuitive process grounded in the act of painting. Poet John Yau tracks a lifetime. Jensen’s work is at Cheim & Read through February 18.

IN THE CURRENT ISSUE
PODCASTS

FICTION FOR DRIVING: LUMINOUS AIRPLANES

by Paul La Farge

Fiction for Driving Paul La Farge reads form his novel Luminous Airplanes in the fourteenth installment of BOMB’s literary podcast series. Read a conversation between La Farge and Peter Orner in BOMB 118.

From Alan E. Nourse, The Body, Time-Life Books; New York, NY, 1964. All images courtesy of Andrew Beccone and the Reanimation Library. BOMBlog/Posted Jan 2012
ART

REANIMATION LIBRARY

by Zack Friedman

The man behind the Reanimation Library, an assemblage of discarded texts and cultural detritus, talks to BOMB about how to put life back into a wide range of works.

Untitled, TR 44, 2011. White and black slip brushed and salted stoneware, 4.5" x 4.5" x 4.5" each. Web Only/Posted Dec 2011
ART

TONI ROSS

by Jean Pagliuso

Web Exclusive Jean Pagliuso sits down with artist and ceramicist Toni Ross to discuss Cycladic art, coil pots and Ross’s recent show at Ricco/Maresca.

World of Wires rehearsal. Photo by Leah Siegel. BOMBlog/Posted Jan 2012
THEATER

ROCKS AND GRAVEL: JAY SCHEIB

by Alex Zafiris

Alex Zafiris talks to theater director, writer and media designer Jay Scheib about his recent play, World of Wires, which closes his trilogy, Simulated Cities/Simulated Systems.

 
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