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The Sporting Life

by Tom Anesta Dec 17, 2012

 

The shortest days, and the shortest season.

 

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Shea Stadium, New York 1970 from American Sports, 1970, 35mm camera (leicia), 28mm lens.

 

MONDAY

Literary poster boy Junot Diaz and recent PEN/Faulkner Award winner Julie Otsuka read segments from their new works at 92Y at 8pm.

TUESDAY

Well & Often Press makes good on half their name with great performers, but for only one night. Performances by artists, writers, and musicians who have appeared in Well & Often. 8pm at La MaMa .

WEDNESDAY

Hop on the theatrical roller coaster that is There There by Kristen Kosmas. Bilingual duets, personal injury and Christopher Walken are all somehow featured in the plot. Showing at Performance Space 122 at 8pm.

THURSDAY

Don’t get left on the outside looking in, get initiated! Legacy Russell explores some of Western cultures most shared social rituals with a performance at The Museum of Arts and Design at 7:30pm.

FRIDAY

Get your synapses rewired for a talk on the Genetic Algorithms in Architecture, where speaker Manuel DeLanda takes on the philosophy behind simulation technology and what that means for the future of architecture.

SATURDAY

The stars have align when Lincoln Center screens Ron Fricke’s Baraka on its visually stunning 70mm format, taking viewers on a cross cultural spiritual journey on human ritual. Just in time for the Mayan calender to end.

SUNDAY

If you missed it entirely or just need to fill in a few odd hours Christian Marclay’s The Clock returns to New York at the Museum of Modern Art.

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