ART
THE CONDUIT
by Aug 10, 2009
I am wrapped in a universe of temporal distortion when looking at Mark Borthwick’s photography. His images and installations, a constant fixture in both the pages of the world’s leading fashion magazines and on the walls of museums and galleries, are dedicated to creating an awareness of who he is at that moment.
ART
FROM THE ARCHIVE: TRANSFORMERS
by Aug 07, 2009
This week’s new round of archive interviews focuses on the boundaries of form and moments where style and politics run up against those boundaries.
MUSIC
HELOISE AND THE SAVOIR FAIRE
by Aug 05, 2009
The live of show of Heloise and the Savoir Faire is a celebration of all things glittery and golden, Blondie meets Barnum and Bailey.
LITERATURE
LITTLE FINGERS BY FILIP FLORIAN
by Aug 03, 2009
Little Fingers by Filip Florian is a “novel about a little town and a big discovery.” In present-day Romania, a mass grave, “a torrent of human bones that had not fallen from the heavens like rain, but emerged from the earth near a subsided wall,” is happened upon.
LITERATURE
SUBTEXT: THE BIBGRAPHICAL HELIUM OF STACY SZYMASZEK
by Aug 03, 2009
In the challenging tradition of Joyce and Neidecker, Stacy Szymaszek’s new book Hyperglossia is only for the brave. Avant-garde, heady stuff, it demands a lot of the reader, who is advised to keep a dictionary at hand.
ART
FROM THE ARCHIVE: CROSS POLLINATION
by Jul 31, 2009
During my first weeks of wading through the archive I was dizzy trying to make sense of all the information I was ingesting.
PERFORMANCE
RENNIE HARRIS ON HIP HOP AND DANCE
Jul 30, 2009
International hip-hop choreographer, Rennie Harris, on his inspiration and education through dance.
FILM
PREPARE TO MEET THY ODD: PUNK, FOLK, AND JEM COHEN
by Jul 29, 2009
Ian Mackaye joins filmmakers Jem Cohen and John Cohen (no relation) onstage at IFC to talk about the intersections of punk and folk.
VIDEOS
BOMB'S PARK LIT READING IN TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK 2009
Jul 29, 2009
Thanks to everyone who came out to BOMB’s Park Lit reading in Tompkins Square Park last Wednesday. Perfect weather and a dynamic group of readers made for a fun evening in the park (minus the annoying teenager strumming his guitar in the background, but we’ll write that off as Tompkins Square charm). We have a video recap for you after the jump.
ART
BOMB ON THE INSIDE: A REAL DREAM ON EAST HOUSTON
by Jul 28, 2009
Check out the mural by Gustavo and Otavio Pandolfo on East Houston and Bowery.