BOMB 118/Winter 2012
Alan Scarritt discusses his mandala-esque plaster spirals, and the sound of a harmonica in a warm room, with fellow video artist Keith Sonnier.
Artists Barbara Kruger and Richard Prince have a double conversation, each beginning with the same question and answer.
Black and white drawing of dogs, a television, and a UFO, Centerfold, by Keith Haring.
Keith Sonnier gets mystical discussing his sound installations and sculptures with Betsy Sussler.
Twenty-eight minute film on the unjust killing of four Blacks by New Orleans police, The Algiers Killings by Janny Densmore. This article is only available in print.
On the brink of the massive 1984 cable deregulation, Michael McClard talks TV politics with ETC’s Jim Chladek. With home entertainment changing, yet again, by the internet, this discussion on public access takes on new meaning.
“The Motion of Verbs,” a text exploring communications and documentary, written by Liza Bear after a dialogue between her and Betsy Sussler. This article is only available in print.
Filmmaker Valie Export speaks to Gary Indiana about the trials and tribulations of making cinema in Austria, describing past moments of backlash and her fascination with the “dead” city of Vienna.
An investigation of the extent of the role of surveillance in our lives, Watch Being Watched by Stephen Torton. This article is only available in print.
An article on the effect of early cable on communications and international relations. This article is only available in print.
A vividly imagined and detailed literary piece of dream and the tropics, “Air Male,” by Klaus Kertess. This article is only available in print.
Spread of brick-like pattern by Georgia Marsh, Alienation and the Itinerary. This article is only available in print.
A short story of friendship and prostitution, “Best A’ Friends,” by Susie Books. This article is only available in print.
Altered photographs of monumental stone figures representing “ruined” wisdom and force, Broken Images by Lisa Kahane. This article is only available in print.
Tale of an animalistic, doomed, desperate man, “Congo” by Barry Yourgrau. This article is only available in print.
A jarring re-imagining of Shakespearean characters tackling the disease of corruption, part one of Desire, a play by Kathy Acker. This article is only available in print.
A short story concerning the combination of fiction and dentistry, “Dilemma,” by Liza Bear. This article is only available in print.
A William Wegman photograph taken with a 20×24 camera. This article is only available in print.
Installation shot of Barry Ledoux’s 1982 Fugge, Fugge, Anima Mea, a wall mounted sculpture of lead, copper, glass beads, wax, and pigment. This article is only available in print.
Black and white montage of color slides serving a slice of ‘80s bohemia, from Men, Women, and Couples by Nan Goldin. This article is only available in print.
Metallic Masks, 1982, color Xerox. This article is only available in print.
Carol Ann Klonarides’s first hand account of alternative spaces in the ’80s and Richard Prince, Cindy Sherman, Laurie Simmons’s, and her own experiments with TV. This article is only available in print.
Five black and white photographs of figures alone and in groups, David Kain in Sarah’s Kitchen, Linda Chappel at Home, Outside Brown’s Delishoppe, Bill, Charlie, Butch, and Ken, Tom, Kavoof. This article is only available in print.
A short story of fortune, resourcefulness, and happiness, “One of Lucky’s Stories: The Voyeur’s Treatise,” by Matthew Fleury. This article is only available in print.
Write-up for a play by Gary Indiana. This article is only available in print.
A short essay on the effects of, and resistance to, television. This article is only available in print.
Brief written portrait of the narrator’s husband, from Stories by Jane Warrick. This article is only available in print.
Spread for the 35mm cerebral thriller/murder mystery, The Visit (Foreign Particles) by Leandro Katz. This article is only available in print.
Fragmented photographs of explosive and apocalyptic subjects. A black and white spread of work featured at Tony Shafrazi, New York, December 1981. This article is only available in print.
A conflicted couple wants to move to Los Angeles, “Twisting And Shouting” by Craig Gholson. This article is only available in print.
