I didn’t know what the deal with the dead deer in front of the New Museum on Sunday, Feb. 8 was until now. It was definitely a performance piece by Samizdat titled “Doe Drop : New Museum.” They’re the same group that let go of “pigeon bombs” at the MoMA and other works that I […]
Peter Dobill’s New Action-Installation, “Sans Tête,” at Grace Exhibition Space This Friday (Q & A)
Peter Dobil, Absolvor (video still – 2007), “Pinned by spears, dragged down by hearts that hook my body, I exist between breath and flesh.” Performed live at English Kills Art Gallery (Brooklyn, NY) in 2008. This Friday, March 20, (7-10 pm) Grace Exhibition Space will be presenting Sans Tête, a new action-installation by Peter Dobill. […]
Poster Boy Remixes MoMA Subway Ads…Was it Commissioned?
First it was reported by New York Magazine that Poster Boy was commissioned to remix MoMA’s posters and now the Modern is denying it. If you ask me, it sounds like artistic schemes are getting as complicated as financial ones. Btw, when did PB start turning to corporate media–rather than indy blogs and alternate media–to […]
Bushwick’s “Cloud City Parade” Provides Some Sunshine
I finally know what it is like to miss my destiny. I thought I was destined to participate in Bushwick’s “Cloud City Parade” that was part of English Kills’ “Maximum Perception: Contemporary Brooklyn Performance” show that closed yesterday. It would have been the only time in my life that the cloud tattoo on my back […]
Visiting Laurie Anderson’s “Homeland” in New York
I just came back from the opening night of Laurie Anderson’s latest performance piece (entitled “Homeland”) at the Rose Theatre in Columbus Circle. I have to admit that I was prepared to hate it but ended up at the end of show walking out with a smile on my face feeling as if I was […]