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Threads of Fire and Water and Gold
by Laila PedroArtSeen
The roving art space We Buy Gold, which Joeonna Bellorado-Samuels opened in Bed Stuy in March, is successfully managing a tricky balancing act: it is seriously and coherently embedded in its space and moment, even as it resists barricading itself into a particular corner.
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THELMA GOLDEN with Joachim Pissarro and David Carrier
Art
Since joining the Studio Museum in 2000, she has organized exhibitions by Glenn Ligon, Chris Ofili, and Martin Puryear; three of her thematic shows are Black Romantic (2002); Harlemworld: Metropolis as Metaphor (2004); and Afro Muses (2005). She was appointed Director of the Museum in 2005.
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Radical Empathy: A Manifesto for the 21st Century
by Taney RonigerBooks
This perennial problem of the rift between artist and audience is what laid the seeds for Odyssey Works, both the title of this wonderfully original and deeply affecting book and the name of the interdisciplinary performance group whose work it presents.
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Adding Words to Phrases:
the conversation continues between Whelan and Brooks
by Jen George
Dance
February 28 marked the New York premiere of Some of a Thousand Words at the Joyce Theater, and another point in Wendy Whelan’s trajectory from New York City Ballet principal to contemporary dance collaborator.
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A Vivifying Spectacle
Target Margin Theater’s Mourning Becomes Electra
by Amber Reed
Theater
Most of us already know something of Eugene O’Neill. His plays are as ineluctable as their characters’ poisoned fates; even if we duck The Emperor Jones in high school, we are caught later by our neighborhood troupe’s Anna Christie, or by the Broadway revival of Long Day’s Journey into Night that our parents believe might finally make us appreciate them.
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Notes from the 2017 True/False Festival
by Jason FoxFilm
Where a historicist approach might chart an analytical course, connecting a films concerns with the particular social and political context in which it is located, here each film invites a reading of social conditions as an impression of form, a pattern of incriminating networks rather than as a stable background.
CO-FOUNDER&ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Dear Friends and Readers,
by Phong BuiWhat have we gained from reading novels, books of poetry and philosophy, observing music and dance performances, watching films, or contemplating works of art? In each instance, a human experience is materialized and distilled as one distinctive expression that tells us something about the community and world we inhabit.
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Reviews of relatively recent works of poetry and poetics, mostly by poets.
edited by Charles BernsteinIllustrations by Drea Cofield.
- Philippe Soupault, Lost Profiles: Memoirs of Cubism, Dada, and Surrealism by Paul Auster
- Andrew Dodds, I, Sparkie by Derek Beaulieu
- Erín Moure, My Beloved Wager: Essays from a Writing Practice by Caroline Bergvall
- Daniil Kharms, Russian Absurd: Selected Writings by Charles Bernstein
- Moez Surani, ةيلمع Operación Opération Operation 行 动 Oперация by Christian Bök
- Tom Raworth, As When by Miles Champion
- David Antin, i never knew what time it was by Cecilia Corrigan
- Adam Fitzgerald, George Washington: Poems by Samuel R. Delany
- Gavin Selerie, Hariot Double by Johanna Drucker
- Tracie Morris, handholding: 5 kinds by Craig Dworkin
- J. H. Prynne, The White Stones by Peter Gizzi
- Tonya M. Foster, A Swarm of Bees in High Court by Erica Hunt
- Abdellatif Laâbi, In Praise of Defeat: Selected Poems by Pierre Joris
- Simone White, Of Being Dispersed by Douglas Kearney
- Barbara Guest, The Collected Poems of Barbara Guest by Kyoo Lee
- Sawako Nakayasu, The Ants by Tan Lin
- Keith Waldrop, Selected Poems by Mark McMorris
- Édgar J. Ulloa Luján, Move that River to the Sea by Tracie Morris
- Will Alexander, “Live at the Roosevelt Room,” Detroit, August 24, 2016 by Julie Patton
- Martin Mueller, The Iliad by Bob Perelman
- Mia You, I, too, Dislike It by Lisa Robertson
- Cat Painters: An Anthology of Contemporary Serbian Poetry by Jerome Rothenberg
- Alejandro Miguel Justino Crawford, Egress by Danny Snelson
- Renee Gladman, Calamities by Juliana Spahr
- Ted Greenwald, The Age of Reasons & Common Sense by Stacy Szymaszek
- M. NourbeSe Philip, She Tries Her Tongue, Her Silence Softly Breaks by Elizabeth Willis
- Susan Howe, Spontaneous Particulars: The Telepathy of the Archives by Mia You
- The Power of Suggestion: Rhonda Wheatley by William Corwin
- Threads of Fire and Water and Gold by Laila Pedro
- Sputterances, organized by Sanya Kantarovsky by Stephen Truax
- Vanishing Points, curated by Andrianna Campbell by Tim Barry
- Doug Wheeler: PSAD Synthetic Desert III by Hannah Sage Kay
- Turner’s Modern and Ancient Ports: Passages Through Time by Joyce Beckenstein
- A World of Emotions: Ancient Greece, 700 BC - 200 AD by Sara Christoph
- Nina Chanel Abney Royal Flush by Samuel Feldblum
- Al Taylor Early Paintings by Tom McGlynn
- Sue Williams by Jessica Holmes
- Alexei Jawlensky by Jason Rosenfeld
- Paul Chan Rhi Anima by Ian Cofre
- Marsden Hartley’s Maine by Noah Dillon
- Simone Fattal by Phillip Griffith
- Merce Cunningham Common Time by Elliot J. Reichert
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A Whole Culture:
The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston's 2017 Foster Prize by Leah Harrington - Tattooed New York by Hovey Brock
- EJ Hauser ME + YOU by Stephen Truax
- JOS DE GRUYTER and HARALD THYS Xanax Film Festival by Erin Sweeny
- The Garden of Eden by Phong Bui
- SANDRO CHIA by Jonathan Goodman
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Nowhere to Go: Automation, Then and Now Part Two
by Jason E. SmithField Notes
On February 19, 2017, the New York Times ran a feature story on recent changes in the United States oil industry. The focus was on the recent “embrace” of technological innovation in the industry after the 2014 plunge in the global oil market.
The Weight of the World
by Avra SpectorArt Books
For Adnan, the job of an artist, regardless of form or medium, is to participate in that double attraction: both to hear and see the world actively, to meet and collide with it.
Art
- PAM GROSSMAN with Jessica Caroline by Jessica Caroline
- AGNÈS VARDA with Alexandra Juhasz
- SIMON STARLING with Marcia E. Vetrocq
- Blur and Fuzz by Richard Shiff
- ROE ETHRIDGE with Amy Ontiveros
- Allan McCollum with Phong Bui
- THELMA GOLDEN with Joachim Pissarro and David Carrier
- Barry Schwabsky with Jarrett Earnest
ArtSeen
- The Power of Suggestion: Rhonda Wheatley by William Corwin
- Threads of Fire and Water and Gold by Laila Pedro
- Sputterances, organized by Sanya Kantarovsky by Stephen Truax
- Vanishing Points, curated by Andrianna Campbell by Tim Barry
- Doug Wheeler: PSAD Synthetic Desert III by Hannah Sage Kay
- Turner’s Modern and Ancient Ports: Passages Through Time by Joyce Beckenstein
- A World of Emotions: Ancient Greece, 700 BC - 200 AD by Sara Christoph
- Nina Chanel Abney Royal Flush by Samuel Feldblum
- Al Taylor Early Paintings by Tom McGlynn
- Sue Williams by Jessica Holmes
- Alexei Jawlensky by Jason Rosenfeld
- Paul Chan Rhi Anima by Ian Cofre
- Marsden Hartley’s Maine by Noah Dillon
- Simone Fattal by Phillip Griffith
- Merce Cunningham Common Time by Elliot J. Reichert
- A Whole Culture: The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston's 2017 Foster Prize by Leah Harrington
- Tattooed New York by Hovey Brock
- EJ Hauser ME + YOU by Stephen Truax
- JOS DE GRUYTER and HARALD THYS Xanax Film Festival by Erin Sweeny
- The Garden of Eden by Phong Bui
- SANDRO CHIA by Jonathan Goodman
Critics Page
- Philippe Soupault, Lost Profiles: Memoirs of Cubism, Dada, and Surrealism by Paul Auster
- Andrew Dodds, I, Sparkie by Derek Beaulieu
- Erín Moure, My Beloved Wager: Essays from a Writing Practice by Caroline Bergvall
- Daniil Kharms, Russian Absurd: Selected Writings by Charles Bernstein
- Moez Surani, ةيلمع Operación Opération Operation 行 动 Oперация by Christian Bök
- Tom Raworth, As When by Miles Champion
- David Antin, i never knew what time it was by Cecilia Corrigan
- Adam Fitzgerald, George Washington: Poems by Samuel R. Delany
- Gavin Selerie, Hariot Double by Johanna Drucker
- Tracie Morris, handholding: 5 kinds by Craig Dworkin
- J. H. Prynne, The White Stones by Peter Gizzi
- Tonya M. Foster, A Swarm of Bees in High Court by Erica Hunt
- Abdellatif Laâbi, In Praise of Defeat: Selected Poems by Pierre Joris
- Simone White, Of Being Dispersed by Douglas Kearney
- Barbara Guest, The Collected Poems of Barbara Guest by Kyoo Lee
- Sawako Nakayasu, The Ants by Tan Lin
- Keith Waldrop, Selected Poems by Mark McMorris
- Édgar J. Ulloa Luján, Move that River to the Sea by Tracie Morris
- Will Alexander, “Live at the Roosevelt Room,” Detroit, August 24, 2016 by Julie Patton
- Martin Mueller, The Iliad by Bob Perelman
- Mia You, I, too, Dislike It by Lisa Robertson
- Cat Painters: An Anthology of Contemporary Serbian Poetry by Jerome Rothenberg
- Alejandro Miguel Justino Crawford, Egress by Danny Snelson
- Renee Gladman, Calamities by Juliana Spahr
- Ted Greenwald, The Age of Reasons & Common Sense by Stacy Szymaszek
- M. NourbeSe Philip, She Tries Her Tongue, Her Silence Softly Breaks by Elizabeth Willis
- Susan Howe, Spontaneous Particulars: The Telepathy of the Archives by Mia You
Books
- Traces of Humanity by John Goldbach
- Radical Empathy: A Manifesto for the 21st Century by Taney Roniger
- Fostering A More Socially-Conscious Narrative Olivia Kate Cerrone with David Winner
- Up Against the Wall, Magician by Eric Nelson
- Florida Records by Ashley P. Taylor
- What's the Point of Love?: Sarah Gerard with Christine Sang by Christine Sang
Music
- Five Pieces at the Kitchen Exploring the Space Between 1 and 0 by Marshall Yarbrough
- Five Pieces at the Kitchen The Beautiful and the Good by George Grella
- Brooklyn Rail Highly Selective Music Events
- "Attention Online Shoppers..." by Scott Beauchamp
- The Expansive Harmonium by Michael Blair
- The Hired Hands: A Tribute to Bruce Langhorne by Christopher Nelson
- Outtakes by Steve Dalachinsky
- Brooklyn Rail Wintry Mix by the Editors
Dance
- Divining the Shadows Okwui Okpokwasili’s Poor People’s TV Room by Ivan Talijancic
- Adding Words to Phrases: the conversation continues between Whelan and Brooks by Jen George
- A Bicycle is Loved and Lost, Orgasm Found by Mike Stinavage and Michael Parmelee
- Last Love Letter by Nancy Dalva
Film
- Notes from the 2017 True/False Festival by Jason Fox
- Mapping a History of Activist Real Estate A new online project reveals the hidden history of a pioneering nonprofit by Paul Dallas
- On Paul Sharits An Excerpt from “I Was a Flawed Modernist” by Tony Conrad
- Bad Blood, Honest Work Blood on the Mountain by Vanessa Thill
- Even The Dead Will Not Be Safe Part III of III by Madison Brookshire
Theater
- A Vivifying Spectacle Target Margin Theater’s Mourning Becomes Electra by Amber Reed
- Begetting Charleses: Carl Holder by Ying Ying Li
- Following the Cinematic-Theatric with Sara Farrington by Connie Congdon
Fiction
- The Perpetually Barking Man in the Best of All Possible Worlds by Albert Cossery, translated from the French by Alyson Waters
- In Your Element by Howie Stier
- Neither Madame, Nor Mademoiselle by Elise Galmard, translated from the French by Jenessa Abrams
- inSerial: part seven Delusions of Being Observed by Lewis Warsh
- LOST AND FOUND ANIMALS a misplaced bestiary Part 7: Caswell's Inkfan Lizard (polyphonia metamorphica) by Sid Gershgoren
- an extract from The Fifth Wall by Rachel Nagelberg
- excerpts from Gnome by Robert Lunday
- Easter Sunday by Tom Daly
- New Routes in Fiction A talk with Jonathan Lee by Alec Niedenthal
Poetry
- Eight by Mike Hauser
- Six by Tony Leuzzi
- Four by Elaine Kahn
- Two by Christopher Rey Pérez
- from TANKA/ZANKA by Sho Sugita
- Two by Alice Notley
- Alyson Hannigan Ordered Me To Be Made by Nick Sturm
- Winter Writing by Brenda Coultas
Art Books
- Becoming Imperceptible by Wendy Tronrud
- Ramblings of a Wannabe Painter by Alyssa Collura
- The Weight of the World by Avra Spector
- Reading as Art & Publishing as Artistic Practice by Megan N. Liberty
Field Notes
- Editor's Note by Paul Mattick
- Nowhere to Go: Automation, Then and Now Part Two by Jason E. Smith
- Behind the Myths: A Review by Peter St. Clair
The Well
- Bemelmans Bar by Mitchell Kuga
Editor's Message
- Reviews of relatively recent works of poetry and poetics, mostly by poets. edited by Charles Bernstein
Co-Founder's Message
- Dear Friends and Readers, by Phong Bui