Critical anthology of texts on the art and theory of post-1989 Central and Eastern Europe, edited by Ana Janevski, Roxana Marcoci, and Ksenia Nouril. Introduction by Ana Janevski and Roxana Marcoci. Texts by Klara Kemp-Welch, Juliet Kinchin, Eda Cufer, Jonas Valatkevicius, Deimantas Narkevicius, Jelena Vesic, Igor Zabel, Andres Kurg, Claire Bishop, Christian Rattemeyer, Piotr Piotrowski, Edit András, Ewa Opalka, Octavian Esanu, Raluca Voinea, Lina Michelkevice, Lydia Pribisova, David Joselit, Michelle Elligott, Zdenka Badovinac; Tomás Pospiszyl, Sven Spieker, Daniel Grun, subREAL, Karol Radziszewski, Natasa Petresin-Bachelez, Boris Buden, Kim Conaty, Vit Havranek, Ovidiu Tichindeleanu, Boris Groys, Rastko Mocnik, Georg Schöllhammer, Marius Babias, Mladen Stilinovic, Natasa Petresin-Bachelez, David Platzker, Dimitry Vilensky with Ksenia Nouril; Viktor Misiano and many more. ... [details]
Issue edited by Tod Lippy. Essays and projects "Artist's Project," by Bryan Nash Gill; "Analog Recovery 2: Home Studio," Photos by Erich Hartmann, introduction by Ruth Bains Hartmann, series edited by John Jacob; "Angus Trumble's 1986 in Haiku," by Angus Trumble; "Found Object: Spliced Duck," contributed by Rich Remsberg; "100 Frames: Kelly Reichardt's 'Ode' (1999)," introduction by Amy Taubin; "Artist's Project," by Mary Lum; "Modern Artifacts 11: Creating 'Spaces,'" introduction by Michelle Elligott; "New Voices: 'Good Friends,'" by Victoria Matsui; "Artist's Project," by Bill Burns; "Notes of Appreciation," introduction by Electra Slonimsky Yourke. ... [details]
Edited by Tod Lippy. Essays "Episode 124: The Makings of a Meltdown: Documenting the mechanics behind an unforgettable scene from the groundbreaking TV series Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman," by Claire Barliant; "Not it Anymore: Lisa Kudrow and Michael Patrick King on The Comeback: The cocreators of the acclaimed 2005 HBO series discuss its conception, production, and untimely demise," by unattributed artists; "The Lifer: Renowned soap-opera director Larry Auerbach shares memories of his nearly 50 years in the trenches of daytime drama," by unattributed artists; "The End of the World As We Know It: The co-head writer for recently canceled soap As the World Turns bids it good-bye, and shares a fascinating object from its production," by Jean Passanante; "Seat of Comedy: An appreciation of the fundamental role played by the family sofa in the American sitcom (includes removable poster)," by Mame McCutchin; "100 Frames: Rainer Werner Fassbinder's World on a Wire: A series of stills from a stunning, nearly forgotten film made for German television in 1973 by the legendary director," by J. ... [details]
Esopus is a non-profit, bi-annual arts publication that seeks to distribute the work of artists, musicians, and writers to a broad audience. Projects in issue 11 include a portfolio of travel posters by Dwight Ripley; stories from Maureen O'Leary and Dan Harris; illustrated works from Darina Karpov; a look at Jim Henson's early short films; and much more; "Esopus CD # 11 : Advice," includes songs by The Muslims, Shearwater, Wye Oak, Brazos, Faca, Nina Katchadourian, Lucky Dragons, Jenny Owen Youngs, The Wingdale Community Singers, Come Rad, Comrade, and Stuart Dahlquist. [details]
Edited by Tod Lippy. Essays "A Short Film About Andy Warhol: One night in the life of the Pop artist, imagined by the late filmmaker Jim Lyons," by Jim Lyons; commentary by Amy Taubin; "Deconstruction Construction: A New York Times crossword creator details the process of composing a puzzle-and offers another for readers," by David Quarfoot; "I'm with the Band: What compels a shy girl from Missouri to become a Japanese drummer?," by Heather McPherson; "Found Object: Stalag Journal: An American P. ... [details]
Edited by Tod Lippy. Essays "50 Frames: Peter Hutton's At Sea (2007): Stills from the acclaimed experimental filmmaker's latest-and possibly best-film," by Scott MacDonald; "Daily Reminders: Lunchbox notes-spanning 15 years-from a father to his two children," by Robert Guest; "New Voices: "Plate Tectonics": Fifth in our series of fiction by never-before-publishing authors," by Lesley Clayton; "Doug McNamara's Biobiversions: This business analyst-and former biology teacher-combines science and fiction in drawings seen here for the first time," by Tod Lippy; "The Desert: An excerpt from the poet and artist's forthcoming sewn poem, based on a fascimile of John Van Dyke's The Desert," by Jen Bervin; "Modern Artifacts: Drawing Comparisons: The latest installment in a series presented with the MoMA archives features sketches by former director René d'Harnoncourt," by Michelle Elligott; "Guarded Opinions: A museum guard from the Corcoran Gallery of Art offers his take on a Monet landscape from 1885," by Berhanu Taffa; "Esopus CD #10: Good News. ... [details]
Edited by Tod Lippy. Essays "Off-Off-Broadway: Four Vietnam veterans recount their experience of touring the war's front lines with a 1969 production of The Fantasticks," by Rick Holen, Joe Mauro, John Nutt, and Bob Sevra; "Bern Porter: A Found Essay: A composite portrait of the late artist, philosopher, poet, and scientist," by Mark Melnicove; "Where to go / What to do / When in New York / Week of June 17, 1972: Long before there were mashups, there was Bern Porter: a fascimile edition of the underground legend's 1974 artist's book," by Bern Porter; "100 Frames: Killer of Sheep (1977): Stills from director Charles Burnett's first feature, recently inducted into the Library of Congress's National Film Registry," introduction by Armond White; "Chamber Pieces: Striking images of-and from-an obsolete tool of 20th-century physics," by Peter Galison; "Modern Artifacts: States of Grace: This latest offering from the MoMA Archives features materials relating to the late painter Grace Hartigan," by Michelle Elligott; "Esopus CD #12: Black and White. ... [details]
Edited by Tod Lippy. Essays "Artists' Project: Oliver Herring and Peter Krashes: A conversation between works created by the artists over the past several decades," by Oliver Herring and Peter Krashes; "On Writing The Middle Room: A poet revisits the creative process behind her 2007 memoir and offers pages from the original manuscript," by Jennifer Moxley; "Applied Art: Though he may not communicate verbally, Alex Masket speaks forcefully through his artwork," an interview with Elaine and Steve Masket by Tod Lippy; "In Memoriam: Extra Buttons: A colleague shares her memories and a telling artifact from the life of legendary rare book librarian Marjorie G. ... [details]
Edited by Tod Lippy. Essays "Doing Battle: A 13-year-old takes on the subject of war in a series of mesmerizing drawings," drawings by Alex Brown; "New Voices: "Methods of Rest" : Third in our series of fiction by emerging authors," fiction by Vivien Shotwell; "100 Frames: Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Tropical Malady: A sequence of stills from the Thai director's acclaimed 2004 feature film," introduction by Dennis Lim; "Modern Artifacts #1: "Charting Modernism" -a selection of Alfred H. ... [details]
Edited by Tod Lippy. Essays "Found Object: Collective Struggles: A letter discovered in 1975 in a hiding space beneath a cottage in Palo Alto, CA," contributed by Steve Weyl; "Singular Network: A dance company documents the creation of Cell, a piece crafted for one audience member at a time," by Headlong Dance Theater; "New Voices: "Carter and the Kid": Fourth in our series of fiction by emerging authors," by Stuart Nadler; "Paintings for Cash: The Confessions of a Marketable Artist: An anonymous dispatch from a parallel art universe," by "Penelope"; "Modern Artifact 2: "Dear Miss Miller. ... [details]