Thursday, December 24, 2009

Writer's Voice : The Book As Art [61]


Listen to the radio interview by Writer's Voice Francesca Rheannon on A Book About Death, "The Book As Art." The interview was broadcast on a number of public radio stations and Pacifica, the national radio network.


Link for page and podcast of the interview: http://www.writersvoice.net/2009/12/the-book-as-art/#more-2269

Direct link for podcast: http://www.writersvoice.net/?powerpress_pinw=2269-podcast

The interview lasts for 30 minutes and covers the inception of the exhibition, Fluxus, Ray Johnson, George Maciunas, the installation itself and what the future of the works.  Read more about Francesca Rheannon here.

Sunday, December 13, 2009

MONOSPACE AT THE EHF : INSIDE [58]



Performed live at the opening of the exhibition "A Book About Death." Thursday September 10, 2009, at The Emily Harvey Foundation in New York City. More monospace: http://www.monospace.com/

MONOSPACE AT THE EHF: BEYOND A SHADOW OF DOUBT [57]



Performed live at the opening of the exhibition "A Book About Death." Thursday September 10, 2009, at The Emily Harvey Foundation in New York City. More monospace: http://www.monospace.com/

MONOSPACE AT THE EHF : I HAVE A CAR [56]



Performed live at the opening of the exhibition "A Book About Death." Thursday September 10, 2009, at The Emily Harvey Foundation in New York City.  More monospace: http://www.monospace.com/

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Angela Ferrara Poster For MUBE [55]


Download Angela Ferrara's poster for the exhibition Um Livro Sobre A Morte, to open at MUBE in São Paulo, Brazil February 1, 2010. Click here to download a high res version: ANGELA FERRARA POSTER FOR MUBE.

Information about the art call, click here.

Monday, December 7, 2009

Michael Andre: ANOTHER 40 MINUTES AND 33 SECONDS rewritten [54]


Of the many performers and artists at A Book About Death, only a handful expressed a view about the take down of The World Trade Center towers.  Michael Andre, poet, publisher, writer and contributor to theartblog.org, took up the subject with his piece ANOTHER 40 MINUTES AND 33 SECONDS rewritten.  Here it is: 

As Allen Ginsberg was known as the Beat poet, John Cage was the Silent composer. His most famous work is 4’ 33” of Silence.

I published a lot of Cage’s writing. On the morning of 11 September 2001, I had it all in the Kinko’s on Reade Street, and was determined to make it into a book. But the building shook. I said to myself, “Gas explosion. Someone’s been careless.” I looked out the window. There were flames a couple blocks south. Damn careless!  I resumed my work with greater care. Eventually there was another explosion. Parts of the World Trade Center bounced off the window. People outside were running.  Only the cashier and I remained in Kinko’s. “Oh my God,” she said on her cell. “Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God.”

I danced the John Cage Waltz starting precisely at 3:00 pm 10 September  2009 at the southern foot of Trinity Place and then concluding north of there in the middle of James Street at 3:40.33pm. I walked silently past the site of the WTC. It was a mediation and a mourning. I mourn John Cage and Emily Harvey and my mother who died March 6 and the victims of 9/11 and the many more victims of miasmal America’s horrible revenge.

I walked to a waltz composed by Elodie Lauten. It was a mournful procession. I entered St James Church at the last second.

Michael Andre's website: http://johncageshoes.blogspot.com/

Photo of Michael Andre at The Emily Harvey Foundation by Jennifer Zoellner.