Contents for October 14th, 2024
CONTENTS (please click on the links or scroll down for complete information on each post):
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1. Alva Rogers, FF Alumn, at Dixon Place, Manhattan, Nov. 13-17
2. Hector Canonge, FF Alumn, at Centro Cultural Paco Urondo, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 16 and more
3. Felix Gonzalez-Torres, FF Alumn, at National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC, opening October 18
4. Pope.L, FF Alumn, now online at BrooklynRail.org
5. Kenneth King, FF Member, publishes new novel
6. Edward M. Gómez, FF Alumn, at Tokyo-to Shibuyakoendori Gallery, Japan, thru Dec. 22 and more
7. Joseph Keckler, FF Alumn, at Pangea, Manhattan, Oct. 31
8. Andrea Fraser, FF Alumn, at Fondazione Antonio Dalle Nogate, Bolzano, Italy, thru Feb. 22, 2025
9. Nate Flagg, FF Member, at Post Times, Manhattan, Oct. 10 and more
10. Marina Abramović, FF Alumn,a t Modern Art Museum Shanghai, China, thru Feb. 28. 2025
11. Elise Engler, FF Member, at Frosch & Co., Manhattan, opening Oct. 17
12. Dick Higgins, FF Alumn, new publication
13. Susan Newmark, FF Alumn, at Figureworks Gallery, Saugerties, NY, opening Nov. 2
14. Kenneth King, Robert Wilson, FF Alumns, in final edition of PAJ, Performance Art Journal, Fall 2024
15. Frank Gillette, FF Alumn, at MoMA, Manhattan, Oct. 21
16. Julie Tolentino, FF Alumn, at Brown University, Providence, RI, Oct. 17
17. Galinsky, FF Alumn, at Book Club Bar, Manhattan, Oct. 24
18. Aaron Osborne, FF Alumn, at 6007 Waring Ave., Hollywood, CA, Nov. 1
19. Krzysztof Wodiczko, FF Alumn, at Anthology Film Archives, Manhattan, Oct. 20
20. Yvonne Rainer, FF Alumn, at Anthology Film Archives, Manhattan, Oct. 23
21. Mark Bloch, FF Alumn, now online at WhiteHotMagazine.com
22. Doug Skinner, FF Alumn, at Viktor Wynd Museum, London, UK, Oct. 22 and more
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1. Alva Rogers, FF Alumn, at Dixon Place, Manhattan, Nov. 13-17
dixon place presents
The Harlem Doll Palace
Based on the Doll Plays by Alva Rogers
Written by Alva Rogers and Directed by Ash Winkfield
Wednesday-Saturday November 13-16 at 7:30 PM
Sunday November 17 at 4:00 PM
Welcome to Aunt Len’s Doll and Toy Museum! Come to Dixon Place to see a mystical re-telling of Aunt Len’s Doll and Toy museum, the woman who collected them, and the dolls who lived there…
Behind the pink door of a three story Harlem brownstone lies a world created by Lennon Holder Hoyte – affectionately known as Aunt Len. The dolls from her “dollection” seek to keep Aunt Len, their beloved museum founder, alive before the outside world can invoke its realities of life, ashes and dust. As Harlem deteriorates around her beloved doll museum, the dolls recreate their journeys to the museum in an effort to keep Aunt Len’s memory alive.
Enter the world of the Harlem Doll Palace.
Remember, an appointment is necessary for admission.
Performances by: Mecca Akbar, Thalya David, Charlotte Lily Gaspard, Marcella Murray, Alva Rogers and Ash Winkfield
The Harlem Doll Palace is a Dixon Place commission made possible, in part, with generous support from Cheryl Henson; the Jim Henson Foundation; New York State Council on the Arts w/the support of Governor Hochul & the NY State Legislature; and the NYC Dept of Cultural Affairs w/the City Council.
Tickets Available Now, at this link:
https://ci.ovationtix.com/35526/production/1215496
Hope to see you soon!
Dixon Place | 161A Chrystie Street btwn. Delancey & Rivington | New York, NY 10002-2885 US
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2. Hector Canonge, FF Alumn, at Centro Cultural Paco Urondo, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Oct. 16 and more
After finishing presentations in various countries in Africa, Europe and Asia, Hector Canonge gets ready to close his exhibition “Topologías Diáfanas” at Alliance Française in Cochabamba, Bolivia (October 11), and initiate new work in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The artist gets ready to finish his world-wide project TROTAMUNDOS with performances and workshops in the city of his birth, Buenos Aires, Argentina. From October 7 – 20 Canonge will participate in seminars, give a presentation and conduct workshops. On Saturday, October 12, he will launch the program “Desde lo Público” (From the Public Realm) for the annual program, AUSTRAL, Performance Art Buenos Aires, at the Monumento a Cristobal Colón, Paseo de la Costanera. On Wednesday, October 16, he will present the performance CAPARAZONES (Caparaces) at the Centro Cultural Paco Urondo, and conduct a series of workshops “Cuerpo & Territorio” at the UBA FILO.
More information: www.hectorcanonge.net
Contact: hectorcanonge@gmail.com
Hector Canonge
Artist / Curator / Educator / Cultural Producer
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3. Felix Gonzalez-Torres, FF Alumn, at National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC, opening October 18
Please visit this link:
https://npg.si.edu/exhibition/felix-gonzalez-torres-always-return
Thank you.
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4. Pope.L, FF Alumn, now online at BrooklynRail.org
Please visit this link:
https://brooklynrail.org/2024/10/1by1/lee-ann-norman-on-pope-l
Thank you.
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5. Kenneth King, FF Member, publishes new novel
My new novel “DISRUPTION” has just been published:
A short and informative B.B.C. Interview-Reading on YouTube :
Devious politics, protests, and a nancial scandal embroil a prominent college. Jason Fawkes, its most revered professor—popular for probing the futurist mysteries of quantum reality, artificial
intelligence, literature, and sexology—joins forces with his colleagues. Then everything careens out of control. “…vigorous and entertaining… ruminative.” Kirkus Reviews
Amazon and publisher links with more information: kennethkingmedia.com
Thank you.
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6. Edward M. Gómez, FF Alumn, at Tokyo-to Shibuyakoendori Gallery, Japan, thru Dec. 22 and more
Greetings, friends and creative collaborators:
Hello to you on a rain-soaked, early-autumn morning. Rain, rain, rain… This has been the wettest year ever in these damp islands.
Ten days ago, here in Tokyo, a beautiful exhibition of contemporary Japanese art brut that I curated opened at Tokyo-to Shibuyakoendori Gallery. Lovely drawings by seven artists.
This gallery is not a commercial, art-selling venue. Instead, it’s an annex of the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, which is located way over to the east of the central part of the city. This annex is located in the center of the popular, dynamic, very cool Shibuya district, which is known for its department stores, hip shops, and nightlife.
The exhibition’s title, in English, is “Abstract Labyrinths: Dreaming Color and Form.” It will run through Dec 22. Then it will be seen for shorter periods at galleries located within large art-and-culture centers in two different, suburban parts of Tokyo. A catalogue will be published during the latter half of the exhibition’s run.
Tokyo-to Shibuyakoendori Gallery opened in Feb 2020, a few weeks before the outbreak of the global coronavirus pandemic. About 80 percent of its programming is devoted to art brut. It has quickly become a leading venue in Japan for the presentation of this kind of art.
Link to website page announcing the exhibition:
https://inclusion-art.jp/en/archive/exhibition/2024/20240928-282.html
Here is the link to a very brief TV news report about the exhibition, in which I appear, offering a short description of the exhibition’s subject matter. You can see the unusual design of the exhibition — its free-standing walls made of corrugated cardboard, whose shape recalls that of a three-dimensional maze — that was created by Atelier Wan (“Atelier Bow-wow” in English), one of the top industrial-design studios in all of Japan.
The brief report begins at the 3:50 minutes mark. It lasts less than one minute.
https://s.mxtv.jp/tokyoinfo/bn_detail.html?month=202410&id=tphenl3ag5yvujpx
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7. Joseph Keckler, FF Alumn, at Pangea, Manhattan, Oct. 31
Joseph Keckler, FF Alumn, with special guest Sylvia Black at Pangea, 175 2nd Ave., NYC, $20, October 31, 7 pm
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8. Andrea Fraser, FF Alumn, at Fondazione Antonio Dalle Nogate, Bolzano, Italy, thru Feb. 22, 2025
Please visit this link:
https://fondazioneantoniodallenogare.com/
Thank you.
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9. Nate Flagg, FF Member, at Post Times, Manhattan, Oct. 10 and more
Dear Everyone,
I am delighted to make the following announcements:
My solo show at Post Times, The Many Ringèd Touch, will run a week longer than originally announced.
The show’s new closing date is Sunday, October 20th
Also, we are launching a catalog of the exhibition containing sketches, drawings
and featuring an essay by Susan Morrow, Assistant Professor of German at Princeton University
Catalog Launch Celebration: Thursday, October 10th (10/10!), 6-8 pm
Post Times, 29 Henry St., New York, NY
We look forward to seeing you there!
As ever,
Nate
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10. Marina Abramović, FF Alumn,a t Modern Art Museum Shanghai, China, thru Feb. 28. 2025
Marina Abramović
Transforming Energy
Modern Art Museum Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Solo exhibition, October 10, 2024 – February 28, 2025
Sean Kelly is delighted to announce Transforming Energy, Marina Abramović’s inaugural institutional exhibition in China which opens at the Modern Art Museum Shanghai on October 10, 2024. Inspired by one of Abramović’s most iconic performances — her historic walk across the Great Wall in China alongside German artist Ulay in 1988, a journey that established them as the first international artists to traverse the Wall – Transforming Energy will debut over 1,000 images from Abramović’s walk across the Great Wall, along with a series of captivating new artworks that have been created specifically for this significant survey.
The focus of the exhibition centers on artworks and objects that actively engage the audience, inviting their participation, and features a diverse range of works, including new crystal-based objects sourced internationally from places such as Brazil, as well as Marina’s renowned sculptural objects known as Transitory Objects. Presented on three floors of MAM, the introductory floor provides a biographical glimpse into Abramović’s upbringing and her past engagement with China, including her renowned piece, The Great Wall Walk. On the second floor, a curated survey showcases examples of Abramović’s early participatory art, with a focus on bodily positioning and crystals. The third floor highlights entirely new participatory works, exemplifying the enduring and durational nature of Abramović’s performance art methodology.
This comprehensive exhibition offers a unique and vital opportunity for audiences to experience the evolution of Marina Abramović’s artistic journey. “Nearly 40 years after Ulay and I walked 2,500 kilometers to meet in the middle of the Great Wall of China I am looking forward to open Transforming Energy at the Modern Art Museum (MAM) Shanghai. I am returning to China with great excitement with this exhibition, which is a result of that experience and includes a new body of work,” said Abramović.
For additional information about the exhibition, please visit mamsh.art
For information on Marina Abramović, please visit skny.com
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11. Elise Engler, FF Member, at Frosch & Co., Manhattan, opening Oct. 17
HIstory Paintings at
Frosch & Co.
October 17 through November 24, 2024
34 East Broadway, NY NY 10002
Reception Thurs. October 17 6-8 PM
The show includes five large oil paintings and a number of smaller oil paintings, all finished in the last four years. While my last work was about individual days, much of this work is about larger swaths of history-personal, political, social and cultural.
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12. Dick Higgins, FF Alumn, new publication
Bonnie Marranca, writer and editor.
Alchemies of Theater: Plays, Performance Scores, Writings
Edited with Introductory Essays by Bonnie Marranca
University of Michigan Press
News online: press.umich.edu/Books/A/Alchemies-of-Theater2
Illuminating the extensive contributions of Dick Higgins to theater
In addition to his work as visual artist, publisher, poet, and composer, Dick Higgins (1938–98) was also a genuine man of the theater. A founder of Fluxus, he was a major figure in artistic communities in downtown New York City, across Europe, and in Japan. Yet as important as Higgins’s work has been to historians of the American avant-garde, relatively little attention has been paid to his radical theatrical vision.
Alchemies of Theater brings together a broad selection of Higgins’s writings and theater-related work, much of it unpublished or long out of print, including plays and performance scores, drawings, and writings on theater and performance. In addition, Bonnie Marranca’s introductory essays offer wide-ranging theatrical context for the works included in the volume. As the book demonstrates, Higgins deconstructed the drama long before it became a project of theater; undercut the traditional roles of author and director; created what is now considered “devised” theater; pioneered the use of media in theater, writing the first electronic opera; and was a precursor in deconstruction and “postdramatic” avant-garde traditions. His Intermedia manifesto offered a sweeping view of interdisciplinarity—in effect, a new arts ecology.
Dick Higgins (1938–98) was a visual artist, publisher, poet, composer, and playwright. He founded the highly influential Something Else Press and wrote more than three dozen books.
Editor Bonnie Marranca is editor and publisher of PAJ Publications/PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art, and the author of four volumes of writings on the arts and several edited collections of plays, essays, and interviews.
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13. Susan Newmark, FF Alumn, at Figureworks Gallery, Saugerties, NY, opening Nov. 2
Please join me for an upcoming exhibit at Figureworks Gallery:
Susan Newmark
Erasure
Solo Exhibition
Erasure: Pompeii, woven collage, acrylic, thread, 2023
Figureworks Gallery
Figureworks at Green
92 Partition St., 2nd floor, Saugerties, New York 12477
Exhibition Dates: November 2-December 22
Opening Reception: Saturday, November 2, 4-6 pm
Gallery Hours: Friday and Saturday, 11-6 pm and by appointment
To schedule an appointment, call 845-303-5099 or email harris@figureworks.com
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14. Kenneth King, Robert Wilson, FF Alumns, in final edition of PAJ, Performance Art Journal, Fall 2024
PAJ 138. (Fall)
Announcing Final Issue of PAJ
Dear Readers:
After more than four decades since founding PAJ, I have decided to end my editorship of the journal, which will cease publication with this issue. As I write in the editorial, “working with many of the great theatre and literary minds, experiencing the work of the most influential contemporary artists, helping writers to establish an individual voice, and simply having the great good fortune of a public forum, the opportunity of editing the journal has given me a life of tremendous joy and enrichment.” It is my wish that you find in the pages of this issue new ways of writing and thinking, alongside the personal dimensions of many of our long-time contributors, that offer pieces from the heart.
Our book division will continue to be active, with nearly fifty titles still in print. It is my pleasure to announce that we have secured the rights to publish the long out-of-print classic, The Antitheatrical Prejudice, by Jonas Barish, for release in November. A major step forward of the press is the recent acquisition of the PAJ Publications Archive and my Personal Papers by the Yale University Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, opening to researchers in early 2025.
Elsewhere in my editorial, I reflect: “The journal began with a strong desire to engage the
developing new forms of theatre, performance and video art, dance, and music outside the mainstream. It is gratifying to know that over the decades the ecology of this community has evolved in its pages to contribute to the ongoing writing and documentation of theatre and performance histories. Editing PAJ has been a wonderful conservationist endeavor.”
Here is a link to our home page with several open access articles and cover.
Thank you.
Bonnie Marranca
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15. Frank Gillette, FF Alumn, at MoMA, Manhattan, Oct. 21
The Museum of Modern Art
October 21, 2024 – 7:00p.m.
Floor T2/T1, Theater 2
The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2
11 West 53rd St, NYC
Advance member tickets available now
All tickets available on October 14
Merging a rich visual sensibility with empirical observations of natural phenomena and technological systems, Frank Gillette is a foundational figure in video art. An early theorist and practitioner of video’s formal and aesthetic possibilities, in 1968 Gillette used a Portapak camera on loan from Marshall McLuhan to create one of the earliest known multichannel video works, Keep. In 1969, he was a founding member of the trailblazing collective Raindance Corporation, which published the influential journal Radical Software. Pulling from influences as diverse as cybernetics and painting, Gillette’s early experimentations pushed the limits of early video technology with image feedback, time-delay, and closed-circuit systems. His seminal installation Wipe Cycle (1969, with Ira Schneider), first exhibited in the watershed 1969 exhibition TV as a Creative Medium at the Howard Wise Gallery in New York, entered MoMA’s collection in 2023. Gillette also participated in the conference Open Circuits, which took place at MoMA in 1974 and made an indelible impact on the developing role of television and video in contemporary art.
Join us for an evening of screenings and discussion as we trace Gillette’s prolific exploration of the tension between technology and ecology, a topic that resonates with renewed urgency today. The artist will be joined in conversation by Barbara London, writer, curator and former associate curator in MoMA’s Department of Media and Performance, and Peter Oleksik, a media conservator at MoMA. London was the first curator to begin collecting video art at the Museum in the 1970s. Oleksik develops models for how to steward and preserve these works, while also making them legible and accessible to contemporary audiences.
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16. Julie Tolentino, FF Alumn, at Brown University, Providence, RI, Oct. 17
The Department of Modern Culture and Media & The Elemental Media Lab Present A Durational Performance and Queer Choreography of the Throat
HONEY
Performance by Julie Tolentino with Stosh Fila
Oct. 17, 2024, 4-7 pm
Fishman Studio, Granoff center for the Creative Arts
154 Angell St, Providence, RI 02906
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17. Galinsky, FF Alumn, at Book Club Bar, Manhattan, Oct. 24
Ten poets rock the mic for 5 minutes each, at this curated evening of spoken word and poetry, hosted by Galinsky. The show is fast, fun, and eclectic. Poets this month include: Bina Sharif, Mila Rae Mancuso, Sean Hunter, Christina Leilani, Anna Carlson and live musical guest Ian McFarland.
Poetry in New York hosted by Galinsky, FREE Event, Thursday October 24th, 8pm, at Book Club Bar, 197 East 3rd Street, NY NY 10009
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18. Aaron Osborne, FF Alumn, at 6007 Waring Ave., Hollywood, CA, Nov. 1
All in the Cards
Aaron Osborne
6007 Waring Avenue
Hollywood, CA
opening November 1, 7-10 pm
thru Dec. 16 by chance or appointment
@aaronosborneart
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19. Krzysztof Wodiczko, FF Alumn, at Anthology Film Archives, Manhattan, Oct. 20
Come meet Krzysztof Wodiczko in person October 20th at the screening of my film “Krzysztof Wodiczko: The Art of UnWar” at Anthology Film Archives. .
This Creative Engagement event is part of a series with the first screening on October 20th, 7pm
There will be a post screening discussion with @krzysztof_wodiczko and filmmaker Maria Niro @maria_niro_nyc.
http://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=10&year=2024#showing-58208
This event is made possible in part with funds from Creative Engagement, a
regrant program supported by The NYC Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) in partnership with the City Council, administered by LMCC and with the support of Galerie Lelong. @lmcc_nyc @galerielelong ! The Art of UnWar is available to stream exclusively through @newdaydocfilms
#krzysztofwodiczko #marianironyc #nycfilm #nycartist #newyork #nyc #anthologyfilmarchives
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20. Yvonne Rainer, FF Alumn, at Anthology Film Archives, Manhattan, Oct. 23
Please visit this link:
http://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/calendar?view=list&month=10&year=2024#showing-58210
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21. Mark Bloch, FF Alumn, now online at WhiteHotMagazine.com
Holy Fluxus. The Francesco Conz Collection in Berlin
By Mark Bloch
Presented to the public for the first time, work by over 200 artists from the eccentric Italian collector Francesco Conz’s archive were finally displayed in Berlin from July through September. The examples of some 5,000 Fluxus, concrete poetry, Lettrism, Pop, concept art and new music-related objects were in the possession of Conz’s Verona estate. Now, after eight years of cataloging preceded by an air of mystery about where the works would end up, they have appeared as art icons in the German St. Matthäus Church.
Some 200 works by Eric Andersen, Alain Arias-Misson, Ay-O, Jean-François Bory, Mark Brusse, Augusto and Haraldo de Campos, Ugo Carrega, Guiseppe Chiari, Henri Chopin, Philip Corner, Claudio Costa, Robert Delford Brown, Sari Dienes, Eric Dietman, Jean Dupuy, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Esther Ferrer, Robert Filliou, Ken Friedman, John Furnival, Ilse and Pierre Garnier, Eugen Gomringer, Ludwig Gosewitz, Bohumila Grögerová, Brion Gysin, Al Hansen, Bernard Heidsieck, Geoffrey Hendricks, Dick Higgins, Josef Hiršal, Sylvester Houédard, Dorothy Iannone, Isidore Isou, Tom Johnson, Joe Jones, Allan Kaprow, Milan Knížák, Alison Knowles, Richard Kostalelanetz, Robert Lax, Arrigo Lora-Totino, George Maciunas, Jackson Mac Low, Walter Marchetti, Larry Miller, Charlotte Moorman, Michael Morris, Hermann Nitsch, Ann Noël, Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik, Ben Patterson, Mimmo Rotella, Gerhard Rühm, Saito Takako, Carolee Schneemann, Paul Sharits, Mieko Shomi, Daniel Spoerri, Jirí Valoch, Ben Vautier, Robert Watts, Emmett Williams and many others.
https://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/francesco-conz-collection-in-berlin/6593
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22. Doug Skinner, FF Alumn, at Viktor Wynd Museum, London, UK, Oct. 22 and more
Greetings, music lovers! I’ll give a Zoom talk/concert about my book “Music From Elsewhere” in Shannon Taggart’s Supernatural Mystery Symposium, through the Viktor Wynd Museum in London, on October 22 at 8 pm. I’ll play music attributed to fairies, trolls, trows, angels, aliens, time slips, and other unlikely sources, and suggest possible explanations. For more info, look here:
I’ll add that the magazine “The Wire,” also in the UK, has a glowing review of the book in its November issue, calling it, among other things, “an enjoyable, wide-ranging catalogue of the weird.”
And, incidentally, the seventh issue of TYPO is now out from Black Scat Books (blackscatbooks.com). Amid delightful material from an international roster of nonpareils, you can find my “Eleven Silent Études,” as well as my translations of short stories by Alphonse Allais and Raymond Roussel.
Happy listening and reading! Doug Skinner
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