Contents for November 22, 2021
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1. Clifford Owens, Rashayla Marie-Brown, Kris Grey, Seung-Min Lee, Wanda Raimundi Ortiz, FF Alumns, at Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY, opening Nov. 29
2. Larry List, Sherrie Levine, FF Alumns, announce new publication, and more
3. Murray Hill, FF Alumn, at Joe’s Pub, Manhattan, Dec. 13-18
4. Magie Dominic, FF Alumn, now online at Youtube
5. Nancy Azara, Aviva Rahmani, FF Alumns, at Carter Burden Gallery, Manhattan, thru Dec. 17
6. Melissa Smedley, FF Alumn, new podcast now online
7. Todd Ayoung, FF Alumn, at Cvijeta Zuzoric, Belgrade, Serbia, thru Dec. 16
8. Karen Shaw, FF Alumn, at West Strand Art Gallery, Kingston, NY, reception Dec. 4
9. Roberta Allen, Crystal Z Campbell, FF Alumns, at FiveMyles Gallery, Brooklyn, opening Dec. 4
10. Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles, Harley Spiller, Lynn Cazabon, FF Alumns, live online with University of Baltimore Maryland, Dec. 2
11. Pauline Oliveros, Linda Montano, FF Alumns, now online at Youtube
12. Taylor Mac, FF Alumn, at HERE Mainstage, Manhattan, Jan. 7-16
13. Erica Van Horn, FF Alumn, now online
14. Christie Rupp, Bob Holman, Lucy Lippard, FF Alumns, at Printed Matter/St. Marks, Manhattan, Dec. 4
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Weekly Spotlight: Weekly Spotlight: Salley May, FF Alumn, now online at Franklin Furnace
This week’s spotlight is on FF Alumn Salley May’s 50-minute performance “Blonde Suicide.” Performed live on April 29, 1996 with Franklin Furnace In Exile at Dixon Place, this unique, irreverent, and undeniably humorous performance explores the topics of ego, self-judgment, and uncertainty while reflecting on life, family and what it means to be alive. May walks the line between expressing raw emotion while staying true to her sarcastic, eclectic character — as she says, “Hang on to your own dear life — the entire trilogy in one lethal dose!” (Text by Rhea Murdeshwar, FF Intern Summer 2021)
Please watch here:
https://franklinfurnace.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p17325coll1/id/87/rec/1
Thank you.
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1. Clifford Owens, Rashayla Marie-Brown, Kris Grey, Seung-Min Lee, Wanda Raimundi Ortiz, FF Alumns, at Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY, opening Nov. 29
Audience/Camera/Performer: Curated by Clifford Owens, a group exhibition by Rashayla Marie-Brown, Kris Grey, Seung-Min Lee, Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz, and Elliot Reed. Each of the artists appears in their own work as solo performer. Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz embodies fictional figures in a suite of portrait photographs titled The Queens (2012 – 2015).
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY, opening November 29, 2021 – February 20, 2022
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2. Larry List, Sherrie Levine, FF Alumns, announce new publication and more
Franklin Furnace Alumn Larry List has just had an essay “Sherrie Levine: Take a Picture to Make a Picture,” published in Sherrie Levine: Hong Kong Dominoes, published by David Zwirner Books and an interview about his research and curatorial work regarding games and chance-related art in the November 2021 issue of British Chess Magazine.
To read Larry’s essay, please visit the following website:
www.davidzwirnerbooks.com/product/sherrie-levine-hong-kong-dominoes
Thank you.
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3. Murray Hill, FF Alumn, at Joe’s Pub, Manhattan, Dec. 13-18
Kids! oh boy, so happy to announce…my holiday show is back in pereson again (finally) at Joe’s Pub Dec. 13-18 at 8pm in NYC!!! Starring Bridget Everett, Angie Pontani, Inyang Bassey and The Swingin’ Nutcracker Band Matt Parker Music, Arthur Vint & Associates, Steven Shinji Whipple, Jesse Elder! Not too many tickets left, so grab ’em soon. See you soon!!!!!!!
To purchase tickets, please visit the following website:
joespub.com
Thank you.
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4. Magie Dominic, FF Alumn, now online at Youtube
An apx. five-minute video was just posted at YouTube by the playwright Robert Patrick. It captures my journey from Newfoundland to NYC theater/poetry/Caffe Cino/1960s/ design/OOB/ and now theater archivist. All in under 5 minutes!
To view, please visit the following website:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tnq9hGnQpfE
Thank you.
To contact Magie Dominic, please email Magiedominic@gmail.com.
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5. Nancy Azara, Aviva Rahmani, FF Alumns, at Carter Burden Gallery, Manhattan, thru Dec. 17
Looking Forward
Juried by Nancy Azara
November 18 – December 17, 2021
Opening Reception: Thursday, November 18, 4 – 7pm
Carter Burden Gallery is pleased to present its first national juried exhibition Looking Forward, juried by artist and feminist educator Nancy Azara. Opening Reception: Thursday, Nov. 18th, 2021, 4-7pm.
The exhibition runs from November 18 through December 17 at 548 West 28th Street, Suite 534 in New York City. Features 68 artists Looking Forward highlighting works in a variety of media from around the region and nation.
For more information, please visit the following website:
https://www.carterburdengallery.org/upcoming-exhibition
Thank you.
Artists include: Karen Abboud, Amado Alda, Anne Auld, Barbara Bachner, Olivia Bernard, Michael Biddle, Elizabeth Bisbing, Darla Bjork, Burton Blistein, Diane Brawarsky, Diane Churchill, Stephen Cimini, Ivy Dachman, Leila Daw, Yvette Drury Dubinsky, Joan Easton, Harriet Finck, Pamela Flynn, Mack Gingles, Eileen Hoffman, Kristin Holcomb, Tom Hooper, Roshan Houshmand, John Hunter, Ruth Jeyaveeran, Lawrence Johnson, Robin M. Jordan, Pat Kelly, Gayle Kirschenbaum, Randy Klinger, Nancy Koenigsberg, Bernice Sokol Kramer, Fay Kravitz Biegun, Malka Kutnick, Dane LaChiusa, Louise Laplante, Donna Litke, Adrianne Lobel, April Lombardi, Carol Massa, Joan Mellon, Kyoko Miyabe, Rosa Naparstek, Zahra Nazari, Maia Nero, Ayaka Nishi, Cathy O’Keefe, Stuart Peterman, Aviva Rahmani, Mary Ridge, Joni Rose, Cora Roth, Tom Schneider, Ellen Soffer, Stephen Spiller, Karen Starrett, Linda Suskind, Jini Tanenhaus, Naomi Teppich, Ted Thirlby, Susan Tunick, Lynn Ubell, Joan Walton, Rob Whitcomb, Frances Wilson, Vivian Wolovitz, Dier Zhang, and Jessica Zinchuk.
Guest Juror Nancy Azara writes, “Things are uncertain in so many ways for all of us. With this comes the unknown, with endless possibilities for new ideas. We are beginning to plan ahead, form bonds again and to be in community. It gives us strength and power. To be present together gives us hope to plan for the future, towards a better future.”
Carter Burden Gallery, 548 West 28th Street, Suite 534, New York, NY, 10001
Gallery hours: Tuesday – Friday, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
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6. Melissa Smedley, FF Alumn, new podcast now online
Dear friends and colleagues,
Hope you’re having a fine autumn and that you might find 11 minutes to check out: Emily the Dickens https://anchor.fm/melissa-smedley/episodes/Emily-the-Dickens-e1aaqmu (found wherever you get your podcasts). Yes, it’s about Emily Dickinson (1830 – 1886) who also liked to bake bread. Though described as an eccentric recluse – well maybe she’s a good friend instead – one who lasts through the decades and centuries and brings each chosen word to life. What a pioneer, wielding pencil in apron pocket who bundled her poems in packets of twine! As part of Art Ranger’s research we dipped into this astonishing art book containing image facsimiles of her envelope poems Emily Dickinson The Gorgeous Nothings. https://www.christineburgin.com/projects/pp_dickinson.html All written in pencil, on flaps, backs, corners, etc., so intimate/ immediate.
As always, any feedback is appreciated because we are the slow staff of one, as opposed to other podcasts you might enjoy.
Peace and Love,
Melissa Smedley
To listen to the podcast, please visit the following website:
https://anchor.fm/melissa-smedley/episodes/Emily-the-Dickens-e1aaqmu
Thank you.
To view Dickinson’s poems, please visit the following website:
https://www.christineburgin.com/projects/pp_dickinson.html
Thank you.
For more information, please visit the following website:
https://melissasmedley.net/
Thank you.
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7. Todd Ayoung, FF Alumn, at Cvijeta Zuzoric, Belgrade, Serbia, thru Dec. 16
Autumn Exhibition 2021 – The State Of Exception
The Autumn Exhibition organized by ULUS will be open on Thursday, 18thof November 2021, at 7 pm in the Art Pavilion “Cvijeta Zuzorić” in Belgrade.
The name behind this year’s Autumn Exhibition is THE STATE OF EXCEPTION, the exhibition was conceived by the Art Council of ULUS, in cooperation with art historians Dejan Sretenović and Jelena Stojanović.
The Autumn exhibition of the Association of Fine Artists of Serbia (ULUS) is being organized for the 90th time this year and is one of the exhibitions with the longest tradition in this area. It was first opened in 1928 in the Art Pavilion and was organized by the Association of Friends of Art “Cvijeta Zuzorić” which, during the long interwar period, organized this exhibition 13 times – until 1940. Since 1945, ULUS has taken over the organization of the Autumn Exhibition, and to this date has organized 77 yearly exhibitions.
From The Concept Of The Autumn Exhibition:
„According to George Agamben’s interpretation, the term” state of exception” describes a situation when human rights and the legal system have been suspended due to a major crisis that threatens the state order. This is exactly what happened after the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic when most of the world found itself in a state of exception. The Italian philosopher, in his critique of pandemic management policy, used the term “biosecurity” to describe the “rule of terror of sanitation and the religion of health” that led to the suspension of democracy and human freedoms. Alain Badiou expressed the opposite opinion: emergency measures are simultaneously authoritarian and have a general purpose because they represent the only support and essential protection against the spread of the infection. These two examples show the extent to which pandemic management policies have provoked different reactions and led to conflicts of opinion and polarizations atypical for fighting on the political front. The world is at the same time united and divided by contagion, ranging from “denial of the seriousness of the phenomenon to the dominant orthodoxy that confirms it, but is nevertheless radically divided over the proposed solutions” (Agamben).
Mankind received the Covid-19 virus unprepared and in disbelief, although epidemiologists have warned for years that a global pandemic, as a direct consequence of the relentless devastation of the planetary ecosystem, was inevitable. When disbelief gave way to facing the terrible blow of the real crown, people became aware that they were going through an extraordinary moment of existence, that the pandemic had become the form and content of their lives, and that the order regulated by life gave way to an order regulated by death. Regardless of how they decided on the pandemic and the measures to combat it, everyone agreed that nothing would be the same as before, that we began to live a “new normality”, with the crown that came among us to remain and made our future uncertain.
It is generally accepted that the pandemic has exposed the ideological framework of the political, economic and social infrastructure and that it exacerbated the structural problems, inequalities and injustices generated by globally integrated capitalism. It also exposed the fact that culture is treated as a “non-essential” activity and was therefore among the first sectors to be hit by restrictive measures. There was cultural devastation unseen in the recent history of great crises, except for those contents and activities that could have been reoriented to the telematic mode of operation. It was a kind of “culturocide” which showed that culture is at the bottom of the priority ladder and that it is understood as a “superstructure” that society can be painlessly deprived of if the situation requires it. Cultural workers around the world raised their voices against culturocide and its consequences for the existence of precarious cultural workers and artists, but the public remained indifferent and did not support them because other, “essential” sectors were equally or more severely affected by restrictive measures.
By exposing humanity to a traumatic existential experience, the pandemic has led to a change in the thought landscape: the unthinkable has become conceivable and stimulated us to actively develop configurations of possible, desired, or unwanted futures. If contemporary art is the avant-garde of a society that imagines alternatives to the hegemonic order through aesthetic models, then the question arises as to how it contemplates catastrophe here and now and how it conceptualizes quarantine into which it was driven during the lockdown. Art has found itself at a distance from both society and itself, and that distance represents a platform that enables an unconventional, and even, refreshed review that would have not been possible in “normal” circumstances. It remains yet to be seen whether there is an “unintentional positive side effect of the crisis” (Slavoj Žižek) in the form of the development of new artistic figures of thought, criticism and resistance to hegemony, which leads to dystopia with assured steps. Starting from the fact that the pandemic is an “intersecting fact” and placing it in a new relationship with the biological, the political and the social, the Autumn exhibition of ULUS entitled “The State of Exception” represents a range of artistic reflections that resulted from the intersection and the consequences it leaves behind.“ (Dejan Sretenovic, PhD / Jelena Stojanovic, PhD)
Talk Program:
*Saturday, Nov 27, 2021, at 6 pm (via Zoom) / Art In The State Of Exception / Moderator: Dejan SretenoviC, PhD
To attend the Zoom meeting, please visit the following link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83673707681
Thank you.
*Saturday, Dec 4, 2021, at 6pm (via Zoom) / Pandemic, Populism, Art / Moderator: Jelena Stojanovic, PhD
To attend the Zoom meeting, please visit the following link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82318190660
Thank you.
*Saturday, Dec 11, 2021, at 1 pm / Guided tour of the exhibition
*Thursday, Dec 16, 2021, at 6 pm / Live performance, catalogue promotion/exhibition publications, and the final award ceremony of the 90th Autumn exhibition
* Remark: Dates and timetable of the speech program may vary/guided tours of the exhibition will be subsequently determined and published on the website of the association
The exhibition is open until December 16, 2021.
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8. Karen Shaw, FF Alumn, at West Strand Art Gallery, Kingston, NY, reception Dec. 4
Karen Shaw, FF Alumn, is participating in Part II: Intersecting Art, Earth, Fire, Water & Air at West Strand Art Gallery, 29 West Strand Street, Rondout Historic District, Kingston New York, November 20 to December 19. Reception December 4, 2021 3-6 PM. Other participating artists are: Sharon Ascher, Diane Burko and Patty Stone.
I read The End of Nature by the environmentalist Bill McKibben 30 years ago. His writing on climate change was vivid and alarming. I couldn’t stop thinking about how our air and water were being corrupted. To keep my anxieties in check I began to make drawings and installations about global warming. Some of the works on paper from that time have deteriorated and discolored but this deterioration echoes our environment.
It is sad to think that in 30 years we are still debating carbon emissions. Although the car models are different today the images are still, (alas) relevant.
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9. Roberta Allen, Crystal Z Campbell, FF Alumns, at FiveMyles Gallery, Brooklyn, opening Dec. 4
November 27 – January 2, 2022
Opening: Saturday, December 4, 5:30-8pm
Fivemyles Gallery (Brooklyn, NY)
Drawing A Line
Artists: Roberta Allen, Lucile Bertrand, Crystal Z Campbell, Oasa Duverney, Ewa Harabasz, Baseera Khan, Nate Lewis, Jelena Prljević, Sa’dia Rehman, Pema Rinzin
Curated By Klaudia Ofwona Draber
The action of drawing a line establishes boundaries, an essential consideration for the artists in the exhibition; whether to protect personal boundaries in the quietude of one’s own home, or at the heart of a political conflict. By drawing a line we protect ourselves, our families and our communities from the violence and inequalities that are happening around us. With their drawings the artists are striving for a sense of safety and peacefulness.
For more information, please visit the following website:
www.crystalzcampbell.com
Thank you.
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10. Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles, Harley Spiller, Lynn Cazabon, FF Alumns, live online with University of Baltimore Maryland, Dec. 2
Please join us! Thursday, December 2, 6 – 7pm
CIRCA Presents: Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles with Harley Spiller
Register for Zoom by visiting the following website:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pcuqurj4oGNKtHYax16dGRKyT269NQqCQ
Thank you.
Transdisciplinary artist Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles will present his category-defying work that treads an elusive route manifesting itself performatively or through experiences where the quotidian and art overlap. Ken Dewey Director of Franklin Furnace Archive Harley Spiller will lead a lively conversation with the artist.
Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles’s artistic practice has been informed by a strong personal interest in immigration, cultural hybridization and Estévez’s understanding of identity as a process always in flux. Estévez has exhibited or performed at Madrid Abierto/ARCO, The IX Havana Biennial, PERFORMA 05/07, IDENSITAT, Prague Quadrennial, Pontevedra Biennial, Call/Walks, Queens Museum, MoMA, Printed Matter, P.S. 122, El Museo del Barrio, The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Franklin Furnace, and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.
Harley Spiller is an artist, author, collector, and curator who currently serves as the Ken Dewey Director of Franklin Furnace Archive, an arts organization based in Brooklyn, NY whose mission is to present, preserve, interpret, and advocate on behalf of avant-garde art, especially forms that may be vulnerable due to institutional neglect, cultural bias, their ephemeral nature, or politically unpopular content. His book Keep the Change: A Collector’s Tales of Lucky Pennies, Counterfeit C-Notes, and Other Curious Currency (Princeton Architectural Press 2015) was deemed “beautifully written and designed” by Roberta Smith in The New York Times.
Lynn Cazabon
Director, Center for Innovation, Research, and Creativity in the Arts (CIRCA), Professor of Art, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
For more information, please visit the following website:
http://circa.umbc.edu
Thank you.
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11. Pauline Oliveros, Linda Montano, FF Alumns, now online at Youtube
Please visit the following website:
Thank you.
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12. Taylor Mac, FF Alumn, at HERE Mainstage, Manhattan, Jan. 7-16
The Hang
January 7*, 8, 12-15 at 7:30PM ET | January 9, 16 at 2PM at HERE Mainstage | $35-$75
*Join us and your fellow proto super-fans for the world premiere opening night of this colorful celebration of togetherness. Tickets for the opening night of The Hang on January 7th at 7:30 pm range from $75-$150.
Book And Lyrics By
Taylor Mac
Music & Music Direction By
Matt Ray
Directed By
Niegel Smith
Choreographed By
Chanon Judson
Scenic Design And Costume Design By
Machine Dazzle
Lighting Design By
Kate Mcgee
Sound Design By
Cricket S. Myers
Dramaturgy By
Morgan Jenness
Stage Manager
Elis C. Arroyo Jaime
Featuring Performers
Taylor Mac, Kenneth Ard, El Beh, Ryan Chittaphong, Kat Edmonson, Queen Esther, Wesley Garlington, Synead Cidney Nichols, And Trebien Pollard
Featuring Musicians
Matt Ray, Jonathan Beshay, Greg Glassman, J. Walter Hawkes, Jessica Lurie, Joel Mateo, Lisa Parrott, and Gary Wang
Duration
100 minutes
The Hang is a ritual celebration of queerness, questions, and the eternity of a moment. Rooted in the jazz tradition and operatic form, it imagines the final hours of the life of Socrates, as he asks his friends to use every moment left to think on virtue. What transpires is a centuries-long communal consideration, full of jazz, dance, debates, and queer romps.
Join us January 14 after the 7:30pm performance for an artist conversation.
To purchase tickets, please visit the following website:
https://ci.ovationtix.com/35043/production/1086410
For more information and images, please visit the following websites:
https://prototypefestival.org/shows/the-hang/
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/1a4rv7hxeqcquo9/AAA2LYbrPjIe7R99Uapra7ava?dl=0
Thank you.
The Hang Dinner w. Artists:
Join Taylor Mac, Matt Ray and the directors of “Prototype” for an exclusive hang in Soho after the show.
January 13 at 9:30pm | $250
Location will be a 3-5 minute walk from here
Buy tickets by visiting the following website:
https://ci.ovationtix.com/35043/production/1086965?performanceId=10890894
Thank you.
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13. Erica Van Horn, FF Alumn, now online
Dear Readers,
Please visit the following website to read my newest post from The Journal: http://somewordsforlivinglocally.com/2021/11/21/the-bees-walk/
Thank you.
For more information, please visit the following websites:
www.somewordsforlivinglocally.com
www.coracle.ie
Thank you.
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14. Christie Rupp, Bob Holman, Lucy Lippard, FF Alumns, at Printed Matter/St. Marks, Manhattan, Dec. 4
Book launch event for Noisy Autumn, Sculpture and Works On Paper, by Christy Rupp
Dec 4, at Printed Matter/St Marks corner of 2nd Ave & St Marks place, 2-4 PM,
Book launch event for Noisy Autumn, Sculpture and Works On Paper
This event is outdoors and celebrates the collaboration with designer Abby Goldstein.
Dogs welcome!
Noisy Autumn is a career survey of sculpture and works on paper by artist Christy Rupp. The book brings together more than 4 decades of sculpture and works on paper by an artist working on the front lines of Ecoart since the 1970s. It features 108 color photos of work and essays by Lucy Lippard, Carlo McCormick, Nina Felshin, Amy Lipton and new poems by Bob Holman. The title pays homage to Rachael Carson’s groundbreaking publication Silent Spring on its 60th anniversary.
The book is a collaboration with artist and book designer Abby Goldstein, Abbygoldstein.com, https://abbygoldstein.com/graphic-design
Published by Insight Editions, November 2021, Order the book here:
https://insighteditions.com/collections/earth-aware-editions/products/noisy-autumn
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Goings On is compiled weekly by Joanna Seifter, Fall Intern, 2021
