Filed under: POETRY, WRITING | Tags: 22, bird, Chamber, herbert, magazine, my, occupy, poem, poetry, robert, slumber, the, wild
By Robert Herbert
Buzzard pecks the glass pane that frames outsides.
He is pretty pissed about something.
I let him in, he beaksnaps my smoking jacket.
“Say something, you stupid bird, bogle me
less at such an hour as this, the gay sun
is still to galivant this way and you
should be nesting.” He perches on the shelf
for the poetry books and squawks, livid,
stomping now like a trooper. I could kill
him, and as I guage this ill, it becomes clear,
he is comparing the vague emptiness
of my bookshelves to a totalitarian regime.
He wants me to flail freestyle for freedom,
to scorn my propaganda in a false past,
to write better poems, that maybe outlast
links I like, I post, on Facebook, about David Graeber.
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Filed under: THE WEEK/THE WEEKEND | Tags: (READ, 22, 4, a.i.r, ABSTRACTIONISTS, ACME, Across, Activists, america, and, artist, artists, as, at, Awkhold, Biddle, Bricolage, Bricoleurs, brooklyn, bushwick, cage, center, Chez, Chip, Circus, crossing, dark, dave, Deaths, dr, Eberhardt, ecstatic, emerging, end, exhibitions, Fad, Farts, FEMALE, ferry, Fest, Figured, forum, from, Gadget, gallery, Granne, hall, Hommage, Hustlers, i, Interludes, Isabelle, john, KARLSSON, katherine, lauren, Lawton, live, LIVES, Liz, Lothar, low, Luloff, magazine, mann, MARIAM, matthew, Mazzoli, MIKAEL, Missy, music, Nightfairies, o, occupy, of, on, Osterburg, out, performers, pop, present, presents, Radical, Regine, Scanlon, Seuss, sex, silence, SILVER, small, song, talk, the, to, Tzu-lan, Uproar—The, WALLENTIN, watermill, with, WORKERS
EDITOR’S PICKS:
Liz Biddle, Regine Granne, and Katherine Tzu-lan Mann at A.I.R. Gallery
http://www.airgallery.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=main.artists&artistid=885
03/01/2012-03/24/2012
6pm-9pm
This exhibition showcases Biddle’s continuing interest in mixed media, with a twist of humor found in much of her work. Old wires, light bulbs, screws and other found objects protrude from holes in ceramic objects, while creature-like robots – strange, disturbing and endearing – appear in collages and drawings. Liberty is a contemplation of the present in the wake of 9/11. The Statue of Liberty itself simultaneously represents an overused icon and a diminishing concept. These works offer a means of viewing such images and enable reflection of our world, our nation, our politics, our person, our perspective, and our relationship to all. Mann’s large paintings in Root, created by combining chance stains with highly rendered decorative elements on oversized, un-stretched paper, function as human-sized portholes into a landscape alive with minute details, patterns and interlocking systems.
Filed under: THE WEEK/THE WEEKEND | Tags: 2, 22, a, artist, artists, arts, been, BOTANICA Simone, brooklyn, Brosnan, bruce, cage, cecilia, Christine, Deaths, dont, Eberhardt, Ellen, evening, experimental, far, forum, from, gift, girl, harvey, has, hear, her, HOU, IGLESIAS, Isabelle, know, lab, ladies, Leigh, lisa, little, LIVES, magazine, Mazzoli, me, Missy, Mouth, MURALism, Museum, music, new, north, now, NUDIST, ny, nyc, occupy, of, part, reading, recent, remember, Run, see, shop, song, the, THULE, tom, Transmitted, tribes, Tyler, ULTIMA, Uproar, VISSERS, Vlahovich, we, week, weekend, where, work, york, you
EDITOR’S PICKS:
Bruce Brosnan: See, hear, remember/Tyler Vlahovich: recent work
http://www.featureinc.com/
02/15/2012-03/18/2012
12pm-6pm
Bruce Brosnan began exhibiting with Feature Inc. in 2000 and See, hear, remember is his fourth one-person exhibition witht he gallery. He lives and works in Brooklyn, has a BFA from Maine College of Art (19915) and an MFA from Hunter College (1998), which is where I first saw his inspired installations. Tyler Vlahovich has a BFA (1989) from California Institute of the Arts and lives and works in Los Angeles. This recent work is his third one-person exhibition with the gallery and coincidentally, we also began working together in 2000.
BOTANICA
http://thisisbotanica.com/
02/22/2012-02/25/2012
8pm-9:30pm
BOTANICA is a creepy futuristic black comedy that examines our complicated relationship to plant life. Sealed in a human terrarium, two unorthodox botanists and a caretaker with a penchant for erotic literature unleash a flood of unusual findings and overturn the constraints of science and social norms. Riotously lush” and “a perverse kick.” -New York Times “Sex, drugs, and
botany? Plants will never seem the same after Jim Findlay’s BOTANICA, an original, mesmerizing, and disturbing piece of experimental insanity.” Flavorpill “If you’ve had your fill of tame/lame Broadway shows, are a fan of Sci-Fi, and happen to have dendrophilia, this show is perfect for you.” Papermag “If you’re into what’s probably the most expertly sculpted piece of weirdness in town, then I assure you, BOTANICA’s got the goods.” NYtheatre.com
Opening Party
facebook.com/uncannnyvalleynyc
02/24/2012-02/25/2012
7:30 pm -1:00 am
UNCANNY VALLEY OPENING PARTY February 24, 7:30 p- 1:00a// $10 …In which we open up the floodgates. Join us to celebrate the official opening of Uncanny Valley as a public venue! This is a fundraiser for the space, to ensure that we are warm and well-lit in throughout the winter! Uncanny Valley, our new performance and art project space, will open with a party to benefit and celebrate the space. The party will feature performances from partners and residents, including a glimpse of “The Golden Veil”, the new show from The National Theater of the United States of America, new songs from Balkan no-wave band The Drunkard’s Wife, a play from Williamsburg’s Dome Theater, Lisa Ludwig’s Art Neighborhood installation, and much more! The event takes place at 26-09 Jackson Avenue (at 44th road, near the Court Square station) from 7:30 pm to 1:00 am on Friday, February 24, 2012. HERE IS A MAP: http://g.co/maps/k5p84
Filed under: ART | Tags: accodion, allison, Arbeitsloser, art, book, Ein, fold, occupy, sommers, street, wall, Weniger




This one is Ein Arbeitsloser Weniger, 1.5 x 2.5″ paper and ink-jet print hand-made accordion-fold art book, filled with ten different soldiers from various imaginary wars, in various states of life or injury. The book fits neatly into its own tiny government-manila envelope, ready for convenient filing away…
Ein Arbeitsloser Weniger is one less man out of work.
Ein Arbeitsloser Weniger because the state has sent them to war.
Ein Arbeitsloser Weniger because they won’t come home.
You can purchase Ein Arbeitsloser Weniger here.
FOR EVERY BOOK SOLD this month, I will donate $1 to Occupy Wall Street. You can find more information on their efforts here, or by searching #occupywallstreet on Twitter, and you can donate directly here.








