On the great videos for great songs theme another oldie Palace Brothers (aka Will Oldham / Bonnie Prince Billy)Come in.
From the outsourced critics project Claude Closky tackles the Armory show catalogue
The Armory Show 2006 catalogue
On the cover, I like the beautiful teeth.
On page 1, I like the ring.
On page 2, I like the nail polish.
On page 3, I like the volleyball net.
On page 4, I don’t like the wrinkles.
On page 5, I like the spray paint.
On page 6, I like the thick spray paint.
On page 7, I don’t like the pillow.
On page 8, I don’t like the sunglasses.
On page 9, the horns frighten me.
On page 10, the flowers make me feel better.
Mouse on Mars featuring Stereolab‘s Laetita Sadier. For my money possibly the greatest music video ever made.
Rare silent 8mm home movie footage of Iggy and the Stooges in 1969 (sound has been added) and from the Observer an account of the myth of the Stooges in 1973 including the wonderful Elton John gorilla suit story.
My work Unreliable Narrations being projected in Meeting House Square Temple Bar, Dublin. The screenings continue Friday 16th and Saturday 17th, Wednesday 21st, Thursday 22nd, Friday 23rd and Saturday 25th 6pm – 10pm (7pm start on Saturdays).
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From the AC Institute the Sound Art Limo, take a short trip around New York city in a limo while listening to historical and new sound art. Refreshments will be served. Takes place February 23, 24, 25, 2007.The Armory, Pier 94. 3pm -7 pm. Oh to be in NY!
Tonight at Filmbase in Temple Bar from 6pm as part of the Screenshow exhibition there’ll be a rare opportunity to see (and play)Bnjmn Gaulon’s RES -interactive music making system made from a converted Nintendo NES system – in action. Highly recommended.
The Screenshow screenings on Meeting House Square continue on Thursday February 15th, Friday 16th and Saturday 17th, Wednesday 21st, Thursday 22nd, Friday 23rd and Saturday 25th 6pm – 10pm (7pm start on Saturdays)
Can photographers be plagiarists? The case of the Nanpu Bridge photographs by Peter Bialobrzeski (2001) and H. & D. Zielske(2002). Not mentioned in the article but relevant and interesting (and not quite as clear cut as Garnett’s presentation may suggest) is the case of painter Joy Garnett vs photographer Susan Meiselas
I’ll be part of Screenshow exhibition of screen based art projected in Temple Bar’s Meeting House Square, Dublin launching this Thursday 15th in FilmBase (opposite Temple Bar Music Centre). Projected on the big screen in Meeting House Sq will be Anne Maree Barry, Stephen Gunning, Conor Mc Garrigle, Joan Healy and Sean Dower and for one night only in Filmbase will be Bnjmn™ Gaulon, Eleanor Duffin, and Cyril Briscoe on the decks.
More information here
Opens at 6pm Thursday 15th, all welcome.
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