The actor James Franco is making his New York debut with “The Dangerous Book Four Boys,” an exhibition of video, drawings, sculptures and installations at the Clocktower Gallery in Lower Manhattan.
Nina Arsenault recently spoke at IdeaCity 2010 about her art and her body, and how she objectifies herself in the name of both. Read the whole ‘talk‘ because it’s super.
“And, I take my understanding of irony from Donna Harraway’s Cyborg Manifesto. She articulates irony not simply as the idea that an image can contain an implied and literal meaning. Harraway’s deep understanding of irony is that a single image or body can contain a cascading web-like structure of seemingly contradictory yet dependent meanings that can not even be pulled apart. To do so would be to deny the truth of the greater whole.
It’s a beautiful definition of irony.
Dialectics dissolve into one another. Male into female into real into fake into beauty into abomination, worshipfulness and self-annihilation. Cascading into one another.”
Parts of a tour documentary:
“Born in Denmark 1978. I write and direct television shows for kids. I have a set of twins and not much time for anything. But when i have time i draw monsterdrawings on post-it notes… it is a little window into a different world, made on office supplies.”
Dza devlesa
God go with you
2.90
El Crallis ha nicobado la liri de los Cales
The king has taken away the law of the gypsies
6.167
Feri ando payi sitsholpe te nauyas
It was in the water that one learned to swim
3.60
Gadje Gadjensa, Rom Romensa
Gadje with Gadje, Rom with Rom
4.96
I chatski tsinuda de tehara, vai de haino, khal tut
The true nettle stings from the beginning
4.94
I chirikleski kul chi perel duvar pe yek than
The droppings of the flying bird never fall twice on the same spot
4.24
Isi ili daba
Here there are also smacks
1.35
Isi ma xarica love; so hramosorav andi gazeta; a-ko isi pomoshinav tumen
I have a little money; I am a journalist; maybe I can help you
1.209
Jekh dilo kerel but dile hai but dile keren dilimata
One madman makes many madmen, and many madmen make madness
1.37
Ka xlia ma pe tute
I am going to shit on you
Albania
1.34
Kai zhal o vurdon vurma mekela
Where the wagon goes a trail is left
4.97
Kaski san?
Whose are you?
9.193
Kay zhala I suv shay zhala wi o thav
Where the needle goes, surely the thread will follow
4.95
Kon del tut o nai shai dela tut wi o vast
He who willingly gives you one finger will also give you the whole hand
3.205
Kon khakhavel o balo wi leste si I shuri
He who feeds the pig also holds the knife over it when it is fattened
4.115
Kon khal but, khal peski bakht
He who eats much eats away his own luck
Kalderash saying
3.224
Love k-o vast, bori k-o grast
Money in hand, bride on horse
1.286
Mandar tsera tai kater o Del mai but te aven tumenge
From me a little money, but may God give you plenty
?tumenge -> humungous
3.201
Mashkar le gadjende leski shib si le Romeski zor
Surrounded by the Gadje, the Rom’s only defence is his tongue
3.51
May angle sar te merel kadi yag
Before this fire burns out
Armaya
3.169
May kali i muri may gugli avela
The darker the berry the sweeter it is.
some images via http://lizdurette.wordpress.com/2008/07/
words via http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bmash/blogger/blogger.html music Goran Bergovic with Kaya
On Wednesday June 9th 2010, Yves Laroche Galerie d’art will be officially opening the doors of its new location at 6355 St-Laurent blvd, Montreal. To celebrate the new space, YL gallery will be presenting Daniel Martin Diaz’s first solo exhibition in Canada titled “Sacred Machine” as well as” Looking East” a multi disciplinary group exhibition by guest curator Justin Giarla (White Walls/Shooting Gallery, San Francisco).
The new space:
YL’s new address is a destination for Montreal’s art, fashion and media communities. Located in the heart of the Mile End, this newly renovated 9,000 square foot space will be home to a permanent collection and a boutique. In addition, the new headquarters introduces 2 large exhibition spaces, titled space I and II, offering more than 4,000 square feet available for rent throughout the year for special events, meetings and other contemporary projects. Also housed within the YL complex is the launch of a new retail concept space and creative agency, Trusst.
All are invited to the openings and gallery launch, scheduled for Wednesday, June 9th 2010 from 6-9 pm at Yves Laroche Galerie d’art. Special musical performances by Jacob et Francis and Le Matos. Artists will be present.
http://yveslaroche.com/
http://trusstclub.com
“[Shahrazad (a legendary Persian queen and the storyteller of One Thousand and One Nights)] had perused the books, annals and legends of preceding Kings, and the stories, examples and instances of by gone men and things; indeed it was said that she had collected a thousand books of histories relating to antique races and departed rulers. She had perused the works of the poets and knew them by heart; she had studied philosophy and the sciences, arts and accomplishments; and she was pleasant and polite, wise and witty, well read and well bred.” Sir Richard F. Burton’s translation of The Nights.
Original Photography by Agi Gutkowska. Music by João Gilberto.
