Thursday, May 29, 2008 Who Sings You? David Byrne on the NYTimes online front page The recently damaged David Byrne will be launching his much-anticipated project for Creative Time, Playing the Building, on Saturday. He talks about it in his online journal here. The Times is psyched about it here. And, of course, I'm psyched about it HERE. Here's a list of things to prime the pump. I can't necessarily explain some of them, especially The Kinks' song. I've been trying to read as little as possible about the piece so this list comes more from intuition and past experience than anything. Really. I'm not really sure what I'm doing here. But that's OK. Listening and remembering: Brian Eno, Discreet Music Francisco Lopez, Building [New York]: Listen. Remember. Fear, "New York's Alright...If You Like Saxophones," Joey Adams Tom Recchion, I Love My Organ Oskar Sala, My Fascinating Instrument The Kinks, "Oklahoma U.S.A." Afternoon Penis Scott Walker, "Farmer in the City" Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster, Panaiotis, Deep Listening Spire or Spire. Trisha Donnelly from The Plain of Heaven On a totally personal note: Pearl Harbor & The Explosions, Pearl Harbor & The Explosions Toure Kunda, Natalia Robert Fripp, Under Heavy Manners David Byrne, "The Revolution" posted by Brent at 10:44 PM 0 comments Multiplicity. The Collected Multiples of Cary S. Leibowitz, a survey of the collected multiples of Cary S. Leibowitz opened last week at the much beloved Printed Matter in Chelsea. Leibowitz is a Creative Time multi-alumnus and winter cap king. I haven't seen the exhibit yet, but I'm betting that it will kick my (Candy)ass. Why you would miss this show is beyond me is beyond me is beyond me is beyond me is beyond me is beyond me is beyond me is beyond me is beyond me is beyond me is beyond me is beyond me is beyond me is beyond me is beyond me is beyond me is beyond me is beyond me is beyond me is beyond me is beyond me is beyond me is beyond me is beyond me is beyond me is beyond me is beyond me is beyond me is beyond me is beyond me is beyond me is beyond me is beyond me is beyond me. posted by Brent at 10:06 PM 0 comments Coast-to-Coast. Via the nearly legendary C-Monster I learned that Eve Sussman's The Rape of the Sabine Women is going to be getting it's west coast premiere at SFMoMA. Lucky coast. posted by Brent at 7:58 PM 0 comments Tuesday, May 27, 2008 What Becomes A Billboard Most? Legends do. This made my day a couple weeks ago. A series that started as signage ends up on a tee-shirt that lands on a sign. Art is awesome and confusing. The best lie in town. I mean that in a good way. And can I say how much I love how perfectly the reflected saw horses match the shoes? I think I just did. posted by Brent at 9:12 PM 0 comments Thursday, May 22, 2008 The Memory Band. Director Matt Wolf (on left) and coproducer Kyle Martin. (Photo: Dawn Chan via Art Forum) Came across a post today on Art Forum Diary about the premiere the new Arthur Russell documentary, Wild Combination. The filmmaker looked kind of familiar then I remembered that it was former Creative Time video fellow, Matt Wolf. Cool. There are a couple other Creative Time connections to Russell as well. 2001 Art in the Anchorage musician/composer Phil Niblock made the incredible 1986 film, Terrace Of Unintelligibility, which featured Russell. And a quick search of the Creative Time archives revealed that Arthur Russell himself participated Art in the Anchorage 8 in 1991. posted by Brent at 8:15 PM 0 comments Monday, May 05, 2008 Worlds In Collision. No, I'm not talking about the most underrated Pere Ubu album of all time. I'm talking about two things I love in very different ways: Creative Time and (Hold for it . . .) David Patrick Columbia's New York Social Diary. The latter is the only obsession I have that's weirder than the one I have for The Hills. In my regular check of NYSD over the weekend it was a kick to see Creative Time's benefit gala get the full DPC treatment. The link is here. Scroll down for the pics. (Above, the scene. Below, the seen.) posted by Brent at 8:51 PM 0 comments

Previous Posts * More Song About Building, Pt. 2. * More Song About Building, Pt. 1. * Who Sings You? * Multiplicity. * Coast-to-Coast. * What Becomes A Billboard Most? * The Memory Band. * Worlds In Collision. * Um, Rock Star Much? * Shadow Play. Archives * July 2005 * August 2005 * September 2005 * October 2005 * November 2005 * December 2005 * January 2006 * February 2006 * March 2006 * April 2006 * May 2006 * June 2006 * July 2006 * August 2006 * September 2006 * October 2006 * November 2006 * December 2006 * January 2007 * February 2007 * March 2007 * April 2007 * May 2007 * June 2007 * July 2007 * August 2007 * September 2007 * October 2007 * November 2007 * December 2007 * February 2008 * March 2008 * May 2008 * June 2008 About the author Brent Burket has his own art blog, Heart As Arena. He also writes for ArtCal Zine. Brent has been a member of Creative Council since January 2005. Powered by Blogger Home