Documentation from a performance, B!RDBRA!N, at The Blackbox on January 22, 2012 for the Pacific Standard Time Public Art & Performance Festival.

“No general idea, not one idea, but an accumulation of details. One detail after another. All the time, without interruption or pauses”. —Guy de Cointet, 1979

Alex was an African Grey Parrot and the subject of a thirty-year Avian Language EXperiment (hence, his name) that set out to prove that birds can reason on a basic level and use words creatively. Alex consistently demonstrated an ability to learn symbolic and conceptual tasks often associated with complex cognitive and communication skills. The animal psychologist who worked with Alex for 30 years, Dr. Irene Pepperberg, claimed that Alex used a two-way communications code and could identify 50 different objects and recognize quantities up to six; that he could distinguish seven colors and five shapes, and understand various spatial concepts. Alex showed surprise and anger, and could add, to a limited extent. He even understood the concept of zero. Alex died suddenly and unexpectedly on September 6, 2007. His last words to Pepperberg were: “You be good. I love you.” Pepperberg’s research remains controversial, with some skeptics maintaining that Alex’s apparent mastery of language revealed nothing more than a very sophisticated version of conditioned responses.

waanaki, which means ‘to live undisturbed, to live in peace’ in Ojibwemowin (Anishinaabemowin), is an online shop that focuses on hand-selected vintage pieces for children between the ages of zero and six.

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Temporary bookshop and exhibition
July 21 — August 25, 2011
Reception: Thursday, July 21, 6-8pm
Organized by Textfield, Inc.

Creatures of Comfort
205 Mulberry St.
New York, NY 10012
www.creaturesofcomfort.us

Creatures of Comfort New York is pleased to present No More Reality, a temporary bookshop and exhibition organized by Textfield, Inc. The bookshop and exhibition will take place in Creatures of Comfort’s adjacent project space at 205 Mulberry St.

In conjunction with the bookshop, which will feature current and archived titles from Textfield Distribution, there will be an exhibition of work by artists that Jonathan Maghen has collaborated with through Textfield to realize various publishing projects. The exhibition will feature the works of Phil Chang, Arthur Ou, Eduardo Sarabia, and Anna Sew Hoy.

The bookshop and exhibition title have been appropriated from the Philippe Parreno work, No More Reality (the demonstration), 1991, which is a four-minute video of children demonstrating, and chanting the slogan and title (“No More Reality”).

FREE all ages dance party, rock show and soiree!

Debut event, featuring:
Lucky Dragons
DJ Jimi Hey
Savory and sweet melon snacks and drinks from Eden Bakti’s Herbal Eden

Conveniently scheduled between afternoon nap and bathtime, this intergenerational mixer aims to let moms, dads and friends get loose, and for baby to do her thing!

I.M.A.H.A.N.H: Sunday, July 3, 3-7pm

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thanks Grant

Roseanne Barr was a sitcom star, a creator and a product, the agitator and the abused, a domestic goddess and a feminist pioneer. That was twenty years ago. But as far as she’s concerned, not much has changed.

thanks Nate

Thanks Jimi

Burden Baskets have been used by different groups of Native American people for various purposes, primarily for gathering seed, grain, fruit, wood, and personal belongings.

These baskets are made by Nanette Sullano using a coiling technique, inspired by traditional forms, with braided cotton rope, vegan suede lace, and leather. They are available in two shapes (womb or cone), three sizes for womb (small, medium, large), one size for cone (medium), and four vegan suede lace and leather colors (black, brown, golden, gray). All braided rope is 100 percent cotton and natural in color.

SHAKEDOWN is the story of a black lesbian strip club in Los Angeles. The film is anchored in the stories of three women: Ronnie Ron, the creator and emcee of Shakedown, a large butch/stud lesbian and former Jehovah’s Witness; Egypt, a single mother, beauty pageant fanatic, and dedicated self - (re)inventor; and Jazmyne, the complicated and sometimes conflicted “Queen” of Shakedown. We go through the process of their labor with them and record what they do, and how they feel about what they are doing.

We need your help to complete the edit of the film, master the sound and score, color correct the images, fly to LA to shoot our final interviews with the dancers and have an amazing premiere in cities across America.

Now up on bdydbl

Thanks Michael Bilsborough for the Palin link

Kelly Breslin, Fragment #3 (for Agnes Denes), Ceramic and Bronze, 2010

January 8 through February 5, 2011

Opening Reception 6-8pm, January 8 (tonight!)

ACME

via South Willard

Dance of Doom (submission for the SXSW Grindhouse trailer contest) by Nicole Miller and Gary Nardino.

Sweet Movie by Dusan Makavejev.

thanks Kathryn