Title: frieze contemporary art & culture No. 156 June, July, August 2013 Theme: The Fiction Issue Featured Names on the Cover: Gregory Sholette & Christopher Darling; Ben Lerner, Katie Kitamura, Omer Fast, Lynne Tillman What: This is an art magazine. This is the first time I’ve ever seen this magazine. I picked up because of the graphic novel cover and the words “The Fiction Issue.”
Yesterday, we checked out the opening of Publication Studio’s weeklong residency at Eyebeam. What we saw? Both the concise, neatly-printed editions that Publication Studio is known for and a series of reimagined covers to classic books from the likes of Phil Elverum, Diana Balmori, and Luc Sante.
Things we like: the innovative Portland-based press Publication Studio; musical genius Phil Elverum, of Mount Eerie and Microphones; and Eyebeam, the acclaimed art space in New York City. If only, we have long wondered, if there was a way to combine these things. Cue news of Publication Studio’s week-long residency at Eyebeam’s storefront. Quoth the announcement: The exhibition, REBIND, presents 42 iconic paperback books, each rebound into a unique and original cover designed and created by 42 artists and produced by […]
Conor O’Brien has been making music under the Villagers moniker since 2008, after the breakup of the Dublin-based rock band The Immediate. His first album, Becoming A Jackal was received in 2010 to acclaim from Vanity Fair, New York Times and other publications. While his first album drew comparisons with folk-ish bands like Bright Eyes, the latest material boasts a more collaborative approach with the band and has moved in a more experimental and eclectic direction. The band has been […]
I’m sitting on a cushion on the floor of the Body Actualized Center, a yoga studio and event space in Bushwick, with my eyes closed and my hands on my knees, surrounded by a bunch of other kids around my age. On a chair in front of us is an older woman, draped in beads and a gauzy blue outfit, leading us in song: “I am opening up, I am ooo-ooo-opening up, to the luminous love-light of the One.” Her […]
Geneviève Castrée’s art, comics, and music are uniformly terrific, whether it’s the surreal and atmospheric soundscapes she makes as Ô PAON or the heartbreaking coming-of-age story in her graphic novel Susceptible. She’s also contributed the cover of the latest issue of Yeti. And as the occasion of a new issue of Yeti is generally grounds for rejoicing around here (note our 2011 interview with editor Mike McGonigal), we’re pretty excited all around right now. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google +, our Tumblr, and sign up for our mailing […]
Seen at the corner of Delancey and Orchard on a Tuesday night in March: this eminently quotable slogan. Perhaps literary street posters are making a comeback? We can only hope. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google +, our Tumblr, and sign up for our mailing list.
I’ve known Carl Gunhouse, curator of the exhibit We Don’t Owe You a Thing (at Small Black Door through March 31st) for a few years now, though conversations have established that we were also at more than a few of the same hardcore shows in New Jersey in the late 90s. That didn’t come as much of a shock. Growing up listening to hardcore means finding things in common with people you encounter everywhere — socially, in music far removed from breakdowns and circle […]