Monday, April 28, 2014
Open Archive
My review of "Open Archive," an exhibition devoted to five performance artists is the featured article at Glasstire.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
The Voice's Folds
Glasstire has published my review of The Voice's Folds, a program of experimental films. Here is an excerpt:
The Voice’s Folds, a program of eight experimental short films by Morehshin Allahyari, Michael A. Morris, and Jenny Vogel, had a single screening, recently, at the gallery Two Bronze Doors in Dallas. The narrative of each film is literary and personal, and is presented as text or voiceover. The pictures are stylized; they allude to but do not necessarily describe the words we read or hear. The tension that arrives from this willful disconnect of word and picture is the aspect that defines these films as experimental. A set of objects, a situation, a landscape, or a chain of events become the formula of a particular emotion, one that is tonally similar if not completely descriptive of events in the narration. Throughout The Voice’s Folds, words and pictures travel their close but separate paths to a common goal: connect the viewer to the artists’ experiences concerning place and lifespan.
Please see this LINK for the full article.
The Voice’s Folds, a program of eight experimental short films by Morehshin Allahyari, Michael A. Morris, and Jenny Vogel, had a single screening, recently, at the gallery Two Bronze Doors in Dallas. The narrative of each film is literary and personal, and is presented as text or voiceover. The pictures are stylized; they allude to but do not necessarily describe the words we read or hear. The tension that arrives from this willful disconnect of word and picture is the aspect that defines these films as experimental. A set of objects, a situation, a landscape, or a chain of events become the formula of a particular emotion, one that is tonally similar if not completely descriptive of events in the narration. Throughout The Voice’s Folds, words and pictures travel their close but separate paths to a common goal: connect the viewer to the artists’ experiences concerning place and lifespan.
Please see this LINK for the full article.
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Monday, April 14, 2014
Poetry Reading at Malvern Books, Austin, TX
I'm very glad to have had the opportunity to read new poems along with my friend, L.A.-based poet Karen Kevorkian. Our event was Friday, April 11 at Malvern Books in Austin, a glorious book store devoted to small presses. We had a very good tun out - - big thanks to everyone who attended. And much appreciation for the folks at Malvern Books for their hospitality.
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