Proteus Gowanus annual benefit: NOMAD MIXER
The annual Proteus Gowanus benefit is coming up soon. Buy a ticket! Deetz: Nomad Mixer Saturday, June 2, 7–10 PM As our Migration year draws to a close we invite you to celebrate the things we’ve seen, how far we’ve come and where we’re going next. Image by Atty Gell A Party to Benefit Proteus Gowanus! […]
Art from the Mailbox: Jon De Simone’s “Matchstick Anomaly”
When two matchstick heads are fused together they form a delicate wishbone shape. A manufacturing anomaly such as this will occur rarely and might even be less common than a four-leaf clover in a clover patch. In a sense, coming upon fused matchsticks makes one lucky. For Special Delivery 2010, Jon De Simone was intrigued […]
Sigils & Signs at Observatory
We’re proud to belatedly announce Sigils & Signs, a new show curated by our good friend and colleague Pam Grossman, at Observatory. Sigils & Signs is a group show of artworks featuring magical symbols. The show will be up through Sunday, June 17, 2012. The show is gorgeous. If you’re in Brooklyn between now and mid-June, […]
Guest Writer Audrey Tran on Art: Jason Martin’s sound work for “Special Delivery”
Special Delivery began in 2010 as a New York based mail art project involving artist friends, who were sharing photos, drawings, letters, and sculptural multiples through the mail. Art from the Mailbox is a series of blog posts that reflect on the individual pieces received from Special Delivery. The series originally appeared on thefanzine.com’s blog, […]
Melancholy And Cowboys
Artist Tim Schwartz rocks. A while back, he contacted me about participating in a project called Reimagining Wild Bill for which several writers were asked to fill in the missing page of a notable article—the 1867 Harper’s Monthly account of Wild Bill’s duel with Dave Tutt in Springfield, MO. Says Schwartz: “Over the last number of […]
