Out There (4)
Out There: in which we dig up War of Words related works. What would have been the classic War of Words book (mentioned in the previous post) escaped our grasp for the exhibition, but it deserves a place here on our virtual bookshelf. Take a look. Mémoires (1959), by Guy Debord and Asger Jorn, was […]
The Catching Up Post
Would have, could have, should have written a bit more about the show and events. So now a little “catch up.” Events and Détournments. Keith Sanborn came by and screened “Can Dialectics Break Bricks?” a classic Situationist film by René Viénet and one of the few extant examples of détourned film. Keith is a scholar, […]
Yes or No?
On indeterminacy, serendipity, fluxus, positivity and negativity—and how I learned to love surprise. Inspired by John Cage’s ideas of indeterminacy and fueled by the topic of “war of words,” I thought it might be interesting to organize a hive-mind piece that used just 2 words—Yes or No—in a virtual face-off. It was an experiment…a let’s-see-what-happens […]
Out There (3)
Out There: in which we dig up War of Words related works. Dear Lucy — a letter to Lucy Lippard from Nancy Spero in 1971. So perfect…no further words needed from me. The letter is from the Lucy Lippard papers at the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian Institute.
Words. And plenty of them.
(more on War of Words) Opinionated. Cranky. Smart. Funny. You could write a good deal about William Powhida’s work or you could settle with those four words and it would be ok. Powhida’s work is the kind of funny that’s painful…as they say “the truth hurts” and he dishes it out in beautiful, jam-packed, cranky […]
Redaction (-ish)
A short post that got lost in the shuffle as Sandy hit our shores (and basement): If redaction is a conscious removal of words then we can add Ligorano/Reese’s melting ice sculptures to the list. The sculptures in question are hot-topic, push-your-buttons political words created in ice, installed in public locations and left there until […]
The War Games Room is Open
As part of our War of Words exhibition, Proteus Gowanus has opened the War Games Room. Every Saturday or Sunday from 12-6, you can play war games with your friends and enemies in the back room at Proteus. You can play on a handmade Risk game, designed and painted by Ryan Jones with New York City […]
why?eeeessss!
Yes, we’re back! The lights are on. The heat is on. The show is reinstalled. Events are scheduled and happening. And despite this virtual space not really being down, let’s just say this space is back too! To the left (top to bottom), evidence that the show is back up: works by Stephanie Brody-Lederman, Lance […]
Closing Temporarily Due to Sandy Flooding
Proteus Gowanus and our Projects-In-Residence Observatory, Morbid Anatomy Library, Reanimation Library and Hall of Gowanus, prepared for the worst before Hurricane Sandy and we are very happy to announce that our preparations were unnecessary. We feel very grateful that our floors and books and artifacts and shelves were not bathed in toxic sludge. The floodwaters around the Gowanus area barely penetrated our […]
Out There (2)
More Redaction Jenny Holzer figured high on the list while thinking about War of Words. I confess that I often utter the words “Abuse of Power Comes as No Surprise” (most often while watching/ reading the news—but perfect for so many occasions). While we didn’t get Holzer’s work for the exhibition, we did obtain a […]
