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Joseph Keckler, Interdimensional Traveler
I have a copy of a brand new book, Dragon at the Edge of a Flat World, sitting on the edge of my desk. Inside it is inscribed: "Hope we stay in the same reality. Love, Joseph." At the time, I did not fully appreciate the extent to which Joseph Keckler, the author, is a dimension-traveling wizard. But I already had inklings.
Solid Sound 2013: Wilco’s Music & Art Festival
Jeff Tweedy of Wilco performing at the 2013 Solid Sound Festival at Mass MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts (Photo by Michelle Aldredge) Last weekend around 8,000 festival-goers gathered at Mass MoCA under the supermoon to participate in Wilco's sold-out Solid Sound Festival in North Adams, Massachusetts. Attendees come [...]
Sonic Artist Bruce Odland: Money Makes Noise, A Water Tank Creates Art
The Tank in Rangely, Colorado, is considered one of the sonic marvels of the world within a certain circle of composers and sound artists. (Photo courtesy Friends of the Tank) Is there a connection between noise and money? Which sounds are healing to us as [...]
Boston Ballet & Jirí Kylián: Bring An Open Mind, Readiness for Adventure, & Time
John Lam and Lia Cirio with pianist Tomoko Mukaiyama in Jirí Kylián's Tar and Feathers (Photo by Rosalie O’Connor courtesy the Boston Ballet) Last week the Boston Ballet kicked off its spring season at the Boston Opera House with three works by Czechoslovakian choreographer Jirí Kylián. Born in Prague, Kylián trained [...]
The Epiphany of Dance: Wim Wenders’ Stunning Farewell to Pina Bausch
A still from Wim Wenders' Pina (Photo © Neue Road Movies GmbH. A Sundance Selects Release. Click to Enlarge) Timing is everything, particularly in the case of Wim Wenders' film Pina. Wenders, director of the critically acclaimed Wings of Desire and Buena Vista Social Club, first saw Pina [...]
Envisioning the Future with Yo La Tengo, R. Buckminster Fuller, & Sam Green
Sam Green narrating his live documentary The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston (Photo by Sam Allison) "I live on Earth at present, and I don't know what I am. I know that I am not a category. I am [...]
Jean Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast : More Than Meets the Eye
Last night a friend and I watched Jean Cocteau's 1946 film La Belle et la Bête (Beauty and the Beast) for the very first time. Luckily, we were able to see the restored version of this French masterpiece on the big screen. It is hard to remember just how radical [...]
Art On the Radar : Gwarlingo’s Don’t-Miss List for September
British Street artist Slinkachu left this miniature "Hanging On" in the streets of Hong Kong. It's one of the many images on view in his New York and London show, Global Model Village. (Photo © Slinkachu courtesy the artist) The invitations, event notices, emails, and review copies [...]
Being André Gregory : Before and After Dinner
Self-portraits by actor and theatre director André Gregory (Photo courtesy Atlas Theatre Company) We gathered around André Gregory like children eagerly assembling around the librarian for story hour. André perched in a picture window inside Winsome Brown and Claude Arpels' fashionable Tribeca apartment. Behind him, the sun was setting over [...]
Not Your Average Flash Mob: The Copenhagen Phil Plays the Metro
The best link in this morning's Twitter feed came from Christopher Jobson over at Colossal. Last month the Copenhagen Philharmonic pulled off an audacious stunt---performing Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt on a crowded, moving metro train for unsuspecting passengers. The flash mob was created in collaboration with Radio Klassisk. All music [...]
What’s the Future of Dance? Ivy Baldwin’s “Ambient Cowboy” Provides a Clue
If you want to catch a glimpse of where dance and performance are headed, look no further than Ivy Baldwin's Ambient Cowboy, on view last week at New York Live Arts. It is fitting that a dance piece inspired by Philip Johnson's famous Glass House should have a [...]
Gwarlingo’s Don’t-Miss List: Missy Mazzoli, Olive Ayhens, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, & More
As spring approaches I suddenly find myself inundated with invitations to concerts, readings, and exhibits. It appears that our winter hibernation is finally coming to an end. Here is a small sampling of some of the events I'm planning to attend, along with a few I'm very, very sorry to [...]
The Gwarlingo Index: 2011’s Most Memorable Experiences in the Arts
It's the New Year, which means it's time for lofty resolutions and the annual onslaught of "best of" lists. Here at Gwarlingo, I thought I'd provide readers with a new twist on the traditional "Best of 2011" list. I asked an array of artists, composers, filmmakers, writers, musicians, and performers [...]
Win Two Free Tickets to See Joseph Keckler in New York City
I'm heading to New York next week and have two tickets to Joseph Keckler's performance at La Mama to give away to some lucky Gwarlingo reader. "An Evening with Joseph Keckler" runs from November 18th-20th at La Mama (74A East 4th Street between Bowery & 2nd Ave). I'll be at [...]
Joseph Keckler: More Than a Voice
In March of this year I had the opportunity to see the musician, writer, and artist Joseph Keckler perform to a packed house at MacDowell Downtown, The MacDowell Colony's free series of artist presentations and performances in downtown Peterborough, New Hampshire. The buzz in the room was palatable, and yet no [...]