Asthma Act Will Help Tenants Breathe Easier
By Eleanor J. Bader“It started with a bad cough,” began Margarita Pabon, who lives in Sunset Park.
Love in the Time of Swine Flu: David Lida’s Affair with Mexico City
By Mark DerySmell that? It’s the smell of Deep Time. Not in the scientific sense of the fathomless vastness of geological time, but in the mythic, plumed-serpent, under-the-jaguar-sun sense. The Mexican sense.
Art In Conversation
Eleanor Heartney WITH PHONG BUI
Eleanor Heartney, the independent cultural critic, comes by Art International Radio to talk to Publisher Phong Bui about her life and work.
Art In Conversation
Don Voisine WITH BEN LA ROCCO AND CRAIG OLSON
A week after the opening of his exhibit of a new group of paintings the painter Don Voisine visited the Rail’s Headquarters to talk with Assistant Art Editor Ben La Rocco, and contributing writer Craig Olson about his life and work.
Art In Conversation
Nicola López WITH PHONG BUI
The artist Nicola López’s third solo show After the Storm will be on view till June 26, 2009, at Caren Golden Fine Art. Here she speaks with Publisher Phong Bui about her recent body of work and more.
The Emergence of Acoustic Spasm
By Dan Wilson"Lurch,” “Creep,” “Sponger,” “Murkman,” “Worm,” “Tosser,” “Freak,” “Ratty,” “Unhealthy One,” “Tramp,” “Mr. Abnormal,” “Village Idiot,” “Twat,” “Minger”: These are just some of the many foul vocalizations regularly floated in my direction during outdoor strolls.
Hausu Party
By David WilentzNobuhiko Obayashi’s Hausu (1977) is one of the most coveted cult films to emerge from the fantastic realm of Asian cinema.
The Spelled Out Spark in Rooms; for Dan Flavin
By Albert MobilioAlbert Mobilio’s books of poetry include Bendable Siege, The Geographics, and Me with Animal Towering. A volume is forthcoming later this year from Brooklyn Rail/Black Square editions.
READ THE SNOW
By Terese SvobodaIt tastes like this, he says, try it. He swallows more hotel pool water.
Editor's Message From The Editor
The Song Remains the Same
By Theodore HammRather than “run the risk” of repeating myself, I have opted for certainty. Four years ago I wrote the following about the city’s last mayoral campaign—and alas, history is repeating itself, too.
ArtSeen
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Alberto Giacometti: Drawings
– By Alix Finkelstein -
Poster Boy: Brooklynovation
– By Emily Nathan -
Unica Zürn: Dark Spring
– By John Yau -
Sophie Calle: Take Care of Yourself
– By Cora Fisher -
John Outterbridge
– By John Yau -
Sadie Benning: Play Pause
– By Cassandra Neyenesch -
Nalini Malani: Postmodern Cassandra
– By Thomas McEvilley -
The Plop of the Paint: Tumi Magnússon
– By Joseph Masheck -
Ray Johnson…Dalí/Warhol/and others…‘Main Ray, Ducham, Openheim, Pikabia…’
– By Valery Oisteanu -
Compass in Hand: Selections from The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection
– By Thomas Micchelli -
R.C. Baker: “…and Nixon’s coming” ⁄ the draft
– By Emily Warner -
Petit Retrospective of ARAI Shin-ichi Works from 1999-2009
– By Warren Fry -
Frank Lloyd Wright: From Within Outward
– By Sharon L. Butler -
Keiko Narahashi: Picturehood
– By Laura Hunt -
Brooklyn Dispatches
– By James Kalm -
Graham Nickson: Italian Skies
– By Robert C. Morgan -
Pierrette Bloch
– By Thomas Micchelli -
Cy Twombly: The Natural World, Selected Works, 2000-2007
– By Terry R. Myers -
Tangled Alphabets: León Ferrari and Mira Schendel
– By Kimberly Lamm -
Francis Bacon
– By Maxwell Heller -
Letter from ULAN BATOR
– By Ellen Pearlman -
Ryan Trecartin and Lizzie Fitch: The Aboutthing (in the air)
– By Kara L. Rooney -
Letter from LONDON
– By Sherman Sam -
Judith Murray: Continuum
– By Lilly Wei
Table of Contents
Editor's Message
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The Song Remains the Same
– By Theodore Hamm
Local
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Asthma Act Will Help Tenants Breathe Easier
– By Eleanor J. Bader -
Whose Coney Island?
– By Michael Miller -
Rethinking Growth: One City/One Future’s Blueprint
– By Richard Wells -
Development Takes Center Stage In 33rd District City Council Debate
– By James Trimarco and Krista Hanson
Express
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The Anti-Bloombergistas and the City in Exile
– By Matthew Vaz -
Letter to India: The Platform of Hope
– By Tabish Khair -
Love in the Time of Swine Flu: David Lida’s Affair with Mexico City
– By Mark Dery -
Hope for Justice at the World’s Court? Pamela Yates with Williams Cole
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Something About Histories in Berlin
– By Joseph Riippi -
Down in Jamaica: A Journey to the Calabash International Literary Festival
– By Hirsh Sawhney -
A Global Look at Women’s Rights
– By Kaitlin Bell -
The Pre-Fast Food Era: The Food of a Younger Land
– By Christopher Michel -
Addictive, Ephemeral Stories in a Digital Age
– By Ian Crouch -
Lost and Found in Bangkok
– By Nicholas DeRenzo -
An Interstate of Words
– By Christopher Michel
Art
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Eleanor Heartney WITH PHONG BUI
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Don Voisine WITH BEN LA ROCCO AND CRAIG OLSON
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Nicola López WITH PHONG BUI
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Chuck Close: Selected Paintings and Tapestries (2005-2009)
– By Phong Bui
ArtSeen
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Alberto Giacometti: Drawings
– By Alix Finkelstein -
Poster Boy: Brooklynovation
– By Emily Nathan -
Unica Zürn: Dark Spring
– By John Yau -
Sophie Calle: Take Care of Yourself
– By Cora Fisher -
John Outterbridge
– By John Yau -
Sadie Benning: Play Pause
– By Cassandra Neyenesch -
Nalini Malani: Postmodern Cassandra
– By Thomas McEvilley -
The Plop of the Paint: Tumi Magnússon
– By Joseph Masheck -
Ray Johnson…Dalí/Warhol/and others…‘Main Ray, Ducham, Openheim, Pikabia…’
– By Valery Oisteanu -
Compass in Hand: Selections from The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection
– By Thomas Micchelli -
R.C. Baker: “…and Nixon’s coming” ⁄ the draft
– By Emily Warner -
Petit Retrospective of ARAI Shin-ichi Works from 1999-2009
– By Warren Fry -
Frank Lloyd Wright: From Within Outward
– By Sharon L. Butler -
Keiko Narahashi: Picturehood
– By Laura Hunt -
Brooklyn Dispatches
– By James Kalm -
Graham Nickson: Italian Skies
– By Robert C. Morgan -
Pierrette Bloch
– By Thomas Micchelli -
Cy Twombly: The Natural World, Selected Works, 2000-2007
– By Terry R. Myers -
Tangled Alphabets: León Ferrari and Mira Schendel
– By Kimberly Lamm -
Francis Bacon
– By Maxwell Heller -
Letter from ULAN BATOR
– By Ellen Pearlman -
Ryan Trecartin and Lizzie Fitch: The Aboutthing (in the air)
– By Kara L. Rooney -
Letter from LONDON
– By Sherman Sam -
Judith Murray: Continuum
– By Lilly Wei
Books
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Fiction: Brooding On Hope
– By Paul Charles Griffin -
Fiction: The Double Helix of Violence
– By Anis Shivani -
Fiction: They Mean Well
– By Polly Rosenwaike -
Poetry: The King Lives. Long Live The King!
– By Tim W. Brown -
Poetry: Opening Up
– By Jim Feast -
Nonfiction: Darkness At The Edge Of Town
– By Jon Curley -
Tokens
– By Tatiaana Laine, Jon Curley, and Ray Abernathy -
Rapid Transit
– By Jeffrey Cyphers Wright
Music
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The Emergence of Acoustic Spasm
– By Dan Wilson -
The Music Was Dying
– By Brandon Kreitler -
An Enquiry Concerning Questionable Practices within the Scientific Methodologies of the Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
– By Kurt Gottschalk
Dance
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Christopher Williams's Epic of Martyred Men
– By Mary Love Hodges -
Sacred or Sensually Profane? Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet’s Dust and Light and Rasa at the Joyce, May 5-10
– By Dalia Ratnikas -
“Dance in the Body You Have:” An Interview with Kitty Lunn
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Digression: A Dance Writer Looks at Whitman Undressed
– By Mary Love Hodges -
Aynsley Vandenbroucke Movement Group: 3 Dancers, 4 Chairs, But Still Only Two Dimensions
– By April Greene
Film
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The Decade After The Decade Before: Merrily We Go to Hell
– By Sarahjane Blum -
Hausu Party
– By David Wilentz -
Inept, Righteous, and Extremely Prolific
– By Malcolm Wyer -
In League With Satan
– By David Wilentz -
The 2009 Tribeca Film Festival
– By Oren Shai -
Without You, I’m No Thing
– By Lisa Moricoli-Latham -
Of Trees and Neighbors
– By Lu Chen -
DAZED AND ABUSED: THE HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE AS INSTITUTIONAL HELL
– By Tim Bracy and Elizabeth Nelson
Theater
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TALKING AMISH: JESSICA DICKEY AND SARAH CAMERON SUNDE WITH TOMMY SMITH
– By Tommy Smith -
REAPING FACE(BOOK): SOCIAL NETWORKING, THEATER MARKETING
– By Valerie Work -
WOMEN IN THE TRENCHES: HENRY V STEPS INTO THE HAZARD
– By Julie Bleha
Fiction
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READ THE SNOW
– By Terese Svoboda -
Three Stories
– By Oona Haas -
You Are Where I Am Not
– By Andrew Farkas -
Identity Theft
– By Andrew Farkas -
FROM A SUBARU FORESTER (novel fragment)
– By Meredith Brosnan -
Reruns Rezoomed: A Serial Novel
– By Jonathan Baumbach -
Tragic Strip
– By T. Motley -
Asalto Navideño
– By Forrest Hylton -
Identity Crisis
– By Forrest Hylton -
Hurto Revertido
– By Forrest Hylton -
Contours: An excerpt from Vanishing Acts: A Tragedy
– By Forrest Hylton
Poetry
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The Spelled Out Spark in Rooms; for Dan Flavin
– By Albert Mobilio -
Botanical
– By Kristen Gallagher
LastWords
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The Great Game
– By James Arnett
