I took myself over to the Armory Art Fair and its tiny twin Volta yesterday. I’ve been curmudgeonly about fairs for quite a while, so generally I don’t go. They are a business that seems to succeed despite the fact that almost nobody I know enjoys them: artists are either pissed that they aren’t included… Continue Reading
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Let’s talk queer…
Was part of an interesting panel today at Instigate about queer social and sexual space. Things are percolating around town these days, which is all to the good. I’m glad to see people thinking hard about making community happen, even if there is so much still to be done. New York needs queer energy, needs… Continue Reading
Openings and overwhelmed,
I’ve spent the last couple of hours trying to write something about the the show that I went to the opening of last night The ACT-UP Oral History Project, but I’m coming up dry. Both because the show’s subject matter is too big and the event was so packed with people and history personal and… Continue Reading
Tarts…
Look what has appeared down the street from my office: one of those it-doesn’t-matter-how-much-rent-we’re-paying-for-this-space-because-the-whole-damn-space-is-really-an-advertisement-designed-to-rebuild-a-flagging-brand “product experience” restaurant/gift shop things. I took a quick look inside and had to flee, because it was packed, and utterly chaotic as a visual environment. I also took a look at the menu and decided that the various “treats” on… Continue Reading
Herald Square
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Fuck You, New York Times Real Estate Section
I watched this happen ten years ago to my old neighborhood, Fort Greene. It’s the beginning of the end for the neighborhood. Now will come the weekends of people wandering the streets “getting a feel for the area” and then the one of the big realtors will swoop in and then comes the pricing escalation… Continue Reading
Tearing up the plaza…
The plaza around work is going. and because of the new barrier wall, we only get glimpses of any attractive construction workers, not that I need such distractions in my life. All my resolve about not running the air conditioner too much this year is vanishing in the face of the swampy solar onslaught. My… Continue Reading
Hug like you mean it…
Leather Pride Night last night and Folsom Street East today. It’s the one time of the year when I feel most like I did living in San Francisco: part of a community of affection. In the past few years, the number of people I’ve gotten to know around the New York scene is such that… Continue Reading
We are embarrassed again…
Big drawing day yesterday, most of it accomplished while R, the savvy intern, was sitting at the computer scanning slides from decades ago. While I usually like solitude for working, I was surprised to see how much I was able to focus with the right person there. There was something comforting in knowing that a… Continue Reading
It’s all fun ’til the mop breaks…
It’s been a big week for going out with friends, and reconnecting with the past. On Tuesday I saw Chris play, and while there ran into Sarah Schulman, Joe, who produced my project at BAM a dozen years ago, and CW, one of the members of my high school art nerd pack. Wednesday and Thursday… Continue Reading