Name: John Collins Title/Occupation: Artistic Director Organization/Company: Elevator Repair Service URL: www.elevator.org 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? I grew up in Vidalia, Georgia. I now work full time for ERS as Artistic Director and
In Sophie Barthes’ delightful new film COLD SOULS actor Paul Giamatti plays an actor named Paul Giamatti who is struggling with Uncle Vanya. Convinced that his soul is causing him physical discomfort and holding him back, on a whim and advice from his agent he
This October the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles presents seminal comic artist R. Crumb’s adaptation of the first book of the Old Testament, the Book of Genesis. Crumb has spent the last five years on this incredibly ambitious endeavor. The exhibition features 207 individual, black-and-white
Peak Performances at Montclair just released its fall season info. Includes work from David Gordon, Jerome Savary and much more. Full line-up after the jump and/or visit www.peakperfs.org…
i’ve been meaning to go to likemind forever. maybe this friday will be the day. check http://likemind.us for more info.
Downtown and uptown collide this fall at Henry Street Settlement’s Abrons Arts Center! Britain’s Turner Prize-winner Mark Leckey, musical legend John Zorn, and the Paul Taylor Dance Company’s Taylor 2 rub elbows with Obie-winning Les Freres Corbusier, Poland’s Theatre of the Eighth Day, and gender-bent
This just came across the transom: An exciting opportunity has arisen for a creative and dynamic curator to join Barbican Art Gallery, a leading London venue for the presentation of modern and contemporary art, photography, architecture and design exhibitions. Part of the Barbican Centre, Europe’s
I met the artist Nils Folke Anderson at a party a few weeks ago where he told me about his work and showed me some pix on his iPhone. I was incredibly excited by these freestanding sculptures of interlocking rectilinear shapes. Last week I visited his
this came through my inbox and you know how we feel about Robots around here! so if you’re going to be in Odense, Denmark anytime in the next few months SHARED ROBOTICS RoboDays are proud to present the exhibition “Shared Robotics” at Kunsthallen Brandts in
On Monday August 17th, “passport” tickets go on sale for the New Island Festival, a ten-day outdoor performance festival on Governor’s Island being presented as part of the NY400 celebration of 400 years of Holland on the Hudson. New Island Festival comes to New York under
Name: Kenneth Collins Title/Occupation: Writer, Director, Designer Organization/Company: Temporary Distortion URL: www.temporarydistortion.com 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? Born in Freehold, NJ. Spent a number of years in Harrisburg, PA. Moved to NYC in the
It sounds like part of a joke but it isn’t. hardly. check this out: (made by Sarah Jane Lapp, h/t to Alexandra for the heads-up)