EVENT: Lital Khaikin, Camilo Roldán & JD Larson at Berl’s Brooklyn Poetry Shop
Black Sun Lit and Berl’s Brooklyn Poetry Shop present Lital Khaikin, Camilo Roldán & JD Larson.
Will Carruthers: in conversation
Rough Trade East, London E1 Wednesday September 21, 7:00pm In support of his forthcoming memoir, Playing The Bass With Three Hands, published by Faber & Faber on September 1st, author Will Carruthers will be appearing in conversation about his chequered career, which has frequently veered from the sublime to the ridiculous and rarely lacking a sense of humour about the whole thing. Playing the Bass with Three Left Hands tells the story of one of the most influential, revered and ultimately demented British bands of the 1980s, Spacemen 3. In classic rock ‘n’ roll style they split up on the
George DuBose
George DuBose Madonna XI George DuBose, b 1951, Morocco. Lives and works in Cologne. Photographer and graphic designer. George DuBose has photographed and designed more than 300 album and single covers for artists such as The Ramones, Kid Creole and The Coconuts, XCLAN, RunDMC and Melissa Etheridge. More than 50 projects he was involved in have won the Golden Record or the Platinum Record. Her first photograph for the music industry was used for a B52’s poster in 1978 and two years after was acquired to be the first album cover of the band. DuBose has being recognized as one
Artistic Differences
It’s The Buzz, Cock! By Linder (2015), Courtesy of Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London Artistic Differences 29 Jun 2016 – 4 Sep 2016 Entry with Day Membership To coincide with the Lower Gallery exhibition Judy Blame: Never Again (29 June – 4 September 2016), which features designer Judy Blame’s work since the 1980s, Artistic Differences in the Upper Gallery aims to present Blame’s work within a wider artistic context, drawing on connections in the art and design worlds in the UK from the 1980s and 1990s. Artistic Differences brings together artists and designers that have been directly linked to Blame throughout
Monsieur de Bougrelon
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Spurl Editions is pleased to announce the November 1, 2016, release of the novel Monsieur de Bougrelon by Jean Lorrain translated by Eva Richter “I am taking you to the brothel, Messieurs,” declared the old puppet, “but the brothel of memories. There you will submit, and with the sharpest desire, to women you will not even see, to a deceptive obsession. I am taking you to the cloakroom of the dead. Standing before scraps of fabric, before dresses that will be empty forever and bodices of nothing, before the old rags of centuries and the tatters of
The Candidate
The inside story of Jeremy Corbyn’s extraordinary ascent to leadership of the British Labour Party A lifelong and outspoken socialist, Jeremy Corbyn only managed to get on last year’s ballot for the leadership of the Labour Party after his supporters begged for nominations from MPs who subsequently declined to vote for him. He did so at a time when even his closest political allies saw little hope for progress by the left. In the immediate run-up to the election the now-Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell wrote “This is the darkest hour that socialists in Britain have faced since the Attlee government
Sleepless
Analogue present Sleepless Thursday 1 – Wednesday 14 September at Shoreditch Town Hall A woman lies awake. Pupils like pinpricks, skin saturated in sweat, the odd jerk of a muscle. She hasn’t slept for 3 months. She knows what is happening to her and there’s nothing she can do. Sleepless is inspired by the true story of a family cursed with a rare genetic disease that cruelly deprives its victims of sleep until they die, known as Fatal Familial Insomnia. When Cosima starts showing strange and sudden symptoms in the wake of her mother’s unexpected death, she embarks on a
The United States vs. Pvt. Chelsea Manning
Following a court-martial, on August 21, 2013, Private Chelsea Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison for disclosing a cache of military and diplomatic documents to WikiLeaks. Three years to the day since this sentence was handed down, Manning’s appeal progresses slowly and her supporters continue to voice concern over the state of her physical and mental health in confinement—as well as her treatment by authorities. ”¨ The year of her conviction, OR Books published The United States vs. Pvt. Chelsea Manning, a graphic account of the court-martial compiled real-time inside the courtroom by artist and activist Clark Stoeckley.
Joseph Nechvatal: Destroyer of Naivet és: Computer Virus 1.0
Galerie Richard (Paris) 74, rue de Turenne 75003 presents Joseph NECHVATAL Destroyer of Naivet és: COMPUTER VIRUS 1.0 September 3 – September 27, 2016 Vernissage Saturday September 3rd from 17-20h Viral attaque : la CaRne (1993) 190×275 cm cm, 78 3/4 x 118 1/8 in, computer-robotic assisted acrylic on canvas
Andy Blade: Plastic Penny & The Strange Wooden Horse
By Nick Ashton. Andy Blade’s marks his return to the fray with a new album set for a September release, along with accompanying touring schedule that will see him performing not just all over the UK, but for the first time ever, in Japan and the US towards the end of the year, and into 2017. Whilst sales of Eater records continue to grow into an ever expanding market, Blade’s much vaunted ‘artistic rebirth’ has also benefitted, with every subsequent solo album performing better than the last – ‘which makes me an established artist, doesn’t it?’ – he tells me
ANNE PIGALLE: NOT DEAD
Private View: 12 August 2016 – 6pm – late Open: 13 – 14 August 2016 from 12 – 8pm G511ERY, 511 Seven Sisters Road N15 6EP Seven Sisters tube (White Hart Lane Exit) There have been rumours that Anne Pigalle, The Last Chanteuse, was dead! The Last Chanteuse – who grew up with punk in Paris, came to the UK, released a revolutionary Europe album of torch songs, and created some of the most exciting soir ées in London in the 80s – seemed to have vanished from the public eye. But far from it. While all culture has slowly
3:AM Asia: Up Yours! Tokyo Punk & Japanarchy Today
Red Gallery 3 Rivington Street London EC2A 3DT August 18-28 A photography exhibition documenting the five years Chris Low spent immersed in Tokyo’s underground punk scene: its faces and places, bands and fans. Having played for a number of punk bands popular in Japan Chris was welcomed into the thriving Tokyo punk community and was accorded access to a scene he found to be the most exciting and vibrant of any punk movement he’s ever encountered. It’s a culture that exists and flourishes in the face of traditionally conservative Japanese society. Most impressive of all, perhaps, is that to facilitate
