Sol le witt at Mass. MoCa

Just opened and will close in 2033. 25 years to go to Massachusette If you like Sol.
I'm not really sure if I like that. It is so death.
Would be more interesting to see something really transform slowly over such a long periode as 25 years.
A exhibition of food, plants, animals... See life.
Something by Mark Dion, Dieter Roth or what the hell; Damien Hirst!
There's something very agressive about a show that will last 25 years.
In NY there's a few DIA spaces where they have these long term installations;
Dan Flavin, Walter de Maria, Richard Serra, Robert Smithson.......
.......always male, american, white, minimal artists......
It's the sublime supremacy.
The protestant ruling idea that art should be eternal, pure and sublime.

'la pureté est une invention de la police' to quote Roland Topor again...
(purity is a invention of the police)

J&L night at Aperture Gallery

Kaleisdoscopecyclope

Melvin van Peebles at MoMa Film

Tonight two really great screenings at MoMa cinema. In one space Thurston Moore was introducing early David Bowie video's (bowie just donated his archive to moma)
While in the other space Melvin van Peebles showed one of his first movies and his last one.
I could only see one event.

Melvin is a legend; the real godfather of independent cinema in the US. He's a amazing figure. Biggest inspiration for all independent black or white filmmakers in this country. He moved to Paris because he couldn't have his films made in Hollywood. A Black man directing a movie in Hollywood at that time was not possible.
In France, Van Peebles learned the language and was hired to translate Mad magazine into French and then, with a his willpower, he started writing novels in french and did this incredible movie in 1968; story of a 3 day pass. (in french La Permission;
wiki quote;
In 1959 he went to Europe and worked for the Dutch National Theater before being invited to During this time in Paris he wrote a number of novels and made another short film, Cinq cent balles (1965). It was here that he made his first feature length film, The Story of a Three-Day Pass (1968), which caught the attention of Hollywood producers who mistook him for a French auteur. It was after the resulting bad experience directing The Watermelon Man (1970) for Columbia Pictures that Van Peebles became determined to have complete control over his next production, which became the groundbreaking Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971), privately funded out of his own pocket and in part by a $50k loan from Bill Crosby Van Peebles not only directed, scripted, and edited the film, but wrote the score and directed the marketing campaign. The film, which ended up grossing $10 million, was, among many others, acclaimed by the Black Panthers for its political resonance with the black struggle.

So he worked in Holland as well....amazing. He speaks Dutch!
Too bad he didn't made a movie there.
Filmmuseum, Dutch film industry....Wake up!

This movie is super. It's really a American inspired by his generation of Truffaut/Godard. Has the same wit as those guys but from the point of view of a young black american. Amazing soundtrack by himself, great editing, great acting. Smart, funny, very political. Even has a very weird cameo of Topor, Cabu, Reiser,etc in it (The whole Charlie Hebdo gang )
I'm a fan now.

Jack Chick

Jack Chick makes comics.
It's underground stuff, but religious right underground. I guess its his real name. Because it's just too weird.
If your lucky you can find them in public transportation. They're very small, people leave them around in the hope you will become a Jack Chick/Jesus Christ-follower.
I'm a Chick-follower.
They're good. Great drawings, a bit old fashioned but really funny and well drawn. And now also as a nice slide show;

Closing Night Joao Simoes's Emily Harvey event

Wednesdaynight at Emily Harvey Foundation.
Jeff Perkins showed Shout, a Yoko Ono movie he made in 1965 with her and here former husband Anthony cox.

lot's of analog noises.


Some guys did mean this to electric guitars,



a guy had made a device to make analog CD's, that he played on a record player.



One of my kaleidoscopes went like a joint from eye to eye. Bad wine came out of large bottles, Ann Craven showed a short video with a cat on a couch.
Needless to say; We had a lot of fun.

DEATH BY SHOPPING

The first death of the economic crisis yesterday
(black Friday is the day after thanksgiving where millions of people go shopping. Shops open at 4 and 6 in the morning. The walmart employee was at the right place on the wrong time.
A typical friendly fire casualty.
Read all about it here in the NY-Times who got great pictures of a SHOPPING GUERNICA

Dexter Sinister at The Kitchen

Stuart Bailey / Dexter Sinister organized a evening at the kitchen under the name; True Mirror Microchip. A interesting choreographed mix of lectures, fading in fading out lectures, lecture over the phone, stereo lecture-lecture, powerpoint, etc, etc. High-infotainment. (or infotainment with a big i!)

There was also a guy who had a amazing machine; it's like a edison waxcylinder recorder. (circa 1870) but here the needles records not on wax rolls but on a simple plastic-cups. And then by changing the needle you can play the cup! (Forgot to get the guys name, would have been perfect for oorbeek).

After the show this brit comes to me and says; 'Hey Miguel there's your double again!' pointing out at me. (They where also at the Jeff Perkins lecture). (I have to admit, I did noticed that Miguel Abreu looks a bit like me. ) But when someone starts shouting around that I'm his double; Little embarrassing. But funny on a evening where there was a lot on mirrors, stereo, etc.
Ok, we did made a picture;

A few hours later, I'm on the subway, heading home when a tall black homeless/can-collector guy comes and sit next to me. He's very friendly. And offers me a heineken.
His name is Lemmy and he asks what my name is.
'Oh, Serge.. Yeah, I know a guy called Serge. He kills people."
.......'oh. interesting....'