February — 2011 — The Monarch Review
Extent at Form/Space Atelier
Sunday, February 27, 2011 21:33 — 0 Comments
Current Exhibition SHOW TITLE: EXTENT SHOW DURATION: FEBRUARY 17-MARCH 13, 2011 VERNISSAGE: FEBRUARY 17, 6PM Beili Liu exhibits her first site-specific installation at Form/Space Atelier. Ms. Liu’s exhibit history includes Shanghai, China (Elisabeth De Brabant Art Center), Berlin (Asia Unlimited Gallery), in Norway (Norwegian National Art and Culture Center and Nordisc Kunst Plattform Project Space, Brusand), and Finland (Granary Gallery, Fiskars). Ms. Liu has exhibited more than two dozen curatorially-selected installations. Selected press reviews include “Legend Made Visible”, Janos Gereben, 05.20.2008, The Examiner, San Francisco and “Hang On, Beili Liu Suspends Our Pleasure”, Nick Sousanis, 01.18.06, Detroit Metro Times. Ms. […]
Troy Gua
Sunday, February 27, 2011 16:33 — 2 Comments
Work from Troy Gua’s recent exhibition Pissing Contest at The Living Room in Seattle, WA Sustaining An Untitled Living Room WallFountain  Progression (For You, Damanda, With Admiration And Affection) (Living Room Urinals) photos by Shaun Kardinal /Damon Mori The Physical Impossibility Of Equilibrium For The Art Of Art History Submerged In A Vitrine Of Piss (Coffee Table Book) Photo by Troy Gua
Turkey Fingers – Corespondents
Sunday, February 27, 2011 3:46 — 0 Comments
Turkey Fingers Corespondents make American World Music: theme parks invaded by deranged opium-mongers; absinthe truck rallies; Hungarian cowboy ballerinas–this is the world of Corespondents. Check them out on myspace, where their genre is listed as “Concrete/Healing and EasyListening/Jungle. They might be serious. Turkey Fingers is a song from a short-run record of previously unreleased tracks called Statues and Limitations.
Oseh Shalom – Eli Rosenblatt
Sunday, February 27, 2011 3:33 — 1 Comment
Oseh Shalom Eli Rosenblatt has been playing all sorts of music all over Seattle for well over a decade. He currently plays with a seven-piece outfit aptly named the Eli Rosenblatt Band. Here he goes back to his roots with a stripped down prayer-in-song.
Song of the Family – Brad Dunn and Dandelion Gold
Sunday, February 27, 2011 3:13 — 0 Comments
Song of the Family Brad Dunn has long been known in Seattle’s underground music circles as an over-achieving drinker, a brilliant songwriter and a wise-ass. Dandelion Gold Records recently released his full length record Brad Dunn and Dandelion Gold on CD. It’s available at www.dandeliongold.com.
Unfilmed – Mary Collins
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 20:59 — 1 Comment
My camera was stolen last night (the night, dancing, steaks, wine, new friends and more drinking were worth it though), so you pretty people are just going to have to believe me
Room 4-B – Margaret Pritchard Houston
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 12:10 — 0 Comments
There is a brightly colored bulletin board on the wall. Each letter of the alphabet is cut out of construction paper and stapled against the electric blue background. Under each letter is a picture – A for Alligator, B for Bear, C for Cockatiel. All of them are animals. Under X, a stag stands patiently, a square object over its midsection, revealing curving bones. X for X-ray. Outside, the leaves flash white undersides – it is windy, threatening to storm – in the pale security lights around the window. Behind the trees, the sky shows the first signs of the […]
What am I?
Bioluminescent eye
That sees by the shine
Of its own light. Lies
Blind me. I am the seventh human sense
And my stepchild,
Consequence;
Scientists can't find me.
Januswise I make us men;
Glamour
Was my image then—
Remind me:
The awful fall up off all fours
From the forest
To the hours…
Tick, Tock: Divine me.
-- Richard Kenney
