“Memory–what a strange thing it is!…” writes Gaston Bachelard in The Poetics of Space (9).In contrast to its dry and dour title, The Poetics of Space is a thoroughly Lynchian trip through memory, home and dreams, or more specifically, daydreams. Continue reading
A nostalgic but not overly sentimental song, “Where Do We Go Now But Nowhere” mirrors the ghostly flashes of memories and ephemeral longings in Glen Fogel’s current exhibition What If I…Pretend To Be Your Dad at the Lower East Side’s JTT. Continue reading
Last week in honor of the 25th anniversary of Day With(Out) Art, a national day of mourning and action in response to AIDS on December 1, Visual AIDS premiered Alternate Endings, seven commissioned short videos by artists and art collectives addressing the current state of the ongoing HIV/AIDS crisis. Continue reading