Please note a few key program changes: the film begins promptly at 5:15. The reading of King’s writings at 3:20 will feature Joe Elliot, Joyce Johnson, Hettie Jones, Martha King, Mitch Highfill and Michael Mann. The basic plan is unchanged: “Basil’s Arc – The … Read More
Sorry, friends! The CD of our SideWalk show on August 2 was a wash. Technical gremlins, even before I got my fingers on it. So no MP3 – let alone a YouTube item. Here’s a snippet. No sound. No pictures. … Read More
Or “Le cadavre / exquis / boira / le vin / nouveau” As the opening act of David Kirchenbaum’s marvelous Boog City Poetry and Music Festival this August, Elinor Nauen and I concocted a variant of the rolling or exquisite … Read More
The Friends of Basil King will present “Basil’s Arc – The Paintings and Poetics of Basil King” at Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue at Second Street, New York City, on Saturday, September 22, 2012, from 12 noon to 6 … Read More
On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Laurie Price sent me this list of words with no English equivalents. She didn’t say where she got them but even if they’re lexical legends…well, read on: 1. Zhaghzhagh (Persian) The chattering … Read More
Oh Arcimboldo, who brings portraits of George Bellows, Hubert Selby, Charles Darwin, Gustave Courbet, Joan Mitchell, Agnes Martin, D.H. Lawrence, David Hockney, Edward Hopper, Fielding Dawson, Gene Swenson,Amiri Baraka, Eva Hesse, Nicholas Poussin, and Norman Rockwell out into view, one following after … Read More
The movie making upended us both more than we expected. Like moving studio or household to a new place…many old corners get excavated. It’s supposed to be cleansing – a chance to toss out detritus – and it is until … Read More
Poet Kimberly Lyons initiated this idea—and the whole is now a project of Kim’s small press, Lunar Chandelier. Here’s the official announcement: Lunar Chandelier Press is proud to present Basil’s Arc on September 22, 2012, in New York City – … Read More