February 2007
The “February 2007” Issue of the Brooklyn Rail was published on February 2, 2007.
Editor’s Message
We’ve only just begun…
– By Theodore HammA Self-Evident Truth
– By Phong H. Bui
Local
Rutabaga, Mache, and Salsify Unearthing Winter's Bounty at the Greenmarkets
– By Amanda Darrach FilipponeUrban Boarding Schools Offer Twist on the Elite
– By Eleanor J. BaderBumming It on Manhattan Avenue
– By Sabine HeinleinThoughts on Atlantic Yards
An Endless Cycle
– By James AngelosThe Ghost Bike Project
– By Mark ReadPlaying Bingo in Purgatory
– By Katie ClancySleep With Your Mouth Closed
– By Marjory GarrisonBloodlust at Red Bull: The Revenger's Tragedy
– By Wendy WeismanPoems by Elena Alexander
– By Elena AlexanderLOCAL STOP
Brooklyn in the Fringe
Express
An Afternoon with Enrique
– By Gabriel ThompsonThe Experimental Geography of Trevor Paglen
– By Jen ItzensonOaxaca, the Warning Sign
– By Fernando Gálvez de AguinagaThe Privatization of War: Colombia as Laboratory and Iraq as Large-Scale Application
– By Dario Azzellini and Lize MogelIraq and the Problems of Pulling Out
– By Nicholas JahrThe Black Plague?
– By Alex FéthièreThe Specter of Nader
– By Williams Cole and Williams ColePlay the Game: Grand Theft Desire
– By Stephen Duncombe
Art
Jasper Johns with John Yau
Katy Siegel and David Reed with Phong Bui
Bill Jensen with Chris Martin
Constantly Blue Sky, Never a Cloud: On Rudolf De Crignis, 1948 - 2006
– By John ZinsserMarcia Tucker 1940–2006
– By Carol BeckerThe Press Preview of the New Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), Boston
– By Vicki GoldbergThe Photographer Who Satisfied His Hunger
– By Vicki GoldbergA Critical Week in Chile
– By David Levi Strauss, Adriana Valdés, Pablo Chiuminatto, Rodrigo Zúñiga, Sandra Accatino, Bruno Cuneo, and Ana María Risco
ArtSeen
John Newsom Allegory of Nations
– By Robert C. MorganRailing Opinion: A Call to Art Critics
– By Jill Conner, Irving Sandler, John Adams Griefen, John Perreault, and Alan BrilliantLetter from London
– By Sherman SamLetter from GERMANY
– By Stephanie BuhmannART BASEL MIAMI BEACH 2006
– By James Kalm and Ben LaRoccoCandida Hofer
– By Geoffrey Cruickshank-HagenbuckleThomas Lanigan-Schmidt
– By James KalmThornton Willis and James O. Clark
– By Craig OlsonJohn Sonsini
– By Jeremy SiglerKeiko Narahashi
– By Jennifer RileyStephen G. Rhodes
– By Lauren RossThomas Kiesewetter
– By Cassandra NeyeneschRobert Irwin
– By Ben LaRoccoGlitter and Doom: German Portraits from the 1920s
– By Carrie MoyerJohn Evans
– By Valery OisteanuGayleen Aiken
– By Shane McAdamsAyreen Anastas and Rene Gabri
– By Lynn LoveRichard Bosman and Peter Acheson
– By Craig OlsonTRACKS
In/Visible: The Drawings of Maria Bussmann– By Thomas MicchelliToadhouse
– By John Yau
Books
Technocrats of the Mind
– By Ben GoreEllis Avery and Sharon Marcus with Cassandra Neyenesch
Everyone Wants their Two Minutes
– By Erica WetterHippo Hooray
– By Fran GordonLooking for Lethe
– By James O'ConnorNonfiction: Road Rollins
– By John G. Rodwan Jr.David Shapiro: The Poem
– By Maxwell HellerFiction: Two Swamps for the Money
– By Jim Feast
Music
A Box of Delights
– By Holly TavelAddicted to Sound: An Interview with Michael Gira
– By Jim KnipfelHerky-Woogie
– By Paul GrimstadMore Voices from the Graveyard Shift
– By Todd SimmonsTwenty-First Century Exoticism: Taymor Does the Magic Flute
– By Betty Leigh HutchesonWith One Eye Closed and One Ear Shut
– By Kate Crane
Dance
Too Much of a Good Thing
– By Vanessa MankoBill T. Jones’
– By Carley Petesch
Film
PERVERSE AUTEURS VS THE SELF-AGGRANDIZING WANK The 10 Best Films of 2006
– By David N. MeyerSnitch Culture
– By Tessa DeCarloWATERMELON TIME! The Plastic Fantastic Universe of Tsai Ming Liang
– By David WilentzWASSUP ROCKERS (First Look Studios)
– By Sarahjane BlumMonsters and Madmen box
– By David WilentzDouble Life of Veronique (Criterion)
Yojimbo/Sanjuro: Two Films by Akira Kurosawa (Criterion Collection)
– By David Wilentz
Fiction
The Accidental Oracle
– By Kurt StrahmMondongo
– By Amiri Baraka
Poetry
In the Still Cave of the Witch Poesy
– By Geoffrey Cruickshank-HagenbuckleA Mania, More or Less; Immeasurable, Fervor; Lost Mouth
– By Garrett KallebergRevival, Naked Ladies with Cranes and Crows
– By Mary Donnelly
LastWords
The most important five minutes or free diving
– By Geneviève Brisac