March 2010
The “March 2010” Issue of the Brooklyn Rail was published on March 4, 2010.
Editor’s Message
IN DUBIOUS BATTLE
– By Theodore Hamm
Local
The Fixers' Collective; Repairing the World, One Lamp at a Time
– By Eleanor J. BaderSeeing the Navy Yard
– By Theodore HammWaiting for Tables
– By Nancy Agabian
Express
A MODEST IMPERIALIST: William T. Vollmann
– By Steven RossOUTPERFORMING CAPITALISM
– By R. H. LossinThe Cost of Capitalism
– By Christopher MichelReading to Live
– By Jenny HendrixCalling Poker's Bluff
– By Alex Gallo-BrownTurn That Frown Upside Down
– By Katie RolnickQuiet Riot
– By Margaret EbyThe Olympics Parade of Nation-y Peoples
– By Jill Magi
ArtSeen
A Statement from the ARTSEEN Editors
– By ARTSEEN StaffTINO SEHGAL
– By Claudia La RoccoROBERT RYMAN Large-small, thick-thin, light reflecting, light absorbing
– By John YauWILLIAM KENTRIDGE Five Themes
– By Thomas MicchelliFREDERICK SOMMER'S PARADIGM OF ART AND REALITY
– By Robert C. MorganWHIRLED PEAS AND LYING BY DEGREES
– By Shane McAdamsVIRGIL MARTI
– By Kara L. RooneyTHE GRAPHIC UNCONSCIOUS
– By Emily WarnerSFMOMA: 75 YEARS OF LOOKING FORWARD
– By Tessa DeCarloSTUART SHILS Selected Paintings
– By Greg LindquistARTS OF ANCIENT VIET NAM: FROM RIVER PLAIN TO OPEN SEA
– By David St.-LascauxEMIL ALZAMORA Random Mutations That Work
– By Lyle RexerTWILIGHT VISIONS: SURREALISM, PHOTOGRAPHY, AND PARIS
– By Valery OisteanuLOUISE BELCOURT
– By Sharon L. Butler
Books
TATTERS OF SONG
– By Barry SchwabskyROBERT LOWELL AND JORGE LUIS BORGES: TWO KINGS, ONE PAIR OF TROUSERS
– By Jesse Tangen-Mills"DEFUSING THE THREAT": AMIS AND BALLARD, AESTHETICS AND BIOGRAPHY
– By Brendan ByrneALL STORIES END IN DEATH
– By Justin MitchellA GARDENER OF THIS AND THAT
– By Christopher VolaRAPID TRANSIT
– By Jeffrey Cyphers Wright
Music
PLEASE RESPECT HER DECADENCE: ALGEBRA SUICIDE: SUMMER VIRUS NIGHT (DOM ELCHKLANG)
– By José PaduaJEREMY OWEN TURNER
– By Ellen PearlmanROCK 'N' ROLL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
– By Dave MandlTHE ACADEMY IN PERIL: AN EVENING WITH JOHN CALE AT MOMA
– By Jamian Juliano-VillaniADDING FUEL TO THE FIRE: THE BESNARD LAKES
– By Katy HenriksenKOSTI'S APHORISMS ON MUSIC
– By Richard KostelanetzOuttakes: One Day In The Life Of A Recording Session
– By Steve Dalachinsky
Dance
INCITING EXPERIENCE
– By Dalia RatnikasWORLD REMAKING IN KATHY WESTWATER'S PARK
– By Thom DonovanDANCING ON SCREEN, BIG AND SMALL
– By L.J. Sunshine, Evan Namerow, and Michelle VellucciA NEW THEATER AND NEW OPPORTUNITIES AT BARYSHNIKOV ARTS CENTER
– By Evan NamerowTRADITION AND POP COLLIDE: KEIGWIN + COMPANY AT THE JOYCE THEATER
– By Trina ManninoHYPOTHETICAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR TWO
ONE PLUS ONE EQUALS WONDERMENT JUDITH SÁNCHEZ RUIZ AND SOULEYMANE BADOLO AT DANSPACE PROJECT
– By David St.-LascauxEMERGENT CHOREOGRAPHERS IMPRESS AT FRESH TRACKS 2010
– By Mary Love Hodges
Film
SPARTACUS Is there No purpose beyond the blood?
– By Sarahjane BlumHELL UP NORTH
– By Bruce Bennett
Theater
The Diary Of A Teenage Girl
– By Trish HarnetiauxAn excerpt from The Diary of a Teenage Girl
– By Marielle HellerObject Collection's Cabinet of Wonders
– By Miriam Felton-DanskyIN DIALOGUE: Kia Corthron's Cool Dip
Waxing Ten: WaxFactory's Delirium 27
– By Alan LockwoodWhen It Comes to Tennessee, Target Margin Doesn't Blanche
– By Mallery Avidon
Fiction
An Excerpt From Passes Through
– By Rob StephensonTragic Strip
– By T. Motley
Poetry
Two
– By Mariana Ruiz FirmatMy Twin
– By Jordan DavisBAD WORDS TO THE RADIO
– By Kyle Schlesinger