April 2010
The “April 2010” Issue of the Brooklyn Rail was published on April 2, 2010.
Editor’s Message
WATCH THE CLOSING DOORS
– By Theodore Hamm
Local
Brooklyn Food Coalition Helps Gardens Grow
– By Eleanor J. BaderUnionDocs Brings Auteurs Together
– By Lisa Riordan Seville
Express
Questions for Tariq Ali
THE ACCIDENTAL COP
– By Doug CordellMexico City: A Safe Haven?
– By Michael MillerTRANS SIBERIA
– By Greta Hansen, Cheryl Wing-Zi Wong, and Warm EngineWaygooks: Stories from Korea: Compiled and Edited by J. Scott Burgeson
Tibet's Continuing David and Goliath Story: Tenzing Sonam and Ritu Sarin with Williams Cole
– By Williams Cole and Williams ColeA Rebel and His Causes
– By Michael SandlinIt's Elementary...
– By Dylan ByersWhat the Wild Things Do
– By Christopher MichelShould Jackets Be Required?
– By Victoria Marini
Art
A SALUTE TO MARINA ABRAMOVIĆ
– By Carol Becker, Kate Gilmore, and Tehching HsiehRAIMUND ABRAHAM (1933-2010)
– By Lebbeus Woods, Peter Noever, and Massimo ScolariAFTERTHOUGHTS TO A CONVERSATION WITH SASHA SUDA
– By Willibald SauerländerA SALUTE TO CAROLEE SCHNEEMANN
– By Jonas Mekas, Irving Sandler, and Patricia CroninMARK GREENWOLD WITH JOHN YAU
SHIRLEY JAFFE WITH RAPHAEL RUBINSTEIN
URSULA VON RYDINGSVARD WITH IRVING SANDLER & JOHN YAU
Martin Wilner WITH PHONG BUI
David Reed In Conversation with Phong Bui
Greetings, Friends! (with apologies to Roger Angell)
– By Michael Straus
ArtSeen
YUN-FEI JI Mistaking Each Other for Ghosts
– By Ben La RoccoROBERT GROSVENOR
– By Greg LindquistREADYMADES REMADE (AFTER CONSUMPTION): DETRITUS AS ART
– By Robert C. MorganDEAN MONOGENIS Above the Railing, Above the World
– By Shane McAdamsKEITH HARING: 20TH ANNIVERSARY
– By Hrag VartanianJAMES CASTLE: A RETROSPECTIVE
– By Tessa DeCarloMICHAEL MAZUR (1935-2009)
– By John YauJONATHAN GAMS (1951-2009)
– By Raphael RubinsteinWHITNEY BIENNIAL 2010
– By Sophie LandresGLIMPSES OF A POST-ANXIETY ERA: TURNING OVER THE WHITNEY BIENNIAL
– By Joan WaltemathBRUCENNIAL 2010: MISEDUCATION
– By Thomas MicchelliDOROTHEA ROCKBURNE Astronomy Drawings
– By Joan WaltemathSKIN FRUIT: SELECTIONS FROM THE DAKIS JOANNOU COLLECTION
– By Kara L. RooneyJEFF KEOUGH Skullscapes
– By Phong H. BuiLetter from TOKYO, GERHARD RICHTER New Overpainted Photographs
– By Terry R. MyersLetter from NAPLES, BAROCK-ART, SCIENCE, FAITH, AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE CONTEMPORARY AGE
– By Gilbert HsiaoTRACKS: ALLYSON MITCHELL, RADICAL CRAFT
– By Anne SwartzBILL JENSEN CHEIM & READ|FEBRUARY 18–MARCH 27, 2010
– By Phong H. BuiBILL ALBERTINI Space Frame Redux
– By David St.-LascauxOTTO DIX NEUE GALERIE MARCH 11–AUGUST 30, 2010
– By Dore AshtonPLAYING WITH PICTURES: THE ART OF VICTORIAN PHOTOCOLLAGE
– By Valery OisteanuDONALD JUDD AND 1O1 SPRING STREET
– By Phong H. BuiWHITNEY BIENNIAL 2010
– By Patricia Milder
Books
ABSOLUTE WILL
– By William S. NiederkornPRAISE THE BARD
– By John ReedSELF POSSESSION, SELF INVENTION
– By Scott HightowerSMALL WONDER
– By Nicolle ElizabethSTAKES LOW, DROWNS SLOW
– By B.C. EdwardsFOE FLOW
– By John MaderaEVERYTHING WHERE?
– By Kseniya MelnikTHE KINDNESS OF NEIGHBORS
– By Polly RosenwaikeRAPID TRANSIT
– By Jeffrey Cyphers Wright
Music
REGARDING HENRY
– By George GrellaA PRECARIOUS FLAG IS PLANTED: AMERICAN (INDIE) SONGBOOK AT LINCOLN CENTER
– By Daniel J. KushnerOUTTAKES
– By Steve DalachinskySECRET BEDROOM RECORDINGS REVEALED! WHITE HINTERLAND: KAIROS (DEAD OCEANS)
– By Katy HenriksenTHE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS WHERE HE GOES WHEN HE PARKS HIS CAR
– By Justin Vellucci
Dance
SIMONE FORTI with Claudia La Rocco
IN IT FOR THE DURATION: PERFORMANCE AT MOMA
– By L.J. SunshinePERFORMANCE MIX FESTIVAL, NOW IN ITS 24th YEAR
Father Figure: Hasselhoff and America in David Neumann's BIG EATER
– By Patricia MilderWHIRLWIND WORKOUT IN A TIGHT SPACE: BACKHAUSDANCE AT JOYCE SOHO
– By David St.-LascauxCONTINUAL REDUNDANCY
Film
IRKSOME BUT COMPELLING
– By David N. MeyerNAZIS? CHECK!
– By Tessa DeCarloFRAGMENTS AND MYSTERIOUS CONNECTIONS
– By Lu ChenHUNGER
– By Sarahjane Blum
Theater
10 Years of Big Art Group
– By Justin BondExcerpt from MILK by Emily DeVoti
– By Emily DeVotiIn the COOLER with Gary Winter
– By Kristen PalmerWaterlogged in Red Hook with Polybe + Seats
– By Hillary Miller
Fiction
Away Alone
– By Fran GordonNatural History of Dissolution
– By Anna MocklerIn the Fierce Light that Beats Upon the Throne
– By Anna MocklerTragic Strip
– By T. MotleyAn excerpt from The Last Patriarch By Najat El Hachmi Translated from the Catalan by Peter Bush
– By Najat El Hachmi and Peter Bush
Poetry
Two sections from DISTANCE DECAY
– By Cathy EisenhowerTwo Poems from IMMERSION KICK
– By Jeremy HoevenaarTWO
– By Filip MarinovichMATVEI YANKELEVICH with Geoffrey Cruickshank-Hagenbuckle
– By Geoffrey Cruickshank-HagenbuckleIf I Could Say This With My Body, Would I. I Would
– By Anne Waldman and Kiki Smith