"This book brings together new texts written to accompany 79 exhibitions organized by Bob Nickas between 1984 and 2011. Nickas chose one work to represent the memory of each exhibition, and through this visual "lens" he reflects on his activity as a curator, offering many behind-the-scenes views to the art world of the 1980s and 90s, as well as intimate recollections of the artists he worked with, and the art works he encountered over the years. ... [details]
Flyer / poster published in conjunction with an installation by Barbara Rubin which included a series of screenings and performances by invited artists, held in New York City, February 18 - March 2, [1967]. ... [details]
Schedule of independent films shown at The Kitchen Center May 1, 2, 3, 1979. Featured films, organized by Leandro Katz, included Jack Goldstein's "Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer," "Bone China," and "The Jump," Ericka Beckman's "We Imitate; We Break Up," Beth B and Scott B's "Black Box," Viktor Vondracek's "Mrs. ... [details]
Flyer advertising film showings at New York's Film-Makers' Cinematheque. Featured showings include "Blackmail," "Weegee's Underground Show," "Weegee's New York," "Hollywood Film," "The Idiot Box," "A Never-Before-Shown Film," "Child," "8MMS," "The Dunes of Truro," "Memories of an Unborn Baby," "Ineluctable Modality of the Visible," "Early Abstractions," "Heaven and Earth Magic Feature," and "Late Impositions. ... [details]
Double sided program for films presented at Film-Makers' Cinematheque from April - March, 1965. Films presented include "Forty Guns" and "Shock Corridor" by Samuel Fuller; "The Frantic, Pedantic, Semantic, Antic," by Ira Schneider; "A Fall Trip Home," by Nathanael Dorsky; "Ningen Dobutnen," by Yoji Kuri; "Love," by Takahiko Iimura; a new film by Andy Warhol; "Gardens of Tivoli," by Arthur Tress; the premiere of "The Lark" by Rudy Burkhardt; "Fireworks," "Eaux d' Artifice," "Inaugeration of the Pleasure Dome," "Scorpio Rising," by Kenneth Anger; Mike and George Kuchar retrospective including "A Reel of Home Movies," "The Slasher," "The Naked & the Nude," "The Thief and the Stripper," "I was a Teenage Rumpot," "Pussy on a Hot Tin Roof," "The Lurk," by Rudy Burckhardt; the premiere of "Sins of the Fleshapoids," by Mike Kuchar; Harry Smith retrospective; films of Jerry Joffen; Sidney Peterson retrospective including "Cage," "Lead Shoes," "Mr. ... [details]
Exhibition announcement poster published in conjunction with show held May 21 - June 10, 1951 at 60 East 9th st. in New York City. Organized by Leo Castelli. Artists included Alfred L. Copley, Rene Robert Bouche, James Brooks, Peter Busa, Theodore Brenson, Giorgio Cavallon, Nicolas Carone, Clement Greenberg, Willem de Kooning, Robert De Niro Sr. ... [details]
Issue edited by Beryl Korot and Megan Williams. Essays "Notes on Biotopology 1972," by Warren Brodey; "Notes from Stephen Waterman," by Stephen Waterman; "The Nutritive Context," by Frank Gillette; "Revolutionary Engineering: Towards a Counter-Technology Videotape Dance Therapy," by Louis Jaffe; "Video Handbook," by Parry Teasdale; "Westbeth: Plugging into the Master Antenna," by Dean Evenson; "Sony Modifications," by Eric Siegel; "Getting Wired: Interview with High Macdonald, Implications of Physiological Feedback Training," by Ralph Ezios; "Acid Programming: A Review of John Lilly's 'Human Biocomputer,'" by Robert Willig; "Game," by Mark LeBrun; "High School," by Danne Borgogno and Sukey Ginsberg, Ken Ryan, Shelley Surpin, and Pat Crowley; "Radio," by Jeff Smith and Lorenzo Milam; "Tegs 1994: A Review of Robert Theobald's 'Teg's 1994,'" by Allen Rucker; "Kybernetic Klassroom: A Report on the Work of Dean Brown using Computers in holistic education"; "Hardware: Converting a Television to a Monitor," by Dick Van Brunt, voiceless Video by Ant Farm, porta-back-pak by Media Access; "Feedback: Television Monologue Psychotherapy," by Harry Wilmer, M. ... [details]
Single sided flyer / film program published indexing showings on April 3 - 30, 1966. Films presented include "My Hustler" by Andy Warhol, "Blackmail" by Alfred Hitchcock, "Weegee's Underground Show," "Child" by Bob Cowan, "8mm Studies" by John Cavanaugh, three films by Leonard Lipton, "Match Girl" by Andy Meyer, "The Films of Harry Smith," "By The Law" by Lev Kuleshov, "Songs 1 -22" by Stan Brakhage, two evenings of experimental theater and film by Nam June Paik, "Hold Me While I'm Naked" by George Kuchar, "Leader" by Bruce Conner, "Cinematic magic from Austria" by Peter Kubelka, and "Japanese Experimental Film. ... [details]
Issue edited by John Irwin. Essays "Franz Kline," by Jules Langsner; "Paul Klee & Madame Scheyer," by Claire Isaacs; "Discussion," a conversation between Feitelson, Gerchik, Schifrin; "Vic Smith," by Vic Smith; "Coplans, DuCasse, Gordin, Hedrick, Ippolito, Smith, Zogbaum," a discussion. ... [details]
Vinyl record complication of audio by musicians and visual artists. Edited by Barbara Ess and Glenn Branca. Produced with the assistance of White Columns. Contributions by Larry Simon, Dara Birnbaum, Carla Liss, Bobby G, Wharton Tiers, Carol Parkinson, Nina Canal, Lee Ranaldo, Jenny Holzer, Annea Lockwood, Michael Smith, A. ... [details]