With the gay marriage debates once again heating up in the United States and, of course, on Facebook, and actor Tilda Swinton’s sleeping in a glass box at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, now felt like the perfect time to revisit Canadian-Ukrainian artist Taras Polataiko’s Sleeping Beauty performance artwork, which went viral in the fall [...]
Here’s a Katy Perry tribute story that I read at last month’s POP TRAUMA event. Please keep in mind that I squirted whipped cream from my crotch while reading this piece to an audience. Enjoy and please do your part to keep the pop trauma alive. A Portal into My Teenage Dream by Alicia Eler I [...]
He meanders through the castle grounds in a green glass carriage. Later, he hops onto a sailboat.
I adorn you with pink flowers, loose edges of petals dripping from my tongue. I adore you from afar, across the green grass of the schoolyard. The gym teacher punts the rubbery red ball my way; I ignore it. I gaze at you. I stand here, silently worshipping at your altar of adolescence. For you [...]
St. Louis reminds me of Kansas City, Missouri, with its warehouse-filled downtown area, and its mix of the South and the Midwest. I took a giant Megabus to get here, winding through cornfields and flatlands. When I was at the gas station-slash-diner, I bought some beef jerky in a plastic bag. The cashier was strict [...]
Hello and welcome to your new chat session! Me: Hi Marlene how are you. Long time no see SEXXXYY Marlene Dietrich: … You have been logged out of the chat session due to inactivity. ———- Hello and welcome to your new chat session! Me: Hey Shirley what’s up you free LOL hey you [...]
CHICAGO — What does it mean, bodily, physically, emotionally, mentally, and perhaps spiritually, to be what Simone de Beauvoir deemed “the second … [Read More...]
Slipping the fur skin of a dead animal over a perfectly crafted taxidermy form produces a visual illusion of life, much in the tradition of a trompe … [Read More...]
Abigail DeVille ICEBERG PROJECTS 7714 N Sheridan Road April 13–June 1, 2013 If “X” marks the spot, and three Xs mean “poison, do not … [Read More...]
