#A: An Envelope Magazine of Visual Poetry

[marcogiovenale]

"after words: visual and experimental poetry in little mags and small presses, 1960-2025": exhibition and book

After Words: Visual and Experimental Poetry in Little Magazines and Small Presses, 1960-2025, (catalogue and exhibition), Curated by Steve Clay and M. C. Kinniburgh of Granary Press, The Grolier Club, New York, NY, April 23 – July 26, 2025 [from garadinervi & Granary Books] Clay, Steve and M.C. Kinniburgh: AFTER WORDS: VISUAL AND EXPERIMENTAL POETRY IN LITTLE MAGAZINES AND SMALL PRESSES,…

[leejenowrld]

what are some of the hobbies the characters of bty have? other than the very known ones such as singing. i feel like all of them have some sort of cool party trick/ unknown cool things that they do in their daily lives for fun!

y/n — sudoku, flower pressing, collaging like it’s her religion her calmest state is in complete silence with a pen and a puzzle book. she doesn’t talk about it, but she can do advanced logic grids in ink without blinking. she presses flowers in wax paper inside her textbooks and sometimes mails them to people in envelopes with no note. she cuts up old magazines and composes entire moodboards based on a single line of poetry. once made a collage from cigarette boxes and surgical tape that someone mistook for a gallery piece.

jeno — sleight of hand, fixing cars, playing devil’s advocate for fun he has unnervingly quick hands. card tricks, coin flips, unlocking someone’s phone while kissing them—he does it to mess around but also to focus when he’s overstimulated. his real quiet joy is working on engines. he has a project car he never talks about. he works on it when he’s overwhelmed, music low, hoodie on, hands deep in grease. he also likes to challenge people intellectually when they least expect it—asking strange questions mid-party like “but if you had to pick one lie to live by, what would it be?”

mark — journaling, experimental cooking, fixing other people’s playlists he journals constantly but never calls it that. scraps of notebook paper, margins of receipts, voice notes he’ll never replay. he has intense creative bursts that result in 4AM banana-sriracha pancakes or meals with a single perfect bite and then chaos after. his secret love language is fixing your playlist order without asking—just shuffling the tempo so the songs hit better. he doesn’t say anything about it. you only notice when the next track drops and it feels right.

areum — photobooks, restoring vintage tech, documenting chaos she collects old camcorders, digitises footage, and obsessively edits aesthetic montages of the people around her—raw, dreamy, sometimes devastating. she’ll spend hours colour grading a clip of someone walking across a street in golden hour light. she also has a thing for fixing old objects—retro stereos, broken watches, antique lighters. it’s compulsive, almost emotional. like if she restores enough of the past, she can control what parts of it stay. her party trick is pulling people into the bathroom with her to take polaroids at exactly 2:03AM, “when everyone looks like themselves again.”

karina — nail art, tarot, documenting her crushes like it’s an archive she gets hyper-fixated on little details. she hand-paints her nails with teeny-tiny motifs—mismatched, symbolic, often referencing her mood or a private memory. she does tarot, but only for friends, and it weirdly always hits. her most secret hobby? she keeps a digital journal of her crushes—timestamps, conversations, screenshots, the one detail that made her fall for them, the exact moment she lost interest. not to be petty. to remember. to learn.

jaemin — calligraphy, custom cocktail creation, napkin doodles of everyone’s lives jaemin has perfect handwriting and uses it in dramatic ways—leaves quotes on bathroom mirrors, labels his spice rack like an apothecary, writes letters he never sends. he also makes bespoke cocktails for his friends based on their zodiac chart and what he thinks their heartbreak tastes like. and when drunk? he doodles people’s lives on napkins—tiny visual summaries, one-line truths that always hit too close.

donghyuck — designing fake brands, stitching his own clothes, mental games he creates full concept brands for fun—logos, names, even taglines. it started as a joke, now he has a folder of 40+ fake companies. he learned to sew in high school and now reworks thrifted pieces with chaotic precision—patches, slits, mismatched buttons. his mind is always buzzing, so he plays games in his head during conversations: guess who’s lying, predict who will leave first, what does this person wish they were brave enough to say?

chenle — recording voice notes of people laughing, flying drones, tactical games he’s obsessed with catching laughter on tape. real, ugly, belly laughter. he edits them into chaotic little tracks and sends them anonymously. he flies drones like a pro—started with racing ones, now does sweeping cinematic shots like he’s prepping for a film. he also lowkey hosts strategy nights—board games, war simulations, anything that requires ruthless logic and alliances. always wins.

shotaro — dancing late at night alone, building tiny furniture, tasting fruit like it’s wine he has full dance routines choreographed for songs that never existed. does them barefoot in the kitchen. he builds miniatures—furniture, dollhouses, perfect little sets. it’s meditative for him. his other thing? tasting fruit like a sommelier. he’ll try three types of peaches and say things like, “this one tastes like a memory i can’t name.” he isn’t being cute. he means it.

nahyun — collaging lyrics in secret notebooks, giving people fake nicknames, rearranging entire rooms at 3AM she writes lyrics from songs she hears in cafés, movie quotes, things people mutter half-asleep—then layers them into visual pages with candy wrappers, receipts, and paper clips. she gives everyone in her life a secret nickname they’ll never know. she rearranges furniture obsessively—it’s how she copes. at least twice a month she moves her bed for energy. she also secretly memorises the birthdays of everyone she’s ever loved and texts them something cryptic on that day.

[randombouquet]

Hello,

So this page is to try and experiment and grow creatively, finding ways to integrate AI to assist me in that (shout out to my fav collaborator Chat GPT). Taking daily time to try and flex and train those muscles with only myself to be accountable and disappoint.

We're starting off with a 30 day creativity challenge with small tasks and some big to keep me motivated and undettered.

Here's the outline:

30-Day Creativity Challenge for Your Blog

Day 1: Micro-Story MagicWrite a 100-word story based on the first object you see today.

Day 2: Snap & CaptionTake a photo of your morning routine and write a captivating caption.

Day 3: Mood PlaylistCreate and share a playlist that reflects your current mood, along with a brief description of your song choices.

Day 4: One-Sentence JournalSum up your day in one powerful sentence.

Day 5: Color Palette ChallengeCapture photos of objects in your surroundings that create a compelling color palette when put together.

Day 6: Character CreationWrite a brief introduction to a character you've just thought up, complete with quirks, likes, and dislikes.

Day 7: Photo RecreationRecreate a famous artwork or photograph in your style.

Day 8: Flash FictionWrite a 300-word flash fiction piece inspired by the word "Discovery".

Day 9: Virtual TourCreate a photo or video tour of your favorite spot in your home or city and describe why it's special to you.

Day 10: Quote InterpretationShare a quote that resonates with you and create a visual interpretation (drawing, photo, digital art).

Day 11: Review in HaikuWrite a haiku review of the last book, movie, or TV show you enjoyed.

Day 12: Shadow PlayTake a series of photos focusing on interesting shadows during different times of the day.

Day 13: The Sound of EmotionsRecord and share ambient sounds that represent your current mood, with a brief explanation.

Day 14: Dialogue ChallengeWrite an intriguing dialogue between two people who just met in an unusual circumstance.

Day 15: Creative CollageCreate a digital or physical collage that represents your week.

Day 16: Life in MonochromeCapture your day in black and white photos.

Day 17: Dreamy DescriptionsDescribe the most recent dream you remember with vivid details.

Day 18: Silhouette StoryPhotograph silhouettes during the golden hour and weave a short story around them.

Day 19: Letter to YourselfWrite a letter to your future or past self and seal it in an envelope (to be opened later).

Day 20: Nostalgia TripShare a childhood photo and narrate the memory associated with it.

Day 21: Recipe RemixInvent and photograph a new dish by remixing ingredients from two of your favorite meals.

Day 22: Urban SafariCapture the wildlife of your city (birds, insects, pets) through your lens.

Day 23: Minimalist ChallengeCompose and photograph a minimalist scene that conveys a strong emotion or story.

Day 24: Echo PoemWrite a poem where each line is a response or reflection to the previous one.

Day 25: Time-Lapse ArtCreate a time-lapse video of you drawing, painting, or crafting.

Day 26: Perspective PhotographyTake a photo that plays with perspective in an unusual way (e.g., forced perspective photography).

Day 27: Found PoetryCreate a piece of found poetry using headlines from old newspapers or magazines.

Day 28: Themed PhotoshootPlan and execute a themed photoshoot, detailing the process and inspiration.

Day 29: DIY DecorCreate and showcase a DIY decor project for your home or workspace.

Day 30: Reflection and ProjectionReflect on the 30-day creativity challenge with a blog post summarizing the experience, your favorite entries, and what you've learned about your creativity.

[hiromisuzukimicrojournal]

Voices in The Envelope at The Cerurove

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Voices in The Envelope

© visual poetry by hiromi suzuki, 2018

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12 pieces from microproject: Voices In The Envelope have been featured at The Cerurove Issue IV.

via The Cerurove Issue IV (Februaly 20, 2019)

[beautifulbizarremagazine]

INSIDE ISSUE 025 // RESERVE YOUR COPY TODAY! "There is a great deal of graceful poetry in Allen Williams' work. Often it feels like velvet, or wisps of violet grey smoke that envelops a body of his creation. Inviting us into his world, through visual metaphor and prose, we engage in a deeper understanding of his pieces and perhaps, embrace a more enlightened self within."⁣ .⁣ Read more about @i_justdraw and his work in Issue 025 of Beautiful Bizarre Magazine.⁣ .⁣ Preorder $13.49 // Subscribe $47.96 > beautifulbizarre.net/shop [link in our profile]⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #MakeArtTheHero #BeautifulBizarre #ArtMagazine #Art #newcontemporaryart #allenwilliams #drawing #darkart #surrealart — view on Instagram http://bit.ly/2VIcbXf

[femmesfollesnebraska]

Margot Glass: Artist

Margot Glass has several new goldpoint and graphite drawings at Garvey|Simon in NYC and can be viewed by appointment. (liz@garveysimon.com). She generously shares with LFF about her current exhibits and projects...

Tell me about your current/upcoming show/exhibit/book/project and why it’s important to you. What do you hope people get out of your work? I am currently participating in a show entitled Green Inspiration, which is a benefit supporting western Massachusetts agriculture and Mason Public Library in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. The Berkshires and Western Massachusetts region as a whole is close to my heart, as I find so much of my inspiration there., and I am happy to be included in this beautiful exhibition organized by Davis Gregory Art, who are based in the Berkshires, focusing on regional artists.  

Margot Glass: Daisy Fleabane, 2019, Gold point Currently on display in Green Inspiration

I am very excited about a show opening September 4th in Brooklyn NY called Plant Cure Brooklyn, which is the second iteration of an ongoing project organized by CENTRAL BOOKING, a non-traditional gallery based in Brooklyn , focusing on book arts and science themed shows. This show was curated in partnership with The Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and revolves around the theme of medicinal plants. They have published a catalogue for the show, and I am so happy to be included in this project for the second time. I am particularly honored to have my dandelion drawing selected for the exhibition poster image for both Plant Cure shows. Their first show took place on the Lower East Side in NYC a couple of years ago. I have two pieces in this current show, one of which is a slightly new direction in my work. Dandelion Field Samples (2019) is a group of twelve small drawings on panel. The image and wall label are pasted in below: This cluster of dandelion fragments on panel imagines the plant specimens pulled from a vasculum, or botanist’s field sample collection box.  The elements include all parts of the plant, from root to blossom, to provide the reference information necessary for accurate botanical documentation.  These drawings examine the fragility of the dandelion plant in its structural elegance and ephemerality, highlighting the beauty and preciousness of a valued medicinal plant viewed by many to be an invasive weed.  

Dandelion Field Samples, 2019, graphite on panel. Dimensions Variable, approx 12 x 18”

Next month, I am very honored to have a gold point drawing included in the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation at Carnegie Mellon University’s International Exhibition series. The Hunt owns that drawing, and a catalog will be published to accompany this exhibit as well. Katherine Tyrrell of Botanical Art and Artists included my image in her coverage of this exhibition, link below: https://www.botanicalartandartists.com/news/artists-exhibiting-at-the-16th-international-exhibition-of-botanical-art-at-the-hunt-institute I was honored and thrilled to have one of my dandelion drawings selected for the cover image of the 2019 Summer issue of Orion Magazine. They included reproductions of two drawings in the issue as well. I was interviewed for the magazine’s “Behind the Cover” story, which was a wonderful experience. We spent a morning on a nature walk and then had a studio visit.  This drawing is currently on display at Focus on Nature at the Roberson Museum in Binghamton, New York through January 2020. https://orionmagazine.org/2019/08/behind-the-cover-margot-glass-dandelion/

I am very much looking forward to being included in a winter show about Silhouettes,  taking place at the New York Historical Society in 2020. I will be showing a gold point dandelion drawing in that exhibition. As a native New Yorker, it is particularly exciting to me to have my work on display in a NY City museum, having spent my formative years feeling so inspired by the art I saw in museums and galleries all over the city. 

Grasses 2019 graphite on paper at Garvey Simon New York.

Because making this work is such a solitary pursuit for me, having these wonderful opportunities to share what I do with an audience has felt validating, to confirm that what I am making resonates with someone beyond my studio work table. I find that I process what I am seeing through drawing, and my wish is to hopefully highlight the value of the more modest and less desirable plants out there for someone else to see. I find such exquisite delicacy and beauty in these weeds and wildflowers, and in a broader sense, they reflect how I find beauty and inspiration in the world. There is so much out there clamoring for attention, so much visual noise, yet there is so much quiet elegance and beauty right in front of us. This botanical theme for me comes from the same inspiration that drives me in my drawings and paintings about envelopes and paper. The same ephemerality and modest subject matter are what inspire me to examine these subjects closely. I am also working on a series of silverpoint feather drawings, which I feel is completely connected to these other subjects. Metal point and graphite provide a level of luster and play of light that enhance the decorative characteristics of these plant forms, to elevate them and convey the beauty of line and form.

www.margotglass.com 

http://www.garveysimon.com/artists/margot-glass

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Les Femmes Folles is a volunteer organization founded in 2011 with the mission to support and promote women in all forms, styles and levels of art from around the world with the online journal, print annuals, exhibitions and events; originally inspired by artist Wanda Ewing and her curated exhibit by the name Les Femmes Folles (Wild Women). LFF was created and is curated by Sally Deskins.  LFF Booksis a micro-feminist press that publishes 1-2 books per year by the creators of Les Femmes Folles including the award-winning Intimates & Fools (Laura Madeline Wiseman, 2014) , The Hunger of the Cheeky Sisters: Ten Tales (Laura Madeline Wiseman/Lauren Rinaldi, 2015 and Mes Predices (catalog of art/writing by Marie Peter Toltz, 2017).Other titles include Les Femmes Folles: The Women 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 available on blurb.com, including art, poetry and interview excerpts from women artists. A portion of the proceeds from LFF books and products benefit the University of Nebraska-Omaha’s Wanda Ewing Scholarship Fund.

Current call for collaborative art-writing: http://femmesfollesnebraska.tumblr.com/post/181376606692/lff-2019-artistpoet-collaborations

Current call: What does being a womxn mean to you? http://femmesfollesnebraska.tumblr.com/post/183697785757/what-does-being-a-womxn-today-mean-to-youyour

[penultimatesaint]

I think I know what my problem is.

When I was a kid, my dad kept a Mad Magazine subscription running for me. My brother and I would go to his house and enthusiastically tear into each new issue. Spy Vs. Spy, caricatures of celebrities and politicians I didn't know, the absurd-yet-not-unrelatable misery of Monroe...

But of course the first thing I read was the letters other kids had sent in. I read them and wondered how -Ed. would insult me if I gave them a chance.

So I did. I wrote a letter...a long letter. I drew pictures. I asked them questions. I told them which Tom was my favorite Tom. By the time I was done I needed a manila envelope to mail it in.

Sealing it, I said to my dad, "There's so much stuff in here, they'll *have* to respond to *something*!"

He said he didn't think so, which I was hurt by at the time--but he was right. Of course he was. It was unfocused, multi-media child spew.

Which is basically how I live my whole life, art-wise.

I learned how to knit last year! I picked up 3D modeling this year! I've done pencils, pens, highlighters, sharpies, pastels, charcoal, origami, papercrafting, still lifes, comics, poetry, mix-and-match books, short stories, novels, visual novels, digital painting, irl painting, animation, sculpting, cooking, very bad attempts at music, sewing for humans, sewing for dolls, so many tutorials, autobiographical junk like this post...

I'm still a kid stuffing a manilla envelope.

I called it a problem in the title, but I don't know! I love having experienced all these different sides to art, even the ones I wasn't any good at. I'm fascinated by Art the Broad Concept more than any particular medium.

If I could improve at limiting scope and increasing focus within a given work, though...yeah, that would probably help.

In unrelated news, I'm writing an entire self-help book for my visual novel. I assure you it is integral to my vision.

[csx452]

What is a Poem?

When some students ask about what is a poem, it usually described likes this. Either a painting in colorful words, a song that describes a certain beauty that can’t be described and rhymes. Depending on the individual, that answer won’t satisfy them. That is why some teachers ask to their students to bring something that has a value to them, and explain to the object in a first person view, which is can be another to describe a poem. One kid describes the gas mask he brought as a weird device that helps people breath in dangerous circumstances for a short amount of time, but can also have future use when everyone needs me. What this explains is that the poem in general is a strange idea that does not operate like the world does and operates on its own rules. While it is strange many people got use it with prayers such “Our father who art in heaven; but when you think back on it, you question what is really a poem.

In another example the author explains he did not understand a poem when he was younger such as Matthew Arnold’s “Dover Beach” but could not understand the concept of it, and begun to dislike it as to him every poem was annoying, a scribble of words, that he though got away of real understanding and as well as true feelings. Yet to those who are writers and poets, it might make more sense to them as they understand the concept of poetry more clearly than others. Through looking at magazines or being online, the poem is best described as by what it is not, a prose that runs constant from the left to the right margins of the page with line breaks unpredictable line breaks. For the poem want to you read it not just look at it: I am different. I am special. I am other. Ignore me at your peril.

And when you read the poem you become disappointed  due to how bland it can be or how it can be summed up with a simple moral that can easily found , or how the poem puzzles the opening understanding. Some might be thinking that poetry is useless, for it cannot compare to the  sublime combo of lyrics, instruments, and melody of music or the novel that can help us escape or explore real or imaginary worlds. Even though Poetry can be a home for deep feelings, stunning images, beautiful lyricism, tender reflections, and/or biting wit, it just that other arts and technologies can do all of that better or more so. Yet, a poem can help the mind play with its much travelled markings of thought, and can even help reroute those patterns by making us see the familiar anew. But although poems embodied ambiguity it is not what you want. If you can’t tells what a poem is. As a poem can’t be a machine or an animal in comparison for it won’t make sense in slightest .

Furthermore, a book of poems presents itself as a thing for its own sake.  For the poem is something that can be reach like a mental object, as it can still be in your head, like the lyrics in a song for a long time. Not only that the poem that is staring in your face, such as the one in the page of New Yorker, something that you might wonder if it reads you as you read it, and if the poem you reading captures your interest or was it was a waste of time. Nevertheless, it can be said some read the poem for the sake of it, not to be seen as a product to be constantly published, since the poem is a text—a product of writing and rewriting. So, poems for its own sake or sake-ness are poems that put their made-ness in your face, and also called visual poems, concrete poems, shape poems, or calligrammes. This also includes George Herbert’s “Easter Wings” from the 17th century, as the poem is created in the wings of a bird, making us notice it as a blotch with a meaning.

The next poem from the 19th century  French poet Stéphane Mallarmé was called Un Coup de Dés (“A Throw of the Dice”). The book-length poem uses the boundaries of the page to its advantages, such as the gutter or the seam in the middle of the book, which is the alley where the dice or words are thrown but also uses black type, font styles, and white space. This poem allows readers to make numerous connections between the lines and phrases from reading up, down, across to in combination, or according to specific fonts, with some scholars viewing Un Coup de Dés as a herald to hypertext.

As readers, we have a certain freedom in how we navigate the poem, yet in space, it will need more work, self-motivation, willpower, and even a certain degree of disorientation. This leads to poems having a particular predicament, as the poems are so strange and so other that other people would likely ignore them. The poem from the 1960s by Aram Saroyan is called lightght. And yes, that is the whole poem, which might seem mindless, as some students tried to understand the idea of the poem, where light is implied, but the typo ght is suggested, which is the point. The idea is that the gh in light is silent, so we don’t pronounce it, leading to the double gh making us realize it more. As the poem calls the interest of language itself, the parts you can combine letters with, and the relationship between sound and sense, with the word light being made new, if only for a single moment. 

For in Saroyan’s own words: The crux of the poem is to try and make the ineffable, which is light—which we only know about because it illuminates something else — into a thing.” For when you come across any poem, it should not be thought of as a thing of grace, but as simply something, as language is all metaphor thought of by linguists and theorists in the first place. Yet a poem still has the power to surprise others for a single moment outside all the real and virtual, the audio and digital chatter that envelopes it. And since the poem might be argued, it is just a metaphor for all that can’t be on it or just a replacement for a live event or feeling. Not only that a Jewish tradition pointed out, but parents should also teach their kids to love Talmud by having them lick honey from the pages instead of reading it first; that would seem an ideal way to experience both bee spit and poetry.

[theideaofthebook]

The third and largest issue of the envelope magazine ‘ABC’ where the ‘editorial policy was to accept everything that arrives in 200 copies by the (flexible) deadline.’ Edited by Jeremy Adler and published by The National Poetry Centre, featuring concrete and visual poetry by artists from across the world including G. J. de Rook, Betty Radin, Jennifer Pike, bpNichol, Maurizio Nannuci, Jackson Mac Low, Dom Sylvester Houedard (dsh), P. C. Fencott, Paul Dutton, Bob Cobbing, among others. Sold.

[streamingstream]

Bay Area March Dance Checklist

[Theater] Betroffenheit  

By Kidd Pivot and Electric Company Theatre

https://calperformances.org/performances/2016-17/theater/kidd-pivot-electric-company-theatre-betroffenheit.php

Sat, March 11, 8pmVenue: Zellerbach Hall Price: Tickets start at $30 

Two of Canada’s most renowned companies join forces in an emotionally visceral dance-theater experience that examines with unflinching honesty—through comedy and drama, poetry and movement—the shock that besets you in the wake of a disaster. While the work’s extended metaphors encompass weighty concepts like the inability of words to express suffering and the labyrinth of addiction, the overarching message is one of hope and the human capacity to endure. “Utterly compelling…one of the most visually memorable and emotionally powerful performances of the festival."—The Examiner, Dublin Please note: This performance contains strobe-like effects, nontoxic theatrical haze, and strong language. 

120 minutes, including intermission.

Contemporary Voices - Program 5.  SF BALLET 

https://www.sfballet.org/season/repertory/program-05

FUSION // SALOME // FEARFUL SYMMETRIES This program shows you where ballet is heading. East meets west in Yuri Possokhov’s expansive ballet Fusion. Next is Salome, the first major American commission for Arthur Pita—the self-styled “David Lynch of dance.” Program 5 closes with Liam Scarlett’s physical and deeply sensual Fearful Symmetries which debuted to standing ovations in 2016. Salome deals with mature themes and subject matter. Not recommended for children under 12. ­

3/9Thursday7:30 pm 3/11Saturday2:00 pm 3/11Saturday8:00 pm 3/14Tuesday7:30 pm 3/15Wednesday7:30 pm .  FREE Pointes of View Lecture at 6:05 pm

Must-See Balanchine

https://www.sfballet.org/season/repertory/program-04

Details can be found in the last post:

http://streamgao.tumblr.com/post/158103204266/must-see-balanchine%E6%97%A7%E9%87%91%E5%B1%B1%E8%8A%AD%E8%95%BE%E8%88%9E%E5%9B%A2%E4%B9%8B%E5%B7%B4%E5%85%B0%E9%92%A6%E5%BF%85%E7%9C%8B

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater @ Cal performances

http://calperformances.org/performances/2016-17/dance/alvin-ailey-american-dance-theater.php

SHOWTIMES: Tuesday, March 14th @ 8pm [ZH] Wednesday, March 15th @ 8pm [ZH] Thursday, March 16th @ 8pm [ZH] Friday, March 17th @ 8pm [ZH] Saturday, March 18th @ 2pm [ZH] Saturday, March 18th @ 8pm [ZH] Sunday, March 19th @ 3pm [ZH] A pillar in the American arts landscape for more than a half century, the revered Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns for its annual residency, with a bold mix of new and recent works as well as timeless Ailey classics, including his unforgettable and uplifting Revelations. "Restraint and release, spirituality and energy: they are all there in Ailey’s masterpiece, Revelations” (Financial Times). Program: Program A (3/14, 3/17, 3/19) BIGONZETTI Deep* (2016; music: Ibeyi) INGER Walking Mad** (2016, music: Ravel, Arvo Pärt) BATTLE Ella* (2008; music: Ella Fitzgerald) AILEY Revelations (1960; music: Traditional Spirituals) Program B (3/15, 3/18 eve) AILEY Night Creature (1974; music: Duke Ellington) AILEY Cry (1971; music: Alice Coltrane, Laura Nyro, The Voices of East Harlem) ABRAHAM Untitled America* (2016; music: Laura Mvula, Joe Andrews, Tom Halstead, Carsten Nicolai Edition, Kris Bowers) HARRIS Exodus (2015; music: Raphael Xavier) Program C (3/16, 3/18 mat) WILSON The Winter in Lisbon (1992, new production; music: Dizzy Gillespie and Charles Fishman) BOYKIN r-Evolution, Dream.* (2016; music: Ali Jackson) AILEY Revelations (1960; music: Traditional Spirituals) * Bay Area Premiere ** Ailey Bay Area Premiere

Black Grace

http://live.stanford.edu/calendar/march-2017/black-grace

Sun, March 19, 2017 at 2:30pm  

Stanford Live

327 Lasuen Street, Bing Concert Hall, Stanford, CA 94305

An inspiring weave of South Pacific traditions and modern dance, Black Grace, founded 20 years ago by Neil Ieremia- a then 19-year-old New Zealand bank clerk- moves with a dynamic athleticism and rhythmic intensity that brings worldwide audiences to their feet. With an international array of superb, risk-taking dancers from Maori, Samoan, and New Zealand cultures, the much-honored Black Grace is rich in storytelling expressed with raw finesse, unique beauty, and power.

PROGRAM

Minoi (1999)

Pati Pati (2009)

Crying Men – Excerpt (new work)

Mother Mother (premiered 2013)

2017 Dance Downtown Season

http://www.odc.dance/dancedowntown

Two Weeks Only: March 23 - April 2, 2017

Thu 3/23 at 7:30pm | Opening Night (Program A) Fri 3/24 at 8:00pm | Gala (Special Program) Sat 3/25 at 7:30pm Sun 3/26 at 5:00pm | Balcony Talk Thu 3/30 at 7:30pm | Opening Night (Program B) Fri 3/31 at 7:30pm | Balcony Talk & LGBTQ Night Sat 4/1 at 7:30pm Sun 4/2 at 5:00pm | Balcony Talk

“The dancing is always excellent: full-bodied and expansive, without being showy or brawny.”                                      ——– The New Yorker

San Francisco’s internationally acclaimed contemporary dance company ODC/Dance celebrates its 46th season with two world-premieres, live music, and the reprise of Brenda Way’s Walk Back the Cat and Kate Weare’s Giant.

PROGRAM 

WEEK 1

“Blink of an Eye” (World Premiere) by KT Nelson

“Giant” (2015) by Kate Weare

Gala Special Program: March 24 only

Blink of an Eye explores our ephemeral place in time, space, and history, through the use of historical costume accessories, hand held theatrical lights, and music from divergent historical periods. It was influenced by Ms. Nelson’s six-week pilgrimage to the Camino de Santiago, a route to the shrine of the apostle St. James the Great in northwestern Spain.

Blink of an Eye is made possible by contributions from the Amphion Foundation, Richard Grand Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Bernard Osher Foundation, and the Kenneth Rainin Foundation

Giant plays with perceptions of the heroic body by fantasizing out loud about potency and valor. Playing with scale and feeling, Giant flips from idea to idea, toying with our assumptions of where — and how — power lies. Dubbed “the voice of the ‘it’s complicated’ generation,” by Dance Magazine, Weare charts her own humanism by tackling head-on the violence, sensuality, and yearning for intimacy that mark our age. Giant is made possible by White Bird’s ‘Barney’ Creative Prize and ODC’s Artistic Venture Fund.

Celebrate ‘Women on the Move’ with an evening of cocktails, dinner, spectacular performances by ODC/Dance, and an after-party at the St. Regis and YBCA. This unforgettable night will feature the performance of Kimi Okada’s Two if by Sea, as well as excerpts of KT Nelson’s Blink of an Eye, Kate Weare’s Giant, and Triangulating Euclid, Brenda Way and KT Nelson’s collaboration with Kate Weare. More info here.

WEEK 2

“Walk Back the Cat” (2016) by Brenda Way

“What we carry What we keep” (World Premiere) by Brenda Way

Way’s Walk Back the Cat excavates the circuitous journey of the choreographic process and arrives in a world inspired by Thomas Hart Benton’s muscular and vital murals of American City Life in the 1930s. With live music by Paul Dresher, Emily Packard, and Doug Morton. Walk Back the Cat is made possible by contributions from The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Bonus Event: 

Luminary: Art, Tech, Music

http://www.futurefires.com/

The Midway SF 900 Marin St San Francisco, CA

Future Fires & The Midway Present:

Luminary, a first-of-its-kind Bay Area event premieres on March 18, 2017 at The Midway, offering a unique and immersive live experience. Explore the visionary work of creators and musicians from around the world using emerging technologies: immersive audio, drones, VR, projection mapping, and more. Future Fires and The Midway are thrilled to announce this groundbreaking collaboration, the first in an ongoing series. Luminary presents the emerging domain of code-based art in a spacious environment, showcasing brilliant music and installation pieces from local and international creators. Featured musical artist is Shigeto, whose music “carries searing emotion and is cross-wired of a host of different musical influences.” (Pitchfork). Experience three dimensional spatial audio in an early preview of Envelop at the Midway’s 32 speaker sound system, featuring live music created by one it’s founders, Christopher Willits, and other special guests. Artists-in-residence Can Buyukberber and Yagmur Uyanik premiere a stunning, large-scale projection-mapped piece in the Midway Gallery. Experience performances and exhibitions representing a wide range of genres throughout the evening. More information and tickets: futurefires.com/luminary LUMINARY Featuring- Shigeto (Ghostly International) Can Büyükberber Christopher Willits in Envelop Yağmur Uyanık Joey Verbeke ecco screen Karen Marcelo Graham Plumb Marpi Mikey Disko Aerial Sports League Alex Andre NANO Special Exhibitions- Flying Robots International Film Festival Building, the Future with Britelite Immersive Nature / Unnature - VR with Dream Logic The Moshi Project - Hip-Hop & Code Live Music in ENVELOP at The Midway by- Christopher Willits in Envelop Mark Slee in Envelop The Ride in Envelop Snuise in Envelop Manitous in Envelop ENVELOP at The Midway: Envelop will have an early preview at Luminary on March 18th. Envelop at The Midway is an immersive sound environment, consisting of an 8-column, 28.4 channel audio and lighting system running an open source software toolkit. As You Like It in the Gods & Monsters Room (10pm-2am)- Fort Romeau (Ghostly International) Patrice Scott (Sistrum Recordings) Tyrel Williams (Housepitality/ Secret Studio)

Event schedule

Most Luminary exhibits will be continuous throughout the evening.

5:30     VR - Tilt Brush by Google, Artist Demo  (Producers Pass)

6:00     Envelop - (Producers Pass)

7:00     Flying Robot International Film Festival

7:00     Nature / Unnature  - VR with Dream Logic

8:30     Moshi Project

8:40     NANO

8:55     Marpi (Interactive)  

​9:30     Shigeto - Headline Musical Artist

10:00   As You Like It - DJ sets

10:45   NANO / Marpi / Moshi  

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The second issue of the envelope magazine ‘AB’ where the ‘editorial policy was to accept everything that arrives in 200 copies by the (flexible) deadline.’ Edited by Jeremy Adler and published in 1973 in an edition of 200 by The National Poetry Society, featuring concrete and visual poetry by artists from across the world including Miroljub Todorovic, Mira Schendel, Peter Mayer, Dom Sylvester Houedard, Mike Gibbs, Peter Finch, P. C. Fencott, Jennifer Cobbing, Bob Cobbing, and Robert Caldwell, among others. Sold.