#Floristree

[no-pants-dan]

2010: spring 9th grade, fall 10th grade, ages 14-15. Came out as bisexual publicly on Facebook like a fuxking genius. Listened to a lot of one republic and pretty.odd by panic! Got super depressed. Spent nye in kansas.

2011: 15-16, 10th-11th. Continued to be very very depressed. Got my first smartphone and was introduced to Tumblr. Spent a lot of time on my life is average and six billion secrets. Smoked weed for the first time. Developed a medically sanctioned eating disorder after crying to my therapist that I hated my appearance and being encouraged to join a medical weight loss program. Got my learners permit. Spent nye babysitting and then drove my drunk ass mother home.

2012: 16-17, 11th-12th. Discovered trans people, followed not long after by discovering I was also trans. Started talking to an anonymous pen pal on tumblr. Started hanging out with the boys at school. Got my license, started working at mcdomald's, totaled my car. Stage managed my 1st production. Bought hunty. Tara was diagnosed and died 6 months later. Hurricane sandy made a mess of the whole county.

2013: 17-18, 12th-freshman year. Long distance dated my anonymous pen pal who turned out to be a cute Danish trans boy. Smoked weed with the boys and went to dennys a lot. Came out as trans to my mom. Graduated high school and had a legendary bonfire rager. Moved out of my childhood home and broke my foot in the process. Went to college, met archie, started testosterone, did poorly at school. Messy messy drunk nye party was the last time I ever saw my high school friends.

2014: 18-19, freshman - sophomore. Changed my major to gwst. Met many of the friends that would shape the next 4 years of my life. Spent the summer with lindsay in Baltimore, became friends with audrey and oliver, philly trans health conference, first pride (dc AND baltimore). Beach bees. Moved into an on-campus apartment. Started working at the women's center. Met Kieran. The first pumpkins. Nye at the copycat.

2015: 19-20, sophomore-junior. Started dating kieran. Stopped using testosterone but didn't tell anyone for 8 months. Learned about crystals and magic, went to the crystal fox for the first time. Moved into gay house. Took hunty to ida. Adopted raven. Fucked up at school and got evaluated for adhd.

2016: 20-21, ??????. Started working at Columbia academy part time. Got top surgery and had to withdraw from the semester. Kieran moved out and keagan moved in. Went to ida again but it felt wrong. Turned 21 I guess but I don't remember it (go figure). Went back to school but still did a bad job. Viv died. Broke up with kieran. Nye at floristree (sp?).

2017: 21-22. Mom had her hip replacement. Small foods, skillshare, domestic bliss and strife weaving together. My first vegetable garden. Still bad at school, last day at the women's center. Camping at assateague. Worked full time during the summer for the first time and spent a lot of time with oliver. Blair went to college and mom moved to new market with stu. Went to basscenter and got the egg. Did mushrooms in Kansas and did better in school. Solstice feast, hunty blows a tire. Everything started to fall apart. Nye at dutton's at the copycat.

2018: 22-23. Went to my first ritual and leaned really deep into spirituality. Wrote my thesis. Mouse infestation. Many night drives with Oliver. Wwp disaster. G in and out of hospital. My whole life fell apart. We put the dog down and looked for somewhere else to live. Saw bassnectar in Colorado. Moved to baltimore city. Mom and stu got married. Went camping at swallow falls. Took me 2 months before I could even confront the idea of unpacking. Fell in love with my little gremlin cat. Commuted to school and work but I fucking did it I finally graduated college. Nye at home watching horse fail videos and building a cat tree.

2019: 23-24. Finally felt settled into my new life. Started working full time but then quit my job when they didnt give me the raise I asked for. Mom and stu bought a house and moved to hagerstown. Took myself to California alone and met the Pacific Ocean. Started a new job as a nanny. Met Maggie and loved her immediately. Camping in new Germany. Garage raves. Hijinx in philly. Nye at Maggie's playing Mario kart.

[sangennaro]

I believe Kswift played Floristree bc she didn't take stranger's enthusiasm for what she did for granted. It's always the second generation in a style--who come to it as an established form with rules and not as something they're making up as they go along--that get vindictive towards the Inauthentic. That second generation is concerned with differentiating themselves in the market, which isn't a concern for the first generation because the style isn't a part of the market until there's a new generation convinced it's a viable path to success. (Certainly sometimes their appearance in turn convinces an originator that it's a path to success, and that's usually the exact point that bmore club producers/grime mcs/ etc start making tracks that could be mistaken for what's on American radio during the day)-- BUT: Inspired work begets fans, the most rabid of whom become emulators, and precisely because it's something they encountered and not something they channeled, the most rabid emulators become possessive.

All this is to say, Authenticity vs Inauthentic is a sales technique, a differentiation that begins to exist only when the art is for sale, and even then only to those concerned that a maximized return gets into the hands of the Right people--if I'm an ambitious emulator, that's obviously myself, but I could also be a customer in search of Authenticity-by-proxy.

I hear there are rumors in the universities that Authenticity as we conceive of it was invented by the real estate and tourism industries, to turn cheap neighborhoods into expensive ones ..

[elon]

TONIGHT! COME TO FLORISTREE, RAGE WITH MEE! (at Baltimore, Maryland) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvpC-Zel6EA/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=8ox6bwxsnjsg

[agneslovesart]

Baltimore’s New, Affordable Creative Hub Offers Questions and Answers

Inside Creative Labs by Thea Harvey-Brown The closures of Bell Foundry and Floristree suggested a grim outlook for Batlimore’s DIY arts scene. However, Creative Labs is a new space working to preserve the for-artists-by-artists tenet that drives collectives. Situated in an 18,000-square-foot warehouse, Creative Labs is an incubator of experimentation, designed to house affordable artist […] from BmoreArt | Baltimore Contemporary Art

[lcdscsm]

Live rendition of ‘Ultimate Care II’

[connorkizer]

Connor Kizer 1123 Gorsuch Ave, Baltimore, MD 21218 connor@whamcity.com (443) 800-0280 

Collaborative Projects

2003-2012 Ram Ones

2004 Wham City's Beauty and the Beast – Lumiere, Wham City (Copycat location), Baltimore MD

2005-2012 Santa Dads

2005 Sad Little Pony – the Sire, Current Gallery, Baltimore MD

2006 A New Play – narrator, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore MD

2007 Wham City Theater Night – various Baltimore Theater Project, Baltimore MD

2007-present   The Creepers

2008 They Should All Be Destroyed:  A Jurassic Park Play – Muldoon, Northeast Tour

2009 “Letters” (co-writer) – Reality and Revenge Ten Minute Play Festival, Leg, Annex Theater, Baltimore MD

2009 Matsukaze – voice of Matsukaze, Annex Theater, Baltimore MD

2009 Wham City and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull – various, Deleon White Gallery, Toronto ONT

2010 Collinsport  (co-writer) – Man in the Iron Mask, Annex Theater, Baltimore MD 

2011 Tlon (writer/director/performer)- Artscape, Baltimore MD

2010-12 Wham City Comedy Tour - various

2012- Less Miserable - Thenardier, Missoula Oblongata, Northeast Tour

2014 Chronotony – (writer/director/producer) E.M.P. Collective, Fields Festival, Baltimore MD

2014 Potatoes of August – Potato. E.M.P. Collective, Baltimore MD

2015 Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman – Grandpa, Annex Theater, Baltimore MD

2015 Behold! The Man – (writer/director) E.M.P. Collective, Baltimore MD

2015 The Magic Flute – Priest, Annex Theater, Baltimore MD

2015 Seasonings: A Musical Menu – (co-writer/director) Mondo Festo, Baltimore MD

2016 Adam’s Run – (co-director) Rodney Richards, Rhymes with Opera, New York City, NY

2016-present The Flowery

2016 The Flower Queen – (writer/director/producer/performer) Monster, Zodiac, Baltimore MD

2017 Fruits – Zane, Feral Woman, Baltimore MD

2017 A Good Man Is Hard to Find – (writer/producer) Bailey, Feral Woman, Baltimore MD

2017 (pending) Trool Day ­­– Gurgiev, Adult Swim, Atlanta GA

Theater

2004 Wham City's Beauty and the Beast – Lumiere, Wham City (Copycat location), Baltimore MD

2005 Sad Little Pony – the Sire, Current Gallery, Baltimore MD

2006 A New Play – narrator, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore MD

2007 Wham City Theater Night – various Baltimore Theater Project, Baltimore MD

2009 “Letters” (co-writer) – Reality and Revenge Ten Minute Play Festival, Leg, Annex Theater, Baltimore MD

2009 Matsukaze – voice of Matsukaze, Annex Theater, Baltimore MD

2009 Wham City and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull – various, Deleon White Gallery, Toronto ONT

2010 Collinsport  (co-writer) – Man in the Iron Mask, Annex Theater, Baltimore MD 

2011 Tlon (writer/director/performer)- Artscape, Baltimore MD

2010-12 Wham City Comedy Tour - various

2012- Less Miserable - Thenardier, Missoula Oblongata, Northeast Tour

2014 Chronotony – (writer/director/producer) E.M.P. Collective, Fields Festival, Baltimore MD

2014 Potatoes of August – Potato. E.M.P. Collective, Baltimore MD

2015 Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman – Grandpa, Annex Theater, Baltimore MD

2015 Behold! The Man – (writer/director) E.M.P. Collective, Baltimore MD

2015 The Magic Flute – Priest, Annex Theater, Baltimore MD

2015 Seasonings: A Musical Menu – (co-writer/director) Mondo Festo, Baltimore MD

2016 The Flower Queen – (writer/director/producer/performer) Monster, Zodiac, Baltimore MD

2017 Fruits – Zane, Feral Woman, Baltimore MD

2017 A Good Man Is Hard to Find – (writer/producer) Bailey, Feral Woman, Baltimore MD

Film

2016 Adam’s Run – (co-director) Rodney Richards, Rhymes with Opera, New York City, NY

2017 (pending) Trool Day ­­– Gurgiev, Adult Swim, Atlanta GA

Lectures

2005  “On Temporal Dimensions” – Wham City Lecture Series – Wham City (Copycat location), Baltimore MD

2005-9 “Slitherpuss Stories” – various

2008 “Emergence of Consciousness into the Noosphere” – Transmodern Festival, Baltimore MD

2008  “Emergence of Consciousness into the Noosphere” – Wham City at the Walters Museum, Baltimore MD

2009 “Connor Kizer and His Psychopomoi” – Transmodern 2009 Fundraiser, 5th Dimension, Baltimore MD

2009  “Connor Kizer’s Cosmology” – Fluxus Festival, SUNY Purchase

2009 Transmodern 2010 Fundraiser co-host – Floristree, Baltimore MD

2009 “Nazi Ice World Cosmology” – Wham City Lecure Series – Zodiac, Baltimore MD

2010 “The Pain of Words and Names” – WORMS Reading Series, Zodiac, Baltimore MD 

2012 "Alien Advertising Effects Us All"- Wham City Educational Seminar, Northeast Tour

2013 “Pseudohistories” – Wham City Lecture Series, Zodiac Baltimore MD

2013 “Cosmology” – Wham City Lecture Series, Zodiac Baltimore MD

2014 “The Hope of Televsion” – Wham City Lecture Series, Zodiac Baltimore MD

2016 “Cultures That Never Were” – Wham City Lecture Series, The Crown Baltimore MD

2016 “The Dangers of Vigilantism in Tentpole Blockbusters” – Johns Hopkins Film Festival, Baltimore MD

 Curatorial

2006-2012 Wham City Lecture Series

2007 Wham City Christmas Spectacular (co-writer) – Load of Fun Theater, Baltimore MD

2008 Dreamteam performance – Wham City (Calvert Street location), Baltimore MD 

Publications

2005-present Infomorph:  Project Psychopomp, issues 1-4 – philosophical texts, self-published

2006  “The New Gender” – short story, Catatac Magazine

2008  “The Incomplete Dictionary of Zasaa” – lexicon,  Wham City Box Set #1, Whitney Museum

2009 “Connor Kizer’s Cosmology” – powerpoint/DVD, Invisible College Productions 

Music

2003-2012 Ram Ones

2005-2012 Santa Dads

2007-present   The Creepers

2007 Dan Deacon, Spiderman of the Rings (Car Park Records), studio musician (vocals)

2009 Dan Deacon, Bromst (Car Park Records), studio musician (trumpet)

2016-present The Flowery

Awards, Honors, Residencies

Resident Director – E.M.P. Collective 2015

Best Lecture Series – Wham City Lecture Series- Baltimore Magazine 2009

Best Non-Musical Bar Act – Wham City Lecture Series – City Paper Best of Baltimore 2009

Best Hive – Wham City – City Paper Best of Baltimore 2006 

Enhanced Awareness Honors – Teller of Tales that Tingle - 2012

Resident Director – E.M.P. Collective 2015

 Press

"Crazy Diamonds" - Arts section feature on Wham City - March 16, 2007

"The Sound and the Furry" - Arts section feature on Santa Dads - City Paper, April 4, 2007

“Out of Speech” – Arts section feature article on Wham City Lecture Series – City Paper, March 2, 2010

“Connor Kizer's play imagines all time as a single moment” – Arts section feature article on original play Chronotony – City Paper, April 30, 2014

“Childhood goes dark in 'The Flower Queen'” – Arts/Stage, City Paper, October, 9, 2016

“ENTER THE REALM OF THE FLOWER QUEEN: AN INTERVIEW WITH ALLISON CLENDANIEL AND CONNOR KIZER” – Theatrebloom.com, October 18, 2016

“REVIEW: THE FLOWER QUEEN AT YELLOW SIGN THEATRE” – Theatrebloom.com, October 20, 2016

[normals]

If you are a Baltimore lad between the ages of 15 to 22 you are probably know Father Schmidt as the irascible organist & gym teacher (how you gonna kick a ball in those long droopy things? Try on this Speedo!) at the 13th Unitarian Church that operates out of the Floristree. But he is also 1/2 of international sound makers Matmos. And on occasion he goes off into his leather & crime novel filled study to work on solo projects. Here is a fine 1 of those, "Batu Malablab". An electronic excursion into gamelan & neo-exotica as if San Francisco & Baltimore had merged & started to sink overrun with wine nurtured vines & rusty brambles. Near mint, open in shrink, $25.

[stinerbros]

Matmos - Ultimate Care II Excerpt Nine from Thrill Jockey Records on Vimeo.

"Ultimate Care II Excerpt Nine" is from the Matmos album "Ultimate Care II," out February 19 on Thrill Jockey Records.

CD/LP: thrilljockey.com/products/ulti... Bandcamp: matmos.bandcamp.com/

Director, animator: Ed Apodaca Director, creative director: Lisa Berghout Director of photography: Nnathan Moody Actor, animation assistant: Dario Apodaca Production company: l.inc design (l-inc.com)

Alternately pastoral and high tech, the third video for Matmos’s album “Ultimate Care II” is titled “Ultimate Care II Excerpt 9.” In keeping with the domestic origins of the album, which is built entirely out of the sounds of the washing machine in Matmos’ basement, the newest video for the album is a homegrown, family affair. The video was co-directed by Ed Apodaca and Lisa Berghout, a husband and wife team who run L-inc, a motion graphics and animation firm, but for this video they enlisted an extra pair of collaborators: their teenage son Dario Apodaca, a keen student of graphic design and digital media who appears in the opening shot and assisted with animation duties, and their neighbor Nathan Moody, a colleague and friend who experimented with the placement of Go Pros inside washing machines and provided extreme close up photography of lint and laundry detergent crystals.

The video begins and ends with Dario, the only human actor, loading clothes into and out of a washing machine, which becomes a gateway to a turbulent interior world. Describing their creative process, Ed narrates: “Lisa was thinking about how to conceptualize a washing machine visually. Her focus was around creating pastoral, aerial and clothing scenes inside front and top loaders that will move and or fall apart with the spinning of the machine, generating a surreal take on washers and their uncanny movement. I mapped textures to cubes with an abstract washing machine front and back to further personify the machines.” The result is a tightly rhythmic sequence of images that contrast the clean with the dirty, the macro with the micro. In its most intimate setting, we telescope into a hairy grey jungle of lint seen in extreme close up. In its widest view, skyscrapers are made to throb and twist to the clamorous industrial rhythms, while a huge “agitator” from a washing machine seems to rotate entire freeway systems and suburbs. Working together, the Apodaca/Berghout family and their friendly neighbor have fashioned a detailed, delirious and vibrant audio-visual ode to an everyday household chore. Matmos tour dates: Feb. 20 - Baltimore, MD - Floristree March 15 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall March 19 - Brooklyn, NY - National Sawdust April 13 - Philadelphia, PA - International House

Matmos website: vague-terrain.com/ Matmos on Facebook: facebook.com/matmosband/

Thrill Jockey on Facebook: facebook.com/thrilljockey Thrill Jockey on Twitter: twitter.com/thrilljockey Thrill Jockey on Instagram: instagram.com/thrilljockey Thrill Jockey on Tumblr: thrilljockey.tumblr.com

[nickyotissmith]

Matmos premiere ULTIMATE CARE II at Floristree in Baltimore on February 20, 2016.

[elon]

TOMORROW WE LIVE AT FLORISTREE! PULL UP! ITS A RAVE! (at Baltimore, Maryland) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvnGwRfFFO0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1cahp12q04xb

[electricllama]

#floristree

[acres-paper-blog]

ACRES is excited to announce the release of Femina, a collection of essays, theories, musings, and art surrounding the physically and socially constructed idea of the woman. In publishing these works we hope to celebrate and give voice to the experience of the female-identified, from any perspective, and contribute to the ongoing dialogue of contemporary feminist expression.

We’re celebrating the release at Floristree in Baltimore, MD this coming Thursday July 2nd with a night of performances by: 

Holy Ghost Party + Lexie Mountain Amy Reid Jessica Ashley Rachel Amanda Horowitz DJ Sets by: Ellen Paul Brian Nicholson YE$ (Show poster above, FB event Here.) ------------------------------------------- Femina featuring works by: Alaina Stamatis Alex Ebstein Beth Hoeckel Bettina Yung Caroline Marcantoni Diana Lozano Drew Daniel Elise Boudreau Graham Erin Jane Nelson FORCE Jasmine Lee Kari Altman Kodi Fabricant Lana Wilder Lise Haller Baggesen Maire witt o’neill Martine Syms Max Guy Sanna Samuelsson Suzanna Zak Yael Malka

✌ (*ꆤ.̫ꆤ*) ✌

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FLYER OF THE WEEK

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