SELECTED WRITINGS ON MUSIC, BOOKS, VISUAL ART, FILM, POETRY, etc.
2023
Review: The Williamsburg Avant-Garde
On Cisco Bradley’s book The Williamsburg Avant-Garde:
Experimental Music and Sound on the Brooklyn Waterfront
& with Earth
On artist Flavia Bertorello’s book Body as Land
2022
every surface formng frctals: A review of ON(3) TIME by maija mist
On maija mist’s book of poetry
Focal Points: Sam Newsome
On Sam Newsome’s book Be Inspired, Stay Focused
2021
Ways & Sounds
patrick brennan’s book of essays inquiring into the social connective tissue of musical composition
2020
Culture War
On Matt Wolf’s documentary film Spaceship Earth
2019
& beyond the about: IN-TER-WO-VEN @ Westwood Gallery
On the joint exhibition of sculptor Miriam Bloom & painter Ron Morosan
2018
Where Language Moves Like Paint: The In-Betweens of Randee Silv’s Wordslabs
On Randee Silv’s ‘s chapbook farnessity
Bedfellow Degrees of Separation: Reading Basil King’s History Now
On Basil King’s book of poetry
2016
Mastry: Kerry James Marshall
On the Met retrospective
Leave Nothing Out
On Stephanie Castillo’s documentary film
Thomas Chapin, Night Bird Song: The Incandescent Life of a Jazz Great
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Revenge!
In response to Arne Birkenstock’s documentary film on Wolfgang Beltracci:
Beltracchi — The Art of Forgery (Beltracchi – Die Kunst der Fälschung)
2015
.. Sing House .. Amygdala : Jason Kao Hwang at Roulette
On the music of Jason Kao Hwang
David Crowell: Polyrhythm Calling
On David Crowell’s Empyrean Atlas
Tangled Eloquent
On sculptures by Christopher Wool
Body as Itself
On Joan Semmel’s absolutely amazing painting
Afterword for The African Omnidevelopment Space Complex / We New
Macho Meal Breakfast of Champions
On Damien Chazelle’s film Whiplash
E Pluribus Plures
On El Anatsui
2014
Verdes Carne, Pelo Negro . . .
On Carlos Saura’s film Flamenco, Flamenco
Oijen, Wybe, Dele, Tomma Abts
On Tomma Abts’ painting
Time Outside: The Music of the Temporalists Contributes to the Musics Beyond the Clock — and What about Rhythm?
On André Pogoriloffsky’s book
Hands in Transit
On the music of Connie Crothers
Tone
On Jennie C. Jones’ painting
Volta at Mercer
On artworks by Soly Cissé, Willie Cole, Jeffery Gibson, Nao Matsumoto, Mohau Modisakeng, & Duhirwe Rushemeza)
Material Poet
On Richard Tuttle’s sculpture
The Most Human Sensitive Electronic Instrument You’ve Never Heard Of
On the Ondes Martinou
Vivan los Independientes: Ze Couch Cooks your Ear a Good Meal
On the Ze Couch house concert series
Music Where Musicians Set the Criteria & Decide Whether it Meets those Criteria
On Joe Morris’ book Perpetual Frontier)
2013
Walking the Serra Torque
On Richard Serra’s sculpture
2009