INTERVIEW WITH BRENDAN WALLS From DISINFO “Invisible House at DARK MOFO seeks to unsettle the barriers between science and magic; space and time.” ….DISINFO what was the formative inspiration behind “Invisible House”? BW Invisible House is a multimedia program… Continue Reading
Some of y’all are aware that Wassily Kandinksy, popularly considered the first Abstract painter was influenced by the esoteric theories of color and shape propounded by the leaders of the Theosophical Society. Few (INCLUDING ME) are likely aware that Swedish… Continue Reading
David Lynch fans rejoice! We may not have another season of “Twin Peaks” coming soon, but June 12, 2018, will be notable all the same. On that day, a huge book called David Lynch, Nudes comes out, featuring over one hundred photographs… Continue Reading
According to Wikipedia: “Phyllis Evalina Seckler (1917–2004), also known as Soror Meral, was a ninth degree (IX°) member of the “Sovereign Sanctuary of the Gnosis” of Ordo Templi Orientis, and a student of Jane Wolfe, herself a student of Aleister Crowley.[2] Sr. Meral was Master of… Continue Reading
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.Academia Ordo Templi Orientis is pleased to announce a one-day conference on the occasion of the exhibition Black Light: Secret Traditions in Art since the 1950s at the Centre de Cultura Contemporània… Continue Reading
23-year-old photographer Ellie English uses her camera to capture intimate scenes between herself and her lovers. Simon Doherty says in Vice, “Ellie’s work—explicit scenes depicting pure intimacy, intertwined with mundane and ordinary images of everyday existence; never staged, and totally… Continue Reading
CULT OF SPIRITS: Alexis Palmer Karl and Ken Weaver CULT OF SPIRITS A conjuring, a ritual, a spell. performance installation with at CATLAND BOOKS, May 5th – May 6th 2018 987 Flushing Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11206 May 5th – May… Continue Reading
Tomorrow, 8 May, is the Feast of Saint Paul Gauguin, a leading Post-Impressionist painter. Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin was born 7 June 1848 and died 8 May 1903. According to Biography, he “…created his own unique painting style, much like he crafted… Continue Reading
Duende: Artists Translating Spirits. CAVIN MORRIS GALLERY Cavin-Morris Gallery is pleased to present Duende: Artists Translating Spirits. A duende is a spirit often associated with flamenco dancing that rises up through the feet of dancers. It is also an… Continue Reading
Can a film be consciously fashioned as a talisman? I dunno, ask Kenny Anglemyer, or mebbe Harry Everett Smith? Methinks it’s down to intent — as well as knowledge and skill. And where would one find such cine-amulets? Well, of… Continue Reading