IDEAL HOME NOISE #14: Yoshida, Tate, Durand
Jeff Jackson01.02.18
This edition of Ideal Home Noise takes a look at the Kiju Yoshida box set from Arrow Video, a Greg Tate reader, and Anouck Durand’s Eternal Friendship.
Anna Maria Maiolino Retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Joseph Houlihan11.14.17
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles is hosting a comprehensive retrospective on the work of the Brazilian conceptual and performance artist Anna Maria Maiolino through January 22, 2018. Joseph Houlihan goes in.
THE LAST NOSTALGIA: A REVIEW OF BECCA KLAVER’S EMPIRE WASTED
Nate Logan11.07.17
Nate Logan reviews Becca Klaver’s latest book of poems, Empire Wasted.
GENRE BLEED: A REVIEW OF MIKE LALA’S EXIT THEATER
Joe Fritsch10.31.17
“By dint of genre bleed, Lala troubles expectations for how the text will perform.” Joe Fritsch reviews Mike Lala’s debut collection of poetry, Exit Theater.
Homestead Beyond the Clouds: A Review of Kids of the Black Hole
Paul Cunningham10.24.17
Evoking textures from likes of Inland Empire and The Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You, Marty Cain’s Kids of the Black Hole traces a between dreamscape and wasteland. Paul Cunningham reviews.
The Anti-Natalist and Anti-Colonial Messages in The Girl With All The Gifts
GB Gabbler10.16.17
“If our post-apocalyptic stories are contingent on propagating the human species, despite ourselves and our abilities, we risk promoting suffering for the sake of suffering.” GB Gabbler explores the anti-natalist and anti-colonial themes in play within the 2016 zombie film The Girl With All The Gifts.
Declaring War on the Universe: Leila Guerriero’s A Simple Story: The Last Malambo
Scott Daughtridge10.12.17
Leila Guerriero’s A Simple Story: The Last Malambo investigates the passion and devotion of the malambo dancers who dedicate their lives to perform in an annual, life-changing competition in Laborde, Argentina. Scott Daughtridge reviews.
LCD Soundsystem’s American Dream: A Triumphant Call to Reawaken
Sean Lawlor10.10.17
“We reenter the struggles of limitations and mortality.” Sean Lawlor provides an in-depth review of LCD Soundsystem’s new album American Dream.
A Way Now: Kevin Killian’s Tony Greene Era
Dylan Byron10.02.17
The latest from Kevin Killian is “Tony Greene Era, a book that’s as essential as Grindr and should be used no less frequently.” Dylan Byron reviews.
Blood and Breath in High Fidelity: A Review of Hanif Willis-Abdurraquib’s The Crown Ain’t Worth Much
Candace Williams09.21.17
Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib’s debut collection, The Crown Ain’t Worth Much, is an urgent, blood-soaked wake up call, rife with black culture, art, and erasure. Candace Williams reviews.
