SZ MIX | HEADLESS HORSEMAN
This selection of musical expressions has acted a vessel for settling my nerves and has on many occasions cured my anxiety while crossing continents.
Andrey Tarkovsky: Life and Work
Decades after his death, with only seven feature films under his belt, Andrey Tarkovsky remains the greatest film maker Russia has produced, under Soviet Union and thereafter, both in the collective critical film imagination, and probably in fact. His films were so multifaceted – from the stunning cinematography to the philosophical dialogue that always centered on the same question – what it means to be human – that to unpack their sheer elegiac sweep of his films requires a book.
Lucio Fontana at the Met Breuer
The art world has its own trends and fashions that come and go. Artists and art movements get discovered and rediscovered, sometimes with a nudge from powerful art collectors who first stock up on the art and then make bank once they help popularize it.
Paolo Roversi at the Pace/MacGill Gallery
Paolo Roversi is one of those photographers that tends to frustrate you not because he is bad, but because he is do damn good. Roversi has been responsible for some of the most iconic imagery from Comme des Garcons and Yohji Yamamoto, and more than a few memorable portraits and fashion editorials. Along with Sarah Moon and Deborah Turbeville, he has managed to make fashion photography transporting, taking you to a place that’s quieter, more contemplative, more intimate. The frustration comes from the lack of avenues to experience his sensual, touching work. There are few books that capture his output, and there are few exhibits. In 2005, when I was just starting to write and I scarcely new his work I had a chance to review his Studio book, published by Steidl. I passed on it, and I still kick myself for it. You can now get it on Amazon, for $600.
To Become Who You Are – Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV
I have a nagging suspicion that a lot of people who say they love Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV don’t really.
SZ MIX | Chelsea Wolfe | Getting Ready for a Dark Night
Forest Swords – Crow Beak> – The Gaol Them Are Us Too – Floor Massive Attack – Rush Minute Neurosis – Belief Farah – Law of Life Tricky – Black Steel Arca – Anoche Exploded View – Orlando Surachai – Leaning into Pain Chelsea Wolfe – Spun Soundwalk Collective – My Heart is Empty Lovage…
VINCENT VAN DUYSEN WORKS 1989 – 2009 AND WORKS 2009 – 2018
Since the publication of his first book Vincent Van Duysen: Complete Works in 2010, the prodigious Belgian architect has been busy.
SZ MIX | Eugene Rabkin
Here is a collection of songs that have impressed me one way or another over the past five years or so.
SZ MIX | Patrick LaDuke
After perusing through all the recent “best albums” of the year I’ve seen being posted on various news outlets, I realized I have such a hard time finding new music because pop is considered the boundary pusher in contemporary music.
Chris Stein of Blondie on New York, Then and Now
Chris Stein, the co-founder and guitarist of Blondie, was there.