Books
- Dash Shaw, Bottomless Bellybutton
- Heinrich von Kleist, The Marquise of O—, trans. Richard Stokes
- Gideon Defoe, The Pirates! in an Adventure with Communists
- Marcel Proust, The Lemoine Affair, trans. Charlotte Mandell
Category Archives: projects
february 8–february 11
Books
- Simon Critchley, The Book of Dead Philosophers
- Tom McArthur, Worlds of Reference: lexicography, learning and language from the clay tablet to the computer
Films
- The Wrestler, directed by Darren Aronofsky
- Medicine for Melancholy, dir. Barry Jenkins
january 29–february 1
Books
- Pierre Reverdy, Selected Poems (trans. Mary Ann Caws, Patricia Terry & John Ashbery)
- Sven Birkerts, An Artificial Wilderness: Essays on Twentieth-Century Literature
Films
- The Toe Tactic, directed by Emily Hubley
- Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, dir. Tim Burton
Exhibits
- The Printed Picture, MoMA
- Focus: Jasper Johns, MoMA
january 25–january 28
Books
- John Crowley, Novelties & Souvenirs
- Aram Saroyan, Complete Minimal Poems
- John Ashbery, Three Poems
Movies
- Kiss of the Spider Woman, directed by Hector Babenco
- Desk Set, dir. Walter Lang
january 19-january 24
Books
- bpNichol, The Alphabet Game: a bpNichol reader, ed. Darren Wershler-Henry & Lori Emerson
- Chrisopher Middleton, Torse 3: poems 1949–1961
- Clark Coolidge, Odes of Roba
Exhibits
- Art and Love in Renaissance Italy, Metropolitan Museum
- Raphael to Renoir: Drawings from the Collection of Jean Bonna, Metropolitan Museum
january 12–january 18
Exhibits
- “Alexander Calder: The Paris Years 1926–1933”, Whitney Museum
- “Artists Making Photographs: Chamberlain, Rauschenberg, Ruscha, Samaras, Warhol”, Whitney Museum
Books
- Paul Maliszewski, Fakers: hoaxers, con artists, counterfeiters, and other great pretenders
- Samuel R. Delany, Equinox
- Samuel R. Delany, Hogg
january 10–11
Exhibitions
- “Andy Warhol: Still-Life Polaroids,” Paul Kasmin Gallery
- “Al Held,” Paul Kasmin Gallery
- “Frankenthaler at Eighty: Six Decades,” Knoedler & Co.
- “Sam Glankoff: Paintings on Paper,” Knoedler & Co.
- “Gilbert & George,” Brooklyn Museum
Books
- Amélie Nothomb, Tokyo Fiancée, trans. Alison Anderson
january 4–january 9
Movies
- Made in U.S.A., directed by Jean-Luc Godard
- Happy-Go-Lucky, dir. Mike Leigh
- The Times of Harvey Milk, dir. Rob Epstein
- Out of the Past, dir. Jacques Tourneur
Books
- John Crowley, Love & Sleep
- John Crowley, Dæmonomania
- John Crowley, Endless Things
- Howard Moss, The Magic Lantern of Marcel Proust
- Ted Nelson, Geeks Bearing Gifts: How the Computer World Got This Way
the problem with filesystems
“There are few differences among filesystems; most closely follow the Unix model. And alas, one of the few innovators in filesystem design is now in prison for murder.”
(Ted Nelson, Geeks Bearing Gifts: How the Computer World Got This Way, p. 62.)
january 1–january 3
Movies
- Singin’ in the Rain, directed by Stanley Donen
- Fast, Cheap & out of Control, dir. Errol Morris
- Revolutionary Road, dir. Sam Mendes
- Berlin Alexanderplatz, parts I & II, dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Wendy and Lucy, dir. Kelly Reichardt
- Theater of War, dir. John Walter
Exhibitions
- “Beyond the Canon: Small Scale American Abstraction 1945–1965,” Robert Miller Gallery
Books
- Aaron Petrovich, The Session
- Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Camera, trans. Matthew B. Smith