- Edie Fake
- Edie Fake covers Kathy Acker for Feminist Bookstore.
If you love feasting your eyeballs on new and strange art, don’t even think of going out of town this weekend, because there’s a slew of performances and shows opening that are more than worth your time and attention. Here are a handful of picks for the next few days:
KEYON GASKIN—If you’ve never seen Keyon Gaskin perform, please go see his performance, “it’s not a thing,” at Yale Union this Saturday, May 2. Gaskin’s been working on this piece for roughly two years, and it’s stunning in every sense of the word. It’s so good that I don’t really want to see it again, because I want to preserve my recollection of how shocking it was to see for the first time. I’d describe it as a timely piece—it speaks volumes on race, violence, and suffering—but every time he performs it, it seems to take on new significance, because it does. If your social media feeds are full of #Baltimore right now, don’t miss it.
FRAMELESS CONTINUUM—PNCA presents a screening of old-school video art tomorrow night at the Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Center for Art and Design. It’ll feature video work from the ’70s and ’80s by Bob Snyder, Peer Bode, and Dan Sandlin. With an open panel discussion following the screening to provide some context within contemporary art (panelists: Kris Cohen of Reed, Stephen Slappe and Carl Diehl of PNCA, and artist Sue Slagle), Frameless Continuum promises to be a dream come true for photography enthusiasts and A/V geeks alike.
FEMINIST BOOKSTORE—No, silly, not THAT feminist bookstore. Feminist Bookstore is the name of a group show at Reading Frenzy “featuring custom dust jackets for feminist classics,” and including work from Edie Fake (!), Lisa Anne Auerbach, Michelle Blade, and Whitney Hubbs. Um, I’ll be the person grinning like an asshole at each of these pieces. D’you think they’ll cover Margaret Atwood? Or Judith Butler? The Yellow Wallpaper? THERE’S ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND OUT! The show opens Friday, May 1 at Reading Frenzy, with two of the best things: feminist art AND SNACKS.