Join us to celebrate the release of X-TRA Vol. 11, no. 4 Summer 2009
Please join us for a reading on queer sports by Jennifer Doyle and a screening of a video by Marriage, followed by a conversation moderated by Wu Ingrid Tsang.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 8:30 – 9:30 pm
At IMPRENTA 705 S. Rampart (at 7th), LA CA 90057 http://imprentala.org
Followed by a dance party at WILDNESS @ Silver Platter –Just a few doors down the street from Imprenta 2700 W. 7th (at Rampart) 90057 Tuesdays, 10pm – 2am, FREE http://realwildness.com
In this issue:
FEATURES: “Art Versus Sport”: Managing Desire and the Queer Sport Spectacle by Jennifer Doyle
REVIEWS: The Institute for Figuring: Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reefs by Leslie Dick, 28th São Paulo Bienal: In Living Contact by Royce W. Smith, Mark Tribe: The Liberation of Our People, Angela Davis 1969/2008 by Joseph Del Pesco, Tango with Cows: Book Art of the Russian Avant-Garde, 1910-1917 by John E. Bowlt, Notation: Calculation and Form in the Arts by Marc Glöde, Photo Cairo4: The Long Shortcut and The 11th International Cairo Biennale by Nizan Shaked, Asian/American/Modern Art: Shifting Currents, 1900-1970 by Sharon Mizota, Carl Burmeister: GODANDNOTHING. by Natalie Haddad and John Welchman
COLUMNS: Liat Yossifor: Below the Eye by Karen Lang, The Restored Symmetry by THE UNREADY (Alex Cecchetti & Alexandre Singh), End Notes: Bruce Conner, 1933-2008 by John McKinnon
ARTIST’S PROJECT: Fax Drawings #5, 6, 7, 8 by Kim Schoenstadt