• jameswagner.com: John Moran and "What if Saori Had a Party?" at PS122
  you have another chance to see this show – we may go a 2nd time
  tags: john-moran contemporary opera music ps122 performance

The next installment of OTO is this Friday.

On January 11, from 7pm to 10 pm, OTO is pleased to present “I Want to Make Some Tamales”, a cooking lesson by Elaine Tin Nyo

Hands-on cooking lesson 7-8:30
Open public feeding 8:30 until the tamales run out

Enrollment is limited for the cooking lesson. Please contact mriver@mteww.com to reserve your place (materials fee: $5).

Elaine Tin Nyo is a conceptual artist with a computer and kitchen in Harlem, New York and a locker in Chelsea filled with dance shoes.

Elaine’s works explore the structures of sensual experience and social interaction. Her primary subjects have been social structures such as dinners, classrooms and ballroom dance. Her photographs, recipes, videos, installations and performances have been presented by BlindSpot, Deitch Projects, Thread Waxing Space, The New Museum, Creative Time, Bronx Museum, Fargfabriken, Neueberger Museum, Leslie Tonkonow Projects, Chez Bushwick, and French Culinary Institute.

OTO is located at 60 North 6th Street (2nd floor) Brooklyn, NY, 11211
L train to Bedford Avenue
3 Blocks west on North 6th – just shy of Kent

• A Don’s Life by Mary Beard – Times Online – WBLG
  amusing and intelligent blog from classics scholar Mary Beard
  tags: history blog classics classical

• The Free Expression Policy Project
  tags: fairuse copyright intellectual-property
• Fair Use Network: Home Page
  tags: copyright fairuse intellectual-property
• Study: Monkeys ‘Pay’ for Sex by Grooming
  Male macaque monkeys pay for sex by grooming females, according to a recent study that suggests the primates may treat sex as a commodity.
  tags: monkey macaque evolution sex

I was woozy with a bad cold today, but the one show that really cut through the fog of my brain was Joyce Pensato at Friedrich Petzel Gallery. Look for James to write more about the show soon.

• NY Arts – Astria Suparak talks to Marisa Olson
  tags: art performance video newmedia marisa-olson interview

I love this sweet little piece. When I first walked into the room, I just heard some muffled sounds and didn’t know where they were coming from. Check out B. Blagojević’s review in the ArtCal Zine.

Click here if you don’t see the video above.

• Merkin Concert Hall: Grand Piano Marathon on January 21
  free! — 2-8 PM, performers include Ursula Oppens, Philip Glass, Vijay Iyer
  tags: music piano contemporary nyc

I added this to my flickr feed a couple of weeks ago, but now it’s getting some comments so I thought I should post it here too. Visit ArtCal for the minimal info that was provided by the gallery. I love the fact that no one asked us to sign a legal release before entering the space! Click here if the slideshow above doesn’t work for you.

I Surround Myself With The Stuff I Like, 2007
acrylic, ink, found earring on paper
30 × 22.25 inches

Free Advice, 2007
acrylic, silicone and assemblage on paper
30 × 22.25 inches

detail of Free Advice, 2007

I’ve been following Andrew’s work for a long time, and l loved these assemblage / sculptural paintings he’s showing in the project space at Derek Eller. This is the last week of the show, so go brave the cold.

Andrew also runs a gallery in the front window of his studio in Greenpoint, called Arts Tropical.