ArtCall Diary - Entry 5/9/2000
UnReal Estate
The bank account being opened, we now had to look for a place to spend
it on. Maybe becoming a bit illiquid, as we wait for the check to clear.
But that story is for future installments. Meanwhile, back to the biz at
hand, the ArtCall is now getting
space to assemble all the expected submissions. For this chore we need
about 200 squares for up to 3 months tops, any kind of a place to box an
NT server and have some table top room for meetings will do.
Marcia
is no lemon, however, she is a Lemmon. She runs a little company at 150
Ludlow Street called Cybersynergy which deals in intellectual properties.
She also functions as a valued member of Community Board 3 in the East
Village/Lower East Side. You will wind up in front of her if you have any
kind of licensing situation needed for the neighborhood. Pictured here
at Clayton Patterson's during a community confab, she is aware of the ArtCall's
expansion needs and plans. She saw the first of the blank ArtCall shares
and went wild with conceptualization.
As we do our bit for culturalizaton, it was off to see Baron Von Blumenzak
performing as 'Zero Boy', at the Philip Morris Museum, to see his latest
performance piece. We got there only to find we were a day early, after
wiping the egg off our face, we grabbed some java at Ray's Candy Store
'that just could not be beat' and plot strategy for the upcoming week.
Matthew Courtney of the Wide-Open Cabaret checked
in and was planning on attending Baron's gig. Harry
Druzd was back from vacation looking absolutely fried to a 'Quentin
Crisp'. Barbara Fox had submitted another Brighton Beach memoir at The
Pink Pony, along with other notables such as Nico Smith and Ray Ray, who
were astonished about the Ebay painting where the bidding had reached
$153,000+.
Now having stuck our necks out early, we now couldn't deep-six the Baron's
show. It was a star studded event even as the audience goes. And it was
a star studded set of sketches, many of which Zero Boy has carefully crafted
all over the East Village in the last 15 years. If this is what 15 years
of performance art is gonna get you, we can not wait to see how some of
the 'other usual suspects' turn out. His pieces "The Mayor's Croquet Party"
and "Smoking Caterpillar" brought out the best of E/V anti-humor with notable
quotes like "What are you, Bill Clinton or something? Don't you inhale?"
"You can't dance, you can't play music, you can't play live music. You
don't have a cabaret license!" And Zero Boy's ever famous sound improvisations
kept the audience in stitches the whole time. Even little kids were enthralled
to watch the Baron do his thing.
Loyan and Joanie Freedom were part of the huge throng of East Villagers
in the Baron audience. Now while I've been given some 'freedom' to write
a little, here is some just 'to die for' scene of the second scoop. A.
Get yourself 'stuck at Stux' Gallery early tomorrow (Thursday). It is their
20th anniversary show and a can't miss quality art show that has the Starn
Twins in it. Also can't miss is to 'be sharp at Willoughby Sharp Gallery'
Get there late, there is a fab post-opening party at SPA. So you have been
scened on the scene. Tomorrow: a hard drive, a masterpiece move, a visit
to Bella, a convesation with Fong and press pass city at the Tattoo Convention
this weekend.
photos ©carol braddock aka red ed
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