December 15-22, 2000
BookFair will sell limited editions and hand-made bindings of poetry and literary fiction.
bringing science into art and art into science
December 15-22, 2000
BookFair will sell limited editions and hand-made bindings of poetry and literary fiction.
Dec 8 2000
Anniversary reception.
December 6, 2000
A reception for Your Name Here and Other Traditions by John Ashbery.
November 28, 2000
A poetry reading of works by Carter Ratcliff and Kenneth Koch.
Nov 16 2000
A poetry reading of works by John Yau and Vincent Katz.
October 19 2000
The Dactyl Foundation for the Arts & Humanities presents
Gad Hollander’s the palaver transcription, poetry screening
an experimental video utilizing voices, text, images, and ambient sound
derived from the book, The Palaver, by Gad Hollander & Andrew Bick.
October 16 2000
Murmur journal, reception, volume ii includes works by Ashbery, Fletcher, Hollo, Ni Dhomhnaill, and Ramsdell.
October 7, 2000
a mini digital documentary
Edited by Chris Scherwin
“The Look of Love”
by Alexandra Wiesenfeld, October 7th – November 4th, 2000
Continue reading “Look of Love, documentary screening featuring Alex Weisenfeld”
October 7 – November 4 2000
An exhibition of works by Alexandra Weisenfeld including paintings, works on paper and a short film entitled The Look of Love (a digital mini-doc about the artist).
Continue reading “Alexandra Weisenfeld, paintings, drawings and film”
September 28 2000
Reception for A Still Small Voice.
August 12 2000
Reception and Sign-up 7:00 pm
Scheduled Poets 8:00 pm
Jill Bernstein, Desiree Gordon, and James Parker
A film short by “Cory” 8:45
Open Mic 9:00 pm
Refreshments will be served
An Evolving Exhibition
The Artist Search Project is an exhibition-in-progress organized by Dactyl interns. We invite you to attend the first installment in July and return to view new works by emerging artists as the show progresses towards the final closing exhibition. The exhibition included works by John Arruda, Aaron Gilbert, Jackie Kingon, Jim Klein, Christina Park, Pam Smith, James Stuart, Jake Benton, Matthew Sinclair Kinney, and Emily Orling. Continue reading “Artist Search Project”
May 15 2000
A screening of two titles Shirtsleeves by Bruce Bennett and Ode by Kelly Reichardt.
May 12 2000
A book party for The Figures Press and Roof Press.
Chaos in literature, science and art. Sponsored by Pfizer Corporation &Herbert Lee Grayson Foundation Panel Discussion:
Tuesday, April 4th & Wednesday, April 5th, 6pm
Angus Fletcher, CUNY on Spenser’s “Mutability Cantos”and the poetry of John Ashbery
Thursday, April 6th, 6pm John Ashbery, Bard College, poetry reading
Jim Crutchfield, Santa Fe Institute, on the physics of chaos
Joan Richardson, CUNY, on science & poetry
Angus Fletcher, CUNY, respondent
In history, chaos is anarchy, mutability, disorder, chance, indeterminacy, flux, non-linearity, entropy, irrational thought, creativity, destructive emotion and the primal source of all that is.
April 4-6 2000
Retrodiction –The History of Chaos in Literature, Science and Art.
Retrodiction is a series of audio recordings designed for an Internet experience with visual, musical, interactive, and educational components. The series will explore the concept of chaos and the fundamental question: Do things happen by chance? or does nature govern by fixed laws? The goal is to increase public understanding of science through fiction, poetry, and philosophical writings. The project is a collaborative effort among Dactyl Foundation for the Arts and Humanities, the Santa Fe Institute, and the Art and Science Laboratory. Continue reading “Retrodiction”
Mar 30 2000
Reception for the Antioch Review with Cynthia Fuchs Epstein.
March 16th 2000
St. Paddy’s Jam 2000, a poetry reading featuring Colum McCann, Tom Kelley and friends.
March 14th 2000
A reading from The Letters of Alphaville by Raphael Rubinstein.
March 4th – April 1 2000
Sculpture exhibition by Peter Begley.
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February 28th 2000
“The Gods of Times Square” is a documentary by Richard Sandler.
February 10th 2000
A poetry reading of works by Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge and Krysia Jopek.
January 24th 2000
Honorary Chair: John Ashbery
Curators: John Bissell, Willem Dafoe, Sean Gullette, Lyle Hysen, Elizabeth LeCompte, David Levine, Kate Valk. Committee: Anurag Bhargava co-chair, Debra Scherer co-chair, Henry Buhl, Michael Caruso, Tom Fontana, Massi Ghausi, Agnes Gund, Eva Herzigova, Sarah Lee, Rick Montgomery, David Sussman, Hillary & Bradley Thomas, David Thorpe, Jed Weintrob. Projects: Darren Aronofsky, Peter Care, Larry Clark, James Crutchfield, Jim Findlay, Michael Galinsky, Suki Hawley, Lewis Klahr, Ken Kobland, Alex McDowell, Jon Moritsugu, Ret.Inevitable, Richard Sandler, Leslie Thornton, Todd Solondz, Brett Vapnek, The Wooster Group.