July 7, 2001
A memorial service for Keenan Milton with video screening.
Metropolis
June 7 &8 2001
Film screening, Fritz Lang’s 1926 landmark silent sci-fi film, With a new soundtrack by electronic musician Jeff Mills, with moderators: Anuj Desai, Editor in Chief, Black Book Magazine; Tara Anderson, Dactyl Foundation, presented by Black Book Magazine and Dactyl Foundation.
Book Party
May 10 2001
Book party with The Figures: On the Nameways (Vol.2) by Clark Coolidge, My Terza Rima by Michael Gizzi, Push The Mule by John Godfrey, Savage Baggage by Roger Mitchell, The Drift of Things by Terence Winch, Roof: Christophe Tarkos: Ma Langue est Poetique–Selected Writings, Vocoder by Judith Goldman, Free Will by Craig Watson, Pen Chants By Lissa Wolsak.
“The Poet, The Critic, & The Interpreter: A Crash Course,”
April 26 2001
A public lecture under the title “The Poet, The Critic & The Interpreter: A Crash Course”
Angus Fletcher (Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Graduate School, CUNY)
Respondents:
Nico Israel (Asst. Prof, English, Hunter College, CUNY; critic, Artforum International Magazine)
and Victoria N. Alexander (Dactyl Foundation)
Hors d’oeuvres will be served at 6:30. Lecture begins at 7pm.
Judy Glantzman, works on paper
April 7-May 21, 2001
Works on Paper by Judy Glantzman. Curated by Neil Grayson Continue reading “Judy Glantzman, works on paper”
Richard Howard and Susan Wheeler
April 4 2001
Antioch Review 60th Anniversary Celebration.
Richard Sandler
March 15 2001
The Gods of Times Square, a documentary by Richard Sandler.
Introduction by Tara Anderson, discussion with the artist to follow
Before the Disneyfication of the melting-pot mecca, Times Square was home to religious zealots offering every kind of strident redemption. Street journalist and documentarian Richard Sandler has created a cinema verite film on the rich characters of New York’s secular cathedral of skyscrapers.
An encore presentation of the critically acclaimed documentary
Re-edited with new footage
Winner 1999, Best Documentary, Chicago Underground Film Festival
Winner 1999, Audience Award, Popcorn International Film Festival
First Screening at Dactyl: February 28th, 2000
Washington Market School
Mar 10 2001
An exhibition of children’s artwork entitled Small Works 11 curated by the Washington Market School.
Ken Kobland
Feb 22 2001
A video screening of work by Ken Kobland.
Brett Vapnek
February 15, 2001
A film screening of Dream Machine by Brett Vepnek starring Mary Timony.
Edizioni Mazzotta
Feb 6 2001
Publication party celebrating Edizioni Mazzotta’s monograph on Norman Bluhm.
Norman Jewison
Jan 10 2001
A screening of work by artist Norman Jewison.
BookFair
December 15-22, 2000
BookFair will sell limited editions and hand-made bindings of poetry and literary fiction.
Studio Semester in New York and Empire State College
Dec 8 2000
Anniversary reception.
John Ashbery
December 6, 2000
A reception for Your Name Here and Other Traditions by John Ashbery.
Carter Ratcliff & Kenneth Koch
November 28, 2000
A poetry reading of works by Carter Ratcliff and Kenneth Koch.
John Yau and Vincent Katz
Nov 16 2000
A poetry reading of works by John Yau and Vincent Katz.
The Palaver Transcription
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.
Murmur Vol II
October 16 2000
Murmur journal, reception, volume ii includes works by Ashbery, Fletcher, Hollo, Ni Dhomhnaill, and Ramsdell.
John Reed
September 28 2000
Reception for A Still Small Voice.
Open Mic
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
Artist Search Project
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”
Film Screening
May 15 2000
A screening of two titles Shirtsleeves by Bruce Bennett and Ode by Kelly Reichardt.
The Figures Press & Roof Press
May 12 2000
A book party for The Figures Press and Roof Press.
Chaos in literature, science and art
April 4 – 6, 2000
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.
Retrodiction
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”
The Antioch Review
Mar 30 2000
Reception for the Antioch Review with Cynthia Fuchs Epstein.
Artists 4 Ireland
March 16th 2000
St. Paddy’s Jam 2000, a poetry reading featuring Colum McCann, Tom Kelley and friends.
Raphael Rubinstein
March 14th 2000
A reading from The Letters of Alphaville by Raphael Rubinstein.
Peter Begley, sculpture
March 4th – April 1 2000
Sculpture exhibition by Peter Begley.
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