| Soft Targets Literary Journal Readings and Performances |
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Soft TargetsMay 30, 7 pmCost: Free Box office hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 2-6 The Kitchen 512 West 19th Street 212-255-5793, ext. 11 thekitchen.org softtargetsjournal.com  Kalup Linzy's clever and unique voice lampoons and satirizes various forms of film & television such as Hollywood tearjerkers and soap operas.  Mick Barr is the most focused and uncompromising composer in the current rock underground. He is a remarkably fleet guitarist as well as a modest, understated personality devoted to an almost hermetic musical discipline.  Ariana Reines' novel, "The Cow" hit bookstands in 2006. The journal is annual and consists of poetry, artwork, theory, short fiction, found images, sound and other ephemera. Kalup Linzy is an American video and performance artist currently living and working in Brooklyn. Born in Stuckey, Florida, Linzy graduated from the MFA program at the University of South Florida in 2003. Recently, he was named a Guggenheim Fellow for 2007-2008. Linzy's best known work is a series of video art pieces satirizing the tone and narrative approach of television soap opera. Linzy performs most of the characters himself, many of them in drag. Linzy also performs on stage using many of the same characters. His work has been reviewed in "The New York Times," "Art in America," and "Art Forum." Gary Lutz is the author of "Stories in the Worst Way" and "I Looked Alive." He has been awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts. He will be reading from "Years of Age," a work in progress. Ariana Reines was born in Salem, Massachusetts. She is the author of "The Cow" (Alberta Prize, Fence Books 2006) and the forthcoming "Thank You," "New Life," and "The Hand of Thomas." She has contributed exhibition essays on Jonas Mekas, Marc Chagall, Ken Jacobs, and Taka Imura for Maya Stendhal Gallery. Mick Barr is from New Haven County, CT. He spent most of his early music years playing in metal and hardcore bands. In 1996 he moved to Washington D.C. and started his first drums and guitar duo Crom Tech. In 2000 he started his second drums and guitar duo, Orthrelm as well as his guitar and drum machine project Octis. Since then he has moved between D.C., San Francisco, and New York City, playing in numerous projects including Quix*o*tic and the Flying Luttenbachers. In 2005 he started his new guitar only project Ocrilim. "Soft Targets v.2.1" also features contributions from Alain Badiou, John Waters, Yto Barrada, Jean-Jacques Schuhl, Alexander Kluge, Christian Marclay, Tatiana Trouvé, Tiqqun and Orthrelm, among others. Literature programs at The Kitchen are made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency, the Axe-Houghton Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts. The Kitchen is one of New York City's oldest nonprofit performance and exhibition spaces, showing experimental work by innovative artists, both emerging and established. Programs range from dance, music, and theatrical performances to video and media arts exhibitions to literary events, film screenings, and artists' talks. Since its inception in 1971, The Kitchen has been a powerful force in shaping the cultural landscape of this country and has helped launch the careers of many artists who have gone on to worldwide prominence. |
