elective insomnia

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Wed, 23 May 2012 14:23:59 -0400

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Accumulation with Talking plus Water Motor- Trisha Brown

Mon, 21 May 2012 16:36:18 -0400

Accumulation with Talking plus Water Motor- Trisha Brown

anti-oppressivebabyanimals: [IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A BABY HAIRY...

Mon, 21 May 2012 15:44:08 -0400

anti-oppressivebabyanimals:

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION: A BABY HAIRY COO WITH SUNGLASSES ON STANDS IN A FIELD, LOOKING FORWARD. TEXT READS: “‘IRONIC’ OR NOT, RACISM IS NOT COO’.]

THIS POST IS INSPIRED BY THIS ARTICLE. AND THIS ONE IN RESPONSE.

Laurie Anderson Trisha Brown and Gordon Matta-Clark Pioneers Of...

Mon, 21 May 2012 15:41:08 -0400

Laurie Anderson Trisha Brown and Gordon Matta-Clark Pioneers Of The Downtown Scene New York

The Cosby Show is the best.

Fri, 18 May 2012 19:39:26 -0400

The Cosby Show is the best.

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Wed, 16 May 2012 15:25:33 -0400

Accumulation with Talking (1973)

Wed, 16 May 2012 05:38:43 -0400

I used to ask my dancers to move continuously and talk at the same time.
The reason I did that was because when you’re moving you can’t able to be thinking and when you’re thinking you can’t move.
I know this dance very well. I was interested in seeing what I said while I was doing it.
[18 seconds]
I try to do every movement as completely as I do (unintelligible)… when I don’t talk.
Sometimes my mind wanders and I slip with the movement.
When that happens I go back and start all over again.
The first time I performed this dance I did it for 4 ½ minutes. The second time I did it for one hour.
The first time I used a very heavy rock and roll music.
Just a minute now, uh! The second time I did it for an hour I was very frightened and my thumbs started to shake.
They seem to be shaking right now (laughter).
This isn’t all that is shaking right now.
[8 seconds]
Just a minute now, I … (unintelligible)
[9 seconds]
When I’m doing the dance and not talking I’m thinking all the time.
I also look at the audience.
The second time I did the dance I watched a man pick his nose for 20 minutes.
He was completely unaware that i could see him.
In that same program, I watched a man falling asleep.
Afterwards I said to him, I saw you fall asleep. He said- “I didn’t fall asleep.”
About 6 months later, he confessed he felt asleep.
[12 seconds]
This dance has a very obvious system.
I make one movement and do it for a while and then I add another.
When I made the dance, every movement that I added had to mesh with the beginning.
I also had to choose movements that were comfortable to do because I repeat them a thousand times each.
If I didn’t have the (unintelligible) to do it, I’d have to drop it.
So these movements are selected for comfort.
No, that’s not true. They’re also selected for… (unintelligible)
[18 seconds]
While I was making the dance my father died somewhere between these 2 movements.
[24 seconds]
His mother was French.
her name was Alvina Martell.
His name was Martell Brown.
[25 seconds]
My thumbs aren’t shaking quite so much.
But my knees started shaking…
… especially when I do releves.
It’s very important to breathe when you dance.
[23 seconds]
Sometimes I when things get difficult and heavy I say to myself- just take one step at a time.
[26 seconds]
Is this dance linear or circular?
At this point I think it’s linear.
There is a point along the line where I think the beginning is lost and it becomes circular.
[17 seconds]
My knees are quiet now.
[17 seconds]
When I first did this dance, I used to repeat a movement until it became comfortable and completely assimilated into my kinesthetic system.
And that took about between 7 and 9 counts.
That is, it used to be very hard to do this dance.
But now I do about five.
Or I’m unable to do this dance and talk and count.
[12 seconds]
But I don’t know.
[10 seconds]
That lady with long hair in front…
[27 seconds]
When I first did this dance, I used to say, in my own mind, over and over again, this is it, this is all there is. This it - this is it - this is it - this is it - this is everything.
It’s hard for me to say that to myself and also talk to you out loud.
[12 seconds]
I think there could have been one better version.
But I’m not going to go back and do it now.
[28 seconds]
This piece was once video taped.
It is unrelentless (a voice other than Trisha and the translater says: It’s endless).
[9 seconds]
It’s like an ocean, it doesn’t stop.
[11 seconds]
I also thought it would be… (unintelligible).
There are some aficionados of this piece…
… who always smile when I do this movement (index of the right hand in the left hand)
I find it hard not to smile back.
[16 seconds]
When I’m finished I’m going to give you an exam on what you’ve seen and you’ll all have to do it.
You’ve had a nice long look at it.
Is it possible to do the same thing exactly the same twice?
Try to do that twice… (unintelligible)
I only have one more thing to do. Actually there are 3 more after that which I’m not using anymore.
You’ve been so calm, I’ll do it.
[20 seconds]
(Loud noise of someone blowing her nose) A woman is blowing her nose.
[15 seconds]
That’s the gypsy step.
Would you like to know the pet names for all these steps?
[12 seconds]
(unintelligible) (applause)

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Tue, 15 May 2012 00:37:12 -0400

"Racism, sexism, heterosexism, and class exploitation as systems of oppression all draw upon varying..."

Mon, 14 May 2012 17:16:32 -0400

“Racism, sexism, heterosexism, and class exploitation as systems of oppression all draw upon varying dimensions of this logic of segregation. Segregate people into boxes of ghettos, barrios, closets, and prisons, rank the boxes as being fundamentally separate and unequal, and keep the entire system intact by forbidding individuals to get to know one another as fully human beings.”

- Patricia Hill Collins (via humanformat)

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Mon, 14 May 2012 17:14:57 -0400

bucklesup: oh my god that kid looks so nervous he looks like he...

Mon, 14 May 2012 17:11:21 -0400

bucklesup:

oh my god that kid looks so nervous he looks like he has no idea what’s goign on he probably doesn’t even know what a yolo is

(Hold the phone, it’s so) State, state, state, state of...

Thu, 10 May 2012 18:39:54 -0400

(Hold the phone, it’s so)
State, state, state, state of the art
(Listen to the difference!)

Idalia's Made in France Campaign

Thu, 10 May 2012 15:48:00 -0400

Idalia's Made in France Campaign:

Help me afford the program costs of the MADE in France summer program & I will owe you several billion x’s and oh’s.

I’m peace on the pussy like assalamualaikum;

Wed, 09 May 2012 19:01:54 -0400

I’m peace on the pussy like assalamualaikum;

Thank you for choosing the genius program. We hope you find our...

Fri, 04 May 2012 11:51:00 -0400

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Kujo the Juice ft. High Spirits

Fri, 04 May 2012 10:36:31 -0400

Kujo the Juice ft. High Spirits

I don’t know why He keep blessing me I don’t know...

Thu, 03 May 2012 05:30:27 -0400

I don’t know why He keep blessing me
I don’t know why He keep blessing me
I don’t know why He keep blessing me
I don’t know why He keep blessing me
I don’t know why, I don’t know why, I don’t know why

High Spirits ft. Anna & Linda

Wed, 02 May 2012 21:47:02 -0400

High Spirits ft. Anna & Linda

I want it.

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:12:50 -0400

I want it.

Cosmo sex tip #301:

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:10:41 -0400

hashtagnextlevel:

Don’t be scared of doing something a bit more flexible. While you’re on top turn your head 360 degrees whilst screaming ‘the anti-christ has awoken’.