caroline contillo

I’m not a fan of hot weather. I’ll take subzero icy temperatures over a humid new york summer any day of the week. So, when i happened upon the documentary Art from the Arctic, I immediately e-mailed the creators of the founding project Cape Farewell and asked them if they needed anyone to help out [...]

Perhaps on my birthday weekend I’ll finally see Kembra Pfahler in action.

I came across this woman’s photography on flickr while i was searching for images of Haverstraw, NY to illustrate a post I was writing about my history as a diner waitress. Sometimes before work I would go on long drives up the Hudson River until I was almost lost and then walk around towns with [...]

Here’s a video compilation of some of the performace artist’s best work. i first heard of patty when she was standing outside of the coat check room i was working in, talking about how she “thought the eel was dead, but it was just stunned. so when we were in the bathtub together, it got [...]

The photography of Enda Bowe.

Tilly Bloom is a Scottish-born designer living here in Brooklyn who creates art prints and jewelry based heavily on Victorian illustration. I’m not one for wearing decorative wear on my personhood, but that doesnt stop me from admiring her work.

Through October 27th at Tracy Williams, Ltd. is Georgina Starr’s ode to silent film actress Theda Bara, which involves “film stills, a limited-edition monograph, and Theda (Prelude), a 12-minute black-and-white video of herself dressed as Bara and performing a gamut of exaggerated expressions.” (from ArtKrush) I myself was obsessed with Theda in high school, using [...]