We spent most of the afternoon and evening in Williamsburg, going to galleries and ending the evening with Glenn at Galapagos to see John Moran and Eva Müller in "What's Opera Doc?" The performance was great -- cool sound and movement, acting that was scary and good at the same time. I got a little worried at the beginning, especially since we dragged Glenn away from his lesson plans to join us. When we walked in we could smell pot, and Ms. Müller joked in her introduction about John being "over there smoking pot", but it all turned out alright. More than alright -- fabulous! Check out the images on their site of Moran's theatre productions.
We saw some good things in Williamsburg today. I'm feeling the need to spend most of my gallery-going time in Williamsburg rather than Chelsea these days. Recommended:
- Deborah Stratman's video "In Order Not To Be Here" at Momenta
- Tricia McLaughlin at Star 67 -- great models, drawings, and animation
- Lee Etheridge IV at Pierogi 2000 -- He uses an IBM selectric to create patterns of letters and words on handmade paper, in a new phase, on photographs. I liked his previous show at the gallery, but I think this one is better and really strong.
