year end roundup

it’s been another too-fast year and too much time seemed to disappear into work and its attendant burnouts. still, there was plenty of beauty. here’s my disorderly year-end list of my favorite things I encountered. I’m leaving out a lot but oh well~~~

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Berlin Interlude by Maria Negroni (Black Square Editions)

Crest by Bladee/Ecco2k (also going to see the DG show alone at Knockdown Center, being among the oldest ppl there lol)

DMZ Colony by Don Mee Choi (Wave Books)

The Sense of the World by Jean-Luc Nancy

the gluten free gnocchi at Senza Gluten

Cosmogony by Lucy Ives (Soft Skull)

唱着那无人问津的歌谣 / Chang Zhe Na Wu Ren Wen Jin De Ge Yao by Organ Tapes

The Accursed Share vol. 1 by Georges Bataille

Le Camion by Marguerite Duras (along with the screenplay & assembled essays/manifestos on the film, The Darkroom, Contra Mundum Press)

the medieval art at the Met and the Cloisters

Life in Space by Galina Rymbu (After Hrs Editions)

Casting Deep Shade by CD Wright (Copper Canyon)

late night Pakiza biryani (thanks to Salman Hayat for this habit)

Tatsuhiko Asano - In the wake of Doshin, The GIANT

Close to Me & Closer by Alice Notley

The Novelist’s film by Hong Sang-Soo

Rip it Up by Kou Machida (Inpatient Press) (not to mention the small press simulator by Inpatient Press)

everything by 1080 Press

Iglooghost — Lei•Disk「ᴮʳᵒᵃᵈᶜᵃˢᵗ」⛢꧂

mugwort cider from Greenpoint Cidery

Memoria by Apichatpong Weeresethekul

God Save the Animals by Alex G

Carriage Bearance Severence (performance) by Matty Davis and Ben Gould at Center for Performance Research

Pure Colour by Sheila Heti

Celeste for Nintendo Switch (a gesamtkunstwerk)

Nostalghia by Tarkovsky (especially the final scene)

the scramble at Breakneck Ridge

The Hole by Hiroko Oyamada (New Directions)

“A Letter from Home” by “Blue” Gene Tyranny

Our Insolvency by Jeremy Hoevenaar (Golias Books)

Thanksgiving by Ted Rees (Golias Books)

Song to Song by Terence Malick (for real lol)

Bola Sete - Ocean Memories

2046 by Wong Kar Wai

gf dim sum at Bodhi

Color of Pomegranates by Sergei Parajanov

The White Stones by JH Prynne

Lisa Robertson’s Twitter

The Totality Cantos by Brian Ang (Atelos Publications)

the glass flowers at the Harvard Museum of Natural History

Toshiya Sukegawa (助川敏弥): Bioçic Music - Astrology (バイオシック・ミュージック「星座」)

The Beach Beneath the Street by McKenzie Wark (Verso)

The Wisdom of Insecurity by Alan Watts

Kashkar Cafe in Brighton Beach (close 2nd - dance party at Skovorodka)

Sun Piano by Laraaji (and seeing Laraaji perform at Ambient Church thanks to my friend Ben Perez - I am also pretty sure I saw him at the cult vegan buffet in Greenpoint)

the Greetings Readings series at Unnameable Books

A Better Place is Hard to Find by Aaron Fagan (The Song Cave)

Evanston Salt Costs Climbing by Will Arbery at the New Group

Scorched Earth by Jonathan Crary (Verso)

Jesus Auñon: 13 Cuerdas

My Night at Maud’s, Eric Rohmer

The Uprising and Breathing by Bifo Berardi (Semiotexte)

Like Bismuth When I Enter by Carlos Lara (Nightboat Books)

“Cafe Loup” by Ben Lerner

Ugly Baby fish soup (that Maddie choked on)

burial - Antidawn EP

Living by Fiction by Annie Dillard

American Dream Meadowlands Mall

all the poems etc I got to read for Works & Days vol. 1 <3

see you all in 2023!