SSB is pleased present Austė, a featured artist in the upcoming Love Among the Ruins Show at Howl Happening. The Vest Nectanebus—geomancer—the worst sort of Stinking heap—envious, good for nothing, Craves women, Riches, power. Has no way of making a living Except by the phrase, “Reveal your desires to God and Pray!” And, “Alas! I lost…
When I first met Arleen, I was little known outside of what I had exposed of myself within the downtown art scene of Lower Manhattan. I was a Black queer kid stalking Buster Cleveland and living with Tim Greathouse, my roommate. As I grew into some renown and celebrity in the 80s, as co-director of…
After presenting at our most recent Comrade Truebridge Santa Fe, SSB asked Marya a few questions. SSB: How do you describe your field and what you do, and how does it interconnect? MEJ: I am a performing artist. I create works of theatre that come from my dreams and curiosities. I work in politics for a living but even…
Above: Stephen Sprouse, photo by Mark Sink Love Among the Ruins A Short History of 56 Bleecker Gallery and Late 80s NY Presented by Some Serious Business and Howl! Happening: An Arturo Vega Project September 9–October 6, 2017 Lust of glory pricked their hearts up, dread of shame Struck them tame; And that glory and…
HOWL! Happening: An Arturo Vega Project Gallery | Performance Space | Archive “Paying homage to both the old and new, the gallery can sometimes feel like a heady party…the shows also prove that the East Village isn’t dead.” —Michael Musto, The New York Times, March 9, 2016 Since its inception in March 2015, Some Serious Business…
Please support this incredible duo so they can continue making the essential work they produce. CLILCK HERE TO MAKE A DONATION About Dignidad Rebelde Dignidad Rebelde is a graphic arts collaboration between Jesus Barraza and Melanie Cervantes. We believe that art can be an empowering reflection of community struggles, dreams and visions. Following the principles…
Hey Santa Fe Comrades, SSB will be hosting another Comrade Truebridge on February 21st.Our upcoming presenters are Marya Errin Jones and Warren Montoya. Please let us know if you are interested and we will add you to our mailing list, contact Matthew Contos at matthew@someseriousbusiness.org if you would like to join us. For our NYC comrades, stay…
At first blush, Lydia Lunch and Umar Bin Hassan make for strange bedfellows. She’s the matriarch of the short-lived no wave scene, having scandalized and negated punk-era Manhattan with the jarring dissonance and minimalist caterwaul of her late-’70s band Teenage Jesus and the Jerks. In a few eventful years, she evolved from an adolescent malcontent…
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NONAGON FOR THE DEAD WHO ARE RISING Quintan Ana Wikswo and Arthur Kell premiere their new work October 22nd, 9pm | Radical Abacus, 1226 Calle de Comercio, Santa Fe NM Free and open to the public Quintan Ana Wikswo (writer, visual artist, performer) and Arthur Kell (composer, upright bassist) premiere their new work “Nonagon for the Dead who are…