Interdisciplinary Mayhem

CAR ALARMS, AHOY

Myrtle Street Review has the danged bestest art response to urban annoyance ever:

see myrtle street, here.

PORTLAND DATES ADDED - Easter Island Participation Tour

Portland, Oregon  June 6 at 7:30 pm, June 7 at 2 pm (with brunchy snacks). At Performance Works NW. 

Easter Island Project details at http://www.2GQ.org/easterisland.html .

HELLO, GODDARD PEOPLE ~ WANNA PARTICIPATE?

  

TIFFANY LEE BROWN: 
THE EASTER ISLAND PROJECT

We are compelled to create—to make, write, act, and give birth. How do we manifest this deep desire? How do our creations—novels, babies, and atom bombs—affect our lives, our culture, and our planet?

The Easter Island Project invites audiences to explore the questions through the act of creation itself with Plazm editor and 2GQ director Tiffany Lee Brown, as she prepares for an interdisciplinary art expedition to Easter Island in the South Pacific. 

Inspired by Tiffany's investigation into biological childlessness in contemporary American culture, the Easter Island Project is an ongoing participatory art and performance work. Participants and audience members "seed" the project by generously contributing their own creativity in person, online, and through the mail. UPCOMING EVENTS: Seattle, Portland, Eugene, Prescott AZ, San Francisco Bay Area, and New York City.

TAROT READINGS, ANYTIME, ANYWHERE: ARTS FUNDRAISER

dear people of the world & beyond:

wouldn't you or one of your loved ones simply adore getting a genuine, proper Tarot reading as a holiday gift? why yes, you would! my psychic powers predict it.

readings may be redeemed in person or over the phone. please see seedcake.etsy.com for more info & to purchase your gift certificate. let the mystical mayhem begin!

i've been reading Tarot for nearly two decades and i'm now applying my spooky powers toward fundraising purposes.

the Easter Island Project is an ongoing work inspired by my personal experience and subsequent research into childlessness in our culture. all Tarot proceeds benefit the non-profit arts and literary organization 2GQ -- specifically, computer related expenses -- and The Easter Island Project -- specifically, expenses for related travels to San Francisco, Seattle, and of course, Easter Island, Chile, in the South Pacific. non-financial support is also welcome.

xo and thank you...

miss magdalen

PS: and i've lately been recruited to do parties with this, too. great fun.

Holy Crap, I Got Married!

Here's me at our Portland wedding occasion, singing "Oh! Darling" to my unsuspecting husband, with the band Gay Deceivers, who completely rocked out.

HOLY CRAP, I GRADUATED!

Graduation! "Seeding Easter Island!" Got my MFA! Woo!

Details follow. Blog-style details: too many of them, not thought through properly, etc. Good luck sloggin' through it...

"HOUSE BOUND" TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE TO LIMITED AUDIENCES

howdy y'all ~ here's info about "House Bound," a show I'm in, happening in a couple weeks for one day only.

"Kinesthetic salon" delivers unusual, immersive experience of art, food, performance, and installation at Performance Works Northwest on April 13

NEW NEWS: our poster will be on display this week in Zagreb, Croatia, at ZGRAF, an international exhibition for graphic design and visual communication established in 1975. designed by award-winning Plazm art director Josha Berger, it features Emily Stone in a video still from Tiffany Lee Brown's "Home Movie".

Ticket price includes hors d'oeuvres, wine, and tea. Tickets cost $15 in advance or $20 at the door, via Brown Paper Tickets online or by phone at 503 475 2306. Performance Works NW is located at 4625 SE 67th Avenue; various show times occur April 13 at 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2:00, 3:30, and 5:00. "House Bound" is co-presented by 2GQ, a project of the non-profit organization 2 Gyrlz Performative Arts.

For details, keep reading...

NYMPHE and SELLING OUT

So why haven't I been posting here? Well, I'm sitting around frozen in terror that I'm about to start my G5 and kick in on my thesis/portfolio!

Not really. I've been very busy with artstuff. I have a number of projects in the works which deal directly with the issue of being a childless woman in a family-focused society.

My musings about being alternately happily childfree and miserably childless can be found on the NYMPHE blog.

If you are interested in my various selling out discussions, you might want to buy (heh, that's right, *buy*) a copy of a chapbook we at Plazm wrote and created for our recent event at the back room. I believe it even comes with your own little button that says "WHORE." The book is called "The Wife, the Mistress, & the Prostitute" and is available at Plazm Books (click on the very last, dark-covered book).

PORT TOWNSEND: where to stay, etc.

I just sent out some links & info to my family, in hopes they can attend my graduation in August 2008. Apparently, reservations for cabins, yurts, and campsites at Fort Worden itself go pretty fast. I thought this info might be useful to those bringing families or who want to stay an extra night or two, maybe camp or stay at a B&B in town.

Click through for more info. And throughout this site there is more Port Townsend info -- look under "categories" on the sidebar and click away.

We could be heroes... just for one day.

okay this is the coolest thing ever. i was doing a vanity search on myself (which sounds a little less kinky than the act of Self-Googling), and i showed up in a new spot: on someone's MySpace list of who their "heroes" are!!! now come on, that just rocks out. me, a couple other portland lit peeps i heart, and stephen colbert.

i don't know why this makes my day, far more than, i don't know, some other sort of compliment. and of course i know the hero-poster, it is a very heroic writer and educator of lit-rah-chure, Mr. Trevor Dodge himself. Trevor, dollface, you made my day.

MORE COMPENDIUM/AGAINST THE WALL PICS

by steve fritz these... others are by me.

PHOTOS FROM "AGAINST THE WALL"

"Against the Wall" was an installation by Tiffany Lee Brown and Clare Carpenter, featuring their book A Compendium of Miniatures and a 24-foot wall of documentation, proofs, and other ephemera related to their collaborative process. Part of the group show Construct/Re-Construct at Cathedral Park Place in Portland, it ran Sept 29-October 29, 2007.

Click through for some pics by Steve Fritz, Tif, and Josh Berger:

There is a transparent peace tower in NYC...

"There is a transparent peace tower in New York City which casts no shadow and, therefore, very rarely recognized." -- Yoko Ono       Questionnaire: Grapefruit, 1966

In real life or online, visit the Imagine Peace Tower dedicated to John Lennon on October 9th. Join the peace demonstration.

We Just Made This Gorgeous Hunk of Recycled Trees.

PLAZM is having a party this Wed, Sep 26, to celebrate the release of our NEW ISSUE, Plazm #29.

The NEW ISSUE ("Collective Memory" theme, includes the "End of War" project I was on about) is awesome. As an editor, am I allowed to say that? Oh feckit, I'm saying it. The thing's just beautiful and interesting.

Find out party details here: clicky-clicky no. 1
Read what the Portland Mercury says about the NEW ISSUE and the party here: clicky-clicky no. 2

PLAZM, PARTY, BOOK, INSTALLATION...Stufff....

I posted all about all this stuff I'm doing -- Plazm issue + party Sept 26, Compendium of Miniatures book and installation, a little about doing The Walk workshop at the Port Townsend Goddard residency in August -- come checkit on my Ye Olde Official Website at magdalen.com.

IDEAS, RAMBLING, STUFF.

From my art journal thingy:

Dear Packet #1:

I spent some time with my weblog, http://magdalen.blogs.com/goddard , changing it around and adding the Idea Bucket. This, I thought, would be a good way to claim ideas without having to do tthem.

But here I am talking to myself on paper. There is a reason for keeping half-baked ideas private. I mean, hell, let’s be honest here, I experiment and I send many half-baked ideas into the world. Intentionally making a public list of them seems smirky and stupid, now that I have tried it. It’s like trying to claim everything at once.

(Click "continue" for more rambling)...

I HEREBY DECLARE

...that this blog is, as it has evolved to be, will be for and about anything I please.

I'm gonna use it as more of a tool, too.

And there will still be lots of Goddard things and interdisciplinary whatnots.

PT Weather Report - Get Packin', Goddard Peeps!

Ten-day weather report + mosquito report are right here on yr friendly ever-lovin' blog o' interdisciplinary mayhem. Just click on through to the other side.

PORT TOWNSEND RESOURCES

http://www.parks.wa.gov/fortworden/parkhours.aspx  with lots of info on the park itself

Centrum info about the whole arts program who are hosting us -- look at the incredibly cool Cistern concert we just missed by a few days!

Here's a map to the Cistern...

PORTLANDIAN PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

I pledge allegiance to the stag 
of Stumptown -- Portland, Oregon.
And to the sportswear for which it stands
One city
Under Powell's
Full of bicycles
With livability and sustainability for all.



Photo by Whateverthing. Pledge by me.

PRE-ORDERS AVAILABLE: A COMPENDIUM OF MINIATURES

A Compendium of Miniatures
by Tiffany Lee Brown
(Tiger Food Press * 2GQ Press)

Miniature narratives and rhythmic metaphors redefine the words that tell life's big stories. Limited edition of 50 signed, numbered books hand-bound in silk; case-bound. Hand-set in Deepdene and letterpress printed in two colors on 100% post-consumer recyled paper using soy-based inks by Clare Carpenter.

Books begin shipping September 23, 2007. Pre-orders accepted; reserve a copy today via:

Purchase online with credit card at plazm.com ($55 plus shipping & handling). US, Canada, international.

Purchase via mail order: $58 includes shipping & handling. Make checks out to "2GQ" and send to PO Box 2863, Portland OR 97208. Includes a splendid mailing box you will want to crawl inside. Price includes all applicable taxes, shipping, etc. USA and Canada only.

Email the authors at 2007@2GQ.org with inquiries or to be notified about our September installation and performance at Cathedral Park Place in Portland.

LOG BABY: video

here's a version of my Log Baby video. enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66zavr6H_EU

Northwest: Biodeisel transportation

if you're wandering around the NW before or after the residency, consider Sharedroute.org. i haven't tried it, but it's supposed to be fabu. affordable shuttle buses between Seattle, Portland, and Olympia (not Port Townsend or SeaTac airport, alas) -- biofuel powered, and bicycles ride free.

PT: Restaurant Recommendations from Chow peeps

i asked on the Chowhound site for recommendations on coffeehouses and restaurants in Port Townsend (also Port Angeles and Sequim), and got some good advice! my guidebook on the Olympia Peninsula (the Insider's Guide) also concurs.

Silverwater and Wild Coho appear to be the top choices for fancypants dining, Northwesty style. Tyler Street Bakery and Coffeehouse gets good marks, Ajax Café sounds endearing with its many wacky wearable hats, and Otter Crossing by the marina sounds intriguing for brunch. since i sideline as a travel 'n' food writer, when not making the big bucks as a graduate student, i'll have to check some of this out while i'm there...

http://www.chowhound.com/topics/419012 is the conversation in progress.

PT: William James Bookstore

"My only recommendation in PT is William James Bookseller, on Water Street," says my friend David Adam Edelstein. "One of my all-time favorite bookstores. It smells just right and I always find something wonderful."