Downhill into December

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DIRT PALACE DECEMBER 2018 Wednesday December 19th 6 – 7:30pm Artist Talk / Interview Artist Shey Rivera in conversation with Josephine Devanbu ------------------------------------------------------------ ​ Supported through the Art Culture and Tourism department, as part of theWoonasquatucket River Greenway Arts project, the Dirt Palace will be commissioning artists to make new work in conversation with the river, its history, and the future plans for the neighborhood greenway, October 2018 - July 2019.  Our second event “Stormwater” Features the installation by artist Shey Rivera in our Storefront Window Gallery. Join us December 19th at the Dirt Palace while they talk about their work on storm runoff in urban settings. Along with the window installations that The Dirt Palace is presenting, there is a RFQ for new public art in Olneyville that is currently live (deadline January 2nd, 2019!) Memorial Retrospective for Cyndi Wu Thursday, December 20, 2018 at 6 PM – 9 PM 159 Sutton Street Gallery more info

WINDOW DECEMBER WINDOW ARTIST: SHEY RIVERA RÍOS Shey Rivera Ríos (pronouns: they/them) is an arts manager and multi-genre artist active in the mediums of performance, installation, digital media, and poetry/narrative. The creations spam several genres and a myriad of topics, from home to capitalism to queerness to magic. As an arts manager, Rivera engages with art and culture as a catalyst for social change through placekeeping, community-driven design, cross-sector partnerships, and creative industries. Rivera is also a performance curator and producer of interventions that activate people creatively. They are an active member of the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture (NALAC) and board member of the Alliance of Artist Communities. They are also a Fellow of the Intercultural Leadership Institute (ILI), a Brown University Public Humanities Community Fellow, and have completed residencies in Santiago, Chile, at the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Santiago alongside Las Proceres feminist collective; and in Pittsburgh, PA, at City of Asylum and BOOM Concepts Gallery.  "Stormwater" is a mixed media installation reflecting on the environmental issue of storm runoff in urban settings. The piece pushes back on urban renewal by proposing green space instead of more concrete developments. The sunflower is Yoruba deity Oshun, goddess of the river. This is a digital prayer/spell that becomes physical in the predominantly Latinx neighborhood of Olneyville in Providence, RI. SUBLET INFO ***Downstairs studio / work space available*** - 6x8 feet expandable to 8x8 feet. includes use of wood shop, storage space, access to large common area for bigger projects, opportunity for print shop access. 1-3 month lease - flexible! $125 per month. please email dbenbass@gmail.com for more information!*   NEW YEAR'S CARD BIZNESS  New Years alert! Send us winter greetings! zines! love! cards! we'll take what ever we can get! Also do we usually send you a New Year's card? Do you want one? This year is an illusion. We are all illusions. But we'll still send you a postcard. Hit us up at dirtpalace@yahoo.com if you want to make sure that your address is correct.  *****UPDATES***** JOSEPHINE DEVANBU Maia and I on the National Mall after pitching at the National Gallery and Hirschhorn. We may or may not have slept the night before. We’ve been running all over the east coast for the past few months–  back and forth to Philly for the residency at Haverford College, pitching Look at Art. Get Paid. at about a dozen art museums (including the Whitney, the Smithsonian American Museum of Art, & Mass MoCA). It’s been a nerve-wracking blessing to propose the project so widely, and a joy to have such a solid collaborator and community through it all. Lots of hoops to jump through– and savor– yet.     GRETA SCHEING Drawing some and preparing for the dark and cold. Send your address to gretron(at)gmail if you'd like a postcard  PIPPI ZORNOZA Bonedust Fruit of the Ash was released on Annihilvs!! - to purchase the digital album go here To purchase the CD or other formats go to Annnihilvs here RECTRIX had a blast performing in the midwest this past week. DANIELLA BEN-BASSAT Had a great public conversation with Cody about eels. If you have any information about the eels in the Woonasquatucket River, please text the eel hotline at 401.400.1750. Also, more Neil Young Zuma shirts available! - http://danbbass.storenvy.com/products/18749293-neil-young-zuma-tee-shirt CODY ROSS I had a great public conversation with Daniella about eels. I also got a new job in digital preservation, whatever that means. Have you ever heard the French term "to end up in the decor"? It means "to drive your car off the road." ⁘ Cathedral, a public bathroom on your cell phone, is available for download. "The gestures are small, tensile, vibratory." Soon featuring poetry by former Dirt Palace member Megan Manowitz and music by current Dirt Palace member Daniella Ben-Bassat. ᴅᴏᴡɴʟᴏᴀᴅ ɴᴏᴡ . . . XANDER MARRO Rotating schedules and digging into the darkness and night. Also thinking about travel and drawing. And so thinking of Henna, night dweller and comics queen of Berlin. Here is a picture I drew of her last winter. Her feet aren't really fucked up like this though.  Here is a link to her drawings etc. Learn Finnish by toggling between her queer feminist bingo in English/Finnish! Working on scheme to import her "Femmes for Satan" hologram bags...  ***DIRT PALACE LIBRARY HI-LITES*** MONTHLY PICTORIAL TREAT FROM THE DUSTY SHELVES OF THE DIRT PALACE FURTHERING THE QUEST TO SPREAD FUN LIKE GIN AND JUICE, MOSTLY GIN New to the Dirt Palace Library! New to the world! Anne Elizabeth Moore's book on Julie Doucet. Not to brag, but our copy is autographed!! Laugh out loud at passages like: "Men eager to share their opinions - which invariably included an admission that Doucet's work had sexually excited the speaker. Why the doings of so many dongs was thought to be of interest to me was beyond my comprehension."

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EELS IN OLNEYVILLE SQUARE ?!?! PROOF!!

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DIRT PALACE NOVEMBER 2018 EVENT! EELS in the Olneyville Square?? PROOF!! ------------------------------------------------------------ ​ SUNDAY NOVEMBER 25th 6 – 7:30pm Artist Talk / Interview Artist Daniella Ben-Bassat in conversation with Cody Ross Supported through the Art Culture and Tourism department, as part of the Woonasquatucket River Greenway Arts project, the Dirt Palace will be commissioning artists to make new work in conversation with the river, its history, and the future plans for the neighborhood greenway, October 2018 - July 2019. Our first event “EELS in Olneyville Square? PROOF!!” Features the installation by artist Daniella Ben-Bassat in our Storefront Window Gallery. Join us while she talks about her work and research into the eels in the Woonasquatucket.

WINDOW   OCTOBER - NOVEMBER WINDOW ARTIST: DANIELLA BEN-BASSAT Daniella Ben-Bassat's eels installation in the Dirt Palace Storefront Window Gallery 5 views     Daniella Ben-Bassat is an artist and musician based out of Providence, Rhode Island. With an interest in making paintings, music, and sound sculptures that reveal the presence of the mystical in the mundane, she draws inspiration from trash, nature, spirituality, and psychedelic culture. Her work aims to exist in a tenuous space that warbles between morphing abstraction and the material of the everyday. "I first found out about the eels in the river at a 4th of July party. People were throwing chicken pieces into the water, and the eels were swarming. Equally mesmerized and furious that no one had told me about this phenomenon sooner, I needed to know more. Eel larvae migrate from the Atlantic's Sargasso Sea -- floating for about a year until they reach fresh water in the Woonasquatucket (an Algonquin word for "where the salt water ends"). As they approach the shore, they become more pigmented and yellow, mirroring their increasingly muddy surroundings. Sexual differentiation only happens once the eels are between 1 and 3 years old, and it's highly dependent on environmental factors like population density. With a high tolerance for pollution, they live in the river for between 5 and 20 years until they reach sexual maturity and their physiology changes in preparation for their return back to the sea to spawn. Their digestive tracts get smaller and their pectoral fins get bigger to improve their ability to swim long distances. The skin becomes thicker, the composition of their body fluids changes, and their retinas adapt to prepare for deeper water with less sunlight. Determined to capture video of my neighbors, I purchased two orders of chicken nuggets at the local Burger King and a friend joined me at the river with an underwater video camera. We found a 2x4 piece of wood and fastened the camera to it. We also fastened pieces of chicken nuggets to the wood with some strong Gorilla Tape. The long piece of wood, once submerged in the Woonasquatucket, would allow us to get underwater footage without actually going into the river, and the pieces of chicken nuggets would lure the eels close enough to the camera to capture some (hopefully) good shots. This technique proved to be flawless in execution. The eels were most excited about the chicken nuggets that were fully submerged, and were less likely to get the pieces of chicken that were bobbing on the surface of the water."

In loving memory

In loving memory   Cyndi Wu 1990 - 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------ ​

It is with much heartbreak and sadness that we are writing to tell you of the passing of our friend, artist and Dirt Palace member, Cyndi Wu. Cyndi was a textile and apparel artist whose down to earth spirit, incisive mind and humble humor will be so sorely missed. As a spinner and weaver, she was sensitive to the whole cloth’s origins, embedding into her fabrics thoughtfulness and care to create playful new structures and materials full of softness, sensitivity and connections. Archiving memories through textiles, she carefully handled all of her creations, from the smallest details of her stitching to the complex patterns created to cover a whole surface. Through her art and gentleness she showed us a glimpse into her special way of seeing the world. We are honored to have known her and to have been able to spend the past months with her. Our hearts go out to Cyndi's friends and family. Together with friends, we are planning a memorial for Cyndi that will take the form of an exhibition of her work Thursday December 20th at the 159 Sutton Street Gallery. All are welcome. We will spend the evening honoring Cyndi through her art work, photos and remembrances from 6p - 9p. Please get in touch (dirtpalace@yahoo.com) if you would like to be involved with the planning or have any questions.

Autumn's Threshold!!!

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DIRT PALACE SEPTEMBER 2018 EVENTS! ------------------------------------------------------------ ​ Autumn's Threshold! PVBLIC BATH VISIBILITIES TASKMASTER (video) GRETA (Installation) CLUB DARNELL & MBDX (fashion for sale) Saturday September 29th Dirt Palace 9pm $PWYC$

WINDOW   JULY WINDOW ARTIST: SIENA HANCOCK The Fall (from Vogue)   Adaptation of the classic fall from grace, the work is partially based in process as the artist went through a hundred women’s magazines to create the collages while considering the ramifications the imagery has on women’s consumer lives. In addition to viewing her own reflection when working with the mirror components. The use of multiples creates a second form of reflection within the collages. The work is a reflection on reflections.  sienajhancock.com

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Breakfast in Cemetery - Boy Tasting Wild Cherry  Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. DIRT PALACE SEPTEMBER 2018 ------------------------------------------------------------ ​ Wedding Cake House Work Day! Volume 5 When: 1-5pm September 15th (Rain Date September 16th) Where: 514 Broadway Providence What:  a variety of renovation activities will be available! We should have some walls ready for priming if you’re a good painter...some wallpaper to scrape if you like the meditative satisfaction of turing a chaotic space into a blank slate, and LOTS AND LOTS of pulling/banging nails out of lathe and helping Serra Victoria Bothwell Fels with a sculptural arch made out of lathe from the house that will be stationed at the Bainbridge end of the yard. (Additional volunteer opportunities on this project Sept 8th - 18th - more on this below) 5pm on the lawn - we’ll have some food! Please RSVP so that we have a head count (dirtpalacepublicprojects@gmail.com)! Can only come part of the day...No Problem! Want to bring a friend/awkward first date/family member?  amazing! Want to just invite them to supper on the lawn afterwards - also totally awesome! Just let us know. What to wear/bring/expect:  Wear old clothes (it’s really really dusty/dirty!) and shoes appropriate for a construction zone, If you have a hammer, nail pullers, or vice grips, bring em! If you have a bunch of construction experience and want to take on a specific project get ahold of us ahead of time...There are INFINITE projects. What to expect: banging, scrapping, moving stuff around, transforming things with people who you may or may not already know - high likelihood that you may make a new friend, because turns out when you smash/paint/scrape/carry heavy things in an insanely dirty zone with someone, well that’s a thing that you now have in common. Other potential activities include: Well one time we found a little secret panel, and another time a teenaged ukele band played during dinner - who knows what magic will await us this time! Additional volunteer opportunities!  We could really use some help getting prepped before work with Serra begins, as well as some hands to work with her as she installs. The Pro’s of this = you get to work alongside of an amazing artist on a super cool project and probably bang out nails listening to weird soundtracks, which personally we find super therapeutic and satisfying. The cons of this = there are no cons - it will just be awesome.  Message us if this is something you’re interested in. We are looking for folks September 8th-18th, whatever hours work for you (we’re usually on site 7am - 7pm). The 8th - the 12th will be prepping before the artist arrives and 13th - 18th will be dedicated to install, working directly with the artist.    WINDOW   AUGUST WINDOW ARTIST: SARAH SAMWAYS  "Standing in the Reign with Birds," (2018) : 50 Twitter Birds, 13 Stripes, 45 Party Streamers, 1 Tiny Umbrella This is a piece about frustration of Trumpian proportions and finding little respite. It is a reminder to not be distracted by the razzle dazzle lest you miss some crucial details. https://sarahsamways.com   *****UPDATES*****   DANIELLA BEN-BASSAT   daniella is back from oregon with some work to show September 5, 2018 1 views September 5, 2018 1 views *** ALSO *** *subletting downstairs studio / workspace - 6x8 feet expandable to 8x8 feet. includes use of wood shop, storage space, access to large common area for bigger projects, opportunity for print shop access. please email dbenbass@gmail.com for more information!*   ARTHUR KATRINA august saw an ephemeral video shrine, international zine fair, mini comix, hot dice, mimosa flower, phosphorescent plankton.  next: a paper device for believing in another year on earth currently reading: opening and closing statements from the zapatista women's "first international gathering of politics, art, sports and culture of women who struggle" point of fashion: "six dogs for protection" current obsession: the atlantic ocean, histories, symbolic weight of; *@rot_radio    CYNDI MU One of the first things Cyndi made after suddenly transferring to art school. [models: merl &g]  Not as nostalgic as she used to be, but nothing to think about but memories while in the hospital.  For "if your everyday life seems poor, don't blame it; blame yourself; admit to yourself that you are not enough of a poet to call forth its riches; because for the creator there is no poverty and no poor, indifferent place. And even if you found yourself in some prison, whose walls let in none of the world's sound - wouldn't you still have your childhood, that jewel beyond all price, that treasure house of memories?" -rilke Back to the free (?) world, Cyndi continues low-stim adult coloring with ugly flowers (anything goes).   JOSEPHINE DEVANBU   [A Look at Art. Get Paid. critic takes in a room at the RISD Museum. Photo by Jay Simple] Look at Art. Get Paid. has officially embarked on a six-month residency as part of this year's Philadelphia Area Creative Collaborative! After an six-hour meeting with our team–Political Economist Craig Borowiak, filmmaker John Muse, and Philadelphia Area Coorperative Alliance director Jamila Medley– we now have a (still abstract) abstract. 'After Work: Seeing Race in Grassroots Economies' brings together local cooperatives, social practice artists, and Haverford faculty and students in Political Science and Visual Studies to map and unpack how the aesthetics, practices, and structures of institutions reinforce white supremacy–in spite of stated commitments to racial and economic justice. The burden of educating white-led, multiracial organizations about racialized practices typically falls on people of color, who often do this labor outside the workday without recognition or pay. What would it look like if this labor were clocked and paid– even for just a day? How might such interventions change how white-led organizations "see" race and racial injustice? Could staged reconfigurations of power and money lead to sustained shifts?  'After Work' looks to the myriad ways that communities of color have held, do hold, and can hold the institutions that serve them accountable to imagine and prototype more just configurations of money and power. If this doesn't make sense, don't let me off the hook! Let me know at jdevanbu@gmail.com   CODY ROSS A friend recently sent me an image of a vending machine she found on Craigslist while searching for soft serve machines. I immediately recognized the design of the vending machine's front panel as the same as that from the set of Grey's Anatomy's cafeteria—an oversaturated image of a waterfall in a lush forest . . . ⁘ ᴄᴀᴛʜᴇᴅʀᴀʟ, a public bathroom on your cell phone, is nearing completion. Please follow our Instagram account for updates. GRETA SCHEING Greta beat the claw machine twice this month. She's working on retelling myths and video installations. XANDER MARRO Ink Drawings on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fataleggs Guess she's still doing these things. And working on Wedding Cake House, which is endless and sometimes involves stumps and tree roots - mushrooms accidentally growing inside, disappearing pumpkins. Never felt so crazy as when blasting a heat gun in the sun today, but if you don't have muscles, nothing like heat to loosen the bolt.   PIPPI ZORNOZA Bonedust, Fruit of the Ash (2007 – 2017) is coming out on Annihilvs October 20th. This release Bundle includes a cassette edition, a t-shirt, a one-sided, picture disc, lathe-cut 7inch single, and a copy of the digipak CD-R. Over ten years in the making, Bonedust is joined by vocalists Rebecca Mitchell (WHORE PAINT, HOUSE RED), Maralie Armstrong-Rial (HUMANBEAST, VALISE), Natalja Kent (QUERENT) and vocalist/performer René Greene (NEVE RENE). Get pre-orders here https://annihilvspowerelectronix.bandcamp.com/merch/bonedust-fruit-of-the-ash-bundle   ***DIRT PALACE LIBRARY HI-LITES***   MONTHLY PICTORIAL TREAT FROM THE DUSTY SHELVES OF THE DIRT PALACE FURTHERING THE QUEST TO SPREAD FUN LIKE GIN AND JUICE, MOSTLY GIN Ok so this one is an obvious plug! But gotta do that some times! Pippi and Xander are in Got A Girl Crush magazine talking about the Wedding Cake House project, being interviewed by the amazing Faythe Levine!  What an incredible honor to be included in the pages along side of such a list of feminist movers and shakers. We've been long time fans! Print lives! If you don't know about the mag, read about it here. Or follow them on instagram here - which you'll definitely want to do, because we're going to "take over" i.e. guest post all day on September 15th! Stories all day long! What secrets will lurk!?