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Jane (Death & Primate Aggression)

Posted on March 13, 2018 by zjb

(SPOILER ALERT) I missed seeing Jane, the documentary on Jane Goodall by Brett Morgan when it was out in the theaters. It aired last night on television on the National Geographic channel. Taking a break from I Claudius and from thinking … Continue reading →

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Brown Cow & Human Hand (New York State Fair 2017)

Posted on August 28, 2017 by zjb

Check out the “rhizome” established by the animal hide, machine, and human hand. Here across the hairs along the ridge of the back, to get that show sheen on the cows requires very careful razor work. Intent and gentle on … Continue reading →

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(Vital Forms) Art Swarms (East Harlem)

Posted on May 15, 2017 by zjb

Some of the best art in New York City is  up around and about in East Harlem from two separate but I imagine closely related projects, the East Harlem Monument Art Project  (2015) (here) and Los Murals Hablan Project (here)  (2013). Their … Continue reading →

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Unsentimental Hawk (Riverside Park)

Posted on April 15, 2017 by zjb

On my own with the dog out late sunny Friday afternoon an hour or so before sundown and Shabbat for a walk in Riverside Park. I stopped to watch the Red-Tail. It’s April now, that point in the season when … Continue reading →

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Christa, and Queer and Other Icons at St John the Divine

Posted on April 2, 2017 by zjb

I went too late to see the Christa Project: Manifesting Divine Bodies on view at St John the Divine. But Christa is still up there, installed over the altar, as well as these other icons. About the Christa image as a … Continue reading →

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Animal Shabbat (Laszlo)

Posted on October 1, 2016 by zjb

Over time, Laszlo has learned to expect challah when he hears the blessings over candles and wine. Highly conscious, he makes a definite physical approach towards those around the table in what can only be described as a focused state of … Continue reading →

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East River Ducklings

Posted on April 15, 2016 by zjb

Floating life on the East River on a sunny day in April.

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Material Culture, Animal Culture (Books Made from Vellum)

Posted on April 5, 2016 by zjb

They used to make high end books out of vellum, described as “the semi-transparent inner membrane of calf skin,” or the even finer uterine vellum, that membrane taken from the skin of embryonic or still-born calves. Marc Epstein tells is … Continue reading →

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Metamorphoses & Trans-Human Becomings (Rosi Braidotti)

Posted on January 29, 2016 by zjb

Reading Rosi Braidotti sometimes feels like reading comic books, or science-fiction. Metamorphoses: Towards a Materialist Theory of Becoming is no exception.  The book is like a dare. Throughout the course of western culture and into our own popular culture, the … Continue reading →

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Great Colonial Fruit Bat

Posted on November 1, 2015 by zjb

The Great Indian Fruit Bat, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art actually points you down a set of stairs in the museum. Attributed to Bhawani Das, as described formally by the Met curators, its geography is Calcutta, India, it’s culture … Continue reading →

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