Poem Book Recommendations from Lime Tree
ime Tree is a poetry-focused blog kept by the poet and my friend K. Silem Mohammed. He pretty much has his finger on small press publications and has kindly put together a list of ten recommended books from this year.
And then he went ahead and added ten more.
Thanks, K.!
(It’s worth clicking the link to see the book designs alone.) Enjoy.
very much like how this photograph blurs lines between photography and painting. I don’t believe you can look at this and not imagine the work after gravity kicks in. It’s almost an installation really.
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the stunning work of www.shinichimaruyama.com
via: www.graphic-exchange.com
We Like Poems Here
y dear friend, Sivan Butler-Rotholz, is the poetry editor of As It Ought To Be. Her selections are always poignant examples of excellent progressive, contemporary poetry happening in the United States.* She has a mean and beautiful eye.
Her note on this Saturday’s poet:
Part contemplation, part meditation, part manifesto, today’s poem considers the world of the word, the sentence, and the book. Here we have a body constructed upon the bone structure of Language poetry, shrouded in prose form and driven by syntax, sharing its spine like a Siamese twin with the idea of the book. Dense with ideas and littered with intimacy, eroticism, and nature in all her reproductive glory, journey through the mind of the poet with today’s exploration of “The book.”
The blog itself is a testament to the inter-linking of art and politics and run by some of the finest minds in both spheres of thought. Go look.
*Full disclosure: this writer has been published by AIOTB.
The NYT on rock photographer Mick Rock
“Back then, to pick up the hottest women you had to wear makeup.”
hat’s more interesting than the artist is the slideshow. I miss that stark freshness of rock photography. Fantastic work.
Coming up in arts this week: Dieter Rams & Bladerunner
THURSDAY
e are very excited to be attending SFMoma’s director’s cut screening of Bladerunner (which, I will admit, I’ve never seen before). Come on! I wasn’t even a year old when it came out!. I do know it is an Important and Influential Film, and will probably come off as more prescient than it did even thirty years ago.
It’s part of an exhibition of Dieter Rams design legacy. You should also check out the main exhibition of Rams’ work in the museum. I want every last gadget. Even the beard trimmers.
INFO:
Introduced by Stella Lochman, education and public programs assistant, SFMOMA
Phyllis Wattis Theater
7:00 p.m.
Ridley Scott, 1982, 117 min., 35 mm
A landmark of the science fiction and the neo-noir genres, Blade Runner is also awash with design objects by Rams. Lochman points out the objects used to create the film’s futuristic background. Set in a dystopic Los Angeles, Blade Runner stars Harrison Ford as a retired cop fighting human-like androids. Lauded for its design and effects, Blade Runner was nominated for Academy Awards in set design and art direction.
Part of Inspired by Dieter Rams.
$5 general; free for SFMOMA members or with museum admission (requires a free ticket, which can be picked up in the Haas Atrium).
Source: http://www.sfmoma.org/exhib_events/events/1980#ixzz1gXWIlpvG
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
hese ads are bullshit.
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Fashion shouldn’t ever be linked to death. Let’s start with that. I’ve been a “hanger” and when I look back on those photos, I start to see myself as everyone else saw me at the time: sickly-looking.
::thanks to Brittney for sharing
Oh hello again.
t’s been a long but fruitful hiatus, and your girl is back.
PHOTO: CHRISTINA MCNEILL
What to expect from The Holden Archive in the coming months:
- Art reviews - There is so much happening in the San Francisco gallery scene that I’d love to share with you.
- Less labels, more fashion - If you’re like me, you’ve grown up a bit and have truly gotten over label whoredom. If not, I highly recommend you read Dana Thomas’ Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster (Penguin, New York: 2007). One of my fashion heroes, Catie of Cuffington.com, gave this to me and it is enlightening to say the least.
- More of what I do in art - It’s a tough road to hoe, but I am a working artist, and I’d love to share the process (and maybe even finished products) with you.
I’d also like to do some more interviews, Q&As, and connect with YOU, dear readers. Even though this is a Tumblr-powered site, The Holden Archive is anything but a one-way street. So, if you’d like, please “Ask me anything” and start a discussion.
For those of you who like more fashion-centric sites, I recommend:
and
And finally, for those of you left interested in my general life-craziness (love, engagements, marriage: all from a City Girl’s perspective, you can go see my other blog, SFLoveStory (there’s cool pictures there too that have nothing to do with anything in the lovely Tumblr way)…yeah, it’s a big messy diary.
xx,
Holden
About The Holden Archive
bout The Holden Archive!
Hello! It’s been a long but fruitful hiatus, and your girl is back. Like so many blogs, there has been a contextual shift from mostly fashion to all arts. It’s too difficult to write about one and not reference the others. I’m a working artist, my fiancé is a working artist, life is filled with art and I can’t keep it all to myself. While I live in San Francisco and we have a focus on Bay Area artists, inspiration and recognition comes from all over the world.
My little mission is to expose the corners of the art world with which I fall madly in love.
This is a place where we talk about art. Thanks for visiting.
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This is me, emerging from the dark, dark abyss of writers’ block.
Photo: Christina McNeill
Here’s a little more about me (and I’m changing it from the third to first person, you’re welcome):
BIOGRAPHY
My professional career in the arts began in writing and painting, but I don’t subscribe to any single media. Current projects include rock’n’roll photography, writing and photography for Urban Air Market, a book-length poem manuscript entitled Catamaran, a collection manuscript, a visual study of nostalgia and public transportation.
Past work includes movie stills for Rob Nilsson’s feature film The Steppes, music video cinematography, multimedia painting collaboration with artist Jason Grohman, graphic design for political and literary magazines, electronic projection installation, the co-edited (with Aaron Selverston) bookscape Leviathan, fashion productions and creative direction. Holden was recently the AD for a short fashion film for the San Francisco Bay Area Fashion Network.
I’m interested in: sexual discovery in girlhood, bees, mental illness, pornography, sea-faring vessels, rock’n’roll, urbanity and surrealism.
I was born in Chicago and currently live in San Francisco with my fiancé, musician Ryan Joseph of I Am Animal, Prima (our chihuahua-mutt), and two goldfish, Bianca Jagger and Meepers.
PRESS/PUBS
Photographer&Model | Podcast Episode 61 Photog/Editor Holden Pumphrey
As It Ought To Be | One Good Thing About You Is You’re Always Looking For Light Refraction
Broke-Ass Stuart’s Goddamn Website | Broke-Ass of the Week - Holden
The Sanfranista | Brushing up on Latin with Missing Piece
Muni Diaries | Photographer Kristen Holden: Love Stories on Muni
As It Ought To Be | Who Says
San Jose Mercury News | Budding poet finding her muse
ArtBusiness.com | Mode: Meme
UCSC.edu | Recognition
What Happens
Sorry it’s been so long, darlings. I’ve been in love.
In Memorium
