four online journals

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Hyperallergic: "Sensitive to the Arts and its Discontents"

Hyperallergic is a forum for serious, playful and radical thinking about art in the world today.
      Created by husband-and-husband team, Veken Gueyikian and Hrag Vartanian, Hyperallergic officially launched on October 14, 2009. It combines the best of art blog and magazine culture by focusing on publishing quality and engaging writing and images from informed and provocative perspectives.
      Hyperallergic also publishes a Weekend edition edited by leading writers and journalists. It offers a closer look at issues in art, books, films, theatre, dance and music.
     The Hyperallergic Newsletter is sent out weekly and includes a letter from the editor with a recap of the most popular and important stories from the week. (Subscribe here) Newsletter subscribers also get first dibs on Hyperallergic events, that include discussions, parties, screenings and performances.
      Hyperallergic is published by Going Off Script in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

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The Scuttlefish: About Life in and on the Seas

[ in their own words ] The Scuttlefish is a project by Brian Lam and friends, celebrating the lovely, terrifying, powerful, mysterious, soothing, angry, calm, merciless, and awe inspiring sea. It has nothing much to do about technology. Except when it is a submarine.

      The Scuttlefish is designed to evoke the kind of vibe you’d feel after a nice long day at the beach. Or a difficult night at sea. It’s not about animals, or sports or eco, or science, or travel or food or culture, but all of those things and perhaps a bit of lore. Because besides our own human drama, there’s no deeper well of stories, and no more mysterious and rich a frontier than the ocean.
     The Scuttlefish is a partner site of The Atlantic and originally reported stories appear on TheAtlantic.com at times.

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DETAIL daily: an art and design blog

Architecture through the ages.
      Aesthetics and construction: the interplay between design and technology demonstrated by outstanding examples of architecture
      DETAIL daily has been reporting on high-quality architecture from around the world, questioning designs and getting below the surface for the past 50 years.
     DETAIL daily does not simply parade ambitious architecture in the form of glossy photos, but instead examines backgrounds under the recurring themes of “aesthetics and construction”, and reveals constructional contexts and relationships between structures, their origins, and spaces created.

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The American Poetry Review

American Poetry Review is dedicated to reaching a worldwide audience with a diverse array of the best contemporary poetry and literary prose. APR also aims to expand the audience interested in poetry and literature, and to provide authors, especially poets, with a far-reaching forum in which to present their work.
     American Poetry Review was founded by Stephen Berg in 1972 in Philadelphia. By developing efficient, inexpensive production methods and a distribution network that combined newsstands, bookstores, and subscriptions, it became the most widely circulated poetry magazine in the U.S. within the first five years of publication.
     In the 1970’s, APR established a reputation for publishing a broad range of material: interviews, literary essays and essays on social issues, translations, fiction, reviews, and poetry by the most distinguished authors, by writers working in new forms of contemporary literature, by younger poets now at the center of American poetry, and by writers from other cultures.
      APR has continued uninterrupted publication of American Poetry Review since 1972, and has included the work of over 1,500 writers, among whom there are nine Nobel Prize laureates and thirty-three Pulitzer Prize winners.

mental health issues

There's lots of things going on here:

  •  politicians pandering to fear
  •  Forced Treatment - from coercion in the hospital setting to plans (by some) to force psychiatric drugs on people living in their own homes and apartments
  •  Discrimination in employment, housing, social acceptance
  •  Massive cuts in important services [access to legal rights; case coordination; the continuance of Medicaid "spend downs"; reduction in SNAP funds for the truly poor] via line item budget cuts
  •  The list goes on...

The objectives of the protest in Hartford is to establish a show of concern from clients, family, friends and supportive direct service providers. Let Governor Malloy and the state legislature know that the already disenfranchised can't afford to be further marginalized.

     If you can't show up on Saturday, make sure your local politician knows your concerns about these matters. If you don't know who your politicians are, or how to present your issues: read the following:

Tips on Contacting Politicians

Voting is only part of the legislative process. You need to be in touch with your legislators,
to let them know your opinions on subjects important to you, and know
how to get your point across clearly and calmly.

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If you do not know your state representatives you can find who they are
at the Find Your Connecticut Legislator.

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NEVER ASSUME that if a politician is from a different political party or has spoken out in public that favors one side of an issue or another, that they will not listen to hear another point of view. That is their responsibility - to hear varied opinions - and you can hold them to hearing you out. But you need to plan strategically.

WRITE, FAX OR E-MAIL YOUR LEGISLATORS

1) Use plain or personal stationery.
2) Use proper form of address.
3) Write legibly.
4) Keep it short and to the point. Let them know what you expect.
5) Address on issue per communication.
6) Outline essential information: bill number, title and description. If you don't know these items, you can look for them at the Connecticut Legislative Website.
7) Use your own words. Avoid form letters. Describe personal experiences and local impact.
8) Be sure to include your name, address, phone number, or e-mail.

CALLING YOUR LEGISLATORS

Note: If you cannot speak directly to your legislator or official, do not refuse to speak with a staff person. You may gain useful information and a helpful source for future reference.
1) Be prepared
     • Be brief and to the point
     • Have the key information written down: essential points of your position, bill number, title and description. If you don't know these items, you can look for them at the Connecticut Legislative Website.
     • Try to place call at crucial time for issue, e.g., before a key vote.
     • Use correct form of address, e.g., Senator Smith, not Joe.
2) Present your position briefly
     • Identify yourself and where you live.
     • One issue per call.
     • Be factual and honest.
     • Use your own words.
     • Mention how issue will affect your district or community or organization.
3) Ask for their views
     • Try to find out their position and how they will vote.
     • Keep tone friendly, even if their position does not agree with your own.
4) End the conversation politely
     • Thank the officials.
     • Offer to send information on your issue.

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INFORMATION SOURCES: [1] The Connecticut League of Women Voters publishes a number of handy pamphlets on legislative advocacy. The material above came from The Art of Advocacy pamphlet. [2] You can find out handy tips on how to best prepare to testify (in person or in writing) before the Legislature using the Guide for Reaching State Legislators and Testifying at Hearings. [3] For the online savvy, check out the Using the Internet to Make Democracy Work pamphlet. [4] Finally, the Connecticut Legislative Website can provide you names and contact phone numbers to state legislators.

three artists

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Remy Jungerman: was born in Moengo, Suriname and has lived in Amsterdam since 1990. His work is intrinsically related to his Surinamese origins and is centered on global citizenship in today’s society. Jungerman uses collages, sculptures and installations to show cultural critique(s) of the local and the global, the internal and the external. Traditional materials and objects are placed in different contexts that challenge the established notions of their representation within Western society.
     Jungerman gets his inspiration from Afro-religious elements of the traditional Maroon culture in Suriname and the Diaspora. At the same time he is also inspired by Western trends in art and modern communication technology.
     He first studied art at the Academy for Higher Arts and Cultural Studies, Paramaribo (Suriname). After moving to Amsterdam in 1990 he studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy. Since his first group exhibition in the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Jungerman has participated in several solo and group exhibitions worldwide.

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James McNabb What James McNabb has to say about himself:

I’m an intense person.
     The work I make is the result of my desire to be the best at what I do. I observe the world around me, immerse myself in culture, and adapt to the challenges life presents to me.
     Lately, I have been inspired by cityscapes and what the city represents to me. I am exploring my own way of representing the urban landscape using the skills and techniques I have developed during my training as a woodworker and furniture maker.
     To me, the city represents the land of endless possibilities, a place where people go to make something out of nothing in search of fortune and fame. I aim to reflect those feelings when I ...make these objects. [Creating these works is] ...meditative and therapeutic, a way to express my intensity through the act of making. The result is a composition of abstract architectural forms, no two alike, all from discarded scrap wood. It’s the epitome of making something out of nothing. They are my wooden cityscapes and my land of endless possibilities.

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Michael [Surrealist] Woods:
[favorite quote] "In the begining there is no begining,
In the future there is no future."
      Michael Surrealist Woods is a photographer and collagist. He maintains an internet presence with a Facebook Page. He does not have a web site of his own. He should have, for his work is wonderful and amazing. He has been written about and his works have been on show.
     Woods is a photographer and artist, who lives and works in North Kensington, London. His photographs and Surrealist assemblages have been widely published and exhibited.
     In 1991, together with George Melly, Woods co-authored a beautifully composed book of images and text that evinces a golden age of surrealist artists, Paris and the Surrealists (pub - Thames & Hudson).
     Woods was a member of the Colony Room Club, Soho, and "...drank with Dan Farsons, Francis Bacon, Molly Parkin."
     His work has been exhibited internationally.
     He indicates that "...although I adhere to Surrealist principles, more recently I have been working on a neuroscience project with Prof John Taylor, "Imaging the Self in Art and Consciousness", We're writing a book about it.'
     He is also preparing a book of photographs, "The Terminal Surrealist - Last Photographs of George Melly"

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IMAGE CREDITS: [1] Remy Jungerman; [2] James McNabb; [3] Portrait of Michael Woods by Alex Schneideman.