Episode 89: The Collective Foundation/Miranda July reviewed
May 13, 2007 · Print This Article
This week Book Reviews and West Coast News! Terri Griffith and Joanna Topor
review Miranda July’s book No One Belongs Here More Than You. Worked in
to the commentary is discussion of the Mackenzie’s sex life and Oprah’s
use of the phrase Vah-Jay-Jay.
Brian Andrews and Marc LeBlanc talk to curator Joseph del Pesco and artist
Scott Oliver about the Collective Foundation.
The Collective Foundation (CF) is a temporary organization. The concept of
curator Joseph del Pesco and artist Scott Oliver, CF relies on the contributions
of numerous people who are working to advance art in the Bay Area. During the
organization’s launch at YBCA, The Foundation will set up temporary headquarters
in our galleries. They will hold think-tank discussions, how-to sessions for
navigating the CF Web interface, and Shotgun Review Second Saturdays where participants
will review as many Bay Area art shows as possible. The furniture for the Foundation’s
headquarters will be borrowed from local individuals, modified for the exhibition,
and returned at the close of the show—a generous illustration of the benefits
of networking. Find out more at www.collectivefoundation.org.
Duncan makes a funny noise at the end of the show.
Miranda July
Joseph del Pesco
Scott Oliver
the Collective Foundation
Philip Von Zweck
Tony Tasset
Gaylen Gerber
Wesley Kimler
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Dave EggersBridge
Amy Hempel
Fence
Paris Review
Harvard Review
Sundance Film Festival
William Pope.L
Amy Balkin
Josh Green
The Reader
Shotgun Review
Alexander Rodchenko
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May 14th, 2007 at 7:20 am
So where do I see this movie, and now I creepily mull over what goes on behind closed doors at the MacKenzie’s house.
May 14th, 2007 at 3:25 pm
I just love the word ‘Vah-jay-jay’– it just makes me smile.
May 14th, 2007 at 3:27 pm
… it’s so much more acceptable than ‘poon-tang’ or ‘vertical smile’.
May 14th, 2007 at 3:35 pm
….. or ‘yammie’.
May 14th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
Uh-oh. Here come the euphemisms.
May 14th, 2007 at 7:28 pm
I’m so happy to see that the high brow discussion continues boldly forth on the blog!
May 15th, 2007 at 5:54 am
Just check in at Hauser and Wirth Gallery for one of the last works by Jason Rhoades. He had some 1700 plus slang words for vagina in it, each its very own very large neon sign, hanging from the ceiling to fill the space. The wonders artists can create with lots of money behind them.
May 15th, 2007 at 10:11 am
Sounds like Jason has some mother issues he needs to work through.
May 15th, 2007 at 10:25 am
Where in the WORLD would he get an idea like that??? Oh yeah….rhoades died of heart failure from too much drug intoxication.
May 15th, 2007 at 1:57 pm
That is sad. Dying in the pursuit of getting f-ed up is a really depressing way to go.
May 16th, 2007 at 7:24 am
Holy Crap, where is the chit-chat with this show?
Has Bad at Sports finally driven away the listenership.
Is this thing on.
May 16th, 2007 at 10:48 am
I liked the Dead Kennedys song, and the Easy E cover! There, I sorta commented on the show.
May 16th, 2007 at 11:49 am
Mr. Holland asks “Has Bad at Sports finally driven away the listenership?”
maybe your show has jumped the shark?
pun intended.
May 16th, 2007 at 3:32 pm
Maybe. That would imply that we ever had a good period to compare it against which I adamantly deny.
May 16th, 2007 at 3:43 pm
I wrote an obit about Jason some time ago at Sharkforum. I knew him and say what I enjoyed about him as a person and my philosophical opposition to his art and its influence (one of his gallerists told me he agreed, by the way). Here’s the link:
Good book review by Terri Griffith and Joanna Topor.
Some of the Collective Foundation’s ideas are quite inspiring. I think their activities could be applied in slightly altered foms to other places — like Chicago (micro grants, their print-on-demand stuff, just plain get-out-and.do-it instead of waiting around attitude, etc etc.). Good luck to them!
May 16th, 2007 at 3:46 pm
Somehow the link didn’t show up:
http://sharkforum.org/archives/2006/08/obit_jason_rhoades.html
May 16th, 2007 at 10:13 pm
NEXT WEEK ON BAD AT SPORTS
Will Duncan survive his daredevil motorcycle antics!!!
Tune in, if you dare.
May 16th, 2007 at 10:45 pm
Where will he be performing? I’d like to watch him, live. Maybe a cheering section would help.
May 17th, 2007 at 9:57 am
Pinky Tuscadero will be there.
May 17th, 2007 at 3:43 pm
))((
If you have seen Miranda July’s film, you know it need to be posted here.
Strangely enough, Miranda July spoke last night at YBCA in a panel on art an generosity with the Black Panther Emory Douglas and some artists from the collective foundation show. Unfortunately there wasn’t a discussion of a gift economy and art, just a bunch of serialized presentations. The free drinks were generous though.
May 17th, 2007 at 3:45 pm
The carrots between the parenthesis didn’t post. the computer must think its code. boo
May 19th, 2007 at 5:35 pm
tumbleweeds.
May 20th, 2007 at 6:24 am
Miranda July is pretty hot.
March 4th, 2008 at 11:49 pm
hey, where can we find out what songs you use in the musical interluuuuudes? For instance, the midi ‘my way’ from some other episode, the nirvana/bobby mcferrin from this one. Etc. Please how about listing those each episode?