The Goddess Bunny is a transsexual polio victim with a rabid, underground GLBT fan base from before there was such a term.
FILM
NOVA EXPRESS – “CRAB NEBULA” – Andre Perkowski’s Eternally Shifting Film
An excerpt from draft 5 (Crab Nebula) of Andre Perkowski’s eternally changing and shifting film, “NOVA EXPRESS” based on the writings of William S. Burroughs.
KULTURE
VOINA GROUP’S LATEST ACTION- Vaginal Liberation of Food
Russian radical art group VOINA perform “How to Snatch a Chicken: A Tale of How One Cunt fed the Whole of the Group Voina”
ART
BRION GYSIN EXHIBITION – Dreamachine Opens at New Museum
by Red Cell Brion Gysin Dreamachine 7 July – 3 October 2010 New Museum – NYC From the New Museum’s Press Release: The New Museum will present “Brion Gysin: Dream Machine,” the first US retrospective of the work of the painter, performer, poet, and writer Brion Gysin (born 1916, Taplow, UK–died 1986, Paris). Working simultaneously [...]
DRUGS
Karpo Godina : “Pupilias Ferkeverk Brain Au Gratain”
The Gratinated Brains of Pupilia Ferkeverk (1970), Karpo Godina’s banned short film featuring the Slovenian poets of the collective Pupilia Ferkeverk.
DRUGS
HIP DEATH GODDESS – Ben Van Meter / Circulus / Bridget Hayden / Peter Sundae
Hip Death Goddess is a celebration of the psychedelic and surreal through live performance, film and projection.
ART
IRA COHEN – UPDATE! Influential Poet, Artist and Filmmaker NEEDS HELP!
Influential Beat Poet Ira Cohen is in immediate need. Read this article to find out why and how you can help!
FILM
KENNETH ANGER – New Film “Missoni F/W 10-11″
Cult/Occultist filmmaker Kenneth Anger has made a new film for the Missoni Collection in Italy.
DRUGS
HALLUCINATION GENERATION – Trailer for the 1966 Film
HALLUCINATION GENERATION – Trailer for the 1966 Drugs-ploitation Film
LIT
JAMES JOYCE / HARRY CROSBY – “Work in Progress”
A nice scribbled on page by Harry Crosby from James Joyce’s as yet unpublished manuscript of Finnegans Wake for the legendary Transition magazine.
ART
ARYN ZEV – Peepholes
Check out this series of photos by Aryn Zev and read about her experience taking them.
FILM
GOSHA RUBCHINSKIY – Russian Youth Culture Meets High Couture
Russian designer, photographer, and filmmaker Gosha Rubchinskiy has been quietly taking the fashion world by storm in the last couple of years. Check out two of his films right here on The End of Being!
KULTURE
MAAKIES SHOT GLASSES – Drinky Crow Meets They Might Be Giants
Set of four shot glasses featuring the eternally inebriated Drinky Crow designed for They Might Be Giants!
FILM
BERLIN NOW – 1985 Film with Blixa Bargeld, FM Einheit, Mona Mur and Alexander Hacke
Wolfgang Büld’s Berlin Now is a slice of time in German politics and music delivered by the likes of Einstürzende Neubauten and Die Haut.
ART
EPICUREAN ARCHITECTS – Bompas & Parr Bring Absurdity to Food
Bompas & Parr create astonishing edible worlds crafted to make the stingiest art lover stare in wonderment.
MUSIC
TRUUS DE GROOT – Listen to Rare Cassette & Read Truus’ Thoughts on the Album!
Listen to a rare, out-of-print, 1980 cassette album from the legendary underground musician Truus de Groot, and read a letter about her memories of the tape!
ART
PIN UP X-RAYS – Taking It All Off
German ad agency Butter has created a pin up calendar using EIZO medical monitors and female models that appear on radiographs in this completely revealing work.
ART
BEYOND XY – 4 Photographers Explore The Masculine Continuum
Is the meaning of the word Male simply the opposite of Female? These four photographers think there is much, much more to it.
ART
GEOTAGGING – Local Vs. Tourist
Eric Fischer has geotagged photos by relation of if the photographer was a local or a tourist and the results are works of art.
ART
TOM ESTES – “Sewing Performance” at Tate Modern
Tom Estes stages a “Sewing Performance” at the Tate Modern as part of Post-Museum’s contribution to “Soul for Sale: A Festival of Independents.”
MUSIC
OTIS – The Lovesick Plane Crash Victim: A Mystery
Grace Marks compares two very different Otis Redding recordings of the song “Just One More Day”, one from the recently released “Live on the Sunset Strip”, and speculates on Otis’ seemingly passionate love life.
ART
SEBASTIAN HORSLEY – Dead at 47
Gadfly, artist and underworld dandy, Sebastian Horsley has died of a supposed drug overdose at the age of 47.
MUSIC
TRUUS de GROOT – Playing the Sonas Inflecto
Very cool psychedelic music video of underground legend Truus de Groot playing the Sonas Inflecto and an Omnichord. Filmed by artist Bosko Hrnjak.
ART
DOLLAR SIGNS — Mumtaz’s Meditations On Root Of All Evil
Pakistani-born, New York-based artist Murad Khan Mumtaz utilizes centuries-old Indian and Persian miniature painting techniques to draw the ghosts out of the root of all evil.
ART
PHYLLIS GALEMBO – West African Masqueraders
Portraits of West African masqueraders in 2005/06 by photographer Phyllis Galembo show the highly ritualistic approach to costuming in Nigeria, Benin and Burkina Faso.