It is a whole new world of virtual networking.
It is a whole new world of virtual networking.
Saturday 10/2/10 (5-8pm) at Beach Books in Seaside, OR: A poetry and musical experience featuring five local artists. The Portland poets will weave their work into a tapestry with full musical accompaniment. A. Molotkov is a writer, composer, filmmaker and visual artist. Although he has been writing fiction and poetry for over 25 years, his more recent involvement with other art forms allows him to approach the creative process from various angles, with individual parts contributing to a greater whole. Molotkov is the author of several novels, short story and poetry collections and the winner of the 2008 E. M. Koeppel Short Fiction Award for his short story “Round Trip”, which was nominated for a Pushcart. His fiction and poetry has appeared in or accepted by the Hawaii Pacific Review, Peralta Press, Acquillrelle, Gival Press, Epicenter, Suger Mule and elsewhere. His debut CD “Can You Stay Forever”, an ambitious project utilizing 15 musicians, has received glowing reviews. A. Molotkov is quickly becoming known in the Portland poetry community for his exceptional skills at oral presentation. In February 2010, Molotkov spearheaded a one-hour performance “Love Outlives Us” presented by the Show and Tell Gallery and repeated on KBOO in June. www.amolotkov.com
Novelists need a rite of passage for finishing a novel. We need to find some way to ground ourselves and to move on from these projects, which, in my case, took two years. But, how do you let go? The world of my novel started with one brief impression, and from that impression I built a world. Writing it was like treading water in an open ocean. First, I pulled together strands of seaweed. One by one, I clutched at them, and then while still sputtering to stay above the waves, I wove the seaweed tight into a raft, struggled on board and sailed my raft from one shore to the next. Now that I’ve reached the shore, I’m not sure how to get off or even if I want to. If I do, will my raft sink, disappear, or dissolve before me? Can I stand to watch it from a distance, to turn my back on it, and start all over again? It’s been two weeks since I finished my project and I’m just not sure what to do with myself. I have decided that the only way to move on is to say goodbye, firmly, officially, and with
Portland will be ticking with Time Based Art throughout September all over the city. For tickets and information head to the www.pica.org where you can buy individual tickets or a TBA Festival Pass. The hand-sized full color catalog of events is itself a work of art. Browsing through I’ve found a few must see events. * Rufus Wainwright at The Schnitzer. A man Elton John called “the greatest songwriter on the planet.” *Iranian-born visual artist Shirin Neshat’s film “Women Without Men.” *Any of the TBA On Sight installations, exhibitions, porjections and gatherings at Washington High School. *One of the nightly performances at a beer garden, food cart, or theater. Viva live performances! *Publication Studio will be experimenting with the relationship between TBA and book binding. Check out the catalog for 128 pages of art events.
