Esopus 7 (Fall 2006)

Artist’s Project: Gareth Jones

By Gareth Jones

“Ten Kitchens” from the London-based artist

Doing Battle

By Alex Brown

A 13-year-old tackles the subject of war in a series of mesmerizing drawings.

New Voices: “Methods of Rest”

By Vivien Shotwell

Third in our series of fiction by never-before-published authors

100 Frames: Tropical Malady (2004)

Film by Apichatpong Weerasethakul; text by Dennis Lim

A sequence of contiguous frames from the award-winning Thai director’s 2004 feature film

Artist’s Project: Kira Lynn Harris

By Kira Lynn Harris

“Eight Chance Variations Within a Fixed Structure” (removable inserts)

Modern Artifacts 1

Introduction by Michelle Elligott

A selection of Alfred H. Barr, Jr.’s papers from MoMA’s archives

Guarded Opinions 1

By Niko Fruechting; edited by Paul VanDeCarr

A museum guard’s unique take on a German minimalist’s painting at the Fogg Art Museum

Artist Project: Alex Katz and Vincent Katz

By Alex Katz and Vincent Katz

“Autographs,” a collaboration between painter and poet, father and son

Tiny Book of Smokes

By David Greenberger

This trip down memory lane was guided only by cigarette burns.

Angus Trumble’s 1727 In Retrospect

By Angus Trumble

One year. One page. (Seventh in a series)

Artist’s Project: Frank Benson

By Frank Benson

“Flag 2006,” a removable poster from the New York–based artist

Spellbound

By Mitch Horowitz

How the American anomaly of Ouija has impacted national life—and art—over the past century.

Esopus CD #7: Ouija

Ouija board experiences—spiritual or otherwise—lead to 13 new tracks by musicians ranging from El Perro Del Mar to The Rosebuds.