It isn’t uncommon for Core Fellows to be accused of being heady, overly conceptual, inscrutable.
Betsy Huete
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Two guys redoing old Art Guys performances, except they’re black! What does it mean to be constantly carrying a pile of other peoples’ assumptions on one’s shoulders?
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Fraleigh is interested in in the subtle moments that nevertheless fuel sexuality: of wanting to control, of wanting to be controlled, of rapture, and of surrender.
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To make political work without literally telling the viewer how he should think or feel is a tall order, yet Roberts pulls it off with empathy that is as ferocious as it is vulnerable.
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Compared with the lardtastic Tex Mex and barbeque that pervades the rest of our city, Third ward is an oasis of vegan, vegetarian, and other restaurants offering a cornucopia of healthy options.
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“Getups” by Dennis Nance at Settlement Goods
by Betsy Hueteby Betsy HueteAt the opening, DJ Thin Mint dressed as the Nance-costumed "Yeti" stole the show. It was a “What the hell is going on here?” kind of thing.
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Uncreative Writing: Kenneth Goldsmith and Christian Bök
by Betsy Hueteby Betsy HueteEmploying strategies of plagiarism, cut-and-paste, and a general denial of authorship, uncreative writers are less interested in actual writing than in curating words that are usually not their own. Because of this, most uncreative writing is, Goldsmith proclaims, unreadable.
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The Strangest Fruit: Vincent Valdez at David Shelton
by Betsy Hueteby Betsy HueteEven though the work isn’t enacting what Valdez intended, it’s still provocative. Shifting from political to personal, The Strangest Fruit tackles questions of masculinity.
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VBB latest event fashioned an interdisciplinary exhibition spaces out of a house in Houston's near Northside.
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Completely over the top, it seemed headed on an accelerated train to boring queer performance art, but boychild used this emotional detritus to perpetually construct masks and build identities.
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Suzanne Bocanegra’s theatrical symphony included an accordionist, a DJ, a lighting technician, conductor, and fifty amateur violinists.
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The inaugural CounterCurrent had its hiccups, but it wasn't just people getting naked and smearing things on themselves.