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NEW: Ex Libris by Matt Madden reviewed by PASC's John Heon; 'Pataphysics Unrolled rolls off the presses in April 2022; and two features published on Theodore A. Harris
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EX LIBRIS: Dazzling new graphic novel by Matt Madden
Ex Libris, the latest work by graphic novelist (and PASC symposium presenter) Matt Madden, published by Uncivilized Books, was released on Nov. 23.
Reviews have been glowing, and it will likely be one of the most important releases of the fall season in any category. Ed Park, in his New York Times review, called Madden “the stunt-man philosopher of American comics” and described Ex Libris as a work with “virtuoso books-within-bookishness” in which “insider wit abounds.” Read The New York Times review here. Publisher’s Weekly has selected Ex Libris as the only graphic novel on its 2021 Top 20 Independent Publishers list, saying it's an “endlessly inventive work” that “is a metafictional master class in comics.”... (more). "A mind-bending journey through an wide array of genres and states of consciousness," says PASC's John Heon, who reviews it here. |
'Pataphysics Unrolled coming in April
APRIL 2022: ’Pataphysics Unrolled, edited by Katie L. Price and Michael R. Taylor and published by Penn State University Press. Inspired by the 2014 "Philadelphia à la Pataphysique" conference that also led to PASC's formation, ’Pataphysics Unrolled collects critical and creative essays to create rich readings of pataphysical syzygy, traces the influence of pataphysics across disciplines, and asks fundamental questions..... In addition to the editors, the contributors to this volume include Charles Bernstein, Marc Décimo (translated by Anne M. Mulhall), Adam Dickinson, Johanna Drucker, Craig Dworkin, Catherine Hanson, James Hendler, John Heon, Ted Hiebert, Andrew Hugill, Steve McCaffery, Seth McDowell, Jerome McGann, Marcus O’Dair, Jean-Michel Rabaté, Orchid Tierney, and Brandon Walsh. (For synopsis, reviews, Table of Contents and more, visit the Penn State University Press website.)
A book-release party is planned for April 29, 2022, at Slought, 4017 Walnut St., Philadelphia. Details to come. 
Click for details, including table of contents, about "'Pataphysics Unrolled" on the Penn State University Press website.
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Theodore A. Harris featured in ASAP/J; solo show at Linfield University
John Heon's essay, "Theodore A. Harris: Master Unmasker of Hidden Histories," was published Sept. 23 in ASAP/J by the Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present (ASAP). On the same day, Jonathan P. Eburne's interview with Theodore A. Harris, "After Somebody Blew Up America: An Interview with Theodore A. Harris and Jonathan P. Eburne," appeared in ASAP/J.
Together, the two companion pieces offer rich insight into Harris's creative process and the wide-reaching effects of his work (called "truthoscopic" by Amiri Baraka). ASAP is an international, nonprofit dedicated to discovering and articulating the aesthetic, cultural, ethical, and political identities of the contemporary arts. Theodore A. Harris: Art As Social Praxis, artist residency and exhibition dedicated to art historian David Craven, curated by Thea Gahr. Linfield Gallery, Linfield University, McMinnville, Ore., was on view 11 Oct.-21 Nov., 2021. For artwork, interviews and more, visit Harris's website here.
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Past PASC events ...
"Philadelphia a la Pataphysique" conference, 2014
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"Locating the Avant-Garde" symposium, 2015
"Re: Actions" symposium, 2016
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"Apolitical My Ars" symposium, 2017
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"The 'Vivifying Current of Science'" symposium, 2018
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"Illuminating the 'Invisible City,'" 2019
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"Ad Absurdum," online symposium, 2020
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About us ...
What we doWe believe PASC is a timely initiative that will be a resource for inquiry and collaboration among like-minded scholars, curators, artists, and collectors, generating new research, exhibitions, and performances relating to local and global avant-gardes, as well as Philadelphia’s unique role in the genre.
Who we areCO-DIRECTORS
John Heon David McKnight Michael Taylor STEERING COMMITTEE Tina Brock Christiana Dobrzynski Cheryl Harper Sid Sachs Emily Brewton Schilling ADVISORY BOARD Charles Bernstein Robert Cargni Mitchell Matt Neff Katie Price Jean-Michel Rabaté Mari Shaw |
A resource for scholars, curators, artists and collectorsThe Philadelphia Avant-Garde Studies Consortium (PASC), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is a network of educational and cultural institutions and associated scholars, artists, curators, and collectors who combine expertise and resources to foster the advanced study of avant-garde movements and promote related special collections, exhibitions, and performances in the greater Philadelphia area and Delaware Valley region.
"Locating the Avant-Garde," PASC's inaugural annual symposium, October 2015
Support for projects and collaborationsArtists of all types who have strong local connections and whose works or archives are in collections in the region are important elements of PASC’s focus. These include, among others, Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, Morton Schamberg, Charles Sheeler, Thomas Chimes, James Brewton, David Lynch, William Carlos Williams, H.D., Ezra Pound, and Harry Mathews. Likewise, certain fields such as literature, the visual arts, theater, film, music, and architecture are central, as are movements or groups such as Dadaism, Surrealism, Futurism, Fluxus, Oulipo, and the L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poets.
An interdisciplinary focusGiven the deeply interdisciplinary nature of so many avant-garde movements, other fields not usually considered are pertinent, such as the medical humanities, psychology, philosophy, linguistics, and the history and sociology of science, to name a few. Similarly, although PASC’s main focus is on avant-gardes in Europe and North America, it is not limited to them; the increasingly global nature of avant-garde art and culture requires a global perspective.
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"RE: ACT" with PASC and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, March 2017
"Re: Actions," PASC's second annual symposium, December 2016
Cover of the program for "Pataphysics Then and Now" conference in Philadelphia, March 2014
Join usIf you're interested in participating in PASC or would like to recommend individuals or institutions to be included, please contact us or email pascinitiative [at] gmail.com.
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