Author Archives: RECAPS

ON COMMUNITY: an Editor’s Letter by Christopher J. Lee
My work with RECAPS is premised on a critical engagement of ‘community’— an operation that, staged directly, resembles the most basic unit of definitional inquiry (i.e. ‘what is community?), and staged incessantly, resembles a rhizomic network of interrogative energy, concretized in

ON COMMUNITY: an Editor’s Letter by Christopher J. Lee
My work with RECAPS is premised on a critical engagement of ‘community’— an operation that, staged directly, resembles the most basic unit of definitional inquiry (i.e. ‘what is community?), and staged incessantly, resembles a rhizomic network of interrogative energy, concretized in

Girls With Guns by Rebecca Lieberman
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Girls With Guns by Rebecca Lieberman
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COMMUNITY PLAY: an Editor’s Letter by Colette S
Since Martabel first approached the RECAPS editorial team with the prospect of an online social/art practice platform, we have put ourselves to the challenge of creating working definitions of “community” that will help inform our own practices. Though we are

COMMUNITY PLAY: an Editor’s Letter by Colette S
Since Martabel first approached the RECAPS editorial team with the prospect of an online social/art practice platform, we have put ourselves to the challenge of creating working definitions of “community” that will help inform our own practices. Though we are

Carla, a character introduction by K. Garcia
Carla is soft, moist, amorphous and undefined – a plural zone of erotogenetics, – erotogeneity. Carla oozes, Carla spurts, Carla twists, Carla cavorts, Carla enters, Carla envelopes, Carla swallows, Carla sits, Carla is orificial abandon (plural). Carla cannot be contained.

Carla, a character introduction by K. Garcia
Carla is soft, moist, amorphous and undefined – a plural zone of erotogenetics, – erotogeneity. Carla oozes, Carla spurts, Carla twists, Carla cavorts, Carla enters, Carla envelopes, Carla swallows, Carla sits, Carla is orificial abandon (plural). Carla cannot be contained.

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JD for President by Sister Comrade
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Blue Seduction, compiled by Gustavo Turner
BY A WATERFALL is one of the many wonderful songs the Bonzo Dog Band taught us. Back when everyone wanted to “blow their minds” (sic) with power blues trios, Viv Stanshall buttoned up his overcoat and out the ass

Blue Seduction, compiled by Gustavo Turner
BY A WATERFALL is one of the many wonderful songs the Bonzo Dog Band taught us. Back when everyone wanted to “blow their minds” (sic) with power blues trios, Viv Stanshall buttoned up his overcoat and out the ass

Queering Sex Posters by Natalie Rodgers
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Solider on Dear Friend, Acorn, 2009
LISTEN: acorns (32 bit) mastered DOWNLOAD: acorns (32 bit) mastered.mp3 I’m here to tell a story of acorns and of life and how both should be cherished no matter how weathered and damaged I married a

Solider on Dear Friend, Acorn, 2009
LISTEN: acorns (32 bit) mastered DOWNLOAD: acorns (32 bit) mastered.mp3 I’m here to tell a story of acorns and of life and how both should be cherished no matter how weathered and damaged I married a

Cruising the Archive with Ann Cvetkovich
Cruising the Archive with Ann Cvetkovich : An Impromptu Salon with Kathryn Garcia, Catherine Lord and Martabel Wasserman In conjunction with the numerous site-specific installations and retrospectives happening in and around Los Angeles associated with Pacific Standard Time, David Frantz and

Cruising the Archive with Ann Cvetkovich
Cruising the Archive with Ann Cvetkovich : An Impromptu Salon with Kathryn Garcia, Catherine Lord and Martabel Wasserman In conjunction with the numerous site-specific installations and retrospectives happening in and around Los Angeles associated with Pacific Standard Time, David Frantz and

Notes from the Underground by Karen Narefsky
Author’s note: This organizing campaign took place throughout the summer and fall of 2011. It was led by a team of seven organizers (three students, three union workers, and one union organizer), as well as a committee of 12-15

Notes from the Underground by Karen Narefsky
Author’s note: This organizing campaign took place throughout the summer and fall of 2011. It was led by a team of seven organizers (three students, three union workers, and one union organizer), as well as a committee of 12-15

Black and Pink
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Black and Pink
Sapp Troy Sapp 511613 5-A-117 ERDC C2727 Highway K Bonne Terre, MO 63628 2,297,400 people in the US are locked up in prisons and jails[1]. Considering that queer and trans people are disproportionately incarcerated, that means that hundreds

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An Essay for Paul Jeanes, David Kelley, and Hong-An Truong by Marcus Civin
An Essay for Paul Jeanes, David Kelley, and Hong-An Truong This essay has five parts: Line, Form, Color, Production, and Giving-It-Away. These are five subjects I am thinking about, five subjects somehow, I think related to a poster project I

An Essay for Paul Jeanes, David Kelley, and Hong-An Truong by Marcus Civin
An Essay for Paul Jeanes, David Kelley, and Hong-An Truong This essay has five parts: Line, Form, Color, Production, and Giving-It-Away. These are five subjects I am thinking about, five subjects somehow, I think related to a poster project I

My Pussy Is Still In Los Angeles (I Only Live in Berlin)
My Pussy is Still in Los Angeles (I Only Live in Berlin) a commission piece by The Getty/Pacific Standard Time produced by West of Rome Public Art Agency Curator Emi Fontana Ms. Davis’ gown and shoes by

My Pussy Is Still In Los Angeles (I Only Live in Berlin)
My Pussy is Still in Los Angeles (I Only Live in Berlin) a commission piece by The Getty/Pacific Standard Time produced by West of Rome Public Art Agency Curator Emi Fontana Ms. Davis’ gown and shoes by

With Hidden Noise by Marcus Civin
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With Hidden Noise by Marcus Civin
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poster by Andrea Bowers
Holtville, CA, a small town located near the US/Mexican Border, is the home to Terrace Park Cemetery. At the back of the cemetery is a dirt field of anonymous

poster by Andrea Bowers
Holtville, CA, a small town located near the US/Mexican Border, is the home to Terrace Park Cemetery. At the back of the cemetery is a dirt field of anonymous

A Case for Shit by Iman James
A Catholic priest performs the Holy Eucharist and reading from the Roman Missal he says, “the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread, and giving thanks, broke, and said: Take Ye and Eat: This

A Case for Shit by Iman James
A Catholic priest performs the Holy Eucharist and reading from the Roman Missal he says, “the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread, and giving thanks, broke, and said: Take Ye and Eat: This

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Download and listen to female noize Not quite two years ago, I had a conversation with a very knowledgeable and kind punk historian about the intersections of punk and women’s music. While many punk women did not identify as feminists, women’s music influenced

female noize by Catherine Humphreville
Download and listen to female noize Not quite two years ago, I had a conversation with a very knowledgeable and kind punk historian about the intersections of punk and women’s music. While many punk women did not identify as feminists, women’s music influenced

How An Oyster Makes His Shell, by RL Goldberg
When I asked how she got a splinter up there, she said she tripped on a tree stump while she was looking for a place to get stoned, but the truth was, it was a broomstick, and she didn’t

How An Oyster Makes His Shell, by RL Goldberg
When I asked how she got a splinter up there, she said she tripped on a tree stump while she was looking for a place to get stoned, but the truth was, it was a broomstick, and she didn’t

Ribbon Paintings, Vadis Turner
Working with traditional forms of craft, Vadis Turner has developed a language that re-imagines rites of passage and the classification of heirlooms in a contemporary context. In 2009 she made a series of contemporary heirlooms that comprised her Dowry. During

Ribbon Paintings, Vadis Turner
Working with traditional forms of craft, Vadis Turner has developed a language that re-imagines rites of passage and the classification of heirlooms in a contemporary context. In 2009 she made a series of contemporary heirlooms that comprised her Dowry. During

black holes in the desert by martabel wasserman

black holes in the desert by martabel wasserman

Tongues 2012
Daniel Feinberg on Nadia Ayari’s Tongues, 2012 Teeth may be the only bones that show, but the tongue is the only muscle that streaks. Wet (and dry) like a flash, painting can be the sudden occurrence of immolation transfiguring the stubborn

Tongues 2012
Daniel Feinberg on Nadia Ayari’s Tongues, 2012 Teeth may be the only bones that show, but the tongue is the only muscle that streaks. Wet (and dry) like a flash, painting can be the sudden occurrence of immolation transfiguring the stubborn

In Search of Lost Know How by A. Murphy
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In Search of Lost Know How by A. Murphy
a video series by A. Murphy How to Slick Back Hair How to Light the Pilot in a Gas Stove

Pink Washing: A Documentary Guide by Sarah Schulman
“Not only do Palestinian queers face these injustices on a daily basis and undergo Israeli oppression like any other Palestinian, but also our name and struggle is often wrongly used and abused to “Pinkwash” Israel’s continuous crimes against the whole

Pink Washing: A Documentary Guide by Sarah Schulman
“Not only do Palestinian queers face these injustices on a daily basis and undergo Israeli oppression like any other Palestinian, but also our name and struggle is often wrongly used and abused to “Pinkwash” Israel’s continuous crimes against the whole

Indocumentalismo Manifesto—an Emerging Socio-Political Ideological Identity
Indocumentalismo Manifesto—an Emerging Socio-Political Ideological Identity 31 March 2010 By Raúl Alcaraz/Daniel Carrillo www.antifronteras.com (versión en español será agregada a la página próximamente) Note: The following article tries to put together ideas that already exist. None of this is new

Indocumentalismo Manifesto—an Emerging Socio-Political Ideological Identity
Indocumentalismo Manifesto—an Emerging Socio-Political Ideological Identity 31 March 2010 By Raúl Alcaraz/Daniel Carrillo www.antifronteras.com (versión en español será agregada a la página próximamente) Note: The following article tries to put together ideas that already exist. None of this is new

Reclaim Theory by Martin Eiermann
Of all the places to root one’s criticism of the Old Left, the bible is perhaps a rather unlikely one. Yet there it is, right in the words of Matthew 9.17, where Jesus addresses the Pharisees: “Neither do men

Reclaim Theory by Martin Eiermann
Of all the places to root one’s criticism of the Old Left, the bible is perhaps a rather unlikely one. Yet there it is, right in the words of Matthew 9.17, where Jesus addresses the Pharisees: “Neither do men

No Telos, No Beauty, A collaboration between Stephanie Dodes and Marshall Korshak
No Telos, No Beauty from Marshall Korshak on Vimeo. No Telos, No Beauty (2011) is a single channel video installation and performance. The feedback loop of contemporary society has created a parallel reality, a rhetorical back and forth. Media copies culture,

No Telos, No Beauty, A collaboration between Stephanie Dodes and Marshall Korshak
No Telos, No Beauty from Marshall Korshak on Vimeo. No Telos, No Beauty (2011) is a single channel video installation and performance. The feedback loop of contemporary society has created a parallel reality, a rhetorical back and forth. Media copies culture,

queer polaroids by Alexander Rose, installment one
When I was a kid it never occurred to me pictures of queers existed. Vampiric, no mirrors, all in the dark. So far as I knew. But even then, there was a secret proliferation of photos of my kind of

queer polaroids by Alexander Rose, installment one
When I was a kid it never occurred to me pictures of queers existed. Vampiric, no mirrors, all in the dark. So far as I knew. But even then, there was a secret proliferation of photos of my kind of

Saint Valentine
by Christopher Johnson-Roberson His body shattered by stones or other acts known only to God. A lily stem aslant in a glass jar, its petals fallen off, all fragrance gone from them, only the stamen sticking out, its anthers

Saint Valentine
by Christopher Johnson-Roberson His body shattered by stones or other acts known only to God. A lily stem aslant in a glass jar, its petals fallen off, all fragrance gone from them, only the stamen sticking out, its anthers

Mor Lovehours
An homage to Mike Kelley text and images by Caren Spitler On February first I felt the world around me exhale and cease to take another breath. Still coming off a high from the Getty’s Pacific Standard Time performance festival,

Mor Lovehours
An homage to Mike Kelley text and images by Caren Spitler On February first I felt the world around me exhale and cease to take another breath. Still coming off a high from the Getty’s Pacific Standard Time performance festival,

Poster by Yvonne Rainer
rainer poster download Yvonne Rainer is an ex-filmmaker and current choreographer. This year (2012) her dances are appearing at Dia Beacon; Kunsthaus Bregenz; Museum Ludwig-Cologne; Joyce Theater-NYC; and Danspace-NYC. She also teaches at UC Irvine.

Poster by Yvonne Rainer
rainer poster download Yvonne Rainer is an ex-filmmaker and current choreographer. This year (2012) her dances are appearing at Dia Beacon; Kunsthaus Bregenz; Museum Ludwig-Cologne; Joyce Theater-NYC; and Danspace-NYC. She also teaches at UC Irvine.

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Poster from Girls in the Nose
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Poster by Ulysses Jenkins
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Poster by Rob Ochshorn
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