Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Artistic Consumption Log, Feb. 20, 2012 - Feb. 26, 2012: "Award Season Is Finally Over" Edition

BROOKLYN, N.Y.—A bout of sickness over the past weekend laid me low—or, at least, low enough that I didn't feel much energy in constructing my latest artistic consumption log even during the sick day I took from work on Monday. (I'm better, if not completely 100%, now, for those who were concerned; I'm assuming it was just a bad cold.)

Since I'm late with this log, once again it will go unannotated. Simply put: Philip Glass live ruled, the Oscars sucked, and Doug Wheeler's light-and-space installation at the David Zwirner Gallery offered a mind-expanding 10 minutes—which, in my case, was preceded by three hours of waiting in the cold. Another New York art event, another last-minute scramble to see it before it closes—an unfortunate pattern, that.

Philip Glass (center) and members of the Philip Glass Ensemble after a triumphant live performance of Glass's Music in 12 Parts at Park Avenue Armory Saturday evening

Films

Film Comment Selects 2012, all films screened at Walter Reade Theater in New York
★ Rebellion (2011, Mathieu Kassovitz)
Face to Face (1975, Ingmar Bergman)

★ Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992, David Lynch), seen at 92YTribeca in New York [second viewing]

Music

★ Music in Twelve Parts (2007, The Philip Glass Ensemble)
★ Philip Glass: Another Look at Harmony - Part IV (2008, Choir of the 21st Century)
★ Music in 12 Parts, performed by The Philip Glass Ensemble live at Park Avenue Armory in New York

Dance

Romeo + Juliet (2007, Peter Martins), performed by New York City Ballet at David H. Koch Theater in New York

Art

★ Doug Wheeler: SA MI 75 DZ NY 12, seen at David Zwirner Gallery in New York

Television

The 84th Annual Academy Awards, seen in Brooklyn, N.Y.

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