Puma Perl's Blog, page 7
June 5, 2018
THE BARBIE SERIES
THE BARBIE SERIESTwo of these photos have been exhibited on sold. This is a selection of my Barbie Series.
June 4, 2018
A Slice of the Apple
Several years ago, I was hired as the photo editor and curator for an upcoming book, "A Slice of the Apple," which documented the downtown NYC poetry scene during a specific period, circa 2008-2012. The publisher was to be Spiny Babble Press. I had also had several poems accepted. As we worked on the book together, two of the three editors involved became ill and passed away. The third developed heart problems and underwent a triple bypass. (None of the three were elderly, as a point of information.) The project was put on hold indefinitely but is now being revisited. This is my artist statement, as a photographer, and a selection of photos I either took or curated.
Artist’s Statement Puma Perl
I began documenting the poetry scene for the same reasons that I crossed over from the written word to the spoken word to the performance piece: immediacy. Capturing the moment, the impulse, unexpected, the unplanned. The sound of an audience shocked into silence, or bursting into spontaneous applause. Somebody crying. Maybe the performer, his or herself.
It’s two artists who have never met before reading one another’s work, or creating a collaborative dance that will never again beexperienced.
It’s a poet throwing away the poems and, fighting back tears, telling a story about her life.
It’s losing your place and improvising a much better piece, which you will never remember.
It’s the brilliant artist who disappears.
It’s my performance partner cutting off my clothes while I read and suddenly chopping off a hunk of my hair.
People often ask us why we do it. There are stock answers, but the best one, to me, is the only alternative is NOT to do it. Do. Or not do.That’s it.
I hope these photos, created by Jodi Lynn Concepcion, Stas Pix Nuke, and myself, bring a chaos mixed with passion. Enter the moment.
Big Mike, Puma Perl, founders of DDAY Productions, in front of Bowery Poetry Club, pre-renovation, Jodi Lynn Concepcion, 2010
Brant Lyon, founding editor, Battery Park, Make Music NY, Puma Perl, 2009
Bob Hart, Bowery Poetry Club, Jodi Lynn Concepcion, 2011
Amy Uzi, Backstage at Bowery Poetry Club's New Years Day Alternative Marathon, Puma Perl, 2011
Aimee Herman, Bowery Poetry Club, Stas Pix, 2011
Kat Georges, DADA party for Maintenant, Cornelia Street Cafe, photo Puma Perl, 2011
ABC No Rio, pre-renovation, Puma Perl, 2012
Poets George Wallace and Rob Plath, Mars Bar following "The Beat Poet Hour," Puma Perl, 2009
Professor Steve Cannon, founder of Tribes, Poets House, Puma Perl, 2012
The Poetry Brothel, First Annual NY Poetry Festival, Governor's Island, Puma Perl, 2010
Artist’s Statement Puma Perl
I began documenting the poetry scene for the same reasons that I crossed over from the written word to the spoken word to the performance piece: immediacy. Capturing the moment, the impulse, unexpected, the unplanned. The sound of an audience shocked into silence, or bursting into spontaneous applause. Somebody crying. Maybe the performer, his or herself.
It’s two artists who have never met before reading one another’s work, or creating a collaborative dance that will never again beexperienced.
It’s a poet throwing away the poems and, fighting back tears, telling a story about her life.
It’s losing your place and improvising a much better piece, which you will never remember.
It’s the brilliant artist who disappears.
It’s my performance partner cutting off my clothes while I read and suddenly chopping off a hunk of my hair.
People often ask us why we do it. There are stock answers, but the best one, to me, is the only alternative is NOT to do it. Do. Or not do.That’s it.
I hope these photos, created by Jodi Lynn Concepcion, Stas Pix Nuke, and myself, bring a chaos mixed with passion. Enter the moment.
Big Mike, Puma Perl, founders of DDAY Productions, in front of Bowery Poetry Club, pre-renovation, Jodi Lynn Concepcion, 2010
Brant Lyon, founding editor, Battery Park, Make Music NY, Puma Perl, 2009
Bob Hart, Bowery Poetry Club, Jodi Lynn Concepcion, 2011
Amy Uzi, Backstage at Bowery Poetry Club's New Years Day Alternative Marathon, Puma Perl, 2011
Aimee Herman, Bowery Poetry Club, Stas Pix, 2011
Kat Georges, DADA party for Maintenant, Cornelia Street Cafe, photo Puma Perl, 2011
ABC No Rio, pre-renovation, Puma Perl, 2012
Poets George Wallace and Rob Plath, Mars Bar following "The Beat Poet Hour," Puma Perl, 2009
Professor Steve Cannon, founder of Tribes, Poets House, Puma Perl, 2012
The Poetry Brothel, First Annual NY Poetry Festival, Governor's Island, Puma Perl, 2010
The New York Press Association Award
I posted previously about my gratitude in winning the First Place Award for my article, "Tattoo Exhibit Extolls the Lasting Impressions of a Marked Up Man," about the South Street Seaport Museum's 2017 exhibit tracing the maritime roots of modern tattooing as exemplified by the work of the late Gus Wagner. This is the link:
http://chelseanow.com/2017/02/tattoo-...
One of my photographs also appears in the piece:
And this is the Plaque! Thanks to Arts Editor Scott Stiffler for his encouragement and critical expertise. Downtown Express and Chelsea Now are two of seven paper published under the umbrella of The Villager.
http://chelseanow.com/2017/02/tattoo-...
One of my photographs also appears in the piece:
And this is the Plaque! Thanks to Arts Editor Scott Stiffler for his encouragement and critical expertise. Downtown Express and Chelsea Now are two of seven paper published under the umbrella of The Villager.
MAINTENANT 12: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing & Art
Thank you, Three Rooms Press, for including me in the acclaimed annual international journal of dada writing and art, Maintenant. This is my 11th consecutive appearance in the publication, which is archived in The Museum of Modern Art, NYC, as well as museums and galleries worldwide.
This years theme was "We are all a like," a take on people's instant actions to "like" and "dislike" without deep thought and consideration. Naturally, social media comes into play.
I was part of the reading and book release party that took place at Cornelia Street Cafe, NYC, on Friday, June 1, 2018.
Photo of me by Kat Georges, co-founder and co-editor, with Peter Carlaftes, Three Rooms Press. Beneath is my photo of Diva, the Wonder Dog, meditating on the intricacies of Dada.
My poem can be found on Page 95:
I Like You Like You: A Conversation
Do you like Tony?I like him okay.I mean do you like him like him?I don’t LIKE him like him. I like him as a friend.How come you don’t like him like him?I don’t know. I just like him like I like him. I think he likes you, though.Maybe, but I like someone else.WHO?I’d rather not say.Come on. I won’t say anything.OK, but you better not. (Whispers name.)You can’t like him. He likes Melissa.He likes her likes her?Yeah, she told me he told her he likes her likes her.Aw, man.You should just like Tony.I guess I could like him.You may as well.Yeah. He’s okay.
This years theme was "We are all a like," a take on people's instant actions to "like" and "dislike" without deep thought and consideration. Naturally, social media comes into play.
I was part of the reading and book release party that took place at Cornelia Street Cafe, NYC, on Friday, June 1, 2018.
Photo of me by Kat Georges, co-founder and co-editor, with Peter Carlaftes, Three Rooms Press. Beneath is my photo of Diva, the Wonder Dog, meditating on the intricacies of Dada.
My poem can be found on Page 95:
I Like You Like You: A Conversation
Do you like Tony?I like him okay.I mean do you like him like him?I don’t LIKE him like him. I like him as a friend.How come you don’t like him like him?I don’t know. I just like him like I like him. I think he likes you, though.Maybe, but I like someone else.WHO?I’d rather not say.Come on. I won’t say anything.OK, but you better not. (Whispers name.)You can’t like him. He likes Melissa.He likes her likes her?Yeah, she told me he told her he likes her likes her.Aw, man.You should just like Tony.I guess I could like him.You may as well.Yeah. He’s okay.
"The End of the World/Beginning on GrandThanks, Ian ...
"The End of the World/Beginning on Grand
Thanks, Ian Adam Bull, our photographer and videographer friend who filmed and photographed us in Prague. He unearthed a video he shot of me introducing New York Junk with a poem, "End of the World," during a visit he made to NYC.
I believe it was from 10/8/15, on a bill with Sonny Vincent, The Waldos, and The Everyothers at the Bowery Electric. Thanks, Ian and thanks, New York Junk, thanks Ra Bob for your part in it all.
This is the youtube link, just in case:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0tU1...
And the poem:
End of the World
End of the world is beginning on GrandTall skinny girls yogurt stand Pop-up gallery indie bandEnd of the world beginning on Grand
It’s not the East Village, it’s the Lower East SideIt’s not the East Village, it’s the Lower East Side
Where my father was born, where my grandmother diedShe was coming up the steps on East BroadwayNever made it to the top, I pass it every dayMy kids can’t live where they used to playThe old disappeared and the new have their way
Cause it’s the end of the worldBeginning on Grand
My father was born on Avenue CI always lived east of the DMZCopped my dime bags on the Mighty DAnd Avenue B was the place to beNow Avenue B was the place to be
It’s the end of the worldBeginning on GrandPop-up galleryYogurt standEnd of the world Beginning on Grand
Now there’s a Holiday Inn on Delancey StreetUsed to be a place where the junkies’d meetIf you didn’t come correct you were gonna get beatNow there’s a Holiday Inn on Delancey StreetA Holiday Inn on Delancey Street
It’s not the East Village It’s the Lower East SideGood Friday processionsChinese French friesProjects bodegasSpeakers on the sillsKids in wheelchairsFire drills
And the End of the world It’s beginning on GrandFive-dollar coffee yoghurt standsTall skinny girls, indie bandsEnd of the world beginning on Grand
Thanks, Ian Adam Bull, our photographer and videographer friend who filmed and photographed us in Prague. He unearthed a video he shot of me introducing New York Junk with a poem, "End of the World," during a visit he made to NYC.
I believe it was from 10/8/15, on a bill with Sonny Vincent, The Waldos, and The Everyothers at the Bowery Electric. Thanks, Ian and thanks, New York Junk, thanks Ra Bob for your part in it all.
This is the youtube link, just in case:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0tU1...
And the poem:
End of the World
End of the world is beginning on GrandTall skinny girls yogurt stand Pop-up gallery indie bandEnd of the world beginning on Grand
It’s not the East Village, it’s the Lower East SideIt’s not the East Village, it’s the Lower East Side
Where my father was born, where my grandmother diedShe was coming up the steps on East BroadwayNever made it to the top, I pass it every dayMy kids can’t live where they used to playThe old disappeared and the new have their way
Cause it’s the end of the worldBeginning on Grand
My father was born on Avenue CI always lived east of the DMZCopped my dime bags on the Mighty DAnd Avenue B was the place to beNow Avenue B was the place to be
It’s the end of the worldBeginning on GrandPop-up galleryYogurt standEnd of the world Beginning on Grand
Now there’s a Holiday Inn on Delancey StreetUsed to be a place where the junkies’d meetIf you didn’t come correct you were gonna get beatNow there’s a Holiday Inn on Delancey StreetA Holiday Inn on Delancey Street
It’s not the East Village It’s the Lower East SideGood Friday processionsChinese French friesProjects bodegasSpeakers on the sillsKids in wheelchairsFire drills
And the End of the world It’s beginning on GrandFive-dollar coffee yoghurt standsTall skinny girls, indie bandsEnd of the world beginning on Grand
May 27, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX8Ip... a Night Li...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX8Ip...
"On a Night Like This/When the Angels Sing," from Rick Eckerle's birthday party. Song/poem is collaboration of Rick and Puma, with Rick on guitar, Rick, Puma, Joey Kelly, Joe Sztabnik, and Kennee Lee vocals, Mick Oakleaf, Ron Bongo, John Kosciusko percussion, Paul St Clair pedal steel guitar, Mike Berman, bass. Oh yeah, that's Frank Wood handing me the mike and saying something or other at the beginning. At Otto's Shrunken Head Sunday, May 20, 2018. Video by Michael Cincotta.
May 26, 2018
PUMA PERL'S PANDEMONIUM, COMING UP JUNE 22, 2018Poster de...
PUMA PERL'S PANDEMONIUM, COMING UP JUNE 22, 2018
Poster design, Dennis Doyle
Poster design, Dennis Doyle
PANDEMONIUM POSTER AND PHOTO, APRIL 13, 2018ARTWORK, CHEL...
PANDEMONIUM POSTER AND PHOTO, APRIL 13, 2018
ARTWORK, CHELLE MAYER
POSTER DESIGN, DENNIS DOYLE
PHOTO OF PUMA PERL AND FRIENDS, BOB KRASNER
ARTWORK, CHELLE MAYER
POSTER DESIGN, DENNIS DOYLE
PHOTO OF PUMA PERL AND FRIENDS, BOB KRASNER
PUMA PERL'S PANDEMONIUM, JANUARY 26, 2018
PUMA PERL'S PANDEMONIUM, JANUARY 26, 2018
May 24, 2018
The Villager LinksI was honored for the third time by the...
The Villager Links
I was honored for the third time by the New York Press Association for my article about the tattoo exhibit at the Seaport Museum (http://chelseanow.com/2017/02/tattoo-...) One of my photos were also used in the piece.
Read more about all awards earned by Villager writers here:
http://chelseanow.com/2018/04/back-to...
Below is a link to articles I've written for the arts and culture section of The Villager over the last few years. The Villager is the umbrella paper and includes Chelsea Now, The Villager Express, Downtown Express, Gay City News, and one Queens based addition. Subject matter includes film, book and gallery reviews, interviews, cultural and political events.
http://chelseanow.com/?x=0&y=0&am...
These are some of my photos that have been published with articles I've written.
Gerald Busby, subject of "The Man on the Fifth Floor," a documentary film in the making about Busby and his long history at the Chelsea Hotel. This article also won recognition from the NYPA. 8/24/16
Richard Manitoba and his son, Jake, enjoying a concert put on by Joff Wilson at the 6th Street Community Garden, 7/8/15. Article titled "Say Yes to Grooviness Under the Stars."
The first article of mine that the NYPC awarded, "At 30, the Guerrilla Girls still on Masked Mission," 5/7/15
"Tattoo Exhibit Extolls the Lasting Impressions of a Marked-Up Man," 2/8/17
I was honored for the third time by the New York Press Association for my article about the tattoo exhibit at the Seaport Museum (http://chelseanow.com/2017/02/tattoo-...) One of my photos were also used in the piece.
Read more about all awards earned by Villager writers here:
http://chelseanow.com/2018/04/back-to...
Below is a link to articles I've written for the arts and culture section of The Villager over the last few years. The Villager is the umbrella paper and includes Chelsea Now, The Villager Express, Downtown Express, Gay City News, and one Queens based addition. Subject matter includes film, book and gallery reviews, interviews, cultural and political events.
http://chelseanow.com/?x=0&y=0&am...
These are some of my photos that have been published with articles I've written.
Gerald Busby, subject of "The Man on the Fifth Floor," a documentary film in the making about Busby and his long history at the Chelsea Hotel. This article also won recognition from the NYPA. 8/24/16
Richard Manitoba and his son, Jake, enjoying a concert put on by Joff Wilson at the 6th Street Community Garden, 7/8/15. Article titled "Say Yes to Grooviness Under the Stars."
The first article of mine that the NYPC awarded, "At 30, the Guerrilla Girls still on Masked Mission," 5/7/15
"Tattoo Exhibit Extolls the Lasting Impressions of a Marked-Up Man," 2/8/17
