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Book list for the our book shop at the PMA!

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

Here is a list of the books that will be available in the bookshop section of our installation!

In our book shop you will find shelves stocked with new and used books and magazines. These books will be for sale, but commerce is not the point. Our aim is to define a cultural space and to position the books as objects of discussion, exploration, explanation and departure.

The books we’ve chosen cover a wide range of topics: music, film, urban affairs, photography, fiction, philosophy, cycling, etc.. They are a living, breathing reading list that encourages the contemplation of different world-views and are an important source of inspiration for us. We hope that by sharing these books, we can demonstrate the direct link between being excited by the work of others and producing one’s own work.

Download the list here: Megawords_booklist

Megawords at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Sunday, December 11th, 2011

Beginning in January 2012, Megawords will call the Philadelphia Museum of Art home for three months. As part of Zoe Strauss: Ten Years we will create a publishing studio and bookshop in the museum, program music performances, host a panel discussion about what belongs in a city, conduct workshops and classes, screen films and hold office hours in the museum. We will also publish a new issue of Megawords and an original edition of artists books.

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Student Schedule for the Megawords Installation at PAFA

Tuesday, November 1st, 2011

We will also be working with Brian Spies and a group of students from PAFA who will occupy the installation throughout the duration of the show. They’ll be adding to the collage, talking with visitors and creating a space of their own. We are excited to see how the installation evolves over the duration of the show because of this collaboration. If you stop by the museum, be sure to visit the students – here is a schedule of when they will be in the space:

All days are from 1 – 4 pm

10/28: Brian Spies
11/2: Bong Mee Lee
11/4: Brian Spies
11/8: Bong Mee Lee
11/9: Brian Spies
11/11: Marek Danielewski
11/12: Ashley Wick
11/16: Bong Mee Lee
11/18: Brian Spies
11/30: Bong Mee Lee
12/2: Brian Spies
12/3: Ashley Wick

Megawords at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts

Wednesday, October 26th, 2011

Please stop by PAFA and check out our new installation as part of the current show entitled Here. Our installation features collage and video work, and you’ll also be able to grab a copy of the latest issue of Megawords.

See more photos on our project page. Find out more about the show at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art’s website.

Megawords installation in New York City

Monday, September 5th, 2011

We’re putting together an installation for a Creative Time Project called Living as Form (more info at http://creativetime.org/programs/archive/2011/livingasform/about.htm). The show opens on September 24th at the Historic Essex Street Market in Manhattan, and it runs for 4 weeks. We’re creating a teen-aged warehouse hangout, and will be hosting events by KillScreen Magazine and the Copenhagen Game Collective, music by  “The Brutalist School” AKA Hsi-Chang Lin, more music by Georgia and a participatory dance performance organized by Joanna Quigley of Free Movement Specialists, INC.

A new issue of Megawords will also be available!

September 24–October 16

Thursday–Sunday, 12–8 PM
The historic Essex Street Market
Southeast corner of Essex and Delancey Streets 
(entrance on Delancey)
New York City
See a Google map here.

Here are some details about Megawords specific events (subject to change, so please check back for updates!)
September 24, Saturday
8pm
Show opens and live music performance by “The Brutalist School” AKA Hsi-Chang Lin

September 30, Friday
Two sessions
4:30 and 6:30pm
Kill Screen presents Copenhagen Game Collective’s Johan Sebastian Joust

October 8 , Saturday
6-8pm
Music by Justin Tripp and Brian Close of Georgia. Food by Megawords

October 14, Friday and October 15, Saturday
Three 20 minute performances each day
2pm, 4pm and 6pm
Free Movement Specialists, INC. is happy to guide you on a journey to being free. Free of all technique, all preexisting dance crazes and all worries of what you really look like when dancing in public. THIS is a judgement free zone.

Monday, July 18th, 2011

Berlin, 2010.

PechaKucha(ish) Night: Duos – Our Last Official Event at the ICA

Saturday, July 16th, 2011

WHENEVER WEDNESDAY
PechaKucha(ish) Night: Duos
Wednesday, July 20
8-11pm (doors open at 8, talks will be from 9 – 10, then reception afterwards until 11)

Absorb the work of artists from One is the loneliest number and other creative duos in a format loosely based on PechaKucha, the Japanese-originated “20 slides in 20 seconds” method of quickly sharing visual information. Participants discussing their work and process include Gary Fogelson and Phil Lubliner, Julien Bismuth and Lucas Ajemian, Matthew Suib and Nadia Hironaka, Anthony Smyrski and Dan Murphy, Rebekah and Sara Maysles, Big Brad and Rachel, and more. Big Brad and Rachel will provide music before and after the talks, and refreshments will be served!

Ayurveda Workshop with Balarama Chandra Das

Sunday, June 12th, 2011

Raised Chin Balance. Photo by Halle Tate

Wednesday, June 22 – 6:30pm to 8:15pm
Philadelphia ICA
Here is a map for directions: http://tinyurl.com/42q54zb

Join Balarama Chandra Das for an introduction to Ayurveda – a holistic medicinal practice grounded in the physics of the five elements (earth, water, fire, air and ether). Balarama will present a brief lecture on Ayurvedic practices and answer general questions about alternative healthcare, diet and lifestyle. Attendees will also learn simple guided meditation, practice Pranayama breathing techniques and discover their Dosha (body and mind type).