#benjamin weissman

[loneberry]

Wednesday, July 26, 2023 Doors 7:30 pm The Complete Fear of Kathy Acker, w Jack Skelley

~ A Semiotext(e) book launch w readers, visuals and music.

Jack Skelley performing from The Complete Fear of Kathy Acker w videoz by Lydia Sviatoslavsky & soundz by Stephen Spera. Special guest readingz by Amy Gerstler, John Tottenham, Benjamin Weissman & Jackie Wang. MC Lily Lady.

Info: https://www.poeticresearch.com/events/the-complete-fear-of-kathy-acker

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This will be my last reading in LA for a while since I'm leaving on July 30 to do a year-long fellowship at Harvard. Might try to perform with my harmonium! (It will be my first time!!)

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BENJAMIN WEISSMAN Untitled, 2017 Pastel on paper 36 x 28.5 inches

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BENJAMIN WEISSMAN Tangled Nessa, 2017 Acrylic and pastel on paper 35.5 x 54.5 inches

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Benjamin Weissman & Ravi Jackson Untitled, 2017 Pastel, pencil, maker and watercolor on paper 22 x 30 inches

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BENJAMIN WEISSMAN

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Benjamin Weissman

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"I just want to say, for myself, that the best part of the experience, if I may be so bold, was your face. It wasn't a face. Just raw, living meat. Do you know what astonishes me? Take away one layer of our skin and suddenly we look like monsters."

- from Dear Dead Person, by Benjamin Weissman

[parkavenuearmory]

Paul has a rusty, dissonant voice that cracks and lilts. He is a car freak, loves to drive fast, race complete strangers on the freeway. His hairy gnarled hands are creased and leathery like rhino hide. He’s five foot nine and bowlegged, like a stand-up bass shrunken into a cello’s body. He can grow a floor-length beard in less than a week.