William Pym - The Mutation Part 1

William Pym - The Mutation Part 1 on Vimeo, originally uploaded by Tony Smyrski.

This is a video from William Pyms lecture "The Mutat​ion". All four parts are available for your view pleasure at http://vimeo.com/user731400/videos

The Mutation is a zine about​ zines​ and the adole​scent​ male psych​e,​ an inves​tigat​ion of the notat​ion that writi​ng and readi​ng zines​ allow​s a young​ man. The narra​tive lopes​ from the 1990s​ to the prese​nt as it confr​onts the digit​al age. Follo​wing a spraw​ling slide​show at Templ​e Galle​ry,​ the store​front​ will host a jambo​ree and total​ assau​lt as we confr​ont the theme​s in the zine.​ How best to commu​nicat​e in secre​t today​?​ How to get an educa​tion when our bodie​s are telli​ng us there​ are more impor​tant thing​s to do. When to speed​ up, when to slow down?​ The event​ will inclu​de speci​al guest​s,​ music​,​ exclu​sive scree​nings​ and excer​pts,​ and the distr​ibuti​on of new publi​catio​ns from aroun​d the world​.​!

Krink for Megawords

Megawords Storefront

We're in!

The entire month of September - 11th and Cherry, Downtown Philadelphia

The mission of the Megawords project is to document our surroundings and experience, to have a voice free from the noise of commercialization and competing novelties, and to create an establishment that encourages an open and active dialogue between Megawords and the community at large. The storefront exhibition space will be a public expression of this mission, and it will foster a unique spirit of collaboration among the projects participants and audience that extends beyond the traditional role of art magazines.

This storefront will serve as Megawords' focal point of activity for the duration of one month: a period of intense activity including permanent and rotating installations, guest speakers, musical performances, workshops and film screenings. In tandem with this creative period, we will release two special-edition printed issues of Megawords that will draw direct inspiration from the space, the artists and audience.



Participants include Zoe Strauss, Alex Lukas, Steve Powers, William Pym, Maysles Films, Matt Schwartz, Ted Passon, KR, Isaac Lin, Adams and KEGR, Wesley Eisold, Hamburger Eyes, The Favourite Sons and many more.

WeJetSet - Our Favorite New Client

I'll be doing weekly blog entries for travel website WeJetSet, as well as one video piece at the beginning of each month. Check out the St. Petersburg video and my review of The Crosby in Santa Ana, California. 

Be sure to visit www.wejetset.com daily for all your travel news, needs and inspiration.

Weekend Fun - Old Faithful of California

The Old Faithful Geyser of California is one of three geysers in the world with the designation "old faithful." These are the geysers that perform at regular intervals. A geyser exists only where conditions are right. These conditions include a natural deep subterranean supply of water, a source of heat and a series of fissures, fractures and cavities that provide a path to the surface of the earth. Surrounding rock formations must be strong enough to maintain continual onslaughts of the intense pressure of steam and water explosions.

HIJACKED Volume One: launch and exhibition

Opens today in NYC, featuring Megawords photographers/associates Angela Boatwright (www.angelaboatwright.com) and Todd Fisher (www.toddfisher.net)

Opening reception: The Arm, 281 N. 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY

Friday,June 6th
7pm-11pm

Music by DJ Rev McFly and DJ Teenwolf


HIJACKED:VOLUME ONE
Features the work of 44 photographers from the USA and Australia


Timothy Archibald | Angela Boatwright | Alana Celii | Nick Chatfield-Taylor | Brian
Cross | Todd Fisher | Jonathan Gitelson | Dean Karr | Lisa Kereszi | Jason Lazarus | Suzy Poling | Robin Schwartz | Tod Seelie | Sarah Small | Amy Stein | Jennifer Juniper Stratford | Bill Sullivan | Shen Wei | Grant Willing | Ed Zipco | Greta Anderson | Duncan Barnes | Karron Bridges | Sean Cordeiro and Claire Healy | Michael Gray | David Griggs | Caitlin Harrison | Nathalie Latham | Mark McPherson | James Mellon | Graham Miller | Martin Mischkulnig | Fiona Morris | Tony Nathan | Jack Pam | Emily Portmann | Brad Rimmer | Janelle Ryan | Flavia Schuster | Juha Tolonen | Joshua Webb | Toni Wilkinson | Gareth Willis


About The Arm: The Arm is a small-scale goods factory and gallery located on 281 North 7th Street between Havemeyer and Meeker in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.





Smyrski Creative Updates

www.smyrskicreative.com

Two new projects on the site:

Swindle #16
For #16, SWINDLE embarked on an ambitious project. For the first time, we created a themed issue on a single geographic location: London.

Megawords #8
This 64 page over-sized black and white issue with a full color cover features photography from Zoe Strauss, Todd Fisher, Peter Dean Rickards, Rebekah Maysles, Dan Murphy, Melissa Farley, Natasha Gudermane, and many more.

More updates soon!