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John Menick
Writing
A selection of my writing published in print and online. This list does not include
blog entries
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A Report on the City
A text more or less about Mexico City.
Arrangement in Dust and Failure: Melvin Moti
Feature article on artist Melvin Moti for Art in America.
Diptych
Short story involving the work of artist Eric Baudelaire.
Minor Histories: An Interview with Melvin Moti
Interview with artist Melvin Moti.
Adam Pendleton’s The Revival at the Stephan Weiss Studio
Excerpt from a omnibus feature on Performance 07.
Letters from the Apocalypse
Short essay on apocalyptic films published in the "Prophets of Deceit" catalog.
An Interview with Yvane Chapuis
Interview conducted with me about my short film "Occupation."
The Death of Syd Barrett
Short essay on the death of Pink Floyd founder Syd Barrett.
A Philosophy of Boredom
Book review of "The Philosophy of Boredom" by Lars Svendsen.
The Art of Forgetting: Speculative Archive’s “It’s Not My Memory of It”
Essay on the films of "Speculative Archive."
Andrea Fraser: Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, June 10 – July 9
Art review of Andrea Fraser's 2003 solo show at Friedrich Petzel Gallery.
Real-Time Futures: Five Notes on the Work of Wolfgang Staehle
Essay on the work of artist Wolfgang Staehle.
Salò Redux
Statement on the film for "Visitas," Buenos Aires.
Undiminished Returns: The Work of Emily Jacir, 1998-2002
Catalog essay on the work of Emily Jacir.
World Game
Short shorty about Buckminster Fuller.
The Detective
Essay on detective stories and my short video "The Disappearance."
The Susan Sontag Effect
Book review of "Regarding the Pain of Others" by Susan Sontag.
A Day in April
Book review of "Cosmopolis" by Don DeLillo.
The Occupied Imagination of Elia Suleiman
Film review of Elia Suleiman's "Divine Intervention".
Gunning for Columbine
Film review of Michael Moore's "Bowling for Columbine".
Sex, Our Hero
Review of the Sex Museum, NYC.
Exorcising Terror
Book review of Ariel Dorfman's "Exorcising Terror".
The Grand Guy, Santiago Sierra
Art review of Sierra's "Nine Forms of 100 x 100 x 600 Cm ..." at Deitch Projects.
The Trials of Henry Kissinger
Film review of "The Trials of Henry Kissinger" by Alex Gibney and Eugene Jarecki.
Overcast Skies
Book review of "The Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads and Modernity" by Tariq Ali.
Imagined Testimonies
An interview with Walid Ra'ad.
Waiting for an Identity
Film review of "Sir Alfred of Charles De Gaulle Airport" by Hamid Rahmanian and Melissa Hibbard.
Any Persons, Living or Dead
Short essay on cinema and cities.
Positively Prince Street
Architecture review of Projects for Prada Part 1 and the Prince Street Prada store by OMA/AMO and Rem Koolhaas.