Michael Smith
August 13, 2024

Complete playlist below; tracks in yellow were cut for time.

The legendary performance, video, and installation artist Michael Smith joins Nate Heiges with a mixtape ranging from Mr. Rogers to sales tips for closers to some of the filthiest songs you’ve ever heard in your life. We discuss his career in comedy and performance and his process of taking inspiration from life, media, and thrift store sales bins.

Smith’s work revolves around a character named “Mike,” a modern-day Candide who spends time drinking coffee, watching TV, and exploring various careers, including comedy impresario and entrepreneur. Smith organized variety shows at storied NYC venues like the Pyramid Club and Danceteria, and eventually made a pilot for Cinemax of Mike’s Talent Show. This episode of the Selection Committee itself is organized a bit like a variety show, with music, comedy clips, and Mike’s inimitable sense of humor. How many people do you know who’ve hitched a ride on a city bus molassesed and feathered from head to toe on the South Side of Chicago? Or who’ve attended Burning Man as a big baby?

Smith’s piece Mike Builds a Shelter is currently on view at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In the spring of 2025, he will be putting out a boxed set of DVDS with many video works and documentation of performances, along with a 120-page catalog.

https://michaelsmithartist.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Smith_(performance_artist)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBWpWKwSbTk

1. Hi Mike, Paul Tripp
   
2. Jackie Vernon, Jackie Vernon
   
3. In My Room, The Beach Boys
   
4. You Can't Hurry Love, The Supremes
5. Cashing Objections Sales 1960, J Douglas Edwards
   
6. 'Round Midnight, Thelonious Monk, Gerry Mulligan, Wilbur Ware, Shadow Wilson
   
7. The Sound Heard Round the World, Muzak Orchestra
   
8. Papa's Got A Brand New Bag, James Brown
9. You Send Me, Aretha Franklin
10. I Like To Take My Time, Mister Rogers
    
11. Doug Clark And The Hot Nuts Side 1 Intro, Doug Clark And The Hot Nuts
    
12. Roly Poly, Doug Clark And The Hot Nuts
    
13. Shitting On The Dock Of The Bay, Blowfly
    
14. Petey Wheatstraw Shit Scene, Wildman Steve
15. Knockers Up!, Rusty Warren
    
16. He's the Greatest Dancer (Live Version), CHIC
    
17. Ain't Too Proud To Beg, The Temptations
18. Fun, Fun, Fun, The Beach Boys
19. Won't You Be My Neighbor? Mister Rogers
20. (What A) Wonderful World, Sam Cooke
21. Airlines, Shelley Berman
    
22. Up, Up and Away, The 5th Dimension
    
23. Air Traffic Controller, Bob Newhart
    
24. Bob The Builder Full theme song
25. P.S. Unless One Has (Blues Connotation), Ornette Coleman
26. ABC, The Jackson 5
27. Growing Up Is Fun, Paul Tripp
28. Wimoweh - Live, The Kingston Trio
29. We Gotta Get Out Of This Place, The Partridge Family
30. National Lampoon Kung Fu Christmas
31. Party And Bullshit In The USA, Notorious BIG and Miley Cyrus
32. Skybird - Instrumental, Neil Diamond
33. Forever In Blue Jeans, Neil Diamond
34. Somewhere Over the Rainbow,  Judy Garland, 1939

Michael Smith is a performance, video, and installation artist who has exhibited widely at fine art and popular venues, including museums, galleries, theaters, festivals, nightclubs, television, online, and in the street. His work has been shown internationally at the 2017 Sculpture Project, Münster; Glasgow International; BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead; The Tate Modern, South London Gallery, Hales Gallery, London; Dan Gunn Gallery, Berlin; Ellen De Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam; Le Magasin, Grenoble; Mumok, Vienna; Jeu de Paume and Pompidou Center, Paris; Blanton Museum, Austin; ICA, Philadelphia among others.

In New York City his work has been shown at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, New Museum, and Greene Naftali, New York.

His works are in the collections of MoMA and Paley Center for Media, New York; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Migros Museum, Zurich; Centre Pompidou, Paris; and Centro de Arte Contemporânea Inhotim, Brazil.

Smith has received numerous awards, including fellowships from the Guggenheim
Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Center for Advanced Visual Studies at M.I.T., New York Foundation for the Arts, Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, and Alpert Award in the Arts.

Pictured: Government Approved Home Fallout Shelter Snack Bar, 1983/2023, currently on view at MoMA, New York.

Jake Brush
July 2, 2024

Complete playlist below; tracks in yellow were cut for time.

1. Wild Horses,    The Sundays,    1992
   
2. God Is a Circle,    Yves Tumor,    2023
   
3. Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover,    Sophie B. Hawkins,    1992
   
4. Nineteen - Nia Archives Remix,    PinkPantheress, Nia Archives,    2022
   
5. Justin,    Cindy,    2020
   
6. That Girl,    Esthero,    1998
   
7. Callin Me,    Momma ,   2022
   
8. I Think Of You,    Little annie,    1992
   
9. Here With Me,    Dido,    1999
   
10. IT TAKES A MUSCLE,    M.I.A.,    2010
    
11. Miss Me Blind,    Culture Club,    1983
    
12. I Want Your (Hands on Me),    Sinéad O'Connor,    1987
    
13. Topaz,    The B-52's,    1989
    
14. All Of The Lights,    Kanye West,    2010
    
15. Tango Shoes,    Bif Naked,    2002
    
16. Ladyfingers,    Luscious Jackson,    1999
    
17. Sunday Morning,    No Doubt,    1995

Jake Brush (b.1994) is an artist who lives in New York. He is interested in reality television, family gossip, and bitter interpersonal conflicts. He works in video, performance, sculpture and installation. Recent work has shown at Wave Hill, Duplex, The Shed, International Objects, and Electronic Arts Intermix. He has participated in residency programs Shanken: Storm King, Singal Culture, and the Institute for Electronic Arts at Alfred State. His work has been featured in BOMB and Cultured Magazine.

Barry Stone
June 18th, 2024

Barry Stone
Porch Swing Orchestra
Mountains in Stars

Complete playlist below; tracks in yellow were cut for time.

1. King Of The Night Time World,    KISS,    1976
   
2. Shout at the Devil (2021- Remaster),    Mötley Crüe,    1983
   
3. Eruption - 2015 Remaster,    Van Halen,    1978
   
4. Screw - 2006 Remaster,    The Cure,    1985
   
5. Public Image,    Public Image Ltd.,    1978
   
6. She,    The Young Suburbanites,    1989
   
7. Godtrot,    Germbox,    2003
   
8. Train in Vain (Stand by Me),    The Clash,    1979
9. For Want Of ,   Rites of Spring,    1985
10. She Wears He-Harem,    Shudder To Think,    1992
11. For Dinner…,    Slint,    1991
12. Admiration - Live,    johnboy,    2020
13. Short Stack,    johnboy,    1994
    
14. Monkey Trick,    The Jesus Lizard,    1991
    
15. New Wind,    7 Seconds,    2022
16. Elegia,    New Order,    2023
17. Tourette's,    Breadwinner,    1994
18. When I Move - acoustic,    Dag Nasty,    1987
19. London,    The Smiths,    1987
20. Ursus Arctos Wonderfilis,    Gastr Del Sol,    1997
21. No.51, Wandering Tonalities,   Porch Swing Orchestra,    2021
    
22. Flights No. 60,    Porch Swing Orchestra,    2023
23. Knife Guitar,    Roscoe Holcomb,    2003
24. Stack O'Lee Blues,    Mississippi John Hurt,    2017
25. Sunflower River Blues,    John Fahey,    1998
26. For the Turnstiles,    Neil Young,    1974
27. Bemsha Swing,    Bill Evans,    1963
28. music for indigo,    Adrianne Lenker,    2020
    
29. No.12, Spiral Jetty, Utah;    Porch Swing Orchestra,    2021
30. Horn,    Nick Drake,    1972
31. Friday Harmonics No. 65,    Porch Swing Orchestra,    2023
32. Clay Pigeons,    Blaze Foley,    2010
33. Good Doer,    North Americans,    2020
34. Hazards of Loving Creatures,    Mountains in Stars,    2024
    
35. Pigeons,    Bill Callahan,    2020
36. Interstellar Railroad,    Porch Swing Orchestra,    2023
    
37. PSO 228: ZURIEL WATERS,    Porch Swing Orchestra   
38. PSO: SKYSPACE with PAUL MASTER,    Porch Swing Orchestra   
39. PSO 138: Bedside Clock Balladeer,    Porch Swing Orchestra   
40. PSO: MARFA Round UP STE 013,    Porch Swing Orchestra    

Barry Stone
Check out the Porch Swing Orchestra series at Co-Lab Projects in Austin, TX
Barry Stone, “Porch Swing Orchestra,” at Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery:

Yall, this is my first solo show with all work drawn from PSO. There are past PSO pieces printed and framed IRL, images made from mixes of those images directly adhered to the wall, a new sound piece, AND if that weren't enough, a new special lathe-cut record featuring new and unreleased extended pieces created this spring in WEST TEXAS.

   Barry Stone is a Professor of Photography in the School of Art and Design at Texas State University.
    Barry Stone was born in Lubbock, Texas, and earned a BA in Biology and an MFA in Studio Art in Photography from the University of Texas at Austin.
    His work is represented by Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery in New York and Gaa Gallery in Provincetown MA and Cologne, Germany. He was the founding member of the artist collective Lakes Were Rivers.
    His work has been nationally and internationally exhibited, notably at the Center for Art and Media, (ZKM) in Karlsruhe, Germany, The Lianzhou Photography Festival in China, and with Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery in New York City. Stone is the author of three monographs of his photographs including, Daily in a Nimble Sea,published by Silas Finch which was a finalist for the Lucie Photobook Awards in New York City, shortlisted for the National Gallery of Victoria Cornish Prize in Australia and was chosen a photobook of note for 2017 by Jeffrey Ladd for Photobooks UK and Elizabeth Avedon, Drift, which was reviewed by Collector Daily, and Lost Pines slated for release in the summer of 2022. His photographs have been acquired by many public and private collections including the Cleveland Clinic, Fidelity Mutual Corporation Collection, The Center for Art and Media (ZKM), The Henry Art Gallery in Seattle, The Athenaeum of the University of Georgia, The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University, University of Texas at Austin, and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. His work has been reviewed or featured in publications including Harper’s Magazine, Dallas Morning News, Glasstire, Artforum, Artlies, Artnet, Washington City Paper, The New York Sun, TimeOut New York, Texas Monthly, and the New York Times.

Jeremy Blake & Theresa Duncan
April 14, 2024

1. Ferryboat of the Mind    Clinic    2019
   
2. I Remember When I Loved Her    The Zombies    1965
   
3. Something Wicked This Way Comes    Barry Adamson    1996
   
4. Bonnie and Clyde - Clyde Barrow Version    Luna    1995
   
5. The Trip - 2023 Remaster    Still Corners    2013
   
6. Foram Koten    hollAnd    2000
   
7. Beat And The Pulse    Austra    2011
   
8. Hold Me In Your Arms Again    GusGus, John Grant    2022
   
9. Super Rich Kids    Sly5thAve    2017
   
10. Architect    C Duncan    2015
    
11. The Cut Girl    Invisible Minds, Howard Hobbs    2018
    
12. The Big Idea    Black Books    2013
    
13. Maniac    John Maus    2006
    
14. Small Car    Marvin Pontiac    2006
    
15. Diary of a Rose    Mega Bog    2019
    
16. Leaving My Old Life Behind    Franz Ferdinand    2014
    
17. Screenwriters Blues    Soul Coughing    1994
    
18. Smoke And Mirrors    Gotye    2011
    
19. By Morning Light    Cotton Jones    2009
    
20. The Ocean - Remastered 2008    U2    1980
    
21. doomsday    Lizzy McAlpine    2022
    
22. I Can't See the Light    Tombstones in Their Eyes    2016
    
23. Suede Shades    The Fourty Million Dollar Beatnik    2000
    
24. Lifesaver    Emilíana Torrini    2005
    
25. Swing It Low    Morphine    1997
    
26. Ambrosia    A Reminiscent Drive    2015
    
27. Vostok    Triosk    2006