51570 USA

A new project:

Coco 66: Creative Director
66 Greenpoint Ave at Franklin St.
Brooklyn, NY 11222 (map)
Open 4PM - 4AM
Greenpoint Ave. on the (G) Train
http://www.coco66.com

Coco 66 is a performance space with front bar nested in a pretty great part of Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Surrounded by businesses like Alter, In God We Trust, Black Rabbit, Word and Pencil Factory, Coco’s 200+ capacity performance space is primed to be utilized by a wide range of artists and musicians. Next door, the co-owned restaurant 68 feeds the folks of Greenpoint in a cozy atmosphere at affordable prices.

I’ll be helping facilitate relationships between the venue and artists / event organizers; with the assistance of an in-formation advisory board boasting some of Brooklyn’s most creative grass-roots thinkers. Be on the lookout for great programming in 2010.

Here are 2 upcoming events of note:

CHERYL
New Years Eve at Coco 66
DJs Stina Puotinen, Destiny Pierce,
Sarah Van Buren, and Nick Schiarizzi
10pm-4am, 21+, FREE WITH RSVP

No Fun Productions Proudly Presents
Death Unit (Giffoni / Corsano / Tremaine / Sullivan)
Northampton Wools (Thurston Moore / Bill Nace)
Spykes (John Olson of Wolf Eyes)
Regression (Nate Young of Wolf Eyes)
Dog Lady
Set order TBA
Friday Jan 29th, 9pm, $8.00

Photo: BEA rock camp showcase @ coco 66; (CC) near modern disaster

December 18, 2009, 1:43pm   Comments

Partial Recall, 2009
PDF, 8.1 x 11.5”

ASCII drawing of the famous 3-breasted Martian prostitute in the film Total Recall. The page is the size of a Playboy. Drawn for A Similar But Different Quality, issue 2.

December 05, 2009, 11:17pm   Comments

Under the guise of Weirding Way, I spun some records at the Bell House on December 1st 2009. The night was named Ice Rink both as a celebration of winter and a nod to Wiley. About 4 hours prior to DJing I went to a Salvation Army and bought 20 discarded 12” singles for $0.99 each; resulting in the following playlist:

Slim Thug - Diamonds
Cam’ron feat. Jay Z & Juelz Santana - Welcome to New York
Cassidy feat. Jadakiss - Can I Talk to You?
Juelz Santana - Mic Check
Fam-Lay - Fresh and Drivin feat. P
Freeway - Where U Been
Sly Boogie - California (remix)
Mase - My Harlem Lullaby
Trina feat. Lil Wayne - Don’t Trip
Clipse - Cot Dam
Trick Daddy - J.O.D.D. (Amended)

December 02, 2009, 11:57am   Comments

4’33” for Twitter
http://twitter.com/bensisto
Performed on Monday November 30th 2009

Sound file:

Wav (25 meg, 4:47 long)

Device:

IBM Thinkpad T43, built in microphone
Default Ubuntu sound recorder

Location:

The artist’s bedroom
Bushwick Ave & Grand St., Brooklyn NY

Timeline:

11:59:54 - Sound recording begins
12:00:00 - Post: Beginning movement 1 of 4’33”
12:00:30 - Post: Beginning movement 2 of 4’33”
12:02:53 - Post: Beginning movement 3 of 4’33”
12:04:33 - Post: Ending performance of 4’33”
12:04:41 - Sound recording ends

November 30, 2009, 12:58pm   Comments

Pledge, 2009
Black text on white page
Various sizes

Download 8.5” x 11” PDF version

November 16, 2009, 9:04pm   Comments

Following “Following”
Faux Vito Acconci Identity
Twitter, 2009

As a 40th anniversary homage to Vito Acconci’s Following Piece (1969) I have created a mock profile for the artist on Twitter. I created it in part due to sheer disbelief that, given the nature of activities on Twitter, no one else had made one! In any event, when a viewer signs up to follow the account they get back the message “Vito Acconci is now following you on Twitter.” At this point they are performing the act of following Following “Following”.

November 16, 2009, 12:00am   Comments

Octo
8.5” x 11” PDF, 2009

I. D.P.W.

Quietly sing Happy Birthday to You in a WMG elevator.
Listen to illegally downloaded music near a cop.
Organize a Jackson Potluck.
Cover a pedestal with chroma­-key green paint.


II. Sacred TXTs

Apron: Abuse of Flour Comes As No Surprise.
Magic­-Eye style poster: Get A Job.
Washroom curtain: Abuse of Shower Comes As No Surprise.
Poem:  Who let Who Let the Dogs Out? Out?

November 06, 2009, 10:05pm   Comments