Attack of the Purpose Dinosaur

Ideas are from your brain.  Let ideas go, be open to them.  We are not our brain.  A brain that stores a lot of facts is just a brain that stores a lot of facts.  Give your brain a rest and learn to speak with your heart.  Make Friends. Be aware of relationships, nuture them.  That’s where your heart comes off the strongest.  Relationships, friends, Lovers, Parents, Teachers, strangers, everybody.  The world does not make sense through the mind.  ONe step at a time.

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MATTHEW SILVER PERFORMS AT GRACE SPACE PLUS THREE OTHER PERFORMERS!!!!!

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Performance Art by:
Carlos Monroy, Theo Pelmus, Luisa Nobrega and Matthew Silver!

From: Columbia, Canada, Brazil and New York City!

Friday, May 18
9:00 Doors
9:30 Performances
$10 Donation

Luisa NobregaLuisa Nobrega, born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, majored as an actress in Teatro Escola Celia Helena (Celia Helena’s Theater School) and graduated in philosophy at the University of Sao Paulo. As a performer, she participated in events such as Periferias festival, in Huesca, Spain; Dimanche Rouge, Paris, France; Spa das Artes, Recife, Brazil, Performa Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, V.E.R., in Terra Una, MG, Brazil, and Trampolim, Vitoria, Brazil. In april 2008, she took part in the Expeditio Francisco project (www.expedicaofrancisco.net), supported by Funarte and Petrobras. As an actress, she worked in collaboration with Teatro da Vertigem company. In January 2008 she took an extension course in GITIS, university of theatre and performing arts in Moscow, Russia. With her vocal experiments, she collaborated with the collective of contemporary eletronic music Al reves (www.alreves.org), with whom she recorded in 2006 the independent album menagerie.

Theo PelmusTheo Pelmus is a performance artist who has received several awards, including an emerging artist grant and integrated arts grant from the Ontario Arts Council (2006; 2009), the Dennis Tourbin Fund for emerging artist in performance art (2007) and an emerging artist grant from the City of Ottawa (2009). He has exhibited nationally and internationally, including shows in Copenhagen and the Bucharest Biennial. Theo has a BFA and MFA from the University of Fine Arts in Bucharest and a second MFA at the University of Ottawa. He is an active participant in the Ottawa arts community, most notably as a programming member of Available Light Screening Collective. He is represented by La Petite Mort Gallery in Ottawa.

Theo Pelmus: www.theopelmus.com

Carlos MonroyCarlos Monroy (Colombia) was born in 1984 in Bogot�, is a fine artist and performer, he graduated from art with two bachelors , one in Electronic media and time art, and another in Art History and theory from Universidad de los Andes, Bogot�, Colombia in 2008. After he came back from a one year exchange at the arts department from the University of Săo Paulo, he developed his thesis ›Performance Product Ltda‹ , work that allowed him to finish his studies as an outstanding student. In November 2008 He participated at the ›Septimo Festival de Performance de Cali‹, that took place within the activities of ›41 Salon Nacional de Artistas‹ the most important art event of Colombia, invited by the curatorial program of the Helena Producciones Collective. In 2008 he flew again to Săo Paulo invited by the Galeria Vermelho to the festival ›VERBO 2008‹ to show his performance ›La performola‹ or ›The perforbox‹. En 2007 he did his first two solo exibithions at the alternative exhibition space ›La Vitrina‹ located at the Universidad de los Andes. The first one, an installation called ›Jesus Flow project vol.1‹, and the second, a series of 4 performances named ›I see you kissing damn you look good‹. After this, in october of the same year, he was part of the selected artists in the first art-action encounter from Bogot� called ›Primer encuentro arte-acci�n 27 al azar‹.

Matthew Silver [NYC]In this performance, Matthew Silver will teach people about love. He will put the audience through a short self-help course that will potentially awaken their inner child.

Originally a filmmaker, has now put his focus on performance art on and off stage. Matthew Silver gets most of his experience performing on the street where he performs for tips as a clown/village idiot. He’s been spotted at the Astor Place Cube, Union Square, Washington Square Park, and the subway L-line. He has also performed at local bushwick venues, Goodbye Blue Mondays, and Cafe Orswell.

Matthew Silver: www.maninwhitedress.com

ABOUT GRACE EXHIBITION SPACE for PERFORMANCE ARTGrace Exhibition Space, since 2006, is devoted exclusively to Performance Art. We offer an opportunity to experience visceral and challenging performance works by the current generation of international performance artists, whether emerging, mid career or established.

Being a Brooklyn loft, our events are presented on the floor, not on a stage, dissolving the boundary between artist and viewer. This is how performance art is meant to be experienced and our mission is the glorification of performance art.

“Grace Exhibition Space is the sole gallery in this city that shows specifically, in its most intentionally narrow definition, Performance Art.” Patricia Milder, The Brooklyn Rail (May, 2011)

“Through such intimate encounters between performance groups and their guests, they could follow in the spirit of Yoko Ono’s Chamber Street loft or the Surrealist soirees of Paris.” Warren Fry, The Brooklyn Rail (August, 2007)

Please read the Interview with us SPECIALIZED VISION Curating Grace Exhibition Space in the Brooklyn Rail: brooklynrail.org/2011/05/artseen/specialized-vision-curating-grace-exhibition-space

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“עושה שירות ליקום”

ORIGINAL ARTICLE POSTED IN “YEDIOT AMERICA

“עושה שירות ליקום”

 

מאתיו סילבר הוא האידיוט המקצועי היחיד בעיר

אורלי סנטו

עדכון אחרון: 02.05.12, 22:38

 

מאתיו סילבר עומד ביוניון סקוור על רגל אחת, עושה קולות של עורב ומרים מעל ראשו, בתנועה של סגידה, דיסקית עגולה גדולה. הוא לובש בגד גוף צבעוני וחצאית טוטו, על אוזניו הוא חובש חזיה ורודה, וסביב מותניו כרוכים כמה זוגות תחתונים. “הסכיתו וראו!” הוא קורא בקול גדול, ומשליך את הדיסקית על הרצפה “מעגל החיים!”

 

זה מה שהוא עושה חמישה ימים בשבוע, שמונה שעות ביום. יש אינספור חובבנים בתחום הזה, אבל מתיו הוא האידיוט המקצועי היחיד בעיר.

 

 

"לא אני יצרתי את הצחוק, אני רק שחררתי אותו". סילבר
“לא אני יצרתי את הצחוק, אני רק שחררתי אותו”. סילבר

 

 

מה… מה בעצם אתה עושה?“אני עושה שירות ליקום. אני מרפא את עצמי ומרפא את העולם בכך שאני מצחיק אנשים. במיוחד בניו-יורק, עם כל הלחץ, זה נורא חשוב שאנשים יצחקו קצת. לפעמים הם כל כך לחוצים שהם לא מבינים מה אני רוצה מהם בהתחלה, איך לאכול אותי, אבל כשאני מחייך אליהם הם קולטים: אה, הוא דווקא לא משוגע. הוא פרפורמר, הוא רק מנסה להצחיק”.

 

איך התחלת לעשות את זה?“תמיד הייתי ליצן הכיתה, אידיוט הכפר. תמיד נמשכתי לאנרגיה שהצחוק יוצר. יום אחד כשהייתי בתיכון – היינו באולם

הספורט, בהפסקה, יושבים על הספסלים – מישהו אמר לי: ‘אני אתן לך דולר אם תיגש לבנות שם ותתחיל לעשות שטויות’. לקחתי את הדולר והתחלתי להופיע בפניהן. כל הבנות צחקו, אבל לא רק הן. כל מי שישב בספסלים שלידן התחיל לצחוק, וכל מי שישב בספסלים מעליהן, ובספסלים שמעל אלו. פתאום מצאתי את עצמי במרכז הפוקוס של אולם ספורט ענק, מצחיק את כולם, את הבנות, את החברים שלי, את כל התלמידים שאני בכלל לא מכיר, את המורים… זה היה רגע גדול עבורי. אני חושב שזה רגע שבו הבנתי מה אני רוצה רוצה לעשות בחיים, למרות שהתחלתי עם זה באופן מקצועי ממש רק אחרי הקולג’, בסאן פרנסיסקו. למדתי צילום וקולנוע בקולג’ בניו-יורק, אבל במהלך השנים גיליתי שאני לא נהנה מזה. אני שונא עריכת וידאו! כל היום להיות תקוע לבד בחדר, מול מחשב, לא לתקשר. אנשים מתוכנתים לאינטראקציה עם אנשים אחרים, זה לא בריא לחיות ככה. התחלתי להיכנס לדיכאון. הרגשתי שאני משתגע מבפנים, רק כשהתחלתי להתנהג כמו משוגע ברחוב הבנתי שזה מה יעשה אותי שפוי. אחרי הקולג’ הדבר הראשון שעשיתי היה לחצות את ארה”ב על אופניים. נסעתי מניו-ג’רזי עד סאן פרנסיסקו. לקח לי ארבעה חודשים. כשהגעתי בסוף לסאן פרנסיסקו, התחלתי מיד לעבוד בתור שליח אופניים, מה שהתגלה בדיעבד כצעד לא חכם. אחרי ארבעה חודשי רכיבה רצופים, נורא כאבו לי הברכיים… אז, לאט לאט, התחלתי להתנסות לראשונה עם הדמות הציבורית של שוטה הכפר. הייתי מסתובב בעיר בשמלת מלמלה לבנה וסניקרס עם שלט גדול שכתוב עליו: ‘תתעודדו, אני תרנגולת’. כשהיו מסתכלים עלי הייתי מכרכר כמו תרנגולת ומטיל ביצים. עם זה התחלתי להופיע גם בערבי מיקרופון פתוח”.

 

 

מאתיו סילבר באסטור פלייס
מאתיו סילבר באסטור פלייס

 

מה היה הרגע הכי קשה שלך בתור פרפורמר?“בסאן פרנסיסקו היה מקום אחד שנקרא ‘גבעת ההיפים’, מין פארק מלא בכל מיני טיפוסים צבעוניים, מהם הרבה שישנו וגרו בפארק. התחברתי איתם, אבל אף פעם לא הרגשתי שם לגמרי בנוח. אף פעם לא ידעתי בדיוק מה הם חושבים עלי. יום אחד, בזמן שהופעתי לפניהם, כנראה התקרבתי יותר מידי למישהו והוא נתן לי אגרוף בפרצוף! אני חושב שזה היה הרגע הכי קשה שלי בתור פרפורמר. זה, והשוטרים בניו-יורק, שקוראים לי לפעמים ‘מטרד ציבורי’. אבל אני מבין שהם רק מנסים לשמור על הסדר ולא לוקח את זה אישית”.

מה הייתה פריצת הדרך שלך?“בחורף 2011 הופעתי ב’גוואנס בולרום’, חלל אמנות אלטרנטיבי ענק בשכונת גוואנס בברוקלין. המופע נקרא ‘התמוטטות עצבים ולידה מחדש’. שיחקתי בו יהודי חסידי שעובר התמוטטות עצבים. זה הלך ככה: אני עומד על הבמה ומתחיל להיות יותר ויותר עצבני, אז אני תולש מעצמי את הז’קט והכובע והבגדים, ונשאר על הבמה במין פיג’מה ארוכה. אבל אז אני שוב נהיה עצבני, אז אני מקלף ממני את הפיג’מה בהרבה דרמה ונשאר על הבמה בבגד ים של אישה. בסופו של דבר אני נשאר רק בתחתונים שלי, שמודבקת עליהם בננה”.

מה היה הרגע הכי מאושר שלך?“בכל פעם שמישהו ממש נקרע מצחוק, כשמישהו צוחק מהבטן, אני מסתכל עליו ורואה שלא אני יצרתי את הצחוק, אני רק שחררתי אותו. הוא כבר היה שם בפנים. זה שיכולתי לעזור לו ולתת לו סיבה לצאת, זה שאני יכול לתת לאנשים איזו סיבה לאינטראקציה מפתיעה, זה תמיד משמח אותי”.

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What’s the Most IMPORTant thing in the WORLD!!!!

YOur inner PEACE!   We all know it’s true.  HOW do you achieve it? By believing in it.  Inner Peace will be the thing you are at your core before you became who you think you are.  You are not a whole bunch of ideas in your head.  Our minds are here to support the journey of the heart.  The Heart is the center of what Makes your world Gentle.  Ode to joy, Your heart, the most beautiful thing in the world.  My words are useless with out the heart.  Every word I wright.  ODE to joy the heart that does not think.  Patience with the heart.  The heart wants to create little love bombs into people.  The mind is only here to help support the heart by using ideas.  Like for example, I’m trying to connect the dots.  I’m connecting the dots, not of the mind, but with the heart.  The mind can create, targets, which can help you focus better.  All you need is patience.  Patience is an important part of the process.  Because when you first meet someone.  You remember it is part of the process.  Intentions and focus help it Grow better love.  Intentional love is just as important as surprise LOVE. It repeats, Diagrams, charts can help you.  Anything that can help you navigate through an illusion. to help grow the heart. Grow hearts to grow your hearts, start focusing ON hearts.  I mean, you know you definitely want someone to comfort your heart.  And if infinity is possible.  LOVE is not impossible, so quit your whining!!!!  And START HEALING PEOPLES HEARTS.  I KNOW ITS POSSIBLE FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART!!!!  FART!!!!!!!!!!!

Just be open and remember it has infinite amount of portals, pay attention and keep a love journal or something. PAY ATTENTION to LOVE, its the one that smiles and laughs in the physical world.

Brainstorm:  How many PHYSICAL things can it be? (asking Questions!!!  ”What is Love?”  Answer it Even if it feels repetitive.  Question can help you focus too. :

1. Smile

2. Laugh

3. Hugging

4. Spending time with someone.

5. Giving and Receiving

These have power, they make me feel good for being here.  The energy is here, and love is a lot easier then we think.  It’s a natural part of who we are.  We can’t judge it anymore.  I need it to survive and so do you.  Remember to be patient.

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Humanity It is HERE!!

A series of awkward moments. Watch as the audience is amazed at absurdity.

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The Choir. Now sold on E-Bay for half off Robotic Reptilians!!!!!

Now Our ONe REality.  Through it and over it always changing.  Trying to stand aside. From wackiness.  To be aware of the mind without getting sucked in the mind.  Is there a way.  Yes there MUST.  Ring that bell of consciousness.  With Love.  Lovely words. and thoughts and people.  At the end of the day make those good relationships with people.  Do your best, know I can’ts, thats a block.

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I MADE SOMEONES DAY

I found a story on the internet, that somebody wrote on their blog about seeing one of my performances.  Anyway it made me happy to read this.

Original Link  http://lilism.wordpress.com

Article Title:  MATTHEW SILVER SAYS ” EXERCISE!” March 23, 2012

An ongoing problem, for most of us: our day to day is simply not that exciting.

I hate cliches but when my mind is operating at entropic levels, cliches like “the day-to-day”, “same day, different crap”, “back to the grind” fill my head. The speed and activity of New York is sometimes the only stimulant that shakes up a boring day.

People like to comment about the crazies that roam the streets and the underground in this city. (Cliche plug: “Only in New York!”). My take on it is that they, the crazies, are some of the sanest people. If by definition insanity is repeatedly doing the same thing and expecting different results, then every “grinder”, 9to5er, and employee is guilty of it.

The “crazies” are original people that choose unique ways to express their personalities. So many people strive to be original In NY, and the result is usually some form of zombie Kim Kardashian, Ru Paul, Zooey Deschenel, and countless other been-dones. But we find these other individuals to be abnormal, because it hasn’t been done, and they’re doing it.

The NYC subway system offers a good glimpse at the variety of personalities (and entertainment) in this great city. The L train at Union Square has great performers and musicians on the daily. I rarely get much reading done.

I came by Matthew Silver The Great Performer on this particular platform.

It was my average crum day commuting between two jobs. My one boss doesn’t ever seem very satisfied with my work, and I take it personally each time. Given that its not the kind of work that lights my fire, I have no motivation to be better at what I do, nor the balls to quit. So here I was, waiting for the L train to take me to another job, this one effortless and even less stimulating.

My brain waves were at zero, just about comatose, functioning at too low a level to even bother plugging in headphones for some musical inspiration.

And then there was Matthew Silver, a tall gentleman with a scruff beard, wearing a pink double D bra to support his skinny chest and a purple double D bra to support… his ears? He was shuffling his feet while banging on a hub cap with a geriatric’s walking cane to a drummer at the other end of the platform’s beat. With high energy he started to attempt to do side splits and a few jumping jacks while keeping up with the beat. When the drummer stopped, Mr. Silver stopped, jumped and threw his hands up in the air and screamed: “Exercise!” And fell to lay on the floor to continued doing leg raises.

I don’t think I was the only one that found Mr. Silver amusing but I was the only one laughing aloud with eyes wide, waiting for the next act in his scene. A lady perched on the steps above Mr. Silver and filmed him through her SLR digital camera, obviously also very amused. She handed him some money and thanked him. He seemed surprised by the money and raised his arms up and thanked her profusely shouting “Thank you! You make the difference! Go and make the difference!” He may have continued to chant encouraging remarks but his feet started to shuffle when the drum beat picked up again.

My train was pulling in. I quickly pulled out a dollar and walked up to Mr. Silver. Admittedly I was afraid, not of him but of the cane he was waving around profusely. He did not have a bucket out like most subway performers collecting their admission money. I could only hand it to him. He did not stop his performance to receive my funds. Instead he incorporated it into his act with several thank you’s and nods in rhythm with the ongoing drum beat.

It was two stops on the L to my final destination. I continues to chuckle out loud on the train, drawing attention to myself.

My day was turned around thanks to Matthew Silver.

Thank you Mr. Silver. You made my day.

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Irish Jigggggggggggggggggggggggg

Matthew Silver – The Great Performer – Finding yourself, losing yourself.

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Matthew Silver is Valid Like Salad

The professional idiot

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We Are Alive 101

My material is looping!! WE ARE ALive! It repeats. WE ARE ALIVE It repeats. Watch as I enchant the minds of SUbway Pedestrians!!! Filmed by Bogdan Szabo

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SUNDAY SLAPPYssss video!!!!!!!

Created by Alex Corporan

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Slappy Sundayssss – The GATHERING of the SKateboarders!!!!!!!!!!


Picture taken by Alex Corporan!!!!!!!!!!!

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Finding yourself, losing yourself.

It’s a process. Plain and simple, and it repeats. How cAN every idea be wrong or right. It’s just an idea. Right, Wrong??? I need to ask myself a lot of questions, but then I learn to let go of a few of them because they don’t make any sense. Why you see I’m head strong into philosophy, I want Some one to know, but what do I want them to know. Why is that tree falling thing so important. In the woods. If no body sees the tree fall, does it exist? So It is in your right and nature that you must be heard for your real heart goodness. That stuff spreads like Heart beat Jam. Bop Bee bop. YOU have a voice a unique voice and this is mine. So I declare NOW IS THE TIME, and time doesn’t exist or not.

The connections we make ARE more IMPORTANT LOVE IS THE REAL STUFF. Now lets make a lemon zinger. Ding Ding Dwong.

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BAGpipes and Man in a ONey and DRUMS

Performance by Andrew Forbes Bagpipes and Michael Drums!!!!  ba boom ba bang!

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Picture taken by Shelley Liao

We attracted a big ass crowd.  It was a lot of fun!!!!!!!!!!  Infinity FART!!!!!!

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Picture taken by Deborah Aruta

I had an awesome time performing with Andrew Forbes on Bagpipes and Michael on Drums.

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PHOTOs by Jeffry Lo

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10 THINGS I NOTICED TODAY

1.  One woman loudly laughed in her car.

2.  I forgot cookie.  Ding.

3.  I’m Here NOW

4. It repeats

5. Exscercise 101

6.  3-5 times a week.

7.  YOLO

8. Riding the Reindeer

9.  Evolution!

10.  HUMan KIND

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Matthew Silver at Astor Place New York City in women’s lingerie half naked acting crazy.

I saw this guy draw attention while I was crossing the street, and had a crowd gather him, so I filmed most of it.  His name is Matthew Silver, apparently he is a performer and a film maker.  At first I didn’t know if this guy was on drugs, lost his mind or if it was comedy?  I couldn’t even laugh because I didn’t know what to think.

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It Is Totally Springtime In New York City

Originally posted in the Village Voice  Blog!!!!

By Nick Pinto Thu., Mar. 8 2012 at 2:53 PM

The air is warm. The crocuses are peeking out. It’s enough to make a fellow want to put on a bra, a leotard, and a motorcycle helmet and just dance and holler:

Update: This man has a name, Matthew Silver, and it’s not the first time the Voice has encountered him in the neighborhood.

[npinto@villagevoice.com] [@macfathom]

Go to Runnin’ Scared for all our latest news coverage.

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Day 72 Hey, I know that guy! March 11th, 2012

See orignal post at imjustwalkin.com  Written by Matthew Green.  He’s walking every street in New York City!!!!!

Day 72

Hey, I know that guy!

March 11th, 2012   |   View on map

It’s Matthew Silver, the filmmakerperformer, and self-described “professional idiot of the avant garde”. Is he brilliant? Is he just a weirdo? I think Jeremiah of Vanishing New York said it best, describing his state of mind after an encounter with Mr. Silver:

“What a relief. What a relief from the dull barrage of cell-phone shouters and text-walkers, from the NYU ‘woo-hoo’ brigade, from the frat-boys and bachelorettes, from the slack-jawed super models and the pink-shirted princes of the Doucheoisie.”

Matt is one of a kind. He’s totally genuine and totally believes in what he’s doing, and his verve and silliness are a vital counterattack against the forces of homogenization in this city. We walked a block together (ran, actually); it was a good block.

You should really check out his seven-minute film “Heartpocalypse”. If nothing else, just watch the last minute or so.

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ABSURD STREET THEATRE

Filmed by Anna Pollack
This is my most recent routine when I busk. Be prepared to be EDUCATED!!!! about the life cycle of humanity.  I’m a teacher Parp Marpy Lop Lop!

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MATTHEW SILVER THE GREAT PERFORMER – on LO Fi

This is shot on a Low quality phone.  But the ending is funny if you have the patience to watch it.  Watch it, why not.  Magic is REal.

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FLYING MAN PHOTOS taken by David Yuen

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FREE STUDIO PHOTOS yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!! Thanks to Trey Kirchoff.

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AWESOME PHOTOS from MOLLY Peck

To see more of Molly P’s Work check OUT  mollypeck.com

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Rijard Daniel Bergerson Blogggggggged me, whats up with that? Narf whistle. YAY!!!

 

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<p>/// C.O.N.C.H&#8217;s acronym becomes Chilled Oily Nicely Corrupt Hearts for an inter-disciplinary examination of Valentine&#8217;s Day&#8217;s visceral horizon bearing down on all artistic creation. </p><br />
<p>C.O.N.C.H. is a curatorial collective newly formed by Cat Gilbert of the 22 Magazine, Esther Neff of Panoply Performance Laboratory (PPL), and Valerie Kuehne of The Super Coda. We investigate the various distinctions&#8212;and lack thereof&#8212;defining our respective mediums of curatorial focus: visual art/installation, performance art/experimental theatre, and creative/experimental music.</p><br />
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MATTHEW SILVER @
/// C.O.N.C.H’s acronym becomes Chilled Oily Nicely Corrupt Hearts for an inter-disciplinary examination of Valentine’s Day’s visceral horizon bearing down on all artistic creation.
C.O.N.C.H. is a curatorial collective newly formed by Cat Gilbert of the 22 Magazine, Esther Neff of Panoply Performance Laboratory (PPL), and Valerie Kuehne of The Super Coda. We investigate the various distinctions—and lack thereof—defining our respective mediums of curatorial focus: visual art/installation, performance art/experimental theatre, and creative/experimental music.
MATTHEW SILVER /
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I Was Blogged and then I was frogged and Now I am bloggggged by infinityyyyy

Start Making sense kid.  Give me a dollar.  Nada Nada You get a POtatoooeeeeeee.

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MY SMALL STORY

Read the ABOUT SECTION Mr. POtato

Matthew Silver, The Great Performer@Astor Place

BY MY SMALL STORY

Matthew Silver, The Great Performer

A sunny NYC day means outdoor theatre in all forms, any place and anytime. Walking by Astor Place ,I noticed a performer. I was transfixed as was everyone else. So I filmed this..only in NY moment.

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変なパフォーマー @Astor Place NYC

International fame, now I can buy turkeys!!!!!!!!!!!!!

アスタープレイスで遭遇(笑)

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You are in your heart right now

bump ba bump ba bump.  Intimacy right HAPPening right NOW.  It because our AWareness now times 35   AMazing.  You CAN BE THE ONE AND ONLY  Me I’m the other one.  Wonk Wonk Narf.

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We’re all doing the same thing!

Right or Wrong.

A question can have a right and wrong answer according to our binary coded brains but things are really not that symetrical I’m gonna say ZOINK

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One addition to the life cycler

EXAMPLE 1

One man becomes aware of his existence.  He jumps around and eats ma ma mooon.

EXAMPLE2

Art doesn’t exist so I’m going to eat Pizza.

EXAMPLE3

Behave yourself and you can circle boing pause, One more time.

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GET OUT OF YOUR ROOM or Your worlds going to fall APart!!

Everybody DANCE!!!

Welcome to New York City! Where the crazy dancing people roam!

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All Day Long I fart fart fart away

Now becoming older is becoming wiser to me because I’m focused on the wiser.  The wiser I get the more inner peace I feel.  Wisdom feels like patience, and yes sometimes the samething.  Because words are just fragments separating, happening like this now.  You ask did that just mean something? Yes No.  Two Possible ways it can go.  Which defines an infinite range.

 

Yes                                                                                                                                                No

So relax.  Theres you, finite. ONE MoMent NOW.  vs.  infinite.  Your ability to see the world now.  Defines Everything your looking for. If there were no finite creatures.  Infinity doesn’t exist.  But there’s a conscious about everything, And I think infinity is a creature too.  MAYbbb A COOKIE MONSTER HEAD YAY

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Photos taken by Eraj Asadi

Not this one.

BUT ALL OF THESE Thanks to the Great Eraj Asadi.

http://www.facebook.com/eraj.asadi

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Springtime Dancer, Astor Place, March 8, 2012

Springtime Dancer, Astor Place, March 8, 2012 from Village Voice Media on Vimeo.

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YOUR LIFE AND THIS IS NOW

Yes it is the connections that you forge in your life.  And Yes its many other things. But Human Beings we are wired to connect.  We have an untold story that is also meant to be read.  People are meant to learn from other people.  It’s called the Holy mirror and we’ve been using it for centuries.  It’s how we learn.  A CYCLE.  WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?

We can go ice skating but me, I want to take French Classes.  I did.  and I got a C- . You must think I’m lame.  Stop judging me!  Stop criticizing me! It was in High School many of my untold stories.

Anyway that’s not important right now.  I want you to understand me.  I’m only here for a limited amount of time.  So I have to do this NOW.

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Just another day in the NYC subway…

These guys sure brightened up my day.

 

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Matthew Silver and The Underground Horns

Performance art and Musical Performance in the 14 st-Union Square subway station in Manhattan. filmed by Hollow Sidewalks, edited by Otto Yamamoto.

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Busking Yo!

Making people laugh. One day of work. More days to come. It’s getting warmer. Hip HIp Horay!!!!!!!! Must use new brain batteries. Zworp!
Filmed by Bogdan Szabo
http://www.youtube.com/user/IceCreamRevolution/videos

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Recycled Here to stay a Third time.

We all know the foundation?  Or do we.  New Thought. Reflected Thought. New Thought. Reflected thought.  Me I’ll be getting mixed up in these mirrors of my consciousness.  I only have to be aware of this amazing reality and multiply it by ten.  At  least seven times a week.  Who will hire me?  I guess I’ll have to hire myself. Dingggggggggggggggggggg  Lets get to the heart of matters before its too late.  What is that?

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Subway Performance Art: Drummer, Violin and Vocalist!!

Improv performance in front of Real live NYC pedestrians. What do they eat? Matthew Silver declares Inner peace Fart and other Celebrations.

Drums by Joe Vallone

http://5secondDrumFills.Tumblr.com

Violin by Sam Dishy
Filming by Moishe Stern

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Video: Subway Shaman Performs Ritual L Train Dance

Original post:  gothamist.com  2012/02/16

Video: Subway Shaman Performs Ritual L Train Dance

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Stroller fightspole dancessix-course meals—if a lot of strange stuff wasn’t happening on and around the L Train, we’d be worried. So the video below of a bearded bra-wearing, wand-twirling entertainer performing a shamanistic dance at the Union Square L Train platform accompanied by twinkling xylophone and zigzagging percussion seems just about right. Oh sure, the Officer Isaac Valdezes of the world may not understand what he’s trying to express with this piece—but neither does the stuffed animal head he jabs at toward the end of the video. The thing we really don’t understand: when will people finally learn to turn their phones sideways when they take video?

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2012 Winter Antifolk Festival – The Teacup Presents

2012 Winter Antifolk Festival - The Teacup Presents

94 Avenue A, New York, NY 10009
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Maninwhitedress Music Video Part 57

Man in the white dress from AnnaPollack on Vimeo.

Making the people laugh one by one by one. One man can do infinite farts!!!

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Matthew Silver: Professional Idiot of the Avant Garde

Matthew Silver:  Professional Idiot of the Avant Garde

    • THIS Wednesday
    • 11:30pm until 12:30am
  • Wednesday, February 22FREE – Avant Garde Comedy Show11:45pm – 12:30am

    “Cosmological jester or village idiot?” – Time Out NY

    Recently seen farting in Jim Gaffigan’s face!
    http://www.whosay.com/jimgaffigan/videos/115159

    NOW

    ON BROADWAY

    Goodbye Blue Mondays
    1087 Broadway
    Brooklyn, NY

    GOOGLE ME

1087 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY 11221
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FART AWESOME!!!!!

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THIS ISN’T MENTAL ILLNESS, IT’S ‘ART’

Original Post from Animal New York  

This is no Subway Shaman. It’s performance artist Matthew Silver, who has a history of acting ludicrous while unsuspecting passers-by video him with their camera phones and assume they’re recording a madman. Here he is doing one of his routines at the Union Square L station.

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BOOBY HEAD

Alison Nguyen  kissesandguns.com

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After spending many years with your brain.

One should not be annoyed.  One should be enjoyed with light and fart 57 times.  We are all on and off.  For example there is a fart and there is no fart.  There are many consciosness of fart like there are many levels for every single word in the Dictionary. FART!!!!  What word is on your mind???

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