Synopses & Reviews
Esopus 11 includes artists projects by Robert Therrien (with 16 removable inserts), Darina Karpov (incorporating a four-panel foldout) and Jason Polan, who created more than 100 drawings from life of favorite things about New York submitted by Esopus subscribers. Also featured: stunning colored-pencil drawings from 1962 by the late artist, poet and botanist Dwight Ripley; a little-known 1968 experimental film script by Muppets creator Jim Henson; a fascinating insider's perspective on Hollywood filmmaking by screenwriter Dan Harris (Superman Returns); the latest installment of the magazine's MoMA Modern Artifacts series, featuring facsimile pages from the museum's guestbook during its first 15 years; 100 frames from Argentinian filmmaker Lucrecia Martel's stunning debut feature, La Cienega (2001), with an introduction by Kent Jones; new fiction by Maureen O'Leary; Angus Trumble's Year 1 in Retrospect; and a CD of brand-new music inspired by advice columns--featuring Shearwater, Lucky Dragons, the Muslims, Wye Oak, the Wingdale Community Singers and six other musical acts.