Of course, those who work in pain management quite properly want to bring relief to those who suffer unbearably.
Of course, chronic pain is debilitating.
Of course, the effort to find drugs to neutralise the pain are comprehensible and laudable.
…
Is it the transhumanists’ wish to do away with pain that is a curiosity, as it seems to deny–along with so much else–the ordinary experience of being alive?

Above: a leg being taken care of by Thomas Hooper.

Secret B-Sides of the Song of Songs by Robyn Art

Music to rattle your gourd to

Music to maul the Beloved to

Music to maul the beneficent effigies of the Beloved to

Music to quiver astoundingly to

Music to breathe through a rubber gorilla mask to

Music to mangle the apparatus to

Music to stroke the cloistered thighs of strangers to

Music to assemble -the -hand truck- while- fully -engorged to

Music to finger appendages to

Music to stroke the faceless multitudes to

Music to say I-love-you-and-can-I-ram-this-head cheese-down-your-throat to

Music to smear undulants across the haunches of the Faithful to

Music to sustain moisture-related injuries to

Music to ream the corporeal corridors of your soul to

Music to jostle purposefully to

Music to swaddle the meat of infamy to

Music to heave against flesh-hillocks to,

Then leave by the swinging door.

Aaron Schuster and Nicolas Matranga are presenting STAND UP, Comedy like you’ve never seen it before.

At Moulin Rouge night club in Vilnius, Lithuania, TONIGHT ONLY at 8pm!

Free admission – exit 10 litas

Exquisite posters by Elena Narbutaite

New sculpture show featuring emerging young artists Tim Ellis, Katie Cuddon, Sam Plagerson and my old mate Douglas White (featured above) on at the Simon Oldfield Gallery until 04 July.

Art Collective YEMENWED presents “Woman Merges With Car” at Jack Henley Gallery

Thanks to Christelle de Castro for videos.

Tonight Gloria Maximo, who performs in the first video with coffee and laptop presents two of her beautiful paintings at WallSpace Gallery from 6-8pm at 619 West 27th Street NYC, NY.

Yuji Agematsu, Circuit Des Yeux, Tom Kovachevich, Mother Earth, and Tom Thayer
TONIGHT, June 3, 2010, 8:00 PM – 12:00 AM

An immersive evening of music and live performance features Tom Thayer’s eccentric combination of sound, puppetry, and animation; Yuji Agematsu’s durational exploration of New York City via slide projection and field recordings; and solo performances by Circuit Des Yeux (Haley Fohr), Tom Kovachevich, and Mother Earth (Kyle Clyde and Dylan Hay) throughout the building and courtyard.

Organized by Keith Connolly and Jay Sanders.

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