New Moon . New Moo . Mysterium Tremendum
Above: Motion capture still from Mandy Morrison’s and Brandon Ables’ interactive work in progress in collaboration with dancer, Brinae Ali. To be presented at U of Maryland Baltimore County in Fall 2026
Made with support from the Maryland State Council on the Arts
Starting this month we’ll send out our newsletter on the new moon. It’s a good marker especially for those of us who try to do too many things. Launch it.
Despite the inflammatory status of these earthly bodies that are constantly in maintenance mode, some may be thinking about the possibility of quitting our jobs (if we have one) ahead of the AI AI OH onslaught of robotic match making.
Many of us may be thinking about new existences. How will we be when the whole shebang goes asunder? Will we have the fortitude to measure ourselves against nothing? Feeling the right to exist without someone to tell you you’re good because someone else said so? The tricky trickle.
We’re grateful to be breathing in and out even though we know all the ways in which people are shut out, shut down and forgotten. Let’s not even begin to think about all that luxury housing being built that no one can afford.
What about thinking of ways of existing that are non-metric/non-measurable? Say, a puff of smoke. Or, as Thich Naht Hanh would remind us, “a cloud never dies.” After all, is anything truly measurable?
Elke Luyten, Death Within, Newburgh, NY May 22, 2026
On May 22nd, in Newburgh,NY, Elke Luyten performed a 24 hour durational work, Death Within. (see above) ____________________________
Elke will teach in Estonia for two weeks in July, and in August begin rehearsals in Berlin for Marina Abramovic’s, Balkan Erotic Epic, which is coming to NYC December 2026.
More about Elke Luyten at Zus Performance
Anna Sang Park’s one act play, Ahjumma will premiere October 17 and 18 at The Brownstone Steps Play Festival at South Oxford Space in Brooklyn.
After the housekeeper’s death, a family must face the lies that sustained them.
Ahjumma is a one act play that examines the power structure that underlies what we claim to value and the labor we require to maintain it.
More about Anna Sang Park
(some) Things we’re doing.
In March, we launched our book series, BOG amid Eon Meridian’s modular synth bog sounds and Caterina Verde’s Mole Mansions in conversation with Anney Bonney.
We’d like to thank Woodbine for providing the great space in lower Manhattan. Thanks to everyone who came out to join us.
WORKSHOPS: The Department of Preservation and Reuse (our Bog workshop series) will have updates coming soon. Stay tuned.
In July, Eon Meridian will have two weeks of writing at Banff.
Eon is known as herbalist/coder/filmmaker/writer/artist. Check out their substack at CaerJar. BOG SYNCHRONICITIES
Matthew Rose’s book, Another Day is now out.
ANOTHER DAY is another book by Matthew Rose. A story about curious days, lost words, found images and the mysterious fog of it all, an odd text recounts the hero’s time living out his life.
Some 200 collage works and drawings accompany the text, offering a window on the narrator’s tale of days.
Begun in 2024, ANOTHER DAY was published in the Spring of 2026. The texts were written in the dead of winter of 2025.
Matthew Rose is an artist and writer living and working in Paris, France
Pasha Radetzki’s pacificO portal. sky gate install at momo costa puntarenas