Once again, I bring the performance art version of “Two Truthsand a Lie,” everyone’s second favorite party game. It’s hard to top the scandalous wide-eyed did-s/he-really response of “NeverHave I Ever,” however another rewarding shock derives fromwitnessing a truly exciting piece of conceptual art. I ask that youtemporarily suspend your disbelief. After you’ve finished reading,let it out full force! Two are real and one’s a farce; you be thejudge. (Answer follows for those interested in petty reality.)

“Anarchist flavors include honey vanilla, hibiscus,and chili mango.”

David Brinkler is taking a vow of silence, so to speak. It maybe more appropriate to call it a vow of incoherence or a lack oflanguage. Inspired by Gertrude Stein’s stream-of-consciousnesswritings, which aimed to dismantle the constrictions and rulesof language, as of September 2008 Brinkler has spoken onlyin gibberish. Some have mistaken this artistic choice as havingreligious association, like speaking in tongues. Brinkler hasaccumulated a small following, but it is difficult to discernwhether or not he approves of his entourage. When asked,he responded, “trilobite fantangorish locutiorism.”

A corporate machine funds an anarchist vehicle. Hallmark, thecompany whose gift-card empire consists of capitalizing onhuman sorrow and sentiment, provided the funding for AaronGach’s anarchist ice cream truck, the Tactical Ice Cream Unit.Gach describes the TICU as “part ice cream truck and parturban assault vehicle.” He uses this propaganda machine with itslure of free ice cream to attract children and young people anddistribute pamphlets describing peaceful yet effective anarchistactivities. Margaret Hall Silva, an heir to the Hallmark Cardfortune, funded this project through her Margaret Hall SilvaFoundation as an example of performance art. When askedwhether Margaret Hall Silva was aware of Gach’s involvement inthe American anarchist movement (his CV could name-drop theBlank Panther Party), the foundation representatives declinedto comment. But what is known for certain is that Gach’s ideaof anarchist flavors includes honey vanilla, hibiscus, and chilimango. Anarchism is sounding pretty delicious right now

Kate Gilmore wants you to make room. Or maybe she wantsto make it herself ? In a work entitled Walk This Way, she isfilmed kicking (but not screaming) her way through five layersof drywall, all while wearing pointed yellow heels and a sharplooking dress. It evokes the famous line that Ginger Rogersdid everything Fred Astaire did, except backwards and in highheels. But if that’s the case, who is Gilmore besting? Is shebreaking the fifth wall of art? Or is she promoting a new imagefor construction workers? Perhaps in these never-ending times ofwar, Construction Constance is the new Rosie Riveter. Or maybeGilmore is expanding her living space while doing her part toboost the stagnated construction and housing markets. Whateverher angle, she’s got a canary-colored point.

by Lilly Lampe