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Pen names DMBJNJOH NBZCF GSFF[F NBZCF OPU ed or edited on the basis of grammar, spelling or are acceptable, but authors must supply real content. names for verification. All submitted works NBZCF SBJO NBZCF OPU The piece consists of an automatic tennis serve balls hit the wall and bounce randomly away as aor exans have their “Twang,� the disThe opinions expressed inthe “Thoughtcrime� become property of TASI, and whether rejected 5IF XBSN MVTI %FYUFS XBT OFYU machine that fires a series of balls (each labeled museum guard chased after them. This viewing tinctive vocal style that distindo not necessarily reflect the opinions of TASI, its accepted, are not returned to the author. ISSUE UP NF TVDLJOH EPXO BO FYQFOTJWF Board of Directors, ISSUE’s editorial staff, ora sense doesof not“play,� notify of with rejection bymachine, mail or telephone. “Joey�) against a wall on which is a large Argyle patemphasized the like guishes them from people from SVN BOE DPLF PVU PG UIF SPPN a rambunctious child, teasing its reluctant “playother states. “Twang� also refers to tern that may or may not be a net. The machine is SFFGFS UIBU XBT BWBJMBCMF TJY CVDLT labeled “Playmate� and the balls are fired with mate.� the guitar sounds of Texas R&B DIFBQFS JO CBS B DPVQMF PG GMPPST monotonous regularity, with the gallery walls echoThe same piece, but two games and, therefore, and country. MPXFS 4IF T OPU JOUP NVMUJ UBTLJOH 4BE #SPUIFS T #SFBLGBTU ing a repetitive thud thud thud, like the Dada soundtwo different pieces. At the Art Museum of 6O 'PSUVOF $PPLJF BOE XIFO * NBEF DPNNFOU BCPVU tracks of Kurt Schwitters. Even though the “Playmate� is inanimate, Southeast Texas, “Twang� is a UIF DSBXM TJNQMZ TBJE i* EPO U SFBE The “Joey� of the title refers to Joey Powers has created a performance piece reminiscent group show of contemporary +FMMZ BOE +BN XFSF GSJFOET PG NZ NPUIFS UIBU DSBQ u %FYUFS JT OPU IFS SFBM Mussacchio, a childhood friend of the artist who is of the 1960s Fluxus group, whose5SJTI TBJE creations existed in Texas sculpture featuring work by i5IFZ BSF OPU SFBMMZ GPSUVOFT u OBNF * TUBSUFE DBMMJOH IFS UIBU now dead. the reactions of the viewer. a dozen artists. CFDBVTF * XBT CPSO JO %FYUFS i5IFZ BSF KVTU B DPMMFDUJPO PG SBOEPN TBZJOHT XIPN TIF TFOU PO B USJQ UP TPNF UPBTU Powers plays with our emotions and delicately Does the lifeless “Playmate� long for someone Texas is both Western and 0SFHPO CVU SFBMMZ CFDBVTF TIF with whom to play? It seems to connect with the balances the the joys of childhood with the loss of Southern, cotton and cowboys, and BOE OPU WFSZ HPPE POFT BU UIBU u TIPXFE B GBTDJOBUJPO GPS BO innocence. quintessentially American past-time — a simple a multitude of clashing cultures. If BOE UIFSF PO UIF UPQ PG UIF MJHIUMZ CSPXOFE CSFBE DBCMF TFSJFT GFBUVSJOH BO BWFOHJOH i5IF TVO XJMM MJHIU UIF NPSOJOH u game of catch. Another piece that demands viewer participathere is one thing that defines TFSJBM LJMMFS TFSJFT XJUI UIF TBNF tion is Justin Kidd’s “In and Out Box.� Visitors to the opening witnessed the balls Texas, it is its indefinability. i8IBU UIF IFMM EPFT UIBU NFBO OBNF %VSJOH MPWF NBLJOH B GFX XBT B MBE MPVOHJOH ZPO 1FBOVU #VUUFS Consisting of a crudely constructed mailbox “Twang,� like the state that bouncing off two walls and back into the machine, XIJTQFSFE TVHHFTUJPOT JO SPMF QMBZ 5IF TVO MJHIUT FWFSZ NPSOJOH u hanging on the wall, visitors to the exhibit are invitcompleting a never-ending solitary game of catch. links these artists, incorporates a JOH SFTVMUFE JO OFBS WJPMFOU SFBD " SBUIFS EVMM LOJGF XJUI B TQPPO GPS B XJGF ed to “mail� a postcard from the Czech Republic plethora of styles and forms. The piece had a melancholy quality that reflected i" GPSUVOF TIPVME QSFEJDU UIF GVUVSF u UJPOT XJUI IFS HSBCCJOH NZ IBJS BOE Among the strongest pieces on display is “Loveboth the loss of a childhood friend and of childhood SPMMJOH PGG UIF CFE XJUI IFS JO B i:PV XJMM GBMM BOE CSFBL ZPVS MFH PO 5VFTEBZ u Joey,� a study of friendship, loneliness and loss by itself. JOUSPEVDFE UIFN BU PODF UP FBDI PUIFS EPNJOBOU QPTJUJPO 5IF XPNBO However, visitors at a later date may have seen Michael Powers. 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