Email Author Keith Bowers

2010 Stories by Keith Bowers

• The Revolution Will Be Photographed

  published November 24, 2010

  Cara Barer documents how things evolve — namely, the things that she helps evolve. Barer the sculptor takes objects — in this case,... More >>

• We Can Build It!

  published November 24, 2010

  You've probably heard some variation of the (outdated) axiom: A woman can be anything she wants, as long as it's a nurse or a schoolteacher. Until... More >>

• You Ain't Got No Alibi

  published November 24, 2010

  The African-American Shakespeare Company is known for taking familiar tales and turning them on their heads, largely by telling them from an... More >>

• A Little Is a Lot

  published November 24, 2010

  “Gay men made me the woman I am today,” Selene Luna has said. This line gets uproarious laughter onstage, but she's serious. The... More >>

• Lindy Hoppers Rejoice

  published November 24, 2010

  For all its seeming squareness, the culture of swing dancing held San Francisco in its pinkie-ringed grip about a decade ago. Its uniforms were... More >>

• I Don't Believe My Eyes

  published November 24, 2010

  The photography of Lane Wilson conjures the dramatic, high-contrast landscapes of legends such as Ansel Adams and Edward Weston. Stark. Beautiful.... More >>

• Your New BFF

  published November 10, 2010

  Mat Hoffman is out of his mind. He once grabbed onto a cable and had a motorcycle tow him on his BMX bike toward a 24-foot-tall ramp that went... More >>

• You Would So Die

  published November 10, 2010

  We put a lot of our private selves out there on the interwebs. We share our existential fears on LiveJournal, we publicize our breakups (and then... More >>

• Re-Deconstructing Tragedy

  published November 10, 2010

  Assassinations are complex events that we long to make simple. Take Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone. We might like to believe that... More >>

• We Are Stardust

  published November 10, 2010

  We once knew an astronomy professor who'd say to his students, “You all were once inside stars.” And he wasn't lying. He explained that... More >>

• Artificially Natural

  published November 10, 2010

  Yellena James' former shows have names such as “Succulence,” “Stasis,” and “Aquarium.” No wonder: Her mesmerizing... More >>

• Stream of Unconscioussness

  published November 10, 2010

  Be glad you're not inside the comedian's head at “Will Franken: Third Saturday in Extraordinary Time.” It's a vast movie studio... More >>

• Everyone's a Target

  published November 10, 2010

  Q: How many radical feminists does it take to change a lightbulb? A: THAT’S NOT FUNNY! Tasteless or not, the riddle illustrates one way to... More >>

• See-Through Sounds

  published November 10, 2010

  Andy Paiko and Ethan Rose make an unlikely pair. Paiko is a glass sculptor, while Rose is a composer and a sound artist. Together they make music,... More >>

• Walking Into Yourself

  published November 10, 2010

  We all went through it as kids. Everything was so unfair: the constraints, the responsibilities, the boredom. Then one day we opened a door in our... More >>

• The Power of the Pen -- and Ink

  published November 10, 2010

  Truth embedded in humor or satire is no less powerful than truth delivered by any other means. In fact, it can be more powerful – just ask... More >>

• Walking Into Yourself

  published November 10, 2010

  We all went through it as kids. Everything was so unfair: the constraints, the responsibilities, the boredom. Then one day we opened a door in our... More >>

• Getting a Head

  published November 3, 2010

  Narrator wakes up hungover. Narrator starts drinking. Narrator writes something brilliant. Narrator finds someone to fuck. Narrator finds someone... More >>

• War on Wheels

  published November 3, 2010

  San Francisco is a bicycle battleground. The road bikers hate the mountain bikers, who hate the BMX bikers who ride their trails. The fixies hate... More >>

• Rap Against the Machine

  published November 3, 2010

  Some hip-hop stars have done all they can to make people believe the genre begins and ends with talk of bitches and hos, gangstas and Glocks, fat... More >>

• Wronging the Rights

  published November 3, 2010

  The legacy of George W. Bush. What does that conjure? Two wars in the Middle East. Repeated presidential power grabs. Lax financial regulation.... More >>

• Deconstructing a Family Tragedy

  published November 3, 2010

  Marilyn Pittman came from what she considered a normal Midwestern family. Her parents had been married 50 years. Her dad was a World War II... More >>

• "Fuck You All": Glen Friedman's punk and hip-hop photos are meant to inspire

  published November 3, 2010

  Glen Friedman grew up on the front lines of the West Coast punk rock, skateboarding, and rap scenes. Photographs he shot in the 1970s and '80s... More >>

• The Roving Eye

  published October 27, 2010

  Seeing vs. spying. Looking vs. prying. The right to privacy vs. the right to know. The camera has become nearly ubiquitous in modern society, and... More >>

• Invaders, Reconsidered

  published October 27, 2010

  Talia Greene explores themes of order and disorder through several series of prints in this show, Colony. The series at the center... More >>