#keturah cummings

[havesexwithghosts]

Installation shots of “The Venusians” at Come Again in Berlin, pt. 2

The Venusians 9 Sept—22 Oct 2022

Artists: Jesse Bransford, Elijah Burgher, Oliver Coran, Keturah Cummings, Frank Haines, Sholem Krishtalka, Anwar Mahdi, David Anaya Maya, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Annie Sprinkle & Beth Stephens, Ryan M. Pfeiffer + Rebecca Walz, Timothy Wyllie

Organized by Berlin-based artists Elijah Burgher and carrick bell, The Venusians is presented by New Discretions, New York + Sean Horton (Presents), New York + Wester Exhibitions, Chicago.

Venus is thought by astrologers to influence those zones of human experience over which the planet’s namesake Goddess is sovereign: love, intimacy, attraction, beauty, pleasure, luxury and the good life. Alchemically, Venus corresponds to copper, which was used for mirrors in the ancient world for its high reflectiveness when polished. Indeed, the goddess is frequently depicted at her toilette, gazing at her reflection while tending her appearance. A mixture of self-care and vanity are amongst her attributes, as well then. The roman goddess and her Greek counterpart, Aphrodite, are not the only goddesses of antiquity identified with the planet: Inanna, Ishtar, Astarte and other Queens of Heaven preceded them. The Sumerian goddess Inanna’s journey into the underworld was a mythic translation of a visible, celestial fact: periodically Venus goes retrograde and appears to be moving backwards in the sky. (Interestingly, Venus spins in an opposite direction to the other planets in our solar system, so it could be said she rotates in a retrograde manner.) Inanna’s descent is not only instructive in terms of the planet’s rich history of religious symbolism, but also implicates the negative valence of these goddesses’ principal attribute. Love is not only a matter of joy, romance and sex but also jealousy, infidelity, grief and even murderous rage.

In bringing together this sundry group of artists and dubbing them “Venusians,” we highlight certain threads that connect them and to which the goddess holds the reigns: sexuality, beauty and magick. Venusians, as we define them, draw out the electrical potentials of the sexual body. Elements of sex magick and other rituals, both self-invented and received, find the body unfurling as a tether between cosmic and terrestrial spheres, fellow humans, and non-human and natural participants. Some works represent these practices. Others actively function as elements of ongoing ritual, or are remnants of previously performed ritual acts. Beauty is paramount whether it is a matter of esoteric order, aesthetic expertise or reconceived through challenge or negation. In any case, those electrical potentials must be circulated through an object that conducts those energies to viewers, recasting them as candidates for seduction or religious conversion or taunting them as suspiciously disinterested anthropologists. Those are the stakes. Venusians seek connection that goes beyond mere discourse.

#venusians #venus #aphrodite #venus cazimi #come again #elijah burgher #ghost vomit #sholem krishtalka #genesis breyer p-orridge #annie sprinkle #beth stephens #rebecca walz #ryan m. pfeiffer #rebecca walz + ryan m. pfeiffer #carrick bell #keturah cummings #frank haines #anwar mahdi #david anaya maya #oliver coran #timothy wyllie #jesse bransford

[thefunbible]

Genesis 25

01 Billy took another lady-spouse, and her name was Keturah. This will be on the test.

02 She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah because Keturah was young enough to spend almost five years pregnant and Abraham kept on fucking.

03 Jokshan became the spermer of Sheba, and Dedan. The male-spawns of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim.

04 The male-spawns of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the varmints of Keturah.

05 Billy gave all that he had to Chuck since he almost murdered him for The Earl,

06 but Billy gave gifts to the male-spawns of Billy’s concubines. While he still lived, he sent them away from Chuck his male-spawn, eastward, to the east country, which was not west, but east of where Chuck was at.

07 These are the days of the years of Billy’s life which he lived: one hundred seventy-five years, which is not a bullshit age to live to.

08 Billy gave up his phantasm, and died at a good old not made-up age, an old male, deceptive, wealthy, full of cum, and full of years, and was gathered to his people.

09 Chuck and Ishmael, his male-spawns that he cared about, buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, the male-spawn of Zohar the Hittite, which is near Mamre,

10 the field which Billy purchased from the varmints of Heth. Billy was buried there with Sarah, his lady-spouse, and the spiders and bats in the cave were grateful.

11 After the death of Billy, Skypal blessed Chuck, his male-spawn. Chuck lived by Beer Lahai Roi, which sounds like it could be in Hawaii, but isn’t.

12 Now this is the history of the spawn of Ishmael, Billy’s male-spawn, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s subservient, bore to Billy after she was raped by him.

13 These are the names of the male-spawns of Ishmael, by their names, according to the order of their birth: the initial spawn of Ishmael, Nebaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

14 Mishma, Dumah, Massa,

15 Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. This will be on the test, so don’t fuck it up.

16 These are the male-spawns of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments: twelve barons, according to their nations.

17 These are the years of the life of Ishmael: a totally nonfictional one hundred thirty-seven years. He gave up his phantasm and died, and was gathered to his people.

18 They lived from Havilah to Shur that is before Egypt, as you go toward Assyria. He lived opposite all his relatives.

19 This is the history of the spawn of Chuck, Billy’s male-spawn. Billy became the spermer of Chuck.

20 Chuck was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the young daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan Aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian, to be his lady-spouse.

21 Chuck entreated The Earl for his lady-spouse, because she was barren, which seemed to be a pattern for his very related family. The Earl was entreated by him, and Rebekah his lady-spouse conceived.

22 The varmints struggled together within her. She said, “If it is like this. What. The. Fuck. Why do I live?” She went to inquire of The Earl.

23 The Earl said to her, “Two nations are in your baby-maker. Two peoples will be separated from your body. The one people will be stronger than the other people. The old 'un will serve the younger.”

24 When her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her baby-maker.

25 The first came out red all over, like a hairy garment. They named him Esau.

26 After that, his male-sibling came out, and his hand had hold on Esau’s heel, no shit. This is totally not a fabrication. He was named Jack. Chuck was sixty years old when she bore them.

27 The boys grew. Esau was a skillful hunter, a male of the field. Jack was a quiet male, living in tents, and pretty much everyone presumed he was homosexual.

28 Now Chuck loved Esau, because he ate his venison. Rebekah loved Jack.

29 Once upon a time, Jack boiled stew. Esau came in from the field, and he was famished.

30 Esau said to Jack, “Please feed me with some of that red stew, for I am famished.” Therefore his name was called Edom, which meant “Eat the yum stew”.

31 Jack said, “As the churlish dick I am, I must ask that you first, sell me your birthright.”

32 Esau said, “Behold, I am about to die you gaping asshole. What good is the birthright to me?”

33 Jack said, “I may be an asshole, but I have my method. Swear to me first.” He swore to him. He sold his birthright to Jack.

34 Jack gave Esau yum loaf and lentil stew. He ate and drank, rose up, and went his way. So Esau relinquished his birthright.

#bible #parody #satire #old testament #genesis

[believeinbooksliteracyfdtn]

Live Stream Love!

We hope you have been enjoying our live stream storybook readings as much as we have been!  If you have noticed, this week we decided to do something a little bit different.  Each of our readers this week chose their favorite book from a Black author to celebrate the beginning of Black History Month.  Nate chose the amazing book, “I Promise” by the one and only Lebron James.  Katie read “This is the Earth” by Deirdre Cummings on Tuesday while Shelby read “I Believe I Can” by Empire Actress Grace Byers with pictures by Keturah A. Bobo on Wednesday.  AO shared the wonderful story of “How Plants Grow” by G. A. Sealy earlier today and Erin will round out the week tomorrow with the beautiful story of “Sulwe” by Lupita Nyong'o. We are going to continue having weekly themes for our live storybook readings and next week, we will be reading our favorite stories about love to celebrate the upcoming holiday, Valentine’s Day.  Some future weekly themes will include Winnie the Pooh and friends, trips to Seussville, and many more!  We are excited for these new themes and the chance to read some unique and amazing stories.  If you are a part of a childcare organization or a school and want to request a theme, please reach out to Nate Sawyer at [email protected]!  We would love to hear how we can help add to your classroom routines!

#biblf #livestream #love #blackhistorymonth #ipromise #ThisistheEarth #IBelieveICan #HowPlantsGrow #Sulwe #weeklythemes #enjoy