Category Archives : Karma Row


the noble sanitation worker: lionel from pix 11

I think this is a great editorial. Sanitation workers don’t deserve to be Bloomberg’s scape-goat. Here’s an excerpt: “The most important person on the government payroll today bar none is the sanitation worker. He and she are the barrier to disease, epidemics, and incalculable discomfort.” Although the fact that their ploughs have come down my […]


martyrs and egos: a chat with performance artist linda montano

Best known for her arresting, almost ecstatic performances of the 1970s in which she handcuffed herself for hours to fellow artist,Tom Marioni, or blindfolded herself for days, artist Linda Montano was one of the first artists – along with peers like Marina Abramovic,  Tehching Hsieh, Vito Acconci, and Gina Pane,  to name a few– to explore […]