OVER THE KNEE

OTK Discipline!
organized by Gio Black Peter & Brian Kenny
@ the Starr Space in Brooklyn last Friday July 10.
Photographs by Slava Mogutin

The O.Teepee. K.

sculpture by Ericka Keck

Bathrooms by Paul Mpagi Sepuya (photos) and Nico Urquiza (installation)

Performance by Micki Pellerano (in red) and company

Hula Hoop/Popcorn Performance by Malcolm Stuart

Hip Hop performance by JAH JAH (aka Janine Gordon)

MC set by Leif

Gio Straddling reporter Gerry Visco, who later wrote about this in the NY Press

Big OTK THANKS and SPANKS to all performers, participants and spectators, especially
Alex Sedano, Bec Stupak, Billy Miller, Bruce LaBruce, Claire Priestley, Daniel McKernan, Desi Santiago, envoy enterprises, Ericka Keck, Fixx Invictus, Jah Jah (aka Janine Gordon), Jared Buckheister, Jason Ferrar, Josh Bloom, Leif, Luigi y Luca, Lukas, Lyndsey Welgos, Malcolm Stuart, Max Steele, Micki Pellerano, Nico Urquiza, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Prickimage, Richie Rennt, Robert Sumrell, Scott Hug, Slava Mogutin, SPANK Zine & Co., Stuart Sandford, Starr Space crew (Joseph and CB) & Viva Ruiz

More OTK pics! by
Gerry Visco (of NY Press)
Slava Mogutin (focus on the bathroom installation)
Nico Urquiza
Lyndsy Welgos
Erika Keck

R.I.P. Dash Snow

Just found out the talented downtown NYC artist Dash Snow died last night of a drug overdose. Like Jean-Michel Basquiat and Kurt Cobain, he was just 27. Really sad, he was such a friendly and enormously talented guy with a promising future (I loved his collages and installations) and now leaves behind a young daughter. No hope for dope guys, please take care of yourselves....

(photo by Terry Richardson)



Some comments left by readers on a New York Times article on his death:

Very sad. Dash Snow sported an annoying “hipper-than-thou” art-world persona, but his artistic talent was undeniable.Unfortunately, he was not only a brilliant artist but a drug addict as well. Here we have the Basquiat of the 21st century.— OnTenthAvenue

Privileged young kid wastes life with debauchery and becomes ‘artist’ by documenting said destruction with polaroids. Just so he can remember what happened.Soooooo 1980’s! Maybe the deMenils can build a museum for him in Houston. — atron

As he was famous for being a drug addict, this is not surprising. RIP. — tim
Just got out of rehab in March. My goodness. Really sad. This seems to be not about stupid choices or cliches, but about addiction. Tragic.— CourtneyAJ

Wow, the seediness, violence, and poverty of the world of the grandson of Christophe de Menil. Now that’s what I call intense. — Jim

Links to DASH SNOW's artwork:

Tiny Vices (Dash's Polaroids)

Peres Projects

Saatchi Gallery (Dash's installations and Collages)

O.T.K DISCIPLINE!

OTK Discipline

Over The Knee Discipline! One Nite Only!
Friday, July 10, 2009
Doors at 8, Live shows and video program at 9ish
$5 at the door

OTK (Over the Knee) Discipline! is bringing together as many local nyc artists and friends for one classic night of artistic freedom, collaboration, experimentation and debauchery.
Organized by Gio Black Peter & Brian Kenny with Videos, Live Performance, Music, Dj sets & Art by:

Alex Sedano • Billy Miller • Bruce LaBruce • Daniel McKernan • Desi Santiago • Fixx Invictus • Janine Gordon • Jared Buckheister • Josh Bloom • Lady Fag • Leif • Luigi y Luca • Lyndsy Welgos • Micki Pellerano • Max Steele • Noah Lyon • Paul Ppagi Sepuya • PRICKIMAGE • Richie Rent & JJ • SPANK Zine • Stuart Standford • SUPERM • Bec Stupak • Malcolm Stuart • Tha Pumpsta • Scott Hug and many more.

OVER THE KNEE DISCIPLINE YOU MUST SUFFER FOR YOUR BEAUTY
DISCIPLINE IS THE ONLY WAY
YEAH THAT'S HOT
OVER THE KNEE
DRESS CODE: CASUAL FISTING
I THINK BEAUTIFUL BOYS SHOULD SUFFER

We want to serve a round of discipline, over the knee. A night where there is plenty of opportunity to exhibit art, create more, buy art, drink, freak out, and spank away your sins!

OTK Paddles by Brian Kenny and Gio Black Peter (series of 12 custom discpline paddles, on sale at OTK Discpline!!)

PS - I'm doing free Henna/marker body drawings!!

3-2-1 Lift-off!!!

I'm finally proud to announce.....

Brian-Kenny.com

MICHAEL JACKSON!

Michael...

Michael Jackson!

michael JACKSON!

YEAH!

Miiiiiiccchael Jacksoooooon!

MICHAEL JACKSON!!!

*photos by Slava Mogutin, Gay Pride Fireworks 2009

America my beautiful

Newport Beach, CA

Nevada, near Utah (photo by my bro)

Utah is stunning The landscape is surreal, green hills and snowcapped mountains that morph into endless red martian canyons, straight out of a Wim Wenders film.

Southwest Utah

Central Utah, near Arches National Park

After this photo of the sunset was taken, my brother and I drove another couple hours to a Holiday Inn Express in a tiny boarded up town near Green River Utah. While checking in, the old lady at the counter received a call, picked the phone and after a moment, suddenly yelled "Well go ahead and fucking do it!! I don't give a shit!" and slammed down the receiver. Stunned, I asked what happened and she said dismissively, "Oh, it's just another bomb threat..." Had we been staying in New York, I'd have the left the hotel right then, but considering how small this town was (only one main drag), and also when the lady assured us that it was a high school graduation night prank, we finished our check-in and enjoyed the motel's pillow menu.

Eastern Utah

A dead train

I spent 7 years, most of my childhood, in Ft. Leavenworth Kansas. At this movie theater I first saw Beauty and the Beast, and Newsies.


This row of trees was right behind my cul-de-sac. The path through the middle is now gone. I remember riding our bikes at top speed through this hallway to the field below and building tree forts out of dead branches.


The enormous National Cemetary of Ft. Leavenworth. Most of the 23,058 graves belong to soldiers who died during Civil War, World War I and II, although I noticed a few new headstones from the Iraq conflicts. The flags placed in front of each grave is a Memorial Day tribute, done by local boy scouts, something my brother and I also did back in the day.





Although I didn't photograph it, Ft. Leavenworth is also home to another enormous human storage facility, the US Penitentiary.

Clouds over West Virginia

near Owensboro Kentucky

Rocky Mountain High

Larkspur, CO

Josh Lee, at home in Denver

Josh made these masks, along with the monster pillows I slept on

Shi Shi

The Continental Divide

"Colorado"

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What happens in Vegas

The first stop on the 10 day road trip with my brother was Las Vegas, where we celebrated the beginning of our trip and his recent graduation from med school. We were making the road trip because he landed a residency at Walter Read Army Medical Center in Washington DC and will soon be there, helping patients in various rehabiliation stages, like handsome young soldiers leaving behind their limbs in Iraq.

This my brother Chris, a doctor of osteopathy

"The 'highlight' of Vegas is the top of stratosphere"

Highly recommended

The Ghost of William S Burroughs

Last week, I went on a 10 day roadtrip with my brother across the US from Newport Beach California to New York City. This post will mark the first in a series about that experience. While passing through St. Louis Missouri, I took the opportunity to visit the grave of one of my favorite artists William S Burroughs, laid to rest in the Burroughs family plot in the beautiful Belfontaine Cemetary.

The large obelisk is the grave Burrough's grandfather, inventor of the calculator (called "The Adding Machine" back then, it's also the title of one of Burroughs' book of essays)

I was surprised at how modest his grave is. Lacking flowers, I left behind a seashell I picked up off the shore of the Pacific.

No artificial chemicals, and safe in moderation...

NEW VIDEO MEDICATION!!

*Bananarilaxxx
Here I demonstrate the effects of Bananarilaxx. This drug is prescribed only for New Yorkers who can attend this limited edition Saturday party (starting May 16th) at the Gorilla Club. I'll also be the offical pharmicist. Side effect include dizzyness, ape-like behaviour, uncontrollable dance movements, sexual stimulation, chest hair and possible next-day hangovers.




*High Fructose Corn Syrup
Ask, no, call him "doctor" for a quick rush of energy! Side effects may include transgendered cross dressing, glitterectomies, self-mutilation, racism, and soft filter vision.




*Caninelegra
Prescribed for relief from depression. Side Effects may include monochromatic vision, hearing voices from animals and uncontrollable urges to dress up little dogs.




*Fagotron
Prescribed for ADD. Side effects may include repeated viewings, psychelic hallucinations, childhood flashbacks and amorous feelings for the cute Aussie creator (POGO) of this video medication.



*Alohamora
Also by the makers of Fagatron. Side effects include those of Fagotron plus the ability to unlock doors..

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Batter Up Blaster

No Bra in NYC

The unforgettable Susanne Oberbeck of NO BRA, performing last Thursday in Williamsburg

NO BRA