the 2nd issue of the obliterary magazine known as

Present! 2

whose theme is

BEAT or BEET or BE AT or <*&^@*#> or

((issue one available here))

 

 

Table (mesa) of Con-tents

 

 

PICTURES

 

IMAGES : STILL

 

BEASTS


albino squirrel by peter richards
beau by Sarah Burke
cecilia by Ronen Mukamel
cute jelly people by Han Yu and Jane Van Cleef
daniel luxembourg by daniel luxembourg
elephant by Sarah Burke
flerk by Alexander rothman
giraffe by Alexander rothman
hell by Cthulhu
greater hirsute caribou, by Alexander rothman
islinglass by Robin Kachka
jejuniac by Alex Pasternack
kneewalker, by Alexander rothman
lamb of war by David Mahfouda
not-an-angora-rabbit, peter richards
scary beast by Michelle Dellatorre
vagina beasts by Michelle Dellatorre
vain beast by Michelle Dellatorre

curated by sarah burke and alexander rothman

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COMICS

Nature Study by Abigail Miller
Sketches toward a Comic, by Alexander rothman, and Part 2
Non-Fiction by Annie Bolotin
Big Arms Man by Neasa and Abigail
Sketch by Brian Park
Crack Duck by Ronen Mukamel
The Cube Comic! by Jim Fingal
dino by ???
Escalante and Fishbone, in: "The Best Things in Life are Free," by Gustavo Turner
Escalante and Fishbone, in: "Happy Latino Day!," by Gustavo Turner
***Green: A Comic by Nathan Leamy
Raptor by Brian Park
My Career as a Comic Book Artist Begins by Lucy Lindsey
"The Heartless Motherfuler," aka "The Grossest with the Mostest," by Neil Smellingson
Options by David Mahfouda
Present!, by Alex Pasternack, and part 2
It's a Reference! by ???
Chef by Ronen Mukamel
The Smiling Cat, by Gustavo Turner, and Part 2
So Alone, by Jim Fingal
Stampede by Brian Park
the wild rumble, by Tim Wong, and part 2.
Topiary Man by Eric Bennett, part 1, part 2, and part 3.
Sketch by Unknown Author # 1
Sketch by Unknown Author # 2
Walking with Gun by Brian Park
Your Teeth Whiter

Most, but not all of these, were created at the Present! 24 hour comic event.

 

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PHOTOGRAPHS

 

profile by Liz Greene
Boyparts by Liz Greene

tokyo by Sarah Burke

washroom by thomas

Brendan on Night Wall by Greg Pasternack

My Hand by Greg Pasternack

This plaza is owned by the future by Alli Rogers
Photos from down under by Malgorzata Kurjanska

 

Billboards and Corporate Series, by Felix Diaz

mcdonalds next to a sex shop in amsterdam by Jim Fingal

inauguration by Tim Wong
inauguration1 by Tim Wong
inauguration2 by Tim Wong
inauguration3 by Tim Wong
inauguration4 by Tim Wong

sad elephant by Jim and associated press

don quixote by Jim

bug by Jim
the dirty duck by jim

stars 1, 2 by jim

 

untitled “Gloves” by Bea Camacho

lightning bolt by Bea Camacho

lightning bolt by Bea Camacho
no-name man with pumpkin, by ????

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PICTURES

 

Pears by Abigail

My suburban childhood by Claire Catenaccio
What to do with your hands by Vanity Fair
drummer with stars by James Henry
se6439 by Terra (e-found)

foetea by Michelle Dellatorre

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jack kerouac by Christina Kim

Sketch Page by Kasia Cieplak Von-Baldegg

 

knife men by the bow & arrow Press

heart by the bow & arrow press

presentposter by Alex Pasternack

old man by Michelle Dellatorre

 
23 sucks by gary cooney

 


Duo Triptych by Julia Ogrydziak
A Place for things 1 by Julia Ogrydziak
A Place for things 2 by Julia Ogrydziak
A Place for things 3 by Julia Ogrydziak

 

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OTHER PRESENTS (OBJECTS AND HAPPENINGS)

 

The Cube!

Ice Ghosts
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The Yearbook Picture


Card 1
Card 2

Card 3

Postcard: Dear John

 

"Admonished" by Lucy Lindsey

 

 

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TEXT

 

POETRY

 

baby strollers used by icelandic mothers by jonathan leong
beat associating by Dave Rochelson
beat ruebeliev er by Justine Nagurney
Beat the World and Advance to Level 2 by Ronen Mukamel
Bestiary by Chris Van Buren
Chulitna by Jenny Davis
Conversations with Vegetables by Robert Schaefer
Epigraph by Henry Cowles
For a Friend Going to War by Amy Klein
Free Association by Jay Gabler
googlism beat poetry by Justine Nagurney, or design 2
I'm with you by Zeke Reich
King's Death by Paloma Yannakakis
Lollipop poem by Nina Catalano
Beat Poem in Search of a Subject by Mike GW, or, design 2
Nonsanguiniety by Robert Schaefer
On Finding a Lost Notebook by Ben Scheuer
our beat world by Cameron Lock
Play by Nina Catalano
A Robot is Attacking the Capitol of the European Union, But I Don’t Care by Ben Black
Prehistory by Sarah Burke
syllogisms by Sarah Burke
Museum by David Mahfouda
the box's friends by Sarah Burke
the two friends who have been quite more by Alex Pasternack
two whites by Mehdi El Hajoui, translated by Phil Usher: Version 1, Version 2; Original French Version 2
Verba Volent by Michael Sanchez
beyond the border pines Wallace Stevens by Kevin Holden
In Grey by Kevin Holden
Sand Climbing by Kevin Holden
What is the Cabinet Too Many Things by Kevin Holden

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PROSE

 

Calvin Johnson from Beat Happening interviewed by Alex Pasternack
Daniel Dumille aka MF DOOM interviewed by Hua Hsu
Dario Robleto interviewed by Bea Camacho
Greg Sanier from Deerhoof interviewed by present! (lucy lindsay and neasa coll)
Phil Elverum of the Microphones interviewed by Alex Pasternack

 

A Primer for the Future by Tyler Coburn
beatified, collected by Greg Scruggs

bee at if eye by Darci DeAngelo
bestiary by Chris Van Buren, or design 2

Choir of Millions by Rivers Cuomo
Cream of Wheat by Rivers Cuomo
Before Anything Else by Claire Hastings
Democratization of the Beat by Leon Neyfakh
[ireland] by Alexandra Atiya
notes from an illegal slumber party by Alex Pasternack
Practical Uses for an Ouroboros by Jim Fingal
A record hospital skit, on the occasion of fingal and kukstis's last radio show ever by Gustavo Turner and Amanda Gann
sacred geometry by Robert Schaefer
Distributing Type by Abigail Miller
(Sweet Jane Blows Her Fags) Looking the Other Way by Julian E. Stanton
Library Statement by MILO CONNEAU
Growing Things by Thomas Bechtold
the unified beat theory of the universe by Tim Hwang
What we Should Call Our Entirely Theoretical Band by Stephen Guy Flower Spackman
The Bodhi Tree, see also: videos. Music, Text, Images, and Revolution by Ryan Quinn and Jim Fingal
Tokyo by Sarah Burke
[present manifesto] beat version by Daniel Luxembourg
The Heavyweights Of Extreme Championship Rocking | World Tour 2004: Day 31 by Nick Sylvester

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IMAGES : MOVING

 

ANIMATION

 

Self Portrait by Andy Sfeir
Beating Beets by Emma MacKinnon (heartbeat by Matt Boch's heart)
CAGE'S KINEOGRAPH by Julia Ogrydziak

Bumpy's Place by Lindsay Alpert

 

 

VIDEO

 

Chattanooga Springs, Choreographed by Tim Wong and Lucy Lindsey
In Your Long Arms by Allison Tanenhaus

surrealme by Neil Ellingson
Bean Bag Video Clip
Library Video 1
Information Wrecknology

The Village Festival by Tyler Coburn
Absentee in a Boat by Absentee

hearting the valley by alex pasternack
David's spinny video, or design #2
Cube Video
eat.mov
Enclose by Bea Camacho
Cleaning out the Closet, and Gotham City by Ourkelly aka Gigi Garmendia and Jon Carter

Little Deaths by Illana Sichel

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SOUNDS

Cube Sounds by the Cube Builders
Andromeda by Jim Fingal
ramos's song by Mike Ramos
underground by absentee
recording taken january 20th, 2005, at the second quadannual demonstration opposing the inaguration of George W. Bush
Piety by Jim Fingal
Cow and Duck Pizza by The Turkee Boiz
Drumstobassrapshort by Neil Ellingson
january twentieth two thousand and five

Orioles and Tanagers
waranallosaurusvsadogwithamouseforthejudge by Jim Fingal
Human by phil elvrum
Radio D.I.Y. Television.mp3 by Will Payne
a relatively simple beat by yan xuan
Klang by Jim Fingal
beatless beat by yan xuan and chang liu

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VARIOUS meta-, self-referential open-source magazine aspects


design of the folded pages
design of the castle
design of mal's pages
image of the cover design
image from screening the cover
Present! Instructions by david, Lindsey, and alex

Letter Writing Campaign Planning by Sasha and Lucy and Jim
notes on a magazine by Jon, Alex, Neasa, and Abigail

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