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Images from Ruth Novaczek’s institution show ‘Retrospective’ from 2021 at the Kunstverein Gartenhaus, Vienna. Ruth Novaczek will be in conversation with Francesca Gavin on her new novella Wrongness, Monday 18th May @referencepoint180 7pm - Late Reference Point, 2 Arundel Street, WC2A 3DA “Novaczek’s women run between spaces, endlessly smoking and drinking coffee, battling with internal demons and emotional upset. They function as facets of the artist herself, who reads a poetic monologue over each piece.” - Francesca Gavin on Retrospective, Ruth Novaczek, 2021 @ruthnovaczek2 @roughversion @kunstverein.gartenhaus

LONDON LAUNCH WRONGNESS - Monday 18th May @referencepoint180 Join author Ruth Novaczek in conversation about her debut novella Wrongness with curator and writer Francesca Gavin. Ruth will be reading from and singing copies of Wrongness which will be on sale afterwards. Music and bar until late. Wrongness: A Jewish intergenerational lesbian affair story, told mostly through letters to the void. “A tour de force of heartbreak, Wrongness moves between accounting for the daily wrongnesses of a protracted breakup to a grappling with all the larger wrongs.” - Chris Kraus “Wrongness is a lesbian death in Venice… a meditation on survival” - Ariana Reines Free Entry no RSVP. REFERENCE POINT 2 ARUNDEL ST WC2R 3DA 📸 Fran Gavin @kane_hulse_studio @ruthnovaczek2 @roughversion

Wrongness will launch next week at Reference Point, 18th May. Ruth Novaczek and Francesca Gavin will be in discussion, alongside a signing and reading from Wrongness. 7pm - Late, 2 Arundel Street WC2R 3DA

NEXT LONDON LAUNCH SAVE THE DATE - Thanks to all who came to the launch of Honk. The next London launch will be on Monday 18th May @referencepoint180 for Wrongness by Ruth Novaczek published by 020-DESK-ZERO. “Ruth Novaczek has written one of the great documents of the brutal, roller-coaster inner experience in the aftermath of intimacy.” - Francesca Gavin Ruth Novaczek will be in conversation with Francesca Gavin about the book, music and drinks afterwards. 7pm - late. @ruthnovaczek2 @roughversion

HONK BAG WITH EVERY BOOK TONIGHT… V limited merch available tonight alongside Honk the 172pp collected volume of Stephen Belowsky. @plastermagazine 5-8pm with @hangthetraitor @teddymaydekock See you there 020-DESK-ZERO

Teddy May De Kock will perform a new set tomorrow evening from 5pm @plastermagazine alongside Traitor and Stephen Belowsky. Look at the boots. @belowsky_spoken

TOMORROW! Don’t miss the greatest Rock and Roll poet Belowsky as he comes to London on the 7th of May. Performing at the Plaster Shop for the launch of his book “Honk”…hold on to your hats! “A self-medicating lexicon of understanding” Sir Bob Geldof With support from : Teddy May De Kock & Traitor Published by : @020deskzero @belowsky_spoken @teddymaydekock @hangthetraitor @plastermagazine

Honk, the first collected volume by Stephen Belowsky covered by Doug Lambert ATV Today. Belowsky will be performing work from Honk tomorrow @plastermagazine from 5-8pm @belowsky_spoken

George Barber (b.1958 Guyana) is a contemporary video artist who was a leading voice and pioneer in the Scratch Video movement of the 1980s. A new sound work by Barber will be hosted on 020-DESK-ZERO phonelines later this month. Image: City Limits Magazine feature on George Barber’s ‘Greatest Hits of Scratch Video’ VHS cassette release.

Don’t miss the greatest Rock and Roll poet Belowsky as he comes to London on the 7th of May. Performing at the Plaster Shop for the launch of his book “Honk”…hold on to your hats! “A self-medicating lexicon of understanding” Sir Bob Geldof With support from : Teddy May De Kock & Traitor Published by : @020deskzero @belowsky_spoken @teddymaydekock @hangthetraitor @plastermagazine

Wednesday 29th April 7PM - Live in Hull as part of his quick fire northern tour, and last stop before his London headline - The Brain Jar and 020-DESK-ZERO present Stephen Belowsky, performing poetry live to celebrate the launch of his first collected volume ‘Honk’ published by 24-hour phone line and publishing imprint 020-DESK-ZERO. Described by Sir Bob Geldof as ‘a self medicating lexicon of understanding’ and ‘a force of nature’ by UK Music powerhouse Alan McGee (Creation Records), Belowsky appears in Hull for the first time, supported by local poets Matt Nicolson and Joe Spivey. @mattnicholsonpoet @joe__spivey Manchester-born poet Stephen Belowsky honed his craft writing poetry in New York’s Lower East Side in the 1980s. He later became immersed in the anti-folk scene at the Sidewalk Café and the Bowery Poetry Club, where his work developed a steady following. Writing on San Francisco, LA and the East Coast, he gained equal inspiration from Hollywood, whilst performing at The Standard hotel on Sunset Boulevard. His poems are marked by a journalistic urgency, appearing in various magazines as well as recordings on Alan McGee’s Creation23 label. The event is upstairs and free to all to attend, doors 7pm and readings from 7.30 thereafter. There will be copies of Honk for sale, and a signing held afterwards. Photo©️Melanie Einzig 1992 @melanie_einzig @thebrainjar @belowsky_spoken

“I painted a ship, forging ahead in rough seas, I copied it from a Google image search, I had no idea why I found that particular ship, and now I can see it’s me.” - An extract from Wrongness, the first novel by Ruth Novaczek. Wrongness is available to buy now from the link in bio and there will be a London launch of the book on May 18th. Ruth Novaczek Rough, 2021 Acrylic on canvas 21 x 15cm #ruthnovaczek #wrongness