STEVEN
M. ADKINS
C.V.
- ARTS & CULTURAL EXPERIENCE & EPHEMERA
POETRY
& PROSE
Active
writer since 1988. Hundreds of unpublished poems, four novellas.
One staged play, a few dozen published newspaper articles. Nearly 700 blog posts, several of which have been cited in books and articles.
I have also published a few semi-scholarly articles.
The
Ice Mine,
a novella, was published by Whiskey Tit (NYC) in May, 2018.
Poetry
- print appearances
February 1999 velo-City: vol. 1 no. 5. February 1999. Pantalones Largos p.46-47
March 2000 POIRE: vo1. 1 no. 1. Poems from Accident, or Incident? cover & inside back cover
May 2000 Outside In: vol. 1 no. 4. "Blue at the Mizzen" p.9
Poetry
– online
appearances
1996 Weekly
Alibi:
Exit
Ramadan (also
in print)
1998 Matrix:
untitled;
with
Tony DaSilva as “Anne Ominous”
1999 Zuzax:
alburquerque
[sic]
Poetry
Super Highway:
The
Shell; Wed
2000 Moongate
de Homo Sentiens:
untitled
2001 Comrades:
Location
of my Poetic Inspiration
BASEMENT
FILMS
Albuquerque,
NM
Volunteer
January 1997 – July 1999
Basement Films is an independent, roving venue for underground and experimental film. In addition to providing technical support and publicity for dozens of visiting and local filmmakers, we have undertaken performances incorporating multiple projection, film loops, and music.
Volunteer
January 1997 – July 1999
Basement Films is an independent, roving venue for underground and experimental film. In addition to providing technical support and publicity for dozens of visiting and local filmmakers, we have undertaken performances incorporating multiple projection, film loops, and music.
Performances
1997
May Wave/Particle Factory, Phillip Bareis Gallery, Taos, w/Angel Food
May Wave/Particle Factory, Phillip Bareis Gallery, Taos, w/Angel Food
July Cafe Society, R.B. Winnings Coffeehouse, Albuquerque
August Signal Decay Sound System, Tulane Exchange, Albuquerque
August Cinesthasia, Santa Fe (w/ D.J.s)
September Fatass Festival, w/Apricot Jam & The Withdrawals, El Rey Theatre, Albuquerque
September Home Media, Lucy Gallery, Albuquerque
October Spooky & Screwball &...., R.B. Winnings Coffeehouse, Albuquerque
1998
April Cinemeltdown,
Old Martinez Hall, Ranchos de Taos w/WE and JoEL
1999
THEATRE
February-April 1998 The Birthmark, Gas Station Theater, Jemez Springs, NM
I wrote, directed and acted in this adaptation of the story by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Other roles included set design, lighting design and casting.
February-April 1998 The Birthmark, Gas Station Theater, Jemez Springs, NM
I wrote, directed and acted in this adaptation of the story by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Other roles included set design, lighting design and casting.
December
1998 The
Fruitcake,
Gas Station Theater
I
co-wrote, acted in and constructed props for this segment of the
theater’s annual Christmas follies.
September-October
1999
Three
One-Act Plays,
Firehouse Theater, Ithaca, NY
I
ran the light board and directed the sound for this
show.
Actor
1992 Dilemmas at Anyone’s Bar: Guy at bar; by Pete Carver, Stover Theater, Deland, Fl
1992 Dilemmas at Anyone’s Bar: Guy at bar; by Pete Carver, Stover Theater, Deland, Fl
1993
The
Frogs,
by Aristophanes, Stover Theater, Deland, Fl
2014
Rosa
Parks
by Marisa Mirenda/Zorro et Compagnie, Toulouse
VISUAL
ART EXHIBITIONS
October 1997 Mom Jokes '62-'67, Harbor Club, Tampa. Collages/poetry. 3-man show: Tim Wilson Giancarlo Rendina, Steven Adkins
October 1997 Mom Jokes '62-'67, Harbor Club, Tampa. Collages/poetry. 3-man show: Tim Wilson Giancarlo Rendina, Steven Adkins
ARTIFAX, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM. Fax art/collage. Unjuried group show
April
1999 Reptile
Rapture,
Laughing
Lizard Cafe,
Jemez Springs, NM. Paintings/collages. Group show
March
2013 Milk
Coma Syndicate,
Pavillons Sauvages, Toulouse. 2-man show: Metapinto and
Madkins
France.
Assemblages/collages. I co-organized the vernissage which
included a band,
Sektarism,
and film projections. The event attracted over 200 people.
January
2014 Cent
Centimètres Carrés II,
Galerie du Philosophe, Carla-Bayle, France.
Assemblages. Juried group show
April
2016 More
Milk,
Café Le Burgaud, Le Burgaud, France. Assemblages/collages. I
co-
organized the vernissage which included a band, Witchthroat
Serpent, a dance
performance, and dinner. The event attracted
over 150 people. 2-man show: Metapinto and Madkins
September
2017 N’importe
quoi, Café
Le Burgaud, Le Burgaud, France.
Assemblages/collages
plus DJ set w/electronic improv noise. 2-man show: Metapinto and Madkins
Upcoming Le 3ème Verre will feature cut-ups, concrete and visual poetry, mail art, found footage film,
and sample-based music....
GRAPHIC DESIGN
1997 Poster for
Basement Films screening of short films by Tessa Hughes-Freeland
1997 Program for
Basement Films film showcase of local filmmakers
2015
Program for La
Belle Oiseau,
performance by Jean-Pierre Martres
FILM
Filmmaker
1995 Reveries of a Bachelor, 16mm, BW, 6 min
1995 Reveries of a Bachelor, 16mm, BW, 6 min
.
Perception as an Organizing Process, 16mm ff (color, BW), 3 min.
Perception as an Organizing Process, 16mm ff (color, BW), 3 min.
2005 The
Ostrich,
digital video, BW, 1:23 min.
Misc.
digital shorts (2003-2018):
Benevolent
& Full of Love,
Bonjour
Résistants,
Noon
Blue Apples ’15,
One
Day,
S
O U V E N I R S,
Dream,
CLASSIFIED,
Early
Ostrich Medium
(available on my YouTube channel)
Actor
1995 Water : Pillow, Timothy Wilson, 1995
1995 Water : Pillow, Timothy Wilson, 1995
House Arrest, Michael Baldwin, 1995
1996 Manifesto, Timothy Wilson, 1996
2002 Dylan Dog, Marko Sopic, 2002 (unfinished)
Ouai, Marko Sopic, 2002 (unfinished)
2003 Mobiclic
(CD-ROM) Milan Press, 2003: Voice actor for a dozen cartoon
characters.
2021. Mon Héroïne, Noemie Lefort. Distributed by Universal Pictures.
Interviewee
Apocalypse
France,
Paul-Éric
Blanrue and Julien Teil
PUPPETRY
2003 L’Opera des Figues
2003-2004 Scenario, marionette/scene construction and performance. Atelier based at Mixart-Myris, 33 rue du Metz, Toulouse. With Ximena and Alfonsina Faya.
2003 L’Opera des Figues
2003-2004 Scenario, marionette/scene construction and performance. Atelier based at Mixart-Myris, 33 rue du Metz, Toulouse. With Ximena and Alfonsina Faya.
2004-Present Plastic Tub, (Wiki); Sysop and regular contributor (2004 – Present)
2007-Present Laws
of Silence,
blog (2007 – Present); some of my articles have led to mentions
and citations in other works.
MUSIC
2000 TM27:
13-track CD of experimental electronica using Fruity Loops, Acid Pro
& Sound Forge to create and process loops, samples, new sounds, &
field recordings.
Performances
May
2001 Chemically-Altered
Vegetables,
ABC Café, Ithaca, NY w/ Andy Stoma. As
Special Agent Adkins.
July
2001
Young Peoples’ Death Camp,
the See Spot, Ithaca, NY. w/ Mutant Industries,
Buddha Spaceship &
Visual Alchemy. As Special Agent Adkins.
2001 No
Idea.
Live public access TV show. Video and music on 2 episodes. As
TM27.
2003 Campus Radio
FM, Toulouse France. Music and poetry.
Sept.
2017 Café
Le Burgaud, Le Burgaud France. DJ set and electronic improv noise.
As
D-Soleil.
Sonny
Vincent.
June-July 2015:
Driver, roady,
mercher and tour manager during a 15-date tour of Central Europe: Germany, Slovakia,
Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland.
Pepa’s
Blood. Est.
2015. Keyboards, Mono Korg and Sampler.
Ruhrpott
Rodeo 2016;
2018.
Driver
for Michael Monroe, Turbonegro, Talco, UK Subs, Suicidal Tendencies,
Jello Biafra, Toy Dolls, Cockney Rejects, Richie Ramone, Pennywise,
Bad Manners, Discharge,
GBH, etc.
FOREIGN
TRAVEL & RESIDENCE
England (1+ year),
Italy (3 years), Israel
(2 weeks), Jordan (5 days), Egypt (3
days), Netherlands (1
week), Mexico (1+
year), Guatemala (3+ months), Belize (5
days),
France (20 years),
Switzerland (3
days), Canada (3 days), Spain (3+ months),
Portugal (3
weeks), Greece
(10 days),
Andorra
(several hiking expeditions),
Argentina (20 days), Uruguay (4 days), Brazil
(10
days), Morocco (7 days), Germany (36
days), Slovenia (1 day), Czech Republic (1
day),
Austria (2 days), Belgium (4 days),
Luxembourg (2 days), Ireland (3 days)
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Français – fluent
Castellano – OK
but with bad grammar!
Italiano
– very basic notions
I also have some very basic reading ability in Portuguese and Occitan.
TRANSLATION
I
have been a professional translator since 2009. Most of this has
been business-related, but since 2011 I have also been translating
interviews and manifestos for musical groups affiliated with the
Apostles of Ignominy: Sektarism, Mahlkebre, Malekhamoves. I have
also helped edit/re-write lyrics for Witchthroat Serpent.
CITATIONS
/ THANKS
Order
of the Arrow
(Wikipedia article): Cited in References
The
Arcadian Mystique: The Best of Dagobert's Revenge Magazine
(2005): Acknowledgements
Scouting
& Freemasonry: Two Parallel Organisations?
(2012): Cited in Bibliography
Witchthroat
Serpent
(2014): Thanks
Witchthroat
Serpent Sang
Dragon
(2016):
Thanks
Gaha:
Babes of the Abyss:
Thanks
The
Man Who Can’t Die:
Thanks
Freemasonry
and the Art of Moral Navigation,
P. D. Newman: Cited in References
MISC.
Co-founder, Alpha Las Vegas (Existentialist reading circle)
Project Manager, Accidental Associationalist Research Group
3°
Hobasco Lodge No. 716, Grand Lodge F&AM of the State of New York
York
Rite. Companion, Hiram Chapter No. 62, RAM
Scottish
Rite. 32°, Valley of Binghamton, AASR
1°
Legionnaire, Ordo Lapsit Exillis
Clergy,
Universal Life Church
Brotherhood
Member, Seminole Lodge No. 85, Order of the Arrow
Sons
of the American Legion
EDUCATION
Stetson
University. B.A. Double
Major, History and Humanities (w/concentrations in Art History,
Literature, Religious Studies). 1988-1992. Senior Thesis: African
American Religious Experience: NRM's and Black Nationalism. I was on
the Dean's List once and was and selected Outstanding Senior in
Humanities. I was elected to Phi Alpha Theta, the national history
honor society.
Winter
term academic voyage to Italy. Renaissance Art, Poetry, Philosophy.
1990.
Winter
term academic voyage to Jordan, Israel, and Egypt. History of the New Testament. 1991.
University
of Georgia.
Cortona Summer Program. Undergrad courses: Italian, Sculpture, History of
Renaissance Art. 1991.
University
of South Florida. Undergrad courses: 2D composition, 3D composition, Intro to 16mm film-making,
History of Avant-Garde Film. 1993-1994.
Masters-level courses: Greek Rhetoric, History of Romanticism, Literature:
Proust's In
Search of Lost Time.
1992.
Cornell
University. Undergrad courses: Native American History. History of Mystery Religions.
2000.
Misc. Seminars
2-day
screenwriting seminar w/ John Cleese and William Golding, Cornell
University, 2000.
3-day
Seminar in Mayan Hieroglyphics, MOSI, Tampa, 1992.
1-day
Seminar in Egyptian Hieroglyphics, Musée Paul Dupuy, Toulouse, 2015.
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