[spectre] The Seventh Side of the Die--Opening March 8th

[Geert Lovink]

> From: Jill Magid <info at jillmagid.net>
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
> Curated by Anat Ebgi and Tom Brauer
>
> Opening Reception Wednesday March 8, 2006 6-8PM 
>
> Colleen Asper, Hans Bellmer, Andre Breton, Alejandro Cardenas, Douglas 
> Coupland, Jen DeNike, Marcel Duchamp, David Guinan, David Herbert, 
> Timothy Hull, Jill Magid, Cheri Nevers, Jacob Rhodes, Mariah 
> Robertson, Loul Samatar, Cindy Sherman, Andy Warhol
>
> With the recent scandals in the literary world of writers faking their 
> memoirs and even identities—to the point where we are not sure they 
> ever existed— the concept of spinning stories has gone to a new level. 
> From reality TV shows, talk shows and over-hyped media, the public is 
> left in a daze of what is true or not. The artists in this exhibition, 
> from emerging to established, are tweaking and toying with identities, 
> constructing their own realities and deconstructing lazily received 
> notions of reality that we mistake as 'truth. The show emulates the 
> Surrealist tradition of inventiveness and absurdity as well as its 
> example of establishing creative relationships between writers and 
> artists.  
>
> As a supplement to the exhibition, a complimentary editioned 
> newspaper, The Seventh Side of the Die, will be published. This will 
> serve as a medium where artists and writers will collaborate and carry 
> on a dialogue through text and images. One hundred Newspapers will 
> have an insert of an original drawing by an artist, which will be 
> available for sale. 
>
> The gallery will host performances every Saturday during the length of 
> the exhibition. The special events include: poetry & fiction readings, 
> lectures, musical performances, and talks.
>
> Newspaper Contributors:
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> John Ashbery, Marin Buschel, Alejandro Cardenas, Michael Cataldi, 
> Douglas Coupland & Chuck Palahniuk, Jarrod Anderson & Dennis Cooper, 
> Ann Craven, Eli Dansky, Jen DeNike, Carlton DeWoody, Anna Dunn, 
> Marcella Durand, Mike Egan, Mike Guy, Aisling Hamrogue, Elizabeth 
> Huey, Timothy Hull, Lisa Kirk, JT LeRoy, Susan Lipper, Ernest Loesser, 
> Jill Magid, Justin McAllister, Peter Milne, Albert Mobilio, Laura 
> Mullen, Cheri Nevers, David Adamo & Michael Portnoy, Archie Rand, 
> Cordy Ryman, Justin Samson, Lynda Schor, Nick Stillman, Cole Swensen, 
> Megan Whitmarsh, Eric White, Ana Wolovick, John Yau 
>
> Performances (Saturday Afternoons):
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> Drunk n Sailor, Mike Skinner, Jessica Slaven, Eliza Newman Saul, 
> Snowboots, Bushwick Farms
>
> Alona Kagan Gallery 540 West 29th Street New York, NY 10001 
> www.alonakagangallery.com  t: (212) 560 - 0670 f: (212) 560 - 0671