The Prompt
Performa 09
White Slab Palace, back room
77 Delancey Street, NY, NY 10002
Five evenings, Nov 11-15, 8-11 pm
The Prompt is a conceptual social club under the influence Futurist variety theater. Cues and propositions are offered each night in the form of conversation pieces, rules, performances and soundtracks, transforming this destination into a pressure cooker for ideas and intimacies.
Participating artists: Rita Ackermann, Fia Backström, The Bruce High Quality Foundation, Joan Juliet Buck & Cassie Terman, Joshua Kit Clayton, Patrick Cleandenim, Dexter Sinister, Mark Dion, Sylvie Fleury, Joseph Grigely, Jamie Hook, Rashid Johnson, Gabriel Lester, Paul Etienne Lincoln, Momus & Aki Sasamoto, Patrick Meagher, Haley Mellin, Ian Monk (OULIPO), Charlemagne Palestine, Adam Pendleton, Falke Pisano, R.H. Quaytman, Jimmy Raskin, Lucy Raven, Gavin Russom, Dana Sherwood, Dina Sieden, Guy Richards Smit, Mindy Vale & Danny McDonald, Ben Vautier, Marianne Vitale, Reggie Watts, Robert Wilson, and more. (Artist bios)
Curated by Sarina Basta and Michael Portnoy. Co-produced by Chris Martino and Mary Rinebold.
"WHEN THE FLUGELHORN BLASTS, YOU MAY ONLY TALK ABOUT BEAR'S MILK."
Charlemagne Palestine, performance at Cíte De La Musique, Paris, 2008
Afternoon Tea with Aki Sasamoto and Michael Smith
Saturday, January 9th, 2010, 3pm – 6pm
&
The Morning After
On view from January 9th-February 6th
Silver Shed, 119 West 25th Street, PH, New York, NY 10001
Kunstverein NY is pleased to present its new membership cards by Michael Smith, with a signing by the artist, and a conversation between Aki Sasamoto and Ashley Rawlings.
In support of Kunstverein NY’s activities, Michael Smith signed a limited edition of membership cards sold for $10 each.
Aki Sasamoto, part of the Performa 09 series The Prompt, and a participant in the upcoming 2010 Whitney Biennial, gave a talk about her work and recollections of her recent performance, in conversation with writer Ashley Rawlings.
The Morning After
Kunstverein NY presents material from The Prompt at Silver Shed, from January 9th to February 6th.
Organized for Performa 09, The Prompt hosted a series of performances, films, rules, sculptures, soundtracks, and reflexive actions over five nights. Giving thought to how performance can be documented, remnants and footage from the five evenings will be presented during The Morning After. Menus, behavioral cues, objects of conversation, backdrops, costumes, and documentation will be on view. Remnants of works and partial objects are featured from the following artists: Rita Ackermann, Mark Dion, Rashid Johnson, Joseph Grigely, Paul Etienne Lincoln, Haley Mellin, Ian Monk of OULIPO, PLaAD, Lucy Raven, Aki Sasamoto, Dana Sherwood, Dexter Sinister, Mindy Vale & Danny McDonald, Adam Pendleton, Falke Pisano, R.H. Quaytman, Marianne Vitale & Pete Drungle, and Robert Wilson. Warning: there are very few artworks in this exhibition!