f a projects
PEARL
Tate Modern
The Eve Club
Raised to take on the mantle of his circuit preacher stepfather in the
poor rural south of America, the Reverend Ethan Acres seeks 'to defeat
the
Devil in all his evil forms' and strives to put the 'fun back into
fundamentalism'. Ordained by the World Christianship Ministries, the
Reverend also holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of
Nevada, Las Vegas. Acres's practice includes elaborate and eccentric
rituals, goofy biblical sculpture, home baking and esoteric digital
prints. Reverend Acres plays on the history of the holy fool, fusing the
flamboyant and the humorous with a deep and genuine spirituality. In
recent years the Reverend has performed and exhibited in diverse
locations
across the globe, from Las Vegas to Latvia. He has presided over
weddings
at The Ice Hotel, Kyrna, Sweden and at the Sistine Chapel. His recent
exhibitions include: Reverend Acres's Rockin' Millennium Countdown,
Bronwyn Keenan Gallery, New York, 1999; Faith: The Impact of
Judeo-Christian Religion on Art at the Millennium, Aldrich Museum,
Connecticut, 2000; and The Magic Hour: The Convergence of Art and Las
Vegas, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria, 2002.
Reverend Acres is represented by Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica,
California.
Exhibition: The Guise of Satan, f a projects, 12 Bear Gardens, London
SE1, 1726 October 2002, 10am6pm daily, admission free
http://www.faprojects.com
The sculptures and video of The Guise of Satan take as their subject the
legendary glam-rock band KISS. Reverend Acres reveals 'the true faces of
Satan that each member of the band represented at their most powerful
...
telling the story of these four incarnations of Satan, and how they
threatened the minds of four teenagers wandering all alone through the
horror known as 1978'.
Performance/Christening: Water Lilies: A Mass Christening, PEARL, 28 Old
Nichol Street, London E2, 19 October, 4pm, admission free
http://www.pearlprojects.com
Jeff McMillan and Cornelia Parker invite you to participate in a mass
christening that will include their firstborn, Lily, at Jeff's East End
project space, PEARL. Children of all ages are invited to come dressed
as
their favourite flower to be watered by the angel-gardener Reverend
Acres
and his holy watering can.
Performance/Sermon: PANopticon, Tate Modern, Turbine Hall, Bankside,
London SE1, 20 October 2002, 1pm, admission free
The Reverend will deliver the first part of a Peter Pan trilogy with
choral accompaniment. PANopticon will 'deal with Foucault and Jung's
shadow theories and how in the end humanity's divine nature can unlock
our
mundane prisons and spirit us away into the light ... into Never Never
Land'.
Performance/Sermon: Snake in the Grass, The Eve Club, 189 Regent Street,
London W1, 25 October 2002, 8pm, £2 admission
The Eve Club's coloured glass hydraulic dance floor, installed in 1953,
is
the only one of its kind in London. From this platform, and with the
inspiration of the club's Garden of Eden theme, Reverend Acres will
portray 'the seduction of the Mother of Creation by the Serpent' in
modern
dance.
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