SWISS
INSTITUTE - CONTEMPORARY ART
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Koether & Parrino 2002
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Jutta
Koether & Steven Parrino
BLACK BONDS
with performances by Black Bonds, Electrophilia, Foot, Christian
Marclay,
Merzbow
Opening, Tuesday November 12, 2002 6-9 PM
with a performance at by Electrophilia, featuring Koether and Parrino at
7pm
November 12 2002 - January 4, 2002
SWISS INSTITUTE - CONTEMPORARY ART
495 Broadway, 3rd floor
New York, NY 10012
t: 212 925 2035
f: 212 925 2040
http://www.swissinstitute.net
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Jutta Koether & Steven Parrino
BLACK BONDS
with performances by Black Bonds, Electrophilia, Foot, Christian
Marclay,
Merzbow
Taking inspiration from the anarchic history of Dada and their own
involvement with punk rock, Jutta Koether and Steven Parrino have come
together to create BLACK BONDS, an exhibition which reinvents anti-art's
collaborative spirit. The gallery will feature Koether and Parrinos
failed paintings: blacked-out by the artists to cancel, and in
turn,
reconstruct their works. The black paintings will serve to define a
conceptually destructed environment in which six noise performances will
take place. Koether and Parrino will perform as Electrophilia at both
the
opening and closing events, and have invited Black Dice, Foot, Christian
Marclay and Merzbow to join their collaboration. Looking to our
avant-garde roots in Zurich, the SI will serve as a new Cabaret
Voltaire,
hosting a reincarnation of noise, and anarchic play, in the spirit of
both
Dada and punk rock.
"Jutta and I had a discussion about failed paintings. Maybe the color
wasn't right or they were fucked-up in some way (physically,
ideologically, or by situation). Our solution was to save them by
blacking
them out, canceling the image/object. A positive/negative, deconstruct
to
reconstruct, chaos to order to chaos...We decided to show these
re-claimed
paintings and dedicate the show to Gerorge Groszs Deathdada,
caught in
the flux between dissonance and consonance." -S.P. 2001
Upcoming Performances:
Christian Marclay / Tues Nov 19 / 8 PM
Merzbow / Fri Dec 6 / 8 PM
Foot, featuring Thurston Moore, Jim Dunbar and Don Fleming / Thurs Dec
12
/ 8 PM
Black Dice / Tues Dec 17 / 8 PM
Electrophilia / Sat Jan 4 / 8 PM
for more information contact program@swissinstitute.net.
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