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"SLOUGHT IN NEW YORK"
ZONE:Chelsea Center for the Arts
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Exhibit Duration: November 29 - December 15, 2007
Location: ZONE:Chelsea Center for the Arts (601 West 26th St #302, NYC)
Reception: Thursday, November 29, 2007
Slought for Export Series
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A. Levy, J.M. Rabaté, O. Romberg
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How can organizations located on the periphery of major international art cities contribute to and provoke the cultural and political landscape? What can a young organization that resists the market-driven orientation of today's cultural institutions achieve with minimal private funding and an all-volunteer staff?
Slought Foundation, Philadelphia, is pleased to announce “Slought in New York,” presented at ZONE:Chelsea Center for the Arts from November 29-December 15, 2007, an archival exploration into the activities of Slought Foundation in Philadelphia since its inception in 2002. It will feature information about past projects with William Anastasi, Arakawa + Gins, Günter Brus, Hélène Cixous, Braco Dimitrijevic, Fred Forest, Hermann Nitsch, Dennis Oppenheim, David Stephens, Marjorie Welish, as well as documentation of over 200 past performances, conversations, exhibitions, and publications at Slought Foundation that explore new futures for contemporary political and cultural life.
A reception will take place on Thursday, November 29th, 2007 from 6:00-9:00pm, with a panel discussion entitled "WE HAVE DECIDED NOT TO DIE | REVERSIBLE DESTINY | MAKING DYING ILLEGAL" on Thursday, November 29th from 7:00-8:00pm featuring Arakawa + Gins, Arthur C. Danto, and Don Idhe in conversation (here for more information). Slought in New York has been organized by Slought Foundation curators Aaron Levy, Jean-Michel Rabaté, and Osvaldo Romberg, and will be accompanied by a hardcover publication, Slought in New York, 2002-2007 (contact us to purchase a copy). For information about ZONE:Chelsea Center for the Arts, visit their website at http://zonechelsea.org
In conjunction with the exhibition, Slought Foundation and Cabinet Magazine is pleased to announce "In Defense of Sloth," a two-day event exploring histories and metaphors of sloth in partnership with The Cooper Union, Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture and the ZONE:Chelsea Center for the Arts. "In Defense of Sloth" will take place on Friday, December 7th and Saturday, December 8th, 2007 and features an eclectic and entertaining series of presentations by artists and scholars from the United States and Europe in defense of, against, or simply about sloth--one of the most philosophical of vices (http://slought.org/content/11367/).
Slought Foundation ('Sl-aw-t') is a non-profit organization in Philadelphia that broadly encourages new futures for contemporary life through public programs featuring international artists and theorists. Our programs, set in an intimate and participatory environment, are purposely critical and provocative. Out of concern for the market-driven orientation of today's cultural institutions, Slought Foundation is located adjacent to the University of Pennsylvania and has operated with minimal private funding and an all-volunteer staff. At Slought Foundation, we believe that the point of any cultural practice should not be simply to display objects, but to present a problem, not simply to make something coherent but to create something that is purposely critical or provocative. Devising alternatives to traditional forms of cultural display necessarily entails de-familiarizing the practice of 'art appreciation' for audiences, and evading practices associated with most cultural organizations. Instead of encouraging the passive absorption of static information, we invite our audiences to assume a critical orientation towards contemporary life, and to consider criticality itself as a source of dynamism and enjoyment. Through over 200 exhibitions, events and performances, trade publications, and a significant internet presence featuring hundreds of recordings (http://slought.org/), Slought Foundation has been at the forefront of interventionist approaches to cultural production in North America.
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ZONE:Chelsea Center for the Arts. "SLOUGHT IN NEW YORK." Slought Foundation Online Content.
[29 November 2007;
Accessed 27 August 2008]. <http://slought.org/content/11370/>.
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This program was made possible in part through the generous sponsorship of the Helena Rubenstein Foundation, ZONE:Chelsea Center for the Arts, the Society of Friends of the Slought Foundation, and the Departments of the History of Art and English at the University of Pennsylvania, which gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the Russell Bergman Foundation in funding the 2007-2008 RBSL Bergman Foundation Curatorial Seminar.
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