this weekend

Today is the opening day of IN REAL LIFE. Hope to see you there. Here's all the great stuff going on this weekend:

At Capricious Space
103 Broadway Brooklyn, NY 11211
(between Bedford and Berry)
718.384.1208

Saturday 7 March

12–4pm
VVORK

VVORK will invite a male stripper to the gallery space whose task will be to perform a 4-hour slow strip while surfing the internet.

4–8pm
Ffffound

Renda Morton and Samuel Sherman, contributors to the website Ffffound, will assemble and go about ffffounding as usual, except in public, and for 4 hours straight.

8–10pm
Opening / Roundtable Discussion: Browser As Exhibition Space

Participants from the exhibition IN REAL LIFE including Art Fag City, Club Internet, Ffffound, The Highlights, Humble Arts Foundation, Platform For Pedagogy, Private Circulation, UbuWeb, Why + Wherefore, and others will collectively discuss the concept of browser as exhibition space. Moderated by Laurel Ptak. Reception to follow.

Sunday 8 March

12–4pm
Private Circulation

Lance Wakeling will email the fifteenth installment of Private Circulation, featuring a project by artist Martijn Hendriks. There will be coffee and tea as well as a 4-hour slideshow and mix tape session.

4–8pm
Club Internet

All members of Club Internet will be invited to sit behind their computers, either at home or in the gallery, as Harm van den Dorpel announces the curatorial criteria for them to create a new work on the spot and participate in an opening party—all within 4 hours. The resulting show will remain online for one month at clubinternet.org.

Full details about IN REAL LIFE here.

5 things • william lamson

william lamson is a favorite over here at i heart photograph. he is a brooklyn-based artist working in photography, video, and sculpture. when asked, he revealved the following as 5 of his favorite things. take a peek at his website here. and you can see a previous post about him right here.

1 / roman signer


favorite artist who is under appreciated in the united states.
see more work here and a great performance video here.


2 / girl with curious hair by david foster wallace


favorite book of short stories.
see more here.


3 / the everything bagel at court street bagels


favorite bagel.
181 court street, brooklyn ny. more here.


4 / vvork




favorite place to see new art online.
www.vvork.com


5 / an occurrence at owl creek bridge


favorite short film.
roberto enrico. 1962. featured as an episode of the twilight zone. read more here.


[top to bottom: william lamson. from the series me in america. santa rosa, california. 2004-6. roman signer. schweben in einer kiste. video projection. photo by martin kunze. via fraktale. david foster wallace. paragraph excerpt from the story little expressionless animals in the book girl with curious hair, page 3. published by w.w. norton + company, 1989. via google books. bagel painting by charlise tiee. 2005. via charlise. phil coy. black spot. 2005. douglas irving repetto. now, with 10x more wire. video still. mads lynnerup. newspaper 2003. all three via vvork. an occurrence at owl creek bridge video via youtube.]