Weekly Initiative News- 8/27/13

Opening on September 8th, PARTICIPANT INC presents The LunarLanding, a site-specific installation by Helen Oliver Adelson (HOA), who is well-known as a portrait painter and set designer integral to art and theater of the ‘80s East Village/Lower East Side:

http://participantinc.org/wp-content/uploads-new/HOA_PR.pdf

 

Later in September Ballroom Marfa will host Comic Future, an exhibition curated by Fairfax Dorn. Artists include: Walead Beshty, Liz Craft, Aaron Curry, Carroll Dunham, Arturo Herrera, Mike Kelley, Paul McCarthy, Erik Parker, Sigmar Polke, Peter Saul, Dana Schutz, Michael Williams, Sue Williams:

http://www.e-flux.com/announcements/comic-future/

 

East of Borneo hosts a nice article written by Adam Overton which explores three characters indicative of mystical-musical experimentation over the last century:

http://www.eastofborneo.org/articles/new-music-for-a-new-age-return-to-nature

 

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Dates were announced  for Printed Matter‘s 2nd Annual LA Art Book Fair at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA. The fair will be held January 31 – February 2, 2014:

http://printedmatter.org/news/news.cfm?article_id=1030