Paper Exhibition began as a seminar conducted in San Francisco in 2008 entitled Kaleidoscope Room. Inspired by Jonah Freeman’s artwork, the series of class discussions drew on an open- ended inquiry: “Why are we so attracted by the missing, the lost, and the im- possible to know?” Paper Exhibition, like Kaleidoscope Room, focuses on artworks that position themselves as fragments of larger, non-documented narratives of the lost or vanished. For example, trailers of non-existent films, an examination of the identities of disappeared artists, secret exhibitions and footnotes, and objects extracted from time capsules are included. In translating the seminar to an exhibition, aspects of the conceptual framework of the show have been lost as well. Some ideas and references have evaporated in this transition, while others are still disappearing.

The exhibition includes works and performances, in order of disappearance, by:

Julieta Aranda / Olivier Babin / Fia Backström / Judith Braun / Egle Budvytyte / Alex Cecchetti / Mariana Castillo Deball / Dexter Sinister / Gintaras Didziapetris / Jonah Freeman / Aurelien Froment / Dora Garcia / Mario Garcia Torres / Mark Geffriaud / Loris Gréaud / Morten Norbye Halvorsen / Will Holder / Lea Lagasse / Pierre Leguillon / Gabriel Lester / Marcos Lutyens / Benoit Maire / Nicholas Matranga / John Menick / Melvin Moti / Trong Gia Nguyen / Job Piston / Michael Portnoy & Vita Zaman / Pratchaya Phinthong / Conny Purtill / Adam Putnam / Amy Robinson / Joe Scanlan / Gareth Spor / Donelle Woolford / Joe Zane

A series of related events will take place throughout the exhibition:

BLACK ROOM VIDEO SCREENINGS:

Jan.15-24 Gabriel Lester, Four Doves

Jan. 27-Feb. 7 Lea Legasse, Oops! I did it again

Feb. 10-21 Aurelien Froment, Theater de P

Feb. 24-Mar. 7 Egle Budvytyte, The Sect

PERFORMANCE SERIES:

January 15 (during opening reception): Performances with Fia Backström and Will Holder

January 28: Slideshow/Cloakroom with Pierre Leguillon, 7pm

February 25: Kaleidoscope Room with Jonah Freeman, 7pm

February TBA: Hypnotic Show with Marcos Lutyens, 7pm Please RSVP to rsvp [at] artistsspace.org

February TBA: Spending in 2008 with Michael Portnoy & Vita Zaman

Please see http://www.rye.tw for details and for more information.

Curated by Raimundas Malasauskas