<nettime-ann> SEX, DRUGS, ROCK 'N' ROLL AT EXIT ART OCTOBER 28

EXIT ART

475 Tenth Avenue (36 Street)

NYC, 10018

212-966-7745

www.exitart.org

EXIT ART ANNOUNCES YEAR-LONG SERIES OF EVENTS

ADDRESSING CRITICAL ISSUES IN CONTEMPORARY ART

THE PURPOSE AND FUNCTION OF ART IN THE 21ST CENTURY

First Event

What’s Wrong With This Picture?

Conversations on Sex, Drugs, Rock ‘n’ Roll

Organized by Carlo McCormick, Senior Editor, Paper magazine

Saturday October 28, 12 noon-6 pm at EXIT ART

SEX 12-1:30 pm

Moderator Brandon Holley, Executive Editor, Jane magazine

Panelists include: Sweet Action Girls, Jack Pierson, E. V. Day

DRUGS 2-3:30 pm

Moderator Bobby Black, Senior Editor, High Times

Panelists include: Alex Grey, Allyson Grey

ROCK ‘N’ ROLL 4-5:30 pm

Moderator Jon Durbin, Managing Editor, Paper Magazine

Panelists include: Paul Miller a.k.a. DJ Spooky

$15 for all three panels; advance ticket sales available at 212-966-7745 x15

Food and beverages available in Exit Art’s café.

What’s Wrong With This Picture? is the first in a daylong symposium consisting of three panels organized by Carlo McCormick. McCormick hand selected the moderators for their affiliations as senior editors at key publications that deal with the topics, panelists were chosen for their work as cultural producers. In the words of organizer Carlo McCormick, What’s Wrong With This Picture is about “the unholy trinity of what mainstream America has always vilified about youth culture. In this case the intention is to have a conversation with three people who are in some form of cultural production. For me, it's a way that we can address some of the political-social-religious issues tearing us apart in a less heated context of the arts.”

The Purpose & Function of Art in the 21st Century, will be a quarterly series of events, panels, discussions and performances that address critical issues in the diverse communities of the contemporary art world. Each event will be organized by different curators, critics and cultural producers, who will determine the themes and the format, giving each program a unique perspective. The second event in this series will be organized by Sarah Lewis, Curatorial Assistant in the Photography Department at The Museum of Modern Art.

Carlo McCormick is a pop culture critic and curator living in NYC. He is the author of numerous books on contemporary art, and has lectured extensively at universities in the US and Europe. His writing has appeared in Art in America, Artforum, High Times, Spin, Vice and countless other magazines. He has curated exhibitions for the Bronx Museum of Art, New York University, the Queens Museum of Art and the Woodstock Center for Photography. McCormick is Senior Editor of Paper magazine.

Contact: Jodi Hanel, 212-966-7745 x22, jodi@exitart.org

Jodi Hanel

Associate Curator

Exit Art

475 Tenth Avenue

New York, NY 10018

Phone: 212-966-7745 x22

http://www.exitart.org

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