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NYC - The Journal of Popular Noise Event (12.11.08)

The Journal of Popular Noise
Vol. 1 Fall/Winter 2008, Issues 10-12
Launch

Thursday, December 11, 2008, 5-7 PM

Printed Matter, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of The Journal of Popular Noise, Vol. 1 issues 10-12. Based in Brooklyn, New York, The Journal of Popular Noise is a semi-annual audio magazine featuring experimental music and sound art. The journal is beautifully designed and packaged in a letter-pressed clamshell casing that unfolds to reveal three 45-rpm records, each featuring a different artist—each record is considered a different issue of the magazine. These particular issues feature the work of Climax Golden Twins, PWRFL Power, and Linda and Ron’s Dad. The launch will be held on Thursday, December 11, 2008, from 5:00 - 7:00 PM. Printed Matter is located at 195 Tenth Avenue, between 21st and 22nd Street, New York City.

NYC - "Folded Thoughts" (12.11.08 - 01.17.09)

PETER CALLESEN
FOLDED THOUGHTS

December 11, 2008 – January 17, 2009
Opening Reception Thursday, December 11th, 6:00 - 8:00 PM

Perry Rubenstein Gallery is pleased to present Folded Thoughts, Danish artist Peter Callesen's first solo exhibition in the U.S. The show features new paper-cutout sculptures and vitrines from 2008 and centers on the large-scale sculpture Human Ruin. Made entirely of paper this sculpture depicts the shadow of a figure whose outline is formed by the ruin of a temple like structure.

LA - Winter Solstice Celebration and Book Event (12.11.08)

WINTER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION AND BOOK SIGNING

Featuring "Dope Menace: The Sensational World of Drug Paperbacks" by Stephen J. Gertz and several other Feral House and Process titles.

Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008 ~ 7:00 – 9:00 pm
LA LUZ DE JESUS / WACKO / SOAP PLANT
4633 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90027
323-666-7667 Fax: 323-663-0243

NYC - "Dark Systems" (12.10.08 - 12.23.08)

SF - "Apoohcalypse Now" Screening (12.10.08 - 12.16.08)

Apoohcalypse Now
Artemio
Wednesday, December 10 to Tuesday, December 16
Screened during gallery hours: Noon-6pm, Tues-Sat

New Langton Arts presents three films/videos selected by artist Julio Cesar Morales. The second is Apoohcalypse Now (2002; 8:26 min.)

Apoohcalypse Now takes Marlon Brando's infamous monologue from Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 film and interprets it through the children's character Winnie the Pooh. The movie conflates two different approaches to aestheticizing popular narratives, creating a mixture of highly stylized visual terms that engage the politics of appropriation while questioning the aesthetics of war and escapism.

LA - Animal Shelter Release Event (12.07.08)

Sunday, December 7, 5 pm
Animal Shelter Release Party and Reading:

Please join us in celebrating the publication of a new special project, Animal Shelter, a 148 page journal featuring new writing and artworks by Bruce Benderson, Gary Lee Boas, Rachel Detroit, Jennifer Doyle, Tony Duvert, Hedi El Kholti, Matt Fishbeck, Mark Flores, Paul Gellman, William E. Jones, Alice Könitz, Chris Kraus, Elke Krystufek, Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, Jonathan Meese, Erik Morse, Theresa Pendlebury, Ariel Pink, JC Rees, Ariana Reines, Rebekah Rutkoff, Abdellah Taïa, Masha Tupitsyn, Sarah Wang, Bobbi Woods and others.

Miami - "Scion Installation 5: Self Portraits" (12.05.08)

Chicago - "El Diablo Loves You" (12.05.08 - 12.20.08)

El Diablo Loves You - Opening December 5, 2008

New Works by Robbie Busch (aka McBoingBoing) at Rotofugi Gallery
Opening Reception
Friday, December 5, 2008 – 6-9PM
Exhibit Continues Through December 20

Rotofugi Gallery
1955 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago

SM - "Made In America" Screening (12.04.08)

Stacy Peralta will be screening "Made In America"
Thursday, December 4, 7:30 pm

Stacy Peralta (with Zandie Brockett) , Mother's and the Names of Their Mudered Children, South LA, CA
(from the film Made In America)

FREE EVENT WILL BE HELD IN OUR LOBBY GALLERY, 1629 18TH STREET

PLEASE RSVP BY WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3
BY CALLING 310-453-3711 EXT 103 OR VIA EMAIL OFFICE (AT) 18THSTREET.ORG

London - "Puppenspielerei" (12.04.08)

Puppenspielerei: Daniel Lehan, Julia Moore, Nicholas Morgan, Wiebke Morgan
4 December 1pm – 9pm

Join us for a day of artists’ approaches to the puppet show. Daniel Lehan presents a disturbing piece of ventriloquism which may not be suitable for children, Nicholas Morgan finds dramatic possibilities in miniature magnetic puppets, Wiebke Morgan investigates her lifelong love of ‘Puppen’, while Julia Moore provides idiosyncratic finger puppets and a set of rules for visitors to create their own performance.

Work will be shown on video in the afternoon, with live performances following in the evening 6.30pm to 8.30pm.

Wiebke Morgan
6 Cyprus Street
London E2 0NN
Tel: +44 (0)20-8983 0708
info@wiebkemorgan.com
www.firstthursdays.co.uk

LA - "Illuminate (12.02.08 - 12.06.08)

SF - "Paperback Dreams" Screening (12.01.08)

PAPERBACK DREAMS
screening Paperback Dreams
Monday, December 1 at 7:30 pm

Are independent bookstores still relevant in the 21st century? If you've ever wondered about this question, we invite you to join us for a screening and discussion of a powerful new documentary Paperback Dreams. The film is the story of two landmark independent bookstores - Kepler's and Cody's - going back to the days of the paperback revolution. The film traces the bookstores' history as cultural institutions and explores their community relationships. It also includes interviews with several well known authors, publishers, and booksellers, including Salman Rushdie and Michael Powell.

Paperback Dreams is a co-production of Alex Beckstead, the Independent Television Service (ITVS), and KQED Public Television. Alex lives in San Francisco and is a Booksmith fan. His films have screened at the Sundance Film Festival and Public Television Stations across the US. Alex will join us for Q&A after the film screening.

The Booksmith
1644 Haight Street
San Francisco, California 94117

LA - Swap Meet (11.29.08)

Swap Meet
Piracy - Karaoke - Birthday Partytime... in the FUTURE

Saturday, November 29, 2027
10pm until late

Good news!

The Swap Meet team has finally discovered how to open the temporal portal down at Betalevel!

We’ve of course always known that our basement redoubt was coincident with a major rift in the space-time continuum, but we were never quite sure how to overcome the issues with our maximum power load (remember Bootylevel?) to generate the necessary 1.21 gigawatts to pry it open. However, recent developments in cold fusion technology coming out of Europe, along with our own research into harnessing the power of crystals, got us thinking that maybe we were going about it all in the wrong way...

Long story short: the future is awesome.

And this Saturday, we’re throwing the doors open for a public test, setting the dial to 2027, so we can celebrate Sean’s 50th birthday. Trust us when we say that you won’t want to miss it. This is the Swap Meet your kids will tell you stories about!

NYC - "Giftland" (11.28.08 - 12.23.08)

GIFTLAND IX
BLACK FRIDAY

Exhibition on view from November 28 – December 23rd
Curated by Olivia Shao and Jay Sanders
Opening Reception begins on November 28, 6:00 AM

Printed Matter is happy to announce the return of its annual holiday show GIFTLAND. This is the ninth year for the group exhibition, which features affordable and cheap art to counter the gross and over-indulgent consumerism that typifies the holiday season. Please join us for our early morning opening on November 28 at 6:00 AM! Printed Matter is located 195 Tenth Avenue in New York City.

LA - The Left Over (11.28.08)

Berlin - "Sonne, Mond und Sterne" (11.27.08 - 01.31.09)

PETER FISCHLI / DAVID WEISS
‘Sonne, Mond und Sterne’
27/11/2008 – 31/01/2009

Monika Sprüth and Philomene Magers are delighted to present an exhibition of a new work by Swiss artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss. ‘Sonne, Mond und Sterne’ is a gallery-scale presentation of a project which originated in book form as a commission by the Swiss media conglomerate Ringier AG, to customise their annual report and turn it into a work of art.

London - "War Problems" (11.25.08 - 01.24.08)

London - "The Collection" (11.25.08 - 01.10.09)

The Collection, Maurice Broomfield
25 November 2008 – 10 January 2009

“Maurice Broomfield’s photography captures the real heart of what was a booming but harsh time for the UK. Finding inspiration and creativity in gritty surroundings of every day work is inspiring in itself.” – Sir Paul Smith

In November 2008, HOST gallery presents the first retrospective of the work of British photographer Maurice Broomfield. Maurice Broomfield’s photographs document three decades of post-war heavy industry and urban regeneration in Britain. Broomfield is recognised as one of the first industrial and architectural photographers to use his corporate commissions to make visionary photographic studies of the workers and the environments in which they worked, his motivation stemming from a curiosity in the diversity of industrial occupations.

Brooklyn - Jessica Lange Book Event (11.22.08)

Brooklyn - "Forth Estate" (11.21.08 - 12.21.08)

FORTH ESTATE EDITIONS
November 21 - December 21, 2008
Opening Reception: Friday, November 21, 7-9PM

Glen Baldridge, Ian Cooper, Alex Dodge,
Angela Dufresne, Matt Keegan,
Sara Greenberger Rafferty, Joseph Hart,
Paul Pope, Phil Sanders, Molly Smith,
Will Yackulic, Kevin Zucker