ROMANTIC DETACHMENT — PS1

Date/Time: 23/10/2004 12:00 am

Please join me for the opening of ROMANTIC DETACHMENT
at PS1 next Saturday afternoon October 23 from 1 to
6pm for an afternoon of music and live performance, or
on Sunday October 24th for the general opening of
PS1’s fall exhibitions from 12 – 6pm.
Romantic Detachment
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Museum of Modern Art
Affiliate
October 16 ? November 7
A Romantic exploration of culture by artists working
in the US and UK
Art Sucks the Life out of Everything
Featuring:
Matt Bakkom, Beagles and Ramsay, Mark Beasley, John
Russell, Olaf Breuning, Adam Chodzko, Jeremy Deller
and Alan Kane, Brian Dewan and Nina Katchadourian,
eteam, Ryan Gander, Jonathan Griffin, Henry VIII?s
Wives, juneau/projects, Giorgio Sadotti, William Pope
L, Karen Guthrie and Nina Pope, Nick Crowe and Ian
Rawlinson, Anita Di Bianco, Eric Wright and Catharyn
Wright.
Curated by Adam Sutherland and Sarah Glennie.
Conceived in collaboration with The Henry Moore
Foundation Contemporary Projects.
VERY LIVE DAY
SATURDAY 23rd OCTOBER 1pm – 6pm
Live performances interspersed with musical interludes
Featuring Jesse Rae and Bernie Worrell, juneau/records
and a performance by the Detachment Band and William
Pope L
OTHER EVENTS IN THE PROGRAMME, ALL AT 2PM
24 Oct ? 3pm eteam, ?Artificial Traffic Jam?
(a collaboration between the eteam and the people of
Montello, Nevada)
Live Presentation by
THE CHAPEL OF THE MID-NIGHT SUN INC. – The light in
the darkness.
28 Oct ? Sean Parfitt and Barry Sykes a talk on
surviving on nothing
29 Oct ? ?You can?t cheat an honest man?, an afternoon
event organised by the Metropolitan Complex from 2pm
?The Confidence Trick?, a lecture delivered by a
representative of the New York Police Department Crime
Prevention Unit, followed by a screening of the film
?Midnight Cowboy?
31 Oct ? Olivia Plender and the Spiritualists
1 Nov ? Gary Cheney will give a presentation of his
COUNTER RECRUITMENT ideals
4 Nov ? All the way from Memphis ex basketball
star/punk rock god Justice will perform with the
Prairie Oysters
5 Nov – Ryan Gander – Loose Associations Lecture
(Version 1.1 / version 2.1)
6 Nov ? Jimbo Blachly and Lytle Shaw ?Specific?
ROMANTIC DETACHMENT OUT AND ABOUT ON ROOSEVELT ISLAND
October 21st 7pm
Blackwell House Courtyard
UNDER ISLAND by Jesse Bercowetz, Matt Bua, and Carrie
Dashow
Come and see the artists present the findings of their
search for the mysterious creature lurking under
Roosevelt Island. A slide show and performance,
developed with residents from Roosevelt Island will
tell the story of the adventurous threesome?s
discoveries on the Island.
October 29th and 30th
Lighthouse, North End, 4 ? 9pm
William Pope L
White Room#2/Moby Dick
For two nights, the eminent US artist, William Pope L,
will be staging a major new work commissioned for
Roosevelt Island. From the top of the lighthouse
William will perform White Room#2 from his memory of
Moby Dick.