Upcoming October Events - Artists space

THE THING comes to NYC / Artists Space at NY Art Book Fair... Tuesday, October 28th-Friday, October 31st THE THING office-in-residence in the Blue Room Please join THE THING co-founders, Jonn Herschend and Will Rogan, as they prepare for the launch of issue 6 featuring the work of Allora & Calzadilla. Also on view in the Blue Room: "Collection of Prison Objects," a mini-exhibition presented by visual artist Bob Linder organized by THE THING Wednesday, October 29th from 6-9PM After-Office-Hours party for THE THING at Artists Space Co-Hosted by Printed Matter The reception is free and open to the public

THE THING, a quarterly periodical in the form of an object, was founded by San Francisco based artists Jonn Herschend and Will Rogan. Each year, four artists, writers, musicians or filmmakers are invited to create an everyday object that somehow incorporates text. The object is reproduced and hand wrapped at wrapping parties and then mailed to the homes of subscribers with the help of the United States Postal Service. Each issue is kept a secret from THE THING's subscribers, which now number above 1,000 and are scattered throughout the world. "We are not an edition house," says Herschend. "We consider ourselves to be a true periodical, and are interested in making the process of interacting with these artists, writers and filmmakers a more democratic experience." Past issues have included contributions from artists Miranda July, Kota Ezawa, Trisha Donelly, Lucy Pullen, and Tucker Nichols. Issues have ranged from pull-down window shades with text silk-screened onto them, to beermats (coasters), to door-stops. Upcoming issues include contributions from the writer Jonathan Lethem, the experimental geographer Trevor Paglen, visual artist Ryan Gander and writer/radio personality Starlee Kine. While in New York, you can also find the THE THING at: NY Art Book Fair, October 24-26, 2008 and Editions | Artists' Book Fair, November 1 11am-3pm During their two weeks in New York, THE THING will be releasing two side projects: a complementary map by visual artists Tucker Nichols in collaboration with McFadden and Thorp Designs, and a newspaper by Ari Marcopolis. Both of these projects will be released at Printed Matter's NY Art Book Fair. The projects along with current and back issues of THE THING will only be available at the art fairs and at THE THING office-in-residence at Artists Space. For more information, and to subscribe to THE THING, visit www.thethingquarterly.com

Artists Space at Booth G4 at Printed Matter's NY Art Book Fair October 24-26, 2008 At Phillips de Pury & Company 450 West 15th Street at 10th Avenue Third Floor Admission is free For more information, or to purchase tickets to the Benefit Preview, visit: http://www.nyartbookfair.com Other exciting news... Check out Rhizome's review of Artists Space's new website: www.rhizome.org/editorial/1955

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