Showpaper is like the nursery for hatchling shows. It gives your event a warm bottle and burps it and wipes the yellow diarrhea cream off its ass and swaddles it in a soft blankie, presenting it to the world in a non-judgmental way, totally for free. Which makes it the place to find out about what’s going on, at least when spaces aren’t being all secretive assholes and worried about narcs. But recently in a weird plot twist, Showpaper extended their all-inclusive happy good vibes to the art world and opened their arms to whatever anyone wanted to give them for a visual exhibition. We know what kind of garbage that would harvest if it was an open call for bands, but hopefully it won’t mean the same for their Open Submissions Art Show, which opens at Secret Project Robot tomorrow. Some of the people involved are pretty good (Korakrit Arunanondchai, Jim Avignon, Moira Connelly, Jesse Gelaznik, Nathan Gelgud, Lizz Hickey, Zara Messano & Gil Gentile, Leif Parsons, Kathleen Vaccaro, Jason Yates) so we're hoping all the yahoos weeded themselves out on pure feelings of inadequacy and self-consciousness alone.
oh nice. now i know where you got the ny eye and ear info. i need more art openings with free booze and hot, stylish women in my life. thank you.
Posted by: algierian | 15/12/2008 at 23:27
all i can say is
this issue (no photo issue), i dont know if its another one going already, but that isssue wass really boring and fucked up, trust me ;]]]]
i checked like three articles, other ones were too boring to even check them out; ]]]]]
its not that i think you care
but yeah
fuck
that shit Sucked/Sucks.... ;]]]] haha
Posted by: cool then | 15/12/2008 at 23:28
who did the graffiti ball thing?
Posted by: andrew | 16/12/2008 at 15:21
This show actually consists of a very small selection of Showpaper's favorite submissions from the "Open Call."
Posted by: julie | 16/12/2008 at 16:30