RSP BOOKS

Purple Books December 2001
Hardcover, 96 pages, 160x220 with CD
In Kim's Bedroom, conceptualizer and guest curator Kim Gordon (SonicYouth) introduces the spectator to an extraordinary, personal world in which visual arts, photography, film/video, fashion and music have come together. The project includes an exhibition, a music performance, a film night and a publication with CD.
The artists Gordon invited are either active in more than one domain or at the crossovers of the disciplines mentioned before. The layout of the exhibition is a striking interplay of the distinctions between public and private, inside and outside, fantasy and reality. The MU space has been transformed into an interior referring to a film set. A curved wall leads the spectators via a succession of works by Jessica Wood, Jutta Koether, Kim Gordon, Rita Ackermann, Spike Jonze, Sophia Coppola, Richard Kern and Raymond Pettibon to the focal point of the exhibition. In this intimate space, the bedroom, one of the artworks is an installation by fashion designer Susan Cianciolo.
In this 'homely' environment, the audience is invited to see themselves - and obviously to be seen - in the Cianciolo designs. In the bedroom, the audience can make their own selection from video films by Tamra Davis, Sadie Benning, Cameron Jamie, Tony Oursler, Dave Markey, Lisa Rinzler, Kathleen Hanna and Kim Gordon.
With the presentation of Kim's Bedroom, MU has realized an exciting project in which recent developments in contemporary art are shown in juxtaposition. The majority of the participating artists have come up with new works for the exhibition.
During the opening of the exhibition, the publication designed by Purple in Paris will be presented. This publication contains works by most of the artists participating in Kim's Bedroom, and includes a CD. The music performance will start at 9pm on Saturday 18 March 2000 in Cultureel Centrum De Effenaar. Participating musicians are Quix-o-tic, Steve Malkmus, Jim O'Rourke, Ikue Mori, DJ Olive, Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore. On Sunday 19 March, from 8pm onwards, films and videos by Raymond Pettibon, Dave Markey, Cameron Jamie and a selection from the video recordings of the exhibition will be shown in the Rembrandt Cinema.
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