Joint Custody Project collaborator Despina Stokou has recently launched an initiative, Apply Softly, best described as people who “are friends in myspace and facebook…but not in life, at least not the conventional way.”  She and her four ‘friends’ will preview work at this year’s Preview Berlin [the city’s premier emerging arts fair this fall].

Visit the newly launched site applysoftly.

Contrary to popular belief, Found Gallery did not disappear yesterday. A number of concerned patrons of the arts have contacted the gallery over the last two days, regarding the fact that our website was down. Our current show, Irene Kai’s What Do You See?, was featured on the front page of BoingBoing. We had over 6,000 visitors within the first 20 minutes. This caused our server to break. Sorry for the downtime – hope you can forgive us.

The Found Luddites in Berlin [Chris and myself] were obviously not present for this past weekend’s activities at Found [Money & Run kickoff party/DataPortability meetup/Sunday Sweets 4]. Our own crowd of Techno-utopianists, however [Brady, Drew, Renata], were in full effect.

Click on the links above to see the individual sets. Photos by Renata Popenhagen, Drew Baldwin, and Brady Brim-DeForest.

Weekend Recap From Brady: The festivities kicked off on Friday with the Money & Run party – which returns this Friday and Saturday nights, starting at 8:30pm, and featuring DJ Tarantino [White Minstrel Show]. Saturday saw a meeting of nerds and ne’re-do-wells (nerd-o-wells, anyone?) for the DataPortability Meetup. On Sunday, we were graced with the sweet sounds of Jenny Jenkins, Mad Gregs, and Flowers From the Man Who Shot Your Uncle.

This Saturday, May 10 Peres Projects is opening a new show by Terrence Koh at their gallery in Chinatown.  Instead of sharing some images or the postcard, I would like to reproduce what is, perhaps, the most inspiring and engaging invitation I’ve ever received to anything, really.  Thanks to Chris for making me read through the end.

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hello deer

this is terence koh

my first show was with this gallery almost 5 years ago WOW

may 10, 2008 that’s gonna bee five years of love between javier peres and me

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While we’re on the subject of happenings and are in NY, Found friend Sean Donnola clued us into what hopes to be the World’s Largest Makeout Party, taking place tomorrow [Sat. March 29] at 4pm in Union Square.  Mr. Donnola will be photographing the participants, the results of which will be featured in a gallery show [TBA].  Those invited: friends, lovers, acquaintances, 3rd cousins, mugwumps, and grifters.

Valentine’s Day in France

Kaprow clones are at it again.  The Armory/MOCA/LACMA are voltroning to recreate Kaprow’s ‘Fluids’ project, wherein twenty rectangular enclosures of ice blocks are built throughout the city and are left to melt.  Interested parties should email sfinnertypyne@armoryarts.org and attend a preliminary meeting in the Brown Auditorium at LACMA at 5:30pm on Thursday, March 20.  [thanks Lyla]

Public art has been a tricky enough platform as it is. And you’d think North Carolina would be a peaceable-enough place where you wouldn’t expect those meddling street artists [Flossy & Goo] to cantanker about.

And that’s why you’d be wrong. For every peaceful suburb, there’s two John Wayne Gacey’s ready to wreak their antics.

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