PDF 19.07.2008 / Hohnstorf / Hamburg

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

GROUP SHOW OPENS IN 14 CITIES INTERNATIONALLY

(July 14, 2008 New York, NY) Showroom in partnership with Why + Wherefore is pleased to announce PDF, a one-night-only show co-curated by Summer Guthery, Lumi Tan, and Nicholas Weist that will be held simultaneously in 14 cities internationally and each of the 5 boroughs of New York City on July 19 from 6 to 8pm. The show includes commissioned works from Fia Backström, Bozidar Brazda, Brian Clifton, Paul Ramirez Jonas, Rachel Mason, Sean Raspet, and Jordan Wolfson, and a contribution from Dexter Sinister.

For the PDF show, the curators asked each of the artists to respond to their medium, PDFs—specifically how digital work can be infinitely and exactly reproduced. Each was also invited to interrogate the idea of worldwide, collective action—connected to the simultaneous, international openings. Select artworks are currently available for download at www.whyandwherefore.com/PDF

PDF will also open at the following commercial, alternative, and artists-run galleries and institutions on July 19:

Showroom 11: PDF
Fischerzug 8 in Hohnstorf, close to Lauenburg/Elbe (Germany)
45 min by train from Hamburg, for directions: www.showroom.st/11/pictures/1/F

Please contact for opening details; for a complete listing of venues please visit
www.whyandwherefore.com/PDF

Atkinson Space, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA

Bastard, Oslo, Norway

Brown Gallery, London, UK

La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain

Circus of Books, Los Angeles, California, USA

Golden Age, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Hiromi Yoshii Gallery, Osaka, Japan

Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA

Galleri Loyal, Stockholm, Sweden

Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, Oregon, USA

Showroom, Hamburg, Germany

Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, New York City, USA

Vox Populi, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Y Gallery, Queens, New York City, USA



Why + Wherefore is an online curatorial project co-founded and -directed Summer Guthery, Lumi Tan, and Nicholas Weist. Since December 2007 they have presented work by over 100 artists, in experimental group shows that explore the structure of curatorial practice and the expanded field of internet-based curation. Why + Wherefore is seen by thousands each month, visiting from across North and South America as well as Africa, Asia, and Europe.

www.whyandwherefore.com

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