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For
Immediate Release:
SAVE
THE DATE!
Aurora
Picture Show in association with the Institute
for Adaptive Reuse presents SUPERANNUATE, an ongoing
investigation of all things pre-owned and second-hand by Christopher
Wilcha and John Freyer.
SUPERANNUATE
includes an evening screening of films and videos about, influenced
or inspired by the second-hand on Friday, July 5th,
2002. On Saturday,
July 6th 2002 all are invited to participate in the
first annual Aurora Picture Show All States Swap Meet Fundraiser.
SUPERANNUATE
will be the culmination of a three-week feasibility study sponsored
by the Institute for Adaptive Reuse to evaluate the immediate
and long-term potential of second hand subsistence. IAR-tists in residence Christopher Wilcha and John Freyer will
depart from Brooklyn, NY on June, 22 2002. They will acquire all of the items necessary to travel to Houston
and conduct their reuse investigation from second-hand sources
nationwide, including but not limited to military auctions, unclaimed
luggage vendors, foreclosed land auctions, regional Want Ads,
thrift stores, eBay, impounded vehicle outlets, second hand book
stores and school district surplus clearances.
Subsequently,
the IAR requires that Wilcha and Freyer sell the entire research
inventory they’ve accumulated upon arrival in Houston (vehicle,
computer, video cameras, clothes, etc).
Returning this material to the marketplace will then fund
their return trip to Brooklyn, thereby completing the study.
Freyer
and Wilcha will post daily research notes about their travel and
acquisitions to the report pages of www.adaptivereuse.org
Friday,
July 5th, 2002
8pm Auction Preview and Screening
Screening at
Aurora Picture Show
800 Aurora St.
Houston, TX 77009
713-868-2101
Screening:
Erik
Saks -- "Touch Tone"
Vanessa Renwick & Dawn Smallman -- "Richart"
Jason Livingston
-- "The Two Boys:"
Additional
titles will be announced in an upcoming email.
Saturday,
July 6
First Annual Aurora All States Swap Meet Fundraiser
@
Aurora's parking lot/warehouse
6608
N. Main
Houston,
TX 77009
713-256-0870
No
pre-registration required.
All are welcome to participate.
Come sell stuff on your blanket, buy stuff from others
or just browse. Hundreds of second-hand enthusiasts are expected
to bring their wares for Sale, Swap, and Trade.
THE
INSTITUTE FOR ADAPTIVE REUSE
The
IAR initiates detailed
studies to identify, document and interpret second hand phenomena. The IAR actively supports artists, scientists,
and scholars whose primary research incorporates second hand processes
and practices. Please
visit www.adaptivereuse.org for further information.
RESEARCHER
-- JOHH FREYER
Born
in Syracuse, New York, John Freyer is the fifth of seven children. In November 2002, Bloomsbury will publish Freyer's book
All
My Life For Sale, based on his on-line performance AllMyLifeForSale.com,
a project in which he challenged the emerging commercial systems
on the Internet by selling everything he owns to the highest bidder.
After which Freyer visited the new owners of his now second,
third, and fourth hand objects and posted updates about each visit
to his ongoing travelogue temporama.com.
RESEARCHER
– CHRISTOPHER WILCHA
Born
in Queens, New York, Christopher Wilcha looks nothing like his
parents. His most recent documentary, The Social History of the Mosh
Pit, was broadcast on MTV in May 2002. His award winning first person video diary
The Target Shoots
First was screened internationally and broadcast on Cinemax
in 2001. Wilcha is
currently at work on a documentary for HBO about garage sale culture
in the suburbs of northern New Jersey.
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