Flux Factory has collected artists’ books and other less formal interpretations to be displayed in What the Book?, an installation that aims to challenge mass production and the mundanity of the every day coffee table book. The exhibition space will be transformed from a traditional gallery into an interactive domestic lounge.

The personal hand craftsmanship of the book and the many less conventional mediums/forms that they can take will be explored. The ambition of this show is to examine the idea of the book as sculptural object, narrative, and metaphor

presenting:Woojung Ahn, BB & PPINC, Doug Beube, Kyle Bravo, Mariwyn Curtin, Margot Casstevens, Andrea Dezso, Kerry Downey, David Gassoway, Sharon Gilbert, Coco Gordon, Dylan Graham, Robbie Guertin, Mary Hambleton, Denise Hawrysio, Alex Holden, Dave Hoyt, Shane Ingersoll, Aya Kakeda, Stacey Kirby, Yunmee Kyong, Sean MacElroy, Kurt Madison, Marisol Limon Martinez, Shelia Manion Artz, Yuki Maruyama, John Meager, Leah Oates, Eliana Perez, Maddalena Polletta, Claire Rau, Fred Rinne,Maddy Rosenberg, Jessica Rosenkranz, Rebecca Rubin, Junko Shimizu, Samara Sussman, Robert The, Marshall Weber, Elena Wen, Christopher Wilde, Scott Williams, Lisa Young, Liz Zanis

October 9 - 28, 2004, Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY

February 2 – 26, 2005, Fisher Arts Center, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

special thanks to Booklyn!
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October 16th, 2004 5pm

Every book is a ‘classic’, in its own special way. But some are more classifiably classic than others. Flux Factory would like to give its own nod to some of the most popularly recognized classic literature of the world.

On Saturday, Oct 16th, 2004 Flux Factory, as part of the What The Book? show, presents a performance slash reading series slash recording session in one great night. Ten participants will read ten different international classics, simultaneously, for the public, from beginning to end.

The event will be a telethon-style event, hosted by the venerable Daupo Gassaway, which will urge donations from viewers in this exciting marathon. Beverages, medical care, and snacks will be provided to the readers, but they must not stop reading until they are finished. Additionally, each reader will have his or her session recorded, and available for future sale. (Of course, it is expected that all the readings will bleed into each other, thus making for a nicely multifarious recording.)

Classics On Tape. A perfect way to enjoy the classics. All at once.

free and open to the public. Event begins at 5pm.