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Title:

The fun : the social practice of nightlife in NYC / edited by Jake Yuzna ; essay contributions by Michael Alig, Claire Bishop, Maria Lind, Michael Musto, Genesis P-Orridge, Klaus Schmidt and Jake Yuzna ; introduction, Cathleen Lewis.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Museum of Arts and Design/powerHouse Books,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

334 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm

Subject:

Art--New York.--New York.
Arts--New York.--New York.
Art--Social aspects--New York.--New York.
Nightlife--New York.--New York.

Other Authors:

Yuzna, Jake, writer of supplementary textual content. writer of supplementary textual content.
Alig, Michael, writer of supplementary textual content.
Bishop, Claire, writer of supplementary textual content.
Lind, Maria, writer of supplementary textual content.
Lewis, Cathleen.
Musto, Michael, 1955- writer of supplementary textual content.
P-Orridge, Genesis, 1950- writer of supplementary textual content.
Schmidt, Klaus, 1953- writer of supplementary textual content.
Museum of Arts and Design (New York, N.Y.), sponsoring body.
Museum of Arts and Design (New York, N.Y.). Education Department, sponsoring body.
powerHouse Books, publisher.

Contents:

Xtapussy. Michael Alig -- Göbekli Tepe, Southeastern Turkey : a preliminary report on the 1995-1999 excavations / Klaus Schmidt -- The collaborative turn / Maria Lind -- The social turn : collaboration and its discontents / Claire Bishop -- Temporary temple / Genesis P-Orridge -- Nightlife as high art : a conversation between performer/director Rob Roth and social anthropologist Michael Musto -- Letter dated October 5th, 2010 / Michael Alig -- Nightlife : an oral history of NYC club culture -- #TOP8 FRIENDS -- Susan Bartsch -- Cheryl -- Dances of Vice -- Earl Dax -- Lauren Devine and Patrik Sandberg -- FCKNLZ -- Gag! -- GHE20 GOTH1K -- The Ho_se -- Judy -- Ladyfag -- Sophia Lamar -- My Chiffon is Wet -- Pendu Disco -- Rob Roth -- Desi Santiago -- Secret Project Robot -- Frankie Sharp -- S!CK -- Silent Barn -- Spank -- The Spectrum -- Gerry Visco -- Woahmone -- Xtapussy.

Summary:

"The Fun : the social practice of nightlife in NYC is a project of the Educaiton Department of the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), as part of it's public programs initiatives that champion the support and development of innovative artistic disciplines and cultural contexts. The Fun fellowship supports the growth of artists engaged with nightlife, while simultaneously raising awareness of nightlife for a larger audience, by annually giving unrestricted funds and logistical support to four NYC-based artists in the field."--Page 9.

ISBN:

1576876594
9781576876596

OCLC:

(OCoLC)827973802

LCCN:

2013942851

Locations:

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)