Fuel for the Fire - Organized by Dawn Kasper

535 WEST 20th STREET

NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10011

11am – 4pm Tuesday-Saturday

or by appointment

dawnkasper@gmail.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FUEL FOR THE FIRE

Organized by Dawn Kasper

in collaboration with Jay Sanders and David Zwirner

July 5 – July 31, 2012

Opening July 5th 6-8pm

Closing party July 26th 7pm-2am

535 WEST 20th STREET & HUMAN RESOURCES LA are pleased to present FUEL FOR THE FIRE a group exhibition.

“…FUEL FOR THE FIRE In the 1980s, physicist Alan Guth offered an enhanced version of the big-bang theory, called inflationary cosmology… The centerpiece of the proposal is a hypothetical cosmic fuel that, if concentrated in a tiny region, would drive a brief but stupendous outward rush of space, a bang, and a big one at that… mathematical analysis also revealed (and here’s where the multiverse enters) that as space expands the cosmic fuel replenishes itself, and so efficiently that it is virtually impossible to use it all up. Which means that the big bang would likely not be a unique event. Instead, the fuel would not only power the bang giving rise to our expanding realm, but it would power countless other bangs, too, each yielding its own separate, expanding universe…” I was given a space in Chelsea for two months. I decided to invite others to share this space with me. This exhibition is the result of the collisions that may occur in our ever-expanding universe. The people involved are the fuel.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS INCLUDE:

Mark Golamco

Lucas Michael

Rachel Mason

Sam Gordon

Eve Fowler

Matthew Spiegelman

New Villager

Liz Collins

Mariah Garnett

Angeline Lacerenza

Felisa Funes

Mira O’Brien

EMA (Erika Anderson)

Jeanine Oleson

Asher Hartman

Candice Lin

Math Bass

MPA

Jen Liu

Shana Moulton

Franklin Evans

Mamiko Otsubo

Yeni Mao

Maria Chavez

C Spencer Yeh

Bryan Zanisnik

George Ferrandi

Daphne Fitzpatrick

Sharon Molloy

Collier Schorr

Joan Jonas

Chiara Giovando

Tom Tom Magazine (Mindy Seegal Abovitz)

Tova Carlin

Melissa Buzzeo

Karen Adelman

Paul Waddell

PERFORMANCES & SCHEDULED EVENTS

Thursday, July, 19th 7pm

NewVillager, MegaFortress, Natalie Elizabeth Weiss, Peter Sutherland

Yemenwed

Sunday, July, 22nd 7pm

David Smith/ Doom Trumpet, Maria Chavez, C Spencer Yeh, Bryan Zanisnik,

Shana Moulton, Jen Liu

Monday, July, 23rd 7pm

Jennifer Blowdryer, Dia Felix, Xeňa Stanislavovna Semjonová, Laurie Weeks,

Melissa Buzzeo

Thursday, July 26th 7pm

Mirror Mirror, Making Friends, SKINT, Tom Tom Magazine Pop-Up Shop: 

MASS & visuals by Angel Favorite, George Ferrandi, Dawn Kasper, Rachel 

Mason & The Little Band of Sailors, Mark Golamco, Karen Adelman, and 

Paul Waddell