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Artist Takeovers #1 Chih-Chien Chen If the world doesn’t exist until we look at it... what about existence itself? 

your existence is how and what you think about it. 

this is the fascinating article about a concept that fits in with what my upcoming exhibition (which opens 19 July) is all about: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3107996/Our-entire-lives-ILLUSION-New-test-backs-theory-reality-doesn-t-exist-look-it.html#ixzz3fQdDoXQr

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Alexandra Grant Residency: April 15 – June 28, 2013 Exhibition: Forêt Intérieure/Interior Forest

‘My work investigates where text becomes image and vice versa. I start with specific texts for these explorations in painting, drawing, and other media, and as a result have collaborated with many diverse kinds of writing and writers, both dead and living. My preference is to work with literary texts, both poetry and prose, that are full of imagery and signifiers and lend themselves to a mapping or parsing process.’

Interview by Chiara Giovando Photo by Brian Forrest

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Alexandra Grant Residency: April 15 – June 28, 2013 Exhibition: Forêt Intérieure/Interior Forest

‘"Forêt Intérieure/Interior Forest" is really about sharing intimacy, reading together, and drawing together. Since January, we've been holding a bimonthly Cixous reading group, and I invited the public to come and draw with me for a period of seven weeks at 18th Street Arts Center. Both reading and drawing are activities that are generally done in solitude, that inspire the imagination and our fantasy lives. So in essence, both "Philippines" and "Forêt Intérieure/Interior Forest" are invitations to come together to contemplate the possibility of a shared dream.’

Interview by Chiara Giovando Photo by Brian Forrest

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Eamon Ore-Giron Residency: September 24 – December 14, 2012 Exhibition: Open Tuning: E-D-G-B-D-G

Photo by Gina Osterloh