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THE JOGGING IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE ITS 2-MONTH WITHDRAWAL FROM POSTING VISUAL ART ON THE INTERNET. THIS WITHDRAWAL, AND THE SUBSEQUENT RELEASE OF ALL WITHHELD VISUAL ART ARE PART OF A PERFORMANCE PIECE TITLED ‘AURA APOCALYPSE’ TO BE PRESENTED AT NOMA GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA IN A SHOW ORGANIZED BY OUR FRIENDS JSTCHILLIN. ON THE NIGHT OF APRIL 17 FROM 6:00 – 9:00 PM ALL WORK FROM THE PRECEDING 2 MONTHS WILL BE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC ON THIS WEBSITE OVER THE COURSE OF THE 3 HOUR OPENING. THERE WILL BE A LIVE, AUTOMATICALLY RELOADING PROJECTION OF THIS RELEASE INSIDE OF THE GALLERY FOR THOSE ATTENDING IN SAN FRANCISCO. SIMULTANEOUSLY, A PROJECTION OF ‘AURA APOCALYPSE’ WILL ALSO TAKE PLACE IN REFERENCE ART GALLERY (THE SAME NIGHT + THE SAME TIME), FOR THOSE IN RICHMOND VIRGINIA. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO MAKE IT TO EITHER GALLERY, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOG ON TO JOGGING REPEATEDLY FROM 6:00 – 9:00 PM APRIL 17 TO WATCH THE PERFORMANCE UNFOLD ON YOUR OWN. WE WILL CONTINUE TO POST ESSAYS, CURATORIAL PROJECTS, AND PROVIDE INFORMATION ON OUR OTHER CONCEPTUAL ENDEAVORS IN THE TIME BETWEEN NOW AND ‘AURA APOCALYPSE’. THANK YOU, JOGGING

1:49 am • 5 March 2010 • 6 notes

The contemporary gallery is now a provider in the information service industry, leaving behind its role as a distributor of luxury commodities. Today’s gallery’s name is made on the consistency of its choices as a reliable source of promising artistic identities. As the belief that materiality imbues aura diminishes, the distance between curating and reblogging will also fade.

‘Pre-Career Retrospective: Works From 2009-2010’ is a show chosen and represented entirely by the directors of Extra Extra Gallery, taking Brad Troemel’s visual art directly from his website. This gesture of presenting work without the consent of the creator is emblematic of immaterial art’s free movement into any receptive home.

In addition to the artist’s intent, the journey of images from their source now defines our perception of them. Art’s meaning is dynamic and plural as a result of the inconsistent path we each come to finding one another on the internet. The freedom of an artist with an immaterial practice extends to a freedom by all those who wish to appropriate their imagery. No longer understood as a definite end point, art’s digital existence is a middle ground for a host of other agents to influence. ‘Pre-Career Retrospective’ literally enacts this new, inevitably collaborative process between artists and the presenters of their art.

5:31 pm • 15 February 2010 • 19 notes