Sunday, 5 October, 3–5pm
Rapkin-Gayle Plaza & 140 Grand Street, New York
Join us for an outdoor reception celebrating the release of Contact M, a publication made as part of Park McArthur's joint museum show at Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany, and mumok, Vienna.
Opening remarks with ASL interpretation. Reading by Geelia Ronkina, writer and contributor to Contact M's catalogue. Musical set by 7038634357, contributor to Contact M's audio guide.
Drinks will be available in the gallery at 140 Grand Street, along with books for sale. This event is weather permitting and free and open to the public. RSVP encouraged.
Geelia Ronkina is a writer and artist based in New York. They were the 2023–2024 Helena Rubinstein Critical Studies Fellow at the Whitney ISP and are a current PhD candidate in Performance Studies at New York University.
7038634357 and Neo Seven are aliases of Neo Gibson, an electronic musician and composer, born in Virginia and living in New York City. Interests include melody, distortion, and precision.
Park McArthur is an artist born in North Carolina, who experiments with personal and social meanings of debility, delay, and dependency under the guidance and instruction of disability. With Constantina Zavitsanos, McArthur has exhibited artworks and published essays. Recent solo exhibitions include Paid, Seattle; Kunstraum, Lüneburg, Germany; and Contact M at Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany and mumok, Vienna, curated by Matthias Michalka, Susanne Titz, and Alke Heykes.
Contact M is designed by Lucas Quigley, edited by Matthias Michalka and Susanne Titz with editorial support by Alke Heykes. 216 pages, soft cover with foam inlay. Available for purchase online at Walther König Books.