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My Barbarian
THE NIGHT EPI$ODE
Sept 13–Oct 18, 2009

PARTICIPANT INC presents The Night Epi$ode, the first New York solo exhibition of My Barbarian. My Barbarian is a Los Angeles-based collaborative group consisting of Malik Gaines, Jade Gordon, and Alexandro Segade. The trio makes site-responsive performances and video installations that use theatrical play to draw allegorical narratives out of historical dilemmas, mythical conflicts, and current political crises.

The Night Epi$ode is a new video installation that explores the genre of sci-fi television, linking narratives of supernatural anxiety with tales of economic collapse. Inspired by episodic TV shows from the 1950s-‘80s, particularly Rod Serling’s The Night Gallery, Gaines, Gordon, and Segade perform in six short video episodes that approach the financial crisis through the tropes of that genre. These stories function as a means of addressing the speculative narratives and outright myths that drive public discourse.

Sunday, 13 September, 2009
Opening Performance: My Barbarian "Death Panel Discussion"

Sunday, October 18, 2009
Clifton, Cocktails

Hosted by PARTICIPANT INC Board President Adam Ames and Sara Meltzer along with Rosalee Goldberg, Kim Gordon, Kathleen Hanna, Adam Horovitz, Bibbe Hansen and Sean Carrillo

Featuring a rare appearance by international singing sensation, Tony Clifton

My Barbarian, *THE NIGHT EPI$ODE*. Installation View

My Barbarian, THE NIGHT EPI$ODE. Installation View

My Barbarian,* THE NIGHT EPI$ODE*. Installation View

My Barbarian, THE NIGHT EPI$ODE. Installation View

My Barbarian, *The Night Epi$ode Pilot: Purgatorial Curatorial*, 2009. Single-channel video, 15:00 min. 

My Barbarian, The Night Epi$ode Pilot: Purgatorial Curatorial, 2009. Single-channel video, 15:00 min. 

My Barbarian. *The Night Epi$ode Two: Yoga Matt / Veronika Phoenix, *2009. Single-channel video, 12:48 min. 

My Barbarian. The Night Epi$ode Two: Yoga Matt / Veronika Phoenix, 2009. Single-channel video, 12:48 min. 

My Barbarian, *The Night Epi$ode Three: Who's for Dinner / Watery Grave, *2009. Single-channel video, 10:00 min.

My Barbarian, The Night Epi$ode Three: Who's for Dinner / Watery Grave, 2009. Single-channel video, 10:00 min.

My Barbarian, *The Night Epi$ode Two: Yoga Matt / Veronika Phoenix, *2009. Single-channel video, 12:48 min. 

My Barbarian, The Night Epi$ode Two: Yoga Matt / Veronika Phoenix, 2009. Single-channel video, 12:48 min. 

My Barbarian, *THE NIGHT EPI$ODE.* Opening performance:

My Barbarian, THE NIGHT EPI$ODE. Opening performance: "Death Panel Discussion"

My Barbarian, *THE NIGHT EPI$ODE*. Opening performance

My Barbarian, THE NIGHT EPI$ODE. Opening performance "Death Panel Discussion"

More from Season 8

My Barbarian, *The Night Epi$ode Three: Who's for Dinner / Watery Grave, *2009. Single-channel video, 10:00 min.
My Barbarian
THE NIGHT EPI$ODE
Sept 13–Oct 18, 2009
Ottonella Mocellin and Nicola Pellegrini, *With the occasional rainbow visiting*, 2008.
Ottonella Mocellin / Nicola Pellegrini
AN INCONGRUOUS BEAM OF BEAUTY OVER THE GAZA STRIP
Oct 21–25, 2009
Stuart Sherman
STUART SHERMAN: NOTHING UP MY SLEEVE
Nov 8–Dec 20, 2009
Robin Graubard, *I live in my head*. Lambda print
Robin Graubard
THE HOLD UP
Jan 10–Feb 14, 2010
Alejandro Vidal, *When it rains, all shines black*, 2009. 8 c-prints, 125 x 185 cm each
Alejandro Vidal
WHEN IT RAINS, ALL SHINES BLACK
Feb 28–Apr 11, 2010
Johanna Constantine, *Void*, Performance at *Vox Populi*, April 25, 2010.
DEAD FLOWERS PHILADELPHIA
Mar 5–May 2, 2010
*That's When the Rabbit Taught the Eagle a Lesson With a Smith & Wesson*, Cover
THAT'S WHEN THE RABBIT TAUGHT THE EAGLE A LESSON WITH A SMITH & WESSON
Apr 18–May 2, 2010
Beaut performing *Take my Hand, *2010*.*
DEAD FLOWERS NYC
May 9–Jun 20, 2010
*Keeping Busy: An Inaccurate Survey of Michel Auder*, Installation View
KEEPING BUSY: AN INACCURATE SURVEY OF MICHEL AUDER
Jun 27–Aug 15, 2010

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