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