A Clean, Well-Lighted Place

I don't know who took this, but it's awesome.   

I pulled it from acwlp's twitter feed.

You can see Shea's reflection in his perpetual motion.
(update: photo by Virginia Rutledge)

The Texas Biennial is hosting a truly engaging event in the spirit of intellectual public discourse called A Clean, Well-Lighted Place, a nod to a little bit of Austin art history, referencing the short-lived gallery by the same name that was a Dave Hickey project here in 1967.  The performance happening at an open street level space on Congress is a chance for the Biennial to kick off its 2013 season with SXSW presence.  Artists, writers and curators are reading texts of their choice in a little glass box with high end recording equipment and talented operators who are sending their voices and faces out into the world via the internet while art folks and supporters mingle about outside listening to the live readings and sipping on cocktails.  It's like the perfect college classroom.  

I had the honor of reading two texts by Agnes Martin yesterday: Reflections and The Current of the River of Life Moves Us.  What's interesting to me is that so many people are reading texts that I love and connect with, like a letter from Sol Lewitt to Eva Hesse and Italo Calvino's Six Memos for the Next Millennium.  And, of course, Dave Hickey.  

Virginia Rutledge and Shea Little are the brains behind this operation, with lots of volunteer help as well.  They will be out there again tonight until midnight and again tomorrow night from 6pm to midnight.  Stop by, read, listen, tune in!