Thanks to everyone that came out, helped out and contribute to the Exchange Rate: 2008 election night extravaganza! Documentation coming soon.

For now, check out the new performance interpretations from:

Eva Jung
Marssares Selector
Luchezar Boyadjiev
Vincent Ramos

Also, check out new submissions on our “Participate” section.

Stay tuned for the Exchange Rate: 2008 book, to be launched at the inauguration of our new president: Barack Hussein Obama.

Check out the new performances from:

Dorit Cypis
Danielle Adair
Liz Glynn
Elana Mann
Adam Overton
Michael Lazar, Marc Lewis and Linda Rosenthal Nathanson
Sara Roberts

Claire Ruud, editor of “…might be good” magazine recently interviewed Elana Mann about Exchange Rate: 2008. Exchange Rate artist, Audrey Chan, wrote an essay entitled “I am here because of Ashley: Obama and Piper on the Rhetoric of Race” that appears in the same issue.

Check out both of these articles at:
http://www.fluentcollab.org/mbg/

Stephan Caldanas recently wrote about Exchange Rate: 2008 in the Spanish newspaper “El Pais.”
Download the article here:
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and:
Flavorpill coverage

Monday, November 3, 9-10pm
HABEAS LOUNGE @
CUNY Graduate Center Art Galleries
365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016

Eric Lindley will be interpreting a piece by Bruce Conkle, which involves clothing, fireplaces, etc. and Eva Jung will be interpreting “May I have this dance? Seven Steps (for Barack Obama)” by Dorit Cypis and “FOR WOODWINDS (MEDITATION) by Adam Overton. The performance evening is being hosted by the Habeas Lounge, a project organized by artist Linda Pollack.

Check out the performance documentation from:
Melissa Wyman
Søren Thilo Funder & Stine Marie Jacobsen
Ana Fernandez
Pablo Rasgado and Kelly Kleinschrodt
Bruce Conkle
Jean Pierre Lapeyre

Exchange Rate: 2008 recently got a great write-up by Alessandro Delfanti in the Italian periodical “La Reppublica.” Check out the article at:
http://periodici.repubblica.it/d/
titled “Elezioni USA/Presidenti Live!” (page. 62)

B / P / D presents “Talking Out of Turn” hosted by Trade&Row in the REDCAT Lounge Wednesday, October 15, 2008.
631 West 2nd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 (Drinks start at 5 p.m)

6-7 p.m. – Debate watching session
7-9 p.m. – Community discussion

The economic crisis did not happen overnight. While Obama and McCain discuss more government oversight of federal agencies, how do we continue doing work to have more community oversight of our government? Trade&Row, in conjunction with Exchange Rate: 2008, hosts an open-forum discussion with artist-organizers who use their work to motivate political discussions in the community. While the final presidential debate comes to a close, join the following participants to discuss art and community involvement in the political process:

Ricardo Dominguez, performer of Cesar Chavez’s speech We Are Also Responsible as part of the Port Huron Project (nothing.org/porthuronproject/reenactments) that was encompassed in the Democracy in America project sponsored by Creative Time (creativetime.org/programs/archive/2008/democracy)

Jessica Lawless: Co-organizer, The Audacity of Desperation (desperationexhibition.blogspot.com)

Elana Mann: Organizer, Exchange Rate: 2008 (www.exchangerate2008.com)

Joella March: Curator, Just How Does A Patriot Act (www.occca.org/exhibitions)

Linda Pollack: curator, Patriot Acts, part of The Future of Nations (www.18thstreet.org/futureofnations/PatriotActs), and The Habeas Index (habeasindex.org)

Journal of Aesthetics and Protest (www.journalofaestheticsandprotest.org)

Street parking free after 6 p.m.
Public Transit: From Union Station take the DASH B line towards the Financail District. Get off at 2nd/Grand. From Civic Center Station take DASH A line toward City West. Get off at 1st/Grand.

Exchange Rate: 2008 artists Melissa Wyman (SOUTH KOREA), Michael Lazar & Marc Lewis (ISRAEL), Ana Fernandez (ECUADOR) and Søren Thilo Funder & Stine Marie Jacobsen (DENMARK) will be interpreting performance directions by US based artists. Ana Fernandez, for example, has translated a speech written by Los Angeles based artist Jason Kunke into Spanish, which she will deliver on Oct. 9, 11am at the foot of the capital steps in the Plaza de la Independencia, Quito, Ecuador. Please visit the Events Calendar for more details.

Announcing an election night event on Tuesday, November 4, 2008 from 7-10pm at Remy’s on Temple, 2126 W. Temple St., Los Angeles, CA 90026. The event will feature performances from Danielle Adair, Camlab (Anna Mayer and Jemima Wyman), Chan and Mann (Audrey Chan and Elana Mann), Zackary Drucker, Lora Ivanova, Jason Kunke, Sibyl O’Malley (with Caitlin Lainoff and Kari Rae Seekins) , Emery Martin and Adam Overton. Karen Atkinson will be exhibiting a curated slide show of election themed images from over 100 artists and presenting a special election reception. The evening will also include live coverage of election results. Presented by Trade&Row with additional sponsorship from Company Wide Shut, Side Street Projects , GYST Inc and Chesed v’Tov Foundation. Suggested $5 donation at the door. After party 10:30pm at WILDNESS, the Silver Platter, 2700 W. 7th St., LA, CA 90057.

On Monday, October 27, 2008, 7-9pm, Elana Mann will be a visiting artist at the Intermedia Department of California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Valencia, CA. Mann will be lecturing on Exchange Rate: 2008 and performing an artwork from the project with CalArts students.