AMIR MOGHARABI (b.1982)

Published author and artist, Amir Mogharabi’s practice to date emphasizes ephemerality and non-localizability, producing and destroying work during the course of performances derived from his experimental texts. Mogharabi’s events are quoted as “unfolding in the tradition of Dada and Fluxus,” but surpass the transformation of linguistic experience into a visual one, by exploring the performative possibilities of such a transformation. Educated in Philosophy under the supervision of scholars like Jacques Derrida and Sylvere Lotringer, the collaboration between thinkers, musicians and artists as equals, is integral to the coincidence of formal and poetic qualities found in his work.

Past performances have included Cursed by an Original Will with Stefan Tcherepnin, Lisa Cooley, NY; Conjectural End of Human History with the Silver Apples, The Kitchen, NY; Performance for Monochrome with a Hole with Jeffrey Perkins, Daniel Reich Gallery, NY; Discourse on Hysteria with Clarina Bezzola, a series of performances at the Emily Harvey Foundation, and a forthcoming project presented as part of X Initiative’s Phase II programming. His writing can be found in various publications distributed domestically and abroad.

AMY GRANAT (b.1976)

Amy Granat’s work combines film, sound, performance, photography and installation with distinctly poetic and formal juxtapositions. Drawing inspiration from early cinema, noise music, abstract painting,beat literature– she simultaneously embraces the culture of the past avantgardes, reflecting and informing it’s future. She was born in Saint Louis Missouri and received her BA from Bard College in 1994.

Solo exhibitions of her work have been held at PS1 Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; Eva Presenhuber Galerie, Zurich; Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers, and Basis Art Center in Frankfurt. She has been featured in such recent group exhibitions as Stray Alchemist Ullens Center, Beijing; Strange Magic Luhring Augistine, New York, Bastard Ceature Palais de Tokyo, Paris; and Born to Be Wild Kunstmuseum,St.Gallen. She will show a new feature film at a solo exhibition at The Kitchen in New York, January 2010. She lives and works in New York City.