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“Delete”
by: Jeremy Kennedy
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“-one-liners-“
by: Anne Roecklein + Joseph Rohrer
Friday July 24th
@ Hospital (102 e. Allen)
8-10 pm

After over a decade of living and working in Bloomington, Indiana, Jeremy Kennedy’s days as a resident are numbered. And, as things come to end in Bloomington, they will begin anew elsewhere. This is, in part, the driving idea behind this new performance piece.
essentially, the performance of “Delete” goes as follows:
Kennedy will set up a desk and his desktop computer in the gallery space. the monitor screen will be projected on a wall in the gallery, so that everyone can see as he deletes all files, one by one.
The hard drive in question has been the artists main storage unit for data including audio/video recordings from the fmsmprc record label (which he helps maintain), photos of friends and previous art work, and other important documents.
“Delete” differs greatly from Kennedy previous work in the sense that this is reflective of events unfolding in his personal life. As an artist and sound maker he has never really allowed personal feelings and views to enter into his work. It’s an out with the old type of thing. a way of thinking that is relative to this stage of Kennedy’s life, as he is leaving these Midwestern hills for the shores of sunny California.
There is also a certain significance to his choosing a computer as the vehicle for expression. Lines can be drawn to such concepts as the constant movement and turnaround of technological advancement. Seen here as Kennedy’s Sony Vaio, hailed as a remarkable piece of equipment when purchased several years ago, is soon to be a relic of that era of PC age. Or perhaps, entertaining the idea that files on one’s personal hard drive have become valuable property. An idea which is quickly defeated in moments of dissonant human clarity, which tells some of us, “It’s nothing but a bunch of 1’s and 0’s...”, and doesn’t really matter.
All in all, this show could be titled “Purging”. The years spent here in Bloomington have left the artist as the sole owner of a great number of possessions. Some of which have personal value, and some of which can be classified as “junk”, depending on the point of view. Regardless, it’s time to downsize.

-tyco riley (2009)

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-one-liners- is a drawing exhibition where-in artists are asked to submit 10 new works that deal with the show’s title. Works should explore the possibilities of the phrase one-liner. Whatever it means to you. Dimensions should not exceed 19 inches in any direction. Jurors Anne Roecklein and Joseph Rohrer will select from all submissions with a goal of selecting 100 drawings from 20 artists.