PAR Recruiting Station
"IAM5" Reverse Art Fair
May 6 - May 8, 2005
Parkers's Box
193 Grand Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
PAR recruiting station
Visitors were issued membership into the PAR by signing the guestbook.
PAR Guestbook
New members were asked to register by signing the alias "JOHN HANCOCK" and stating what monster they would like to be.
PAR ID Cards
New members were issued ID cards, were their photo was a drawing of the monster they chose to be represented by
PAR Manifesto
New members were invited to contribute the ever growing manifesto
Throughout the opening, other works were insinuated into this dialouge, not including the ubiquitous jacks/army men.
PAR Manifesto detail
PAR Videos
Two video monitors played footage of masked persons reading various texts and manifestos, ranging from original writings, the Bill of Rights, the lyrics to "the Girl from Ipanema," and passages from Lewis Hyde's "The Gift."
PAR Videos
Two video monitors played footage of masked persons reading various texts and manifestos, ranging from original writings, the Bill of Rights, the lyrics to "the Girl from Ipanema," and passages from Lewis Hyde's "The Gift.
PAR Flag
Thrift store clothes were reconstructed to create a new flag, in colors taken from flags of resistance.
PAR Kite and Video
"I am a Good Artist," collaged onto a kite, announced the PAR to the gallery visitors on the main floor.
PAR Kite and Video
"I am a Good Artist," collaged onto a kite, announced the PAR to the gallery visitors on the main floor.