Artists Space

Kaleidoscope Room
Jonah Freeman

Lecture
February 25, 2009, 7pm

Jonah Freeman gives a slide lecture about the history and experience of The San San International, the mega-convention that overtakes the southern province of The San San metroplex every May. The basis of the lecture derives from journalist Elizabeth Stone's description of the event found in her seminal text In The Kaleidoscope Room. Freeman attended the convention two years in a row in an attempt to expand upon Stone's new journalistic investigations. The talk will be both an account of the trends, customs and rituals he witnessed as well as an exploration of the evolution of the exhibition and its host city.

A book cover of <i>In The Kaleidoscope Room</i> by Elizabeth Stone, with the title and author written at the top in yellow text. Underneath, there is an image of a woman
In the Kaleidoscope Room, by Elizabeth Stone. [A book cover of In The Kaleidoscope Room by Elizabeth Stone, with the title and author written at the top in yellow text. Underneath, there is an image of a woman's face with orange lazers shooting out of her forehead in the shape of a soda bottle, with a straw coming out of the top. Behind her are light green and dark green checkered mountains. Under that is an old silver car with yellow headlights on a pink and blue checkered floor.]

Born in Santa Fe New Mexico in 1975 Jonah Freeman currently lives and works in New York City. Jonah works across a variety of mediums and is interested in the ways in which our ideas and emotions are influenced by contemporary architectural space. Represented by Alex Kreps Gallery, New York, Jonah has had several solo shows across the USA andEurope, including Edward Mitterand in Geneva, Switzerland and Artists Space in New York City. He has also been included in various group exhibitions at Danese Gallery, Matthew Marks Gallery, and P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center in New York City amongst others. He attended Parsons School of Design and received a BFA from New York University, Tisch School for the Arts.