For immediate release



Reading Lenin with Corporations


PRESS RELEASE:

September 11th - October 4th, 2008
Closing reception: Saturday, October 4th, 5-7 pm
Gallery hours: Thursday - Sunday, 12-6
Location: 9th Street, just east of First Avenue, street level


PS 122 Gallery is pleased to present “Reading Lenin with Corporations,” an exhibition-seminar based on an idea by Yevgeniy Fiks and produced by Yevgeniy Fiks, Kent Hansen, Olga Kopenkina, and Alexandra (Sasha) Lerman with participation of Janet Koenig, Anton Koslov, and Gregory Sholette.

“Reading Lenin with Corporations” is a reading seminar, which will meet in PS 122 Gallery once a week from September 9th to October 2nd, 2008, and it brings together artists and business/corporate employees to discuss the current state of globalization in the intersection of politics, art, and culture. At the core of the seminar will be V.I. Lenin’s text Imperialism the Highest Stage of Capitalism. Each session will focus on a chapter from Lenin's book which will be discussed in the context of the modern philosophical and political debates on Imperialism.

The agenda of the organizers of the seminar is a genuine attempt to understand multiple conflicting positions on a phenomenon known as “Imperialism.” During the seminars there will be discussions about the implications and limitations of Imperialism the Highest Stage of Capitalism, and more broadly, the effectiveness of Marxist analysis of Imperialism today. Lenin’s text will become a point of departure for a serious discussion on the global changes in structure and operations of Imperialism since the book’s release in 1917.

Although reading sessions will be closed for general public, reading sessions will be recorded on video and then screened during regular gallery hours in PS 122 Gallery.

For further information please contact:
Susan Schreiber, Gallery Director tel: 212.228.4249
Olga Kopenkina: 1-347-517-1741
Yevgeniy Fiks: 917-378-5282.

www.ps122gallery.org

The exhibition has been made possible by the generous support of the New York State Council on the Arts, Painting Space 122, Inc. and the Friends of PS122 Gallery.

Transportation:
Bus: M15 to St. Marks Place, walk one block north and half a block east on 9th Street
Train: #6 to Astor Place, walk two blocks east to First Avenue and one block north to 9th Street