9 8 9 7 8 6 7 5 6 4 5 3 4 2 3 1 2 INCH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 SHIFTER® 14 9 1 Shifter Magazine INCH Number 21: Other Spaces ® 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 SHIFTER 14 8 Editors’ Note . 5. Luis Camnitzer . *6. Sean Raspet . 7. 7 Joanne Greenbaum . .*18 Blithe Riley . 20. Tyler Coburn . 31. Sheela Gowda . 39. Blank Noise . 42. Lise Soskolne . 55. 6 Mariam Suhail . 77. Julia Fish . *89. Dan Levenson . 90. Beate Geissler / Oliver Sann . .102 Alison O’Daniel . .110 Greg Sholette / Agata Craftlove . 115. Jacolby Satterwhite . .126 5 Josh Tonsfeldt . 130. Jeremy Bolen . .138 Kitty Kraus . 140. Tehching Hsieh . .143 * Work by these artists is dispersed throughout the issue . The page number marks the first 4 occurrence of their work . Publisher . SHIFTER Editor . .Sreshta Rit Premnath 3 Editor . .Matthew Metzger Designer . Dan Levenson SHIFTER, Number 21, September, 2013 Shifter is a topical magazine that aims to illuminate and broaden our understanding of the inter- sections between contemporary art, politics and philosophy .The magazine remains malleable and 2 responsive in its form and activities, and represents a diversity of positions and backgrounds in its contributors . shifter-magazine .com shiftermail@gmail .com This issue of SHIFTER was funded by a grant from the Graham Foundation © 2013 SHIFTER 1 INCH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 SHIFTER® 14 9 Other Spaces A city square is occupied by hundreds of shouting voices, and transformed 8 by hundreds of sleeping bodies building together a polis for action as well as a home for repose . High-rises are erected and builders hunch and squat in tight quarters, catching breath between shifts . As houses are boarded up, the occasional scene of an underground bench occupied by a bundled figure under blankets becomes more frequent . All previous issues of Shifter are available for purchase at www .shifter-magazine .com 7 Shifter’s 21st issue, Other Spaces, considers the body as a site where SHIFTER 20 : WHAT WE CAN KNOT Sreshta Rit Premnath, Matthew Metzger eds, 2013 architecture’s traditional polarities of private and public collapse . This polarity, SHIFTER 19 : PROPOSALS mirrored in the distinctions we draw between individual and social freedoms Sreshta Rit Premnath, Matthew Metzger eds, 2013 and domestic and political action are challenged every day by spontaneous, SHIFTER 18 : INTENTION collaborative re-imaginings of space . Sreshta Rit Premnath, Matthew Metzger eds, 2012 6 SHIFTER17 : RE___ING “Other Spaces” considers the body as a self-sufficient albeit precarious Sreshta Rit Premnath, Matthew Metzger eds, 2011 architecture . It not only builds, but also becomes the very material with which SHIFTER16 : PLURIPOTENTIAL to build . Tremulous bodies alone and together flout the sacred dictum that Sreshta Rit Premnath, Warren Neidich eds, 2010 not only divides private and public space but also interior and exterior space, SHIFTER15 : WILL improvising and instituting another space that was always and already here . Sreshta Rit Premnath, Abhishek Hazra eds, 2009 SHIFTER14 : ON CERTAINTY This issue of Shifter invites artists, writers and critical thinkers to reflect upon 5 Sreshta Rit Premnath ed, 2009 and imagine those other spaces that are coming to be and that are yet to be SHIFTER13 : INDIRA SYLVIA BELISSOP Sreshta Rit Premnath, Avi Alpert eds, 2008 imagined in the social transformations of our present . Other Spaces may SHIFTER12 : UNASSIGNED appear to be an Atlas, but it may just as well be read as a diary . Sreshta Rit Premnath, Kajsa Dahlberg, Jane Jin Kaisen eds, 2008 SHIFTER11 : INTIMATE Sreshta Rit Premnath, Steven Lam eds, 2007 4 SHIFTER10 : TRANSPARENT WHITE Sreshta Rit Premnath, Pieter DeHeijde eds, 2007 SHIFTER9 : RUIN|MONUMENT Sreshta Rit Premnath, Pieter DeHeijde eds, 2006 SHIFTER8 : RULES AND REPRESENTATIONS Sreshta Rit Premnath, Pieter DeHeijde eds, 2006 3 SHIFTER7 : SCIENCE SEANCE Sreshta Rit Premnath ed, 2006 SHIFTER6 : SURFACE TENSION Sreshta Rit Premnath ed, 2006 SHIFTER5 : DESIRE & THE OTHER Sreshta Rit Premnath ed, 2005 SHIFTER4 : ON TRANSLATION 2 Sreshta Rit Premnath ed, 2005 SHIFTER3 : KOSMOPOLITES Sreshta Rit Premnath, Jason Yoh eds, 2004 SHIFTER2 : POST-MORTEM Sreshta Rit Premnath ed, 2004 SHIFTER1 : JETLAG Sreshta Rit Premnath ed, 2004 1 Printed and bound in USA INCH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 SHIFTER® 14 9 Commercial Sublease (Reference #:___________)* Effective Date of this Agreement: [Date] (the “Effective Date”) 8 Sean Raspet This Agreement is by and between [Sublessor’s full legal name] (“Sublessor”) 7 ([Sublessor’s abbreviated name]), 7 a [State], [Corporation / Partnership / Sole Proprietorship] located at [Address], 6 AND [Company Legal Name], [Company/abbreviated name]), (“Sublessee”) a [State], [Corporation / Partnership / Sole Proprietorship], located at [Address] 5 [City], [State] [Zip Code] Background A . This is an agreement (the “Agreement” or the “Sublease”) to 4 sublet real property according to the terms specified below . B . The Sublessee and Sublessor are herein referred to individually as a “Party” and collectively as “Parties ”. C . The Lessor is the holder of the Master Lease (hereinafter defined) with respect to the Premises (hereinafter defined) . The Master Lease is the 3 applicable lease with respect to the Premises between the Lessor and the Sublessor . D . The Facilitator is the agent that has initiated or facilitated this Agreement, in part or in full . 2 IN CONSIDERATION OF the Sublessor subletting and the Sublessee renting the Subleased Premises (hereinafter defined), both Parties agree to keep, perform and fulfill the promises, conditions and agreements below: 1 INCH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 SHIFTER® 14 9 1 . Subleased Premises To avoid any ambiguity, the Sublessee and Sublessor hereby acknowledge and agree that the Sublessee shall in no event be obligated or required The Sublessor leases to the Sublessee a portion of the Premises (the to pay the Total Subleased Premises Rental Rate to any party and that, “Subleased Premises,” hereinafter defined) that is exactly 28 x 84 inches 8 notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Sublessee shall only be (rectilinear) . The Premises are herein referred to as that certain property more obligated hereunder to pay the Payable Rent . commonly known as [insert street address, with suite/apt ______________] Sean Raspet (“Premises”) . The Subleased Premises are more particularly described as All rental payments should be paid directly to the Sublessor by mailing such follows: [location of sublet rectangle within premises] payment (in immediately available funds) to Sublessor at the address in 9 the introductory paragraph of this agreement or at such other place as the Sublessor may designate at any time by giving notice thereof to Sublessee 7 2 . Term pursuant to Section 5 of this Agreement . The term (the “Term”) of the Sublease is a periodic tenancy of a one year duration commencing at 12:00 noon on the tenth (10th) day of [Month], 20__, 4 . Market Rate Differential and Sub-Sublease Option ending on the ninth (9th) day of [Month], 20__, and automatically continuing on a year-to-year basis unless and until the Sublessor or the Sublessee exercises 4a . If the Sublessee has, prior to the Effective Date hereof, entered into a lease the termination provisions set forth herein to terminate the tenancy . for a separate premises (the “Sublessee’s Home Premises”) and the monthly 6 rent or applicable mortgage rate for the Sublessee’s Home Premises per 3 . Payable Rent square foot (the “Sublessee’s Home Premises Square Foot Rate”) is less than the Sublessor’s Square Foot Rate, then the Sublessee has the right to elect, in Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the adjusted monthly rent (the its sole and absolute discretion, and the Sublessor hereunder hereby agrees “Payable Rent”) to be paid by Sublessee to Sublessor pursuant to the terms Sublessee’s unfettered exercise of the following option (herein referred to as herein for the Subleased Premises is [$__] . the “Sub-sublease Option”): 5 If the Sublessee’s Home Premises Square Foot Rate (hereinafter defined) is less than the Sublessor’s Square Foot Rate (hereinafter defined), the Payable The Sublessor hereunder shall sublease back (or sub-sublease) a portion of Rent will be determined by subtracting (a) the monthly cost of the applicable the Subleased Premises from the Sublessee (the “Sub-subleased Area”) . The Sub-subleased Area ([$__]) (hereinafter defined) from (b) the Total Subleased Sub-subleased Area shall be an area equal to a fraction, (a) the numerator of Premises Rental Rate ([$__]) (hereinafter defined) . which shall be (i) the Total Subleased Premises Rental Rate ([$__]) minus (ii) the 4 product [$ ] of Sublessee’s Home Premises Square Foot Rate ([$__]) multiplied The Payable Rent thus calculated will be equal to (a) the Sublessee’s Home by the Subleased Premises Area (16 .33 square feet), and (b) the denominator Premises Square Foot Rate ([$__]) (hereinafter defined) multiplied by (b) the of which shall be the Sublessor’s Square Foot Rate . The Sub-subleased Area square foot area of the Subleased Premises (i .e . 16 .33 square feet) . herein calculated is [n] square feet with a monthly cost of [$ ] . If the Sublessee’s Home Premises Square Foot Rate (hereinafter defined) is The monthly cost of the Sub-subleased Area thus determined shall be payable equal to or greater than the Sublessor’s Square Foot Rate (hereinafter defined), 3 to the Sublessee and will thereafter be deducted from the Total Subleased the Sub-sublease Option (hereinafter defined), will not be applicable, and the Premises Rental Rate to determine the Payable Rent for the Subleased Premises Payable Rent will be equal to (a) the Sublessor’s Square Foot Rate multiplied by pursuant to Section 3 of this Agreement .