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From: Station To Station

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STATION TO STATION: A NOMADIC HAPPENING

Nine Events in September featuring Leading Figures from the Art, Music, Culinary, and Literary Worlds will Take Place in New York, Pennsylvania, , Minnesota, , Arizona, and

LOS ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO, August 27, 2013— Station to Station announced today that Suicide (New York), & John Moloney/Caught on Tape (Pittsburgh, ) and Evan Holm (Oakland) have been added to the lineup of nomadic Happenings this September. and will no longer be performing.

Additionally, two of the nine locations are changing: the NYC Happening (on September 6th) will move to , NY’s Riverfront Studios and the Santa Fe/ Lamy Happening (September 18th) will move to the Santa Fe Farmer’s Market Pavilion in Santa Fe, NM.

Tickets are selling fast for Station to Station: A Nomadic Happening, the newest project from artist , a liquid platform for artistic experimentation that connects artists, musicians, and cultural icons with diverse communities for a series of interventions and site-specific happenings. Over the course of three weeks in September, a train will travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific, making nine stops along the way in New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Minnesota, New Mexico, Arizona, and California, each time for a one-night only live event.

The $25 tickets are still available for Pittsburgh (September 8), Chicago (September 10), Minneapolis/St. Paul (September 12), Santa Fe (September 18), Barstow (September 24), and Oakland (September 28). New York, Winslow, and are sold out.

An artist-driven public art project made possible by the Levi’s® brand, all funds from the sale of the tickets, as well as donations that can be made on the Station to Station website, go to support non-traditional programming at Station to Station’s partner institutions: MoMA PS1, Carnegie Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Walker Art Center, SITE Santa Fe, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), San Francisco (SFMOMA), the Sundance Institute, and Arcosanti Institute.

A moving platform for artistic experimentation, Station to Station invites artists and audiences alike to participate in a creative collision of contemporary art, , and film. Art works and musical performances will change at every stop. Across the entire journey, musical performances will include: , Jackson Browne, , Cold Cave, The Congos, , Eleanor Friedberger, , Lia Ices, Kansas City Marching Cobras, Lucky Dragons, Giorgio Moroder, Nite Jewel, No Age, ’s Haunted Graffiti, Savages, Suicide, Sun Araw, THEESatisfaction, Thurston Moore & John Moloney/Caught on Tape, Twin Shadow, YOSHIMIO (OOIOO / ) & Hisham Akira Bharoocha (Soft Circle / Boredoms) & Ryan Sawyer (Lonewolf) TRIO, White Mystery, and others to be announced.

Works by the following artists will be featured throughout the journey: Doug Aitken, Allora & Calzadilla, Francis Alÿs, Kathryn Andrews, , Taylor-Ruth Baldwin, Yto Barrada, Jonah Bokaer, Dara Birnbaum Olaf Breuning, Kate Casanova, Peter Coffin, Bruce Conner, Abraham Cruzvillegas, , Cheryl Donegan, Sam Durant, , Sam Falls, , Oskar Fischinger, Fischli & Weiss, William Forsythe, Meschac Gaba, Theaster Gates, Liz Glynn, , Carsten Höller, Evan Holm, , Jim Jarmusch, , Aaron Koblin, , , Ernesto Neto, , Jorge Pardo, , , Nicolas Provost, Robert Rauschenberg, Ed Ruscha, , Kelly Sears, , Roman Signer, Josh Smith, , Ryan Trecartin, James Turrell, , John Whitney, and John Whitney, Jr., among others.

Throughout the journey, the food experience is inspired by Station to Station curator, Alice Waters, supporting the Edible Schoolyard Project. Working with Ms. Waters and inspired by her legacy, chef and forager, Leif Hedendal, will create customized culinary interventions both on the train and at each stop to include Slow Food farmers’ markets and his famed Dinner Discussions.

Each happening will feature five Nomadic Sculptures created by Kenneth Anger, Urs Fisher, Liz Glynn, Carsten Höller, and Ernesto Neto. The artists were asked to envision a yurt (a portable tent-like dwelling traditionally used by nomads in Central Asia). The Nomadic Sculptures range from Höller’s yurt pierced with holes that visitors can throw Frisbees through, to Glynn’s creation of the universe that will evolve at each stop.

Every happening will also include a procession organized by Meschac Gaba—twelve participants wearing different African headdresses will walk among the public as they enter the venue. At each stop a different flag created by Lawrence Weiner will be raised. Kathryn Andrew envisioned a poster for each city—the poster will have an image of one randomly chosen person, and that poster will become the “face” of the happening at each stop.

Additionally, at each stop the Levi’s® brand will create and curate yurts, designed as an intimate gallery-like setting where local artists will be designing and crafting new products in real time. A tribute to the Levi’s® brand’s “Makers” program, the Levi’s® yurts will celebrate local artisan products. Artists featured include Folk Fibers, Cobra Boots, Chimayo, and Junkyard Jeans.

Details about each happening follows (*details and participants are subject to change*):

Friday, September 6, 2013, 6:30-10:30 p.m. SOLD OUT Riverfront Studios, Brooklyn, NY New York is the site of the launch of Station to Station. Performers appearing in New York include No Age, Suicide, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, YOSHIMIO (OOIOO / Boredoms) & Hisham Akira Bharoocha (Soft Circle / Boredoms) & Ryan Sawyer (Lonewolf) TRIO, and others to be announced.

Also appearing are The Kansas City Marching Cobras, a unique, region-specific African American marching band that merges traditional dance with aspects of voodoo. Station to Station is bringing this dynamic group to New York, as well as to Pittsburgh, for an energetic, disruptive performance.

Renowned choreographer and media artist Jonah Bokaer will present AIRLOCKS, an original trio that will perform a work inspired by Robert Rauschenberg's debut choreographic work, Pelican (1963), on the occasion of work’s 50th anniversary.

Rirkrit Tiravanija, known for his participatory and performative installations, will hand out a surprise to guests, while Olaf Breuning will create a site-specific Technicolor smoke installation.

Sunday, September 8, 2013, 6:30-10:30 p.m. Union Station/The Pennsylvanian, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania The Pennsylvanian was designed and constructed around 1900, and was originally a train terminus and office building for the Pennsylvania railroad. The happening in Pittsburgh will feature performances by Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, No Age, Thurston Moore & John Moloney/Caught on Tape, YOSHIMIO (OOIOO / Boredoms) & Hisham Akira Bharoocha (Soft Circle / Boredoms) & Ryan Sawyer (Lonewolf) TRIO, The Kansas City Marching Cobras, a conversation between Doug Aitken and Alice Waters, and others to be announced.

Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 6:30-10:30 p.m. Union Station, Chicago, IL Originally designed by famed architect Daniel Burnham and completed in 1925 by the Graham, Anderson, Probst and White Firm, the Beaux Arts-style building is the setting for the Chicago happening, which will feature performances by Black Monks of Mississippi (choreography by Theaster Gates) No Age, Thurston Moore & John Moloney/Caught on Tape and White Mystery, among others to be announced. Chicago-based artist Theaster Gates and Black Monks of Mississippi will bring together elements of Eastern restraint, Gospel, and music that is sure to be a transcendent and participatory experience.

Thursday, September 12, 2013, 6:00-10:30 p.m. Union Depot, St. Paul, MN Union Depot in downtown St. Paul has been transformed from a defunct rail station to an active transportation center in the heart of a thriving urban neighborhood and serves as the terminus of Twin Cities’ newest LRT line, connecting the downtowns of Minneapolis and St. Paul. The evening will include performances by Eleanor Friedberger, No Age, White Mystery, and others to be announced.

Minnesota-based artist Kate Casanova’s Vivarium Americana will be parked amongst the Nomadic Structures. It is a sculptural work in which the interior of a black 1976 AMC Pacer has become overgrown with live oyster mushrooms.

While guests arrive for the happening, a performance choreographed by the BodyCartography Project, using the produce of Fritz Haeg’s Edible Gardens that was commissioned by the Walker Art Center, will take place.

Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 6:00-10:00 p.m. Santa Fe Farmer’s Market Pavilion, Santa Fe, NM Station to Station will merge with this desert landscape to create a unique happening. Performers include Cat Power, The Handsome Family, Nite Jewel, THEESatisfaction, and others to be announced.

Saturday, September 21, 2013, 5:00-11:00 p.m. SOLD OUT La Posada, Winslow, Arizona Located 35 miles from James Turrell’s Roden Crater, Winslow exists as an underground art community that was created through the passage of the rails and Route 66. La Posada, built by the Santa Fe Railway, will feature performances by Jackson Browne, Cat Power, Cold Cave, Giorgio Moroder, THEESatisfaction, and others to be announced.

Ed Ruscha gave Station to Station a recipe for a cactus omelet, and Chef Leif Hedendal will prepare the omelet for 200 people. This edible artwork will be served only in Winslow, and the recipe itself will be used to make a poster.

Tuesday, September 24, 2013, 6:00-10:00 p.m. Skyline Drive-In, Barstow, California In Barstow, Station to Station will move into a large, high-desert drive-in movie theater. At dusk, the entire grounds of the two-screen drive-in will be activated by experimental music and performances that will merge with moving images projected on the drive-in screens. The Skyline Drive-In will feature a unique performance by Beck created and composed exclusively for this event, plus musical performances by No Age, Cold Cave, Lucky Dragons, and others to be announced.

Olaf Breuning will create a site-specific Technicolor smoke installation.

Peter Coffin’s UFO will fly for the first time in the over the Barstow Happening. The design, based on popular depictions of UFO's, is covered by panels that hold 3,500 brightly colored LED lights that are controlled by a Pharos computer system and capable of displaying video.

Thursday, September 26, 2013, 6:30-10:30 p.m. SOLD OUT Union Station, Los Angeles, California Union Station is the main railway station in Los Angeles. In recent years, it has become a major transportation hub for Southern California serving 60,000 passengers a day. The happening will feature a unique performance by Beck created and composed exclusively for this event, plus musical performances by Dan Deacon, Sun Araw & The Congos, No Age, and others to be announced.

Saturday, September 28, 2013, 6:00-9:00 p.m. 16th Street Station, Oakland, California The final happening on the Station to Station journey will take place at the historic 16th Street Station in Oakland, California. Musical performances include Dan Deacon, Savages, Sun Araw & The Congos, Lia Ices, Twin Shadow, No Age, and others to be announced. Olaf Breuning will create a site-specific Technicolor smoke installation, and Oakland-based artist Evan Holm will join Station to Station with his Submerged Turntable installation.

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About Station to Station Station to Station is a nomadic “Happening” that moves by train from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Coast stopping at nine different locations from major cities to off-the-grid spots, each time for a one-night-only live event in September. An artist-driven public art project made possible by the Levi’s® brand, Station to Station will raise funds through ticket sales and donations to support non-traditional programming at partner institutions around the country. A moving platform for artistic experimentation, the train’s journey will be constantly changing as artists and audiences alike encounter a creative collision of contemporary art, experimental music, and film. The Doug Aitken designed train turned kinetic sculpture will act as a cultural studio—globally broadcasting unique content and experiences from the stops as well as on the moving train. Long after departing the last station, Station to Station will leave an indelible creative mark on its local and global audience—opening eyes and shifting perceptions.

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About Levi’s® brand For more than 140 years, the Levi’s® brand has been equipping pioneers with the clothing they need to “Go Forth” and change the world. Yesterday’s pioneers explored on a journey from east to west, laying the tracks across the original frontier. Today’s journeys are measured in ideas, not miles. History has shown that through collaboration of a few we can inspire action among many. Station to Station brings this spirit of collaboration to life and invites Levi’s fans around the globe to take part in a new exploration of the modern frontier.

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