Book Release / Listening Event for Signs of the Apocalypse / Rapture

Thurs. November 20, 2008
Sonotheque 
1444 W. Chicago
312.226.7600
http://www.sonotheque.net

9pm-2am

$5 Cover (free before 10pm)

With live performances by
Mykel Boyd
Zelienople
A DJ Set by
David Castillo
And of course audio from the book's enclosed CDs.

Books will be for sale at this event.  

Signs of the Apocalypse/Rapture is a curatorial look at rapturous and apocalyptic art, thought, and audio. Featuring the work of over 60 artists, 13 scholars/experts, and 21 audio artists, this beautiful tome is definitely one for your collection.

Artists presented include well respected icons such as Bill Viola, Ed Ruscha, Richard Misrach, Fred Tomaselli, Julie Mehretu, the Starn twins, Zhang Huan, Will Cotton, Julie Heffernan, Desiree Dolron, Andrew Schoultz, Emilio Perez, Till Gerhard, Ellen Kooi, Simmons and Burke, Robert Ryman, Christopher Bucklow and many more.

Essays, interviews, and one poem introduce the books thesis relative to the spiritual, environmental, political, and sociological implications of the subject matter.

Two full-length audio discs contained in the book provide a selection of avant guard audio in twenty-one tracks. The audio artists include bands such as Sonic Youth, OM, SunnO))), Yakuza, Zelienople, Death Unit, Jana Hunter, Matteah Baim, and others.