Galerie Michael Janssen
Berlin, Germany
Saturday, April 5, 2014–Saturday, April 5, 2014
A
project
and
book
launch
by
SHAAN
SYED
with
a
performance
by
BENNY
NEMEROFSKY
RAMSAY,
featuring
dancer/choreographer
JEREMY
WADE
Saturday,
April
5,
2014,
7-‐9
pm
Galerie
Michael
Janssen,
Potsdamer
Str.
63,
Berlin
Galerie
Michael
Janssen
is
pleased
to
host
The
Andrew
Project
book
launch,
a
project
by
artist
Shaan
Syed.
For
the
launch,
Syed
has
invited
artist
and
diarist
Benny
Nemerofsky
Ramsay
to
create
a
new
performance
in
which
a
man
reflects
on
recent
Berlin
history
while
dancing
at
a
nightclub.
The
piece
involves
a
video
projection,
sound
and
a
live
performance
by
celebrated
American
dancer
and
choreographer
Jeremy
Wade.
The
Andrew
Project
involved
Syed
fly-‐posting
over
1000
posters
of
a
man,
accompanied
by
the
name
“Andrew”
in
Toronto,
Berlin
and
London
between
2010
and
2013.
Co-‐published
by
FormContent
and
S1
Artspace
(UK),
the
book
documents
the
graffiti
and
public
interaction
that
resulted
from
the
portraits
appearing
on
the
city
streets.
Including
text
and
images
by
seven
invited
artists
and
writers,
a
foreign
correspondent
for
abc,
and
a
branding
executive;
the
book
explores
ideas
around
urbanism
and
location;
advertising,
image
and
abstraction;
absence
versus
presence
and
the
personal
as
it
relates
to
the
public.
The
Andrew
Project
book
will
be
available
for
purchase
on
the
evening
for
a
special
price
of
€12
instead
of
€20.
Shaan
Syed
is
an
artist
whose
studio
practice
focuses
on
painting
and
questions
distinctions
made
between
established
notions
of
abstraction
and
representation.
His
work
has
been
shown
internationally
and
has
been
included
in
several
anthologies
on
painting.
He
is
a
recent
recipient
of
the
Pollock-‐
Krasner
Foundation
grant
for
painters.
Benny
Nemerofsky
Ramsay
is
an
artist
and
diarist.
His
work
in
video,
sound,
and
text
contemplates
the
history
of
song,
the
rendering
of
love
and
emotion
into
language,
and
the
resurrection
and
manipulation
of
voices
from
history
-‐
sung,
spoken
or
screamed.
Nemerofsky’s
work
has
been
exhibited
internationally,
appearing
in
numerous
private
collections
as
well
as
the
National
Gallery
of
Canada.
Jeremy
Wade
is
an
American
choreographer
and
dancer.
A
graduate
of
Amsterdam's
School
for
New
Dance
Development,
his
first
evening-‐length
work,
Glory,
received
a
New
York
Bessie
award.
He
has
been
based
in
Berlin
since
2006,
where
he
works
closely
with
the
Hebbel
Theater,
collaborating
and
building
community
with
local
artists,
dramaturges
and
sound
designers.
He
is
a
guest
professor
at
the
Akademie
der
Bildenden
Kunste
in
Munich.