KATHY ACKER X BJARNE MELGAARD X PAUL CUPO

After seven years of extensive renovation, Performance Space New York re-opened its East Village doors with a tribute to the legendary writer and punk-poet Kathy Acker. The Focus on Kathy Acker Series (March to April 2018) included a group exhibition based on Acker’s intellectual-pornographic video Blue Tape, readings, performances and screenings. 

For the exhibition - curated by Performance Space New York’s director Jenny Schlenzka and Norwegian artist Bjarne Melgaard - Melgaard produced an iconic Kathy Acker puppet and wrote a play for her. 

Hood By Air’s Fashion Director Paul Cupo took Melgaard’s Kathy Acker and designed this limited edition Kathy Acker longsleeve shirt.

After seven years of extensive renovation, Performance Space New York re-opened its East Village doors with a tribute to the legendary writer and punk-poet Kathy Acker. The Focus on Kathy Acker Series (March to April 2018) included a group exhibition based on Acker’s intellectual-pornographic video Blue Tape, readings, performances and screenings. 

For the exhibition - curated by Performance Space New York’s director Jenny Schlenzka and Norwegian artist Bjarne Melgaard - Melgaard produced an iconic Kathy Acker puppet and wrote a play for her. 

Hood By Air’s Fashion Director Paul Cupo took Melgaard’s Kathy Acker and designed this limited edition Kathy Acker longsleeve shirt.

After seven years of extensive renovation, Performance Space New York re-opened its East Village doors with a tribute to the legendary writer and punk-poet Kathy Acker. The Focus on Kathy Acker Series (March to April 2018) included a group exhibition based on Acker’s intellectual-pornographic video Blue Tape, readings, performances and screenings. 

For the exhibition - curated by Performance Space New York’s director Jenny Schlenzka and Norwegian artist Bjarne Melgaard - Melgaard produced an iconic Kathy Acker puppet and wrote a play for her. 

Hood By Air’s Fashion Director Paul Cupo took Melgaard’s Kathy Acker and designed this limited edition Kathy Acker longsleeve shirt.

After seven years of extensive renovation, Performance Space New York re-opened its East Village doors with a tribute to the legendary writer and punk-poet Kathy Acker. The Focus on Kathy Acker Series (March to April 2018) included a group exhibition based on Acker’s intellectual-pornographic video Blue Tape, readings, performances and screenings. 

For the exhibition - curated by Performance Space New York’s director Jenny Schlenzka and Norwegian artist Bjarne Melgaard - Melgaard produced an iconic Kathy Acker puppet and wrote a play for her. 

Hood By Air’s Fashion Director Paul Cupo took Melgaard’s Kathy Acker and designed this limited edition Kathy Acker longsleeve shirt.

The zine was originally published in book format by mumok, Vienna, in 2017. 

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