SONIC YOUTH etc: SENSATIONAL FIX

ROBERTO OPALIO & MY CAT IS AN ALIEN @ SONIC YOUTH etc.: SENSATIONAL FIX
Touring art exhibition / Europe various venues June 2008 - May 2010

The group exhibition features art work by visual artists, filmmakers, designers and musicians:

Vito ACCONCI, Rita ACKERMANN, Jerry ARONSON, Olivier ASSAYAS, Dara BIRNBAUM, Angelique BOSIO, Joe BRAINARD, Glenn BRANCA,
William S. BURROUGHS, John CAGE, Zoë CASAVETTES, Ira COHEN, Tony CONRAD, Sofia COPPOLA, Tacita DEAN, Jeremy EARL, Barbara ESS,
Yamataka EYE, John FAHEY, Joao Paolo FELICIANO, Jeff FEUERZEIG, Peter FRIEDL, Marco FUSINATO, Isa GENZKEN, Allen GINSBERG,
Stefano GIOVANNINI, Jeck GOLDSTEIN, Mark GONZALES, Kim GORDON, Dan GRAHAM, Rodney GRAHAM, Matt GROENING, Brion GYSIN,
Tim HAILAND, Jeff HARTFORD, Todd HAYNES, Dick HIGGINS, Ake HODELL, Jenny HOLZER, Tim IRWIN, Marc JACOBS, Cameron JAMIE, Spike JONZE,
Mike KELLEY, Richard KERN, Jack KEROUAC, Kurt KIRKWOOD, John KNIGHT, Jutta KOETHER, Harmony KORINE, Levy d.a, Robert LONGO,
George MACIUNAS, Yukinori MAEDA, Gerard MALANGA, MANDA, Christian MARCLAY, Paul McCARTHY, Loren Mazzacane CONNORS, Jonas MEKAS,
John MILLER, Maya MILLER, Heath MOERLAND, Robert MOONEY, Thurston MOORE, Michael MORLEY, Bill NACE, John OLSEN,
Roberto OPALIO / MY CAT IS AN ALIEN, Jim O'ROURKE, Tony OURSLER, Steven PARRINO, Raymond PETTIBON, Edwin POUNCEY (aka SAVAGE PENCIL),
Richard PRINCE, Lee RANALDO, Gerhard RICHTER, Ed RUSCHA, Gus VAN SANT, Wilhelm SASNAL, Dana SCHUTZ, Jim SHAW, David SHRIGLEY,
Leah SINGER, Mike SMITH, Patti SMITH, Robert SMITHSON, THE CLUB IN SHADOW, Kathy TEMIN, Gokita TOMOO, Dennis TYFUS, Alan VEGA, Jeff WALL,
Mike WATT, Mamie WEBER, James WELLING, WHITE COLUMNS ARCHIVE, Christopher WOOL, Shinya YAMAMOTO, Nate YOUNG, SONIC YOUTH

SONIC YOUTH etc.: SENSATIONAL FIX museum exhibition focuses on the multidisciplinary activities of the groundbreaking experimental guitar band Sonic Youth since its formation in 1981. It features the NYC band's collaborations with visual artists, filmmakers, designers and musicians, as well as a choice of other works selected by the band. Through the multidisciplinary output of Sonic Youth and related works by other artists in the exhibition, an alternative history of contemporary culture is being uncovered in which the division between 'high art' and 'low art' is being called into question, while issues are explored such as teenage rebellion, adolescent wanderlust, gender, fame, fashion, sexuality, and religion.

The exhibition, curated by Roland Groenenboom in collaboration with the band, is scheduled here:

LiFE, St. Nazaire, France (June 17 - September 7, 2008)
Museion, Bolzano, Italy (October 10, 2008 - January 4, 2009).
Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Germany (January 31 - April 26, 2009)
Malmo Konsthall, Sweden (May 29 - September 20, 2009) >> watch here
CA2M Madrid, Spain (February 3 - May 2, 2010)

Further venues are currently in discussion, in Europe, the US and Asia.
A complete description of the show can be found here
Updated news posted on official Sensational Fix blog

ROBERTO OPALIO presents an exclusive installation entitled 'Alien Guitar Case #6', and his film 'Alien Blood' with soundtrack appositely created by MY CAT IS AN ALIEN, published on the official exhibition catalog


	The book published on the occasion of the exhibition SONIC YOUTH etc. : SENSATIONAL FIX, won the FIRST PRIZE in the Best Rock Book of 2008 competition organised by L'Arbre à Lettres, Paris

VVAA - SONIC YOUTH etc.: SENSATIONAL FIX
2009 - Book + 2x 7inch vinyl

PUBLISHED BY: Walther König
FORMAT: Hbk, 7.25 x 7.25 in. / 720 pgs / 700 color / two 7-inch records.

Edited by Roland Groenenboom

*Four still images from Roberto Opalio's film 'Alien Blood' are published full-color, full-page. The artist's 'Alien Guitar Case #6' installation is listed.

"The iconic postpunk band Sonic Youth is best known for blurring musical genres and transcending the boundaries of rock guitar. Its members--Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo and Steve Shelley--have also, over the course of 27 years since they first started playing together, more quietly engaged in multidisciplinary solo efforts and collaborations with visual artists, filmmakers, designers and other musicians. "What we're doing is always inventing itself. I have no terminology for it," according to Moore. This comprehensive 784-page volume--which includes two 7-inch records with unpublished songs by each member, album covers, band portraits and documentary photos, many of which have never been published before--is a must for fans and anyone seeking to connect the dots between New York's various cultural scenes. It features writings by band members and contributions by a host of other luminaries, including Richard Hell, Mike Kelley, Jutta Koether, Alan Licht, Lydia Lunch and John Miller.

The publication is available in English, French, German and Italian.

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ROBERTO OPALIO + MY CAT IS AN ALIEN artworks in SENSATIONAL FIX zine #2 'NOISE'

The second publication of SENSATIONAL FIX is the zine SENSATIONAL FIX ZINE #2 ‘NOISE’ to which eleven of the artists who participate in the exhibition SONIC YOUTH etc: SENSATIONAL FIX contributed a double page each. These artists are: Marco Fusinato // David Markey // Savage Pencil // Mike Watt // Kim Gordon // Marnie Weber // Christian Marclay //John Olson // Roberto Opalio + My Cat Is An Alien // Barbara Ess // Sam Crack.

Size is 148 x 148 mm and the edition 500 numbered copies in offset print.
The zine is printed in black and white, and has 24 pages (cover included).
SENSATIONAL FIX ZINE #2 ‘NOISE’ has been presented at the opening of the exhibition at Malmo Konsthall.

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