"Marc Fischer: Paper Trails (Going Through Your Garbage)"
2002-08-27 until 2002-09-07
Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL, USA United States of America

Hundreds of pounds of paper destined to be recycled by UICycle are dumped in the Gallery. Sorting the paper into stacks of newspapers arranged by title, wall displays of continually botched photocopies, past date event flyers sorted by color, and mounds of crumpled balls of emails or letter drafts, Marc Fischer goes through the university's papers, marking aesthetic categories and revealing behavior patterns in the university's waste.

Fischer's project is the first of six in Gallery 400's fall series "At the Edge" initiated to present new works that are difficult to show in commercial spaces, that extend a working artistís practice, and/or push the boundaries of art experimentation. Other artists in date order are Shane Huffman, Rena Leinberger, Stephen Lapthisophon, Culture and Conflict, and Valerie Hegarty.

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