Join us at Plug In ICA on Friday, February 19, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. as we mark the closing of FAX, an exhibition thatbrings together a diverse range ofartists, cultural workers, and thinkers in an investigation of the fax machine as a tool for creativity. We will also celebrate the exhibition Ice Fishing in Gimli (a novel) by Winnipeger Rob Kovitz which is also on display. Copies of Ice Fishing in Gimli are available on loan during the course of the exhibition, and may be enjoyed at home.

Plug In ICA has invited twenty artists to contribute to FAX, presenting a range of visual and text-based responses to the curatorial theme, transmitted by fax throughout the duration of the exhibition. Faxes will arrive via the gallery’s active fax machine until February 19, 2010 where content will be updated daily and weekly.

Please visit us again to see new work by the following artists: Wanda Koop, Shaun Morin, Cliff Eyland + Carl Matheson, Ed Pien, Suzie Smith, Sandee Moore, Kevin deForest, Niki Little, Nat Chard, Balint Zsako, Erica Eyres, Leslie Supnet, Susan Chafe, DisplayCult, KC Adams, Neil Farber + Michael Dumontier, Stephen Andrews, Melanie Rocan, Tyler Clark Burke, and Jeff Ladouceur. These faxes, adding to the original 100+ faxes in the exhibition, will continue to tour with the show to subsequent venues in Torrance, California, Burnaby, British Columbia, and Cortland, New York.

FAX is ongoing at Plug In ICA until February 20, 2010. The exhibition and closing reception are open to the public and free.

Everyone is welcome.

FAX is a travelling exhibition co-organized by The Drawing Center, New York and iCI (Independent Curators International), New York, and circulated iCI. The guest curator is João Ribas. The exhibition and the accompanying publication were made possible, in part by members of the Drawing Room, a patron circle founded to support innovative exhibitions in The Drawing Center’s project gallery; and by support to iCI from The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, the Toby D. Lewis Philanthropic Fund, and iCI Benefactor members Agnes Gund, Gerrit and Sydie Lansing, and Barbara and John Robinson.

Image: Shaun Morin, Untitled, 2010.

Plug In ICA gratefully acknowledges the support of Canada Council for the Arts, Manitoba Arts Council, Winnipeg Arts Council, Loewen Foundation, Investors Group, The Winnipeg Foundation, and our patrons, members, and volunteers.