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SEBASTIAN CLOUGH Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions presents Inquest Radio Remodel, an exhibition of new sculptural/installation work by Los Angeles-based artist Sebastian Clough. An opening reception will take place on Saturday 6 October 2001 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. For images and additional information please call Gabriel Ritter at 323.957.1777 x17. Inquest Radio Remodel is a project that consists of fabricated programming for an entire radio station. All of the programs on Inquest sound authentic, but are in fact entirely fictional. Using sound recording equipment, computers, and his own voice and music, Clough has written, narrated, scored, performed, edited, and fully produced a huge amount and an ambitious range of programs that include travelogues, documentaries, newscasts, sports shows, talk shows, and more. The programs are, literally, the result of a single voice and vision. Inquest, dubbed "a voice for most of Southern California and the Nation", started as a small project in a social club of which Clough was a founder. The gallery lacked a radio, so the artist brought in cassette tapes of his shows, which he played quietly and constantly. The programs sounded plausible; throughout the eight-month life of the social club no one, including Clough's colleagues, recognized the programming as "fake". The forthcoming exhibition begins with the idea of "remodelling" the radio station interior - something that the radio listener would not normally be able to appreciate. Here we present three glass-enclosed radio console booths, fashioned after the art nouveau style, for the recording, engineering, and broadcast of radio content. As well as broadcasting a feed to the gallery space, the show will be broadcast to the phone lines at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, where it will be heard when you are put on hold. A portion of the radio content will also be produced and broadcast within the gallery for the duration of the exhibition. Support comes from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, California Community Foundation Arts Funding Initiative, Los Angeles County Arts Commission, City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, and the members of Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions. Admission to Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions is free with a recommended donation of $3.00 ($2.00 students, members free). Gallery hours are Wednesdays through Saturdays 12:00-6:00 p.m. Call 323.957.1777 for parking information, directions, and additional information.
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