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  • From: Ross Grady <grady AT ibiblio.org>
  • To: RTP-area local music and culture <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Fwd: Xiu Xiu art installation
  • Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:39:33 -0500

"a locally-directed vitriolic text piece"

So basically they're gonna print out all of Jamie's blog posts from the first 18 months after he moved to Durham?

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Subject: Xiu Xiu art installation
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 16:37:41 +0100
From: pumpkin AT fourpawsmedia.com <pumpkin AT fourpawsmedia.com>
Reply-To: pumpkin AT fourpawsmedia.com
To: stuff AT trianglerock.org



*Xiu Xiu*
**/*
I Hate This Suffocating Fucking Towne*/

Lump is pleased to present /I Hate This Suffocating Fucking Towne/, an
installation by the band *Xiu Xiu*. Lump will host an opening reception
on Friday, February 4th from 7–10pm during the First Friday Gallery Walk
in downtown Raleigh, NC. The exhibition will run from February 4–26 and
is on view Saturdays from noon–5pm and by appointment during the week.

In the collected work for this exhibition, the members of *Xiu Xiu*span
their continuing attempts at uprightness and unsparingness.

All of the pieces are symbols of the wreck that is the mind and heart of
*Xiu Xiu*. The band’s songs are about the experiences of child
molestation, war, depression, the oppression of small towns, dancing
alone too often, violent sex, loneliness, queer politics and the
salvation found in cute things.

Highlights include: Bizarre stuffed animals collected from 8 years of
touring; a T-shirt written in the band members own blood; a collection
of photos of a sex worker in Hanoi that were later used for the cover of
the album /A Promise/; felt art about suicide used for the album /Knife
Play/; felt art stolen from a preschool where one of the band members
worked and that was used to decorate the stage during their early shows;
photos of sexual escapism and bondage used for the cover of /Women as
Lovers/; plastic sexual organs; photos of children from an AIDS
orphanage in Kenya; poster art from the album /Dear God, I Hate
Myself;/brass knuckles; a bejeweled bunny ring; and a locally-directed
vitriolic text piece.

*Xiu Xiu*began as a band in 2002 and have since released 7 LPs, and
somewhere between 20 to 30 EPs, collaboration records and 7-inches
depending on how one counts. They have played all over the world
including Korea, Serbia, Mexico, China, Tasmania, Nova Scotia and
Sicily. *Xiu Xiu*currently resides in Durham, North Carolina.

For further information please contact Bill Thelen at 919-889-2927 or
lumpgallery AT gmail.com <mailto:lumpgallery AT gmail.com>or visit:
www.xiuxiu.org <http://www.xiuxiu.org/>

Xiu Xiu
/
I Hate This Suffocating Fucking Towne/

Opening: Friday, February 4th from 7 – 10pm
Show Run: February 4 – 26, 2011

Lump 

505 South Blount Street, Raleigh, NC 27601

919-889-2927 www.teamlump.org <http://www.teamlump.org/>

Gallery hours: Saturdays noon to 5pm or by appointment during the week.





^..^<

Marisa Handren
*Four Paws Media*
pumpkin AT fourpawsmedia.com
(908) 310-1821
www.fourpawsmedia.com
PO Box 13208, Jersey City, NJ 07303

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Emily -- Deerhoof -- Elliott Smith -- Carla Bozulich's Evangelista --
Former Ghosts -- Frank(just Frank) -- Gorge Trio -- Grass Widow -- I'm
in You -- Kleenex/Liliput -- Little Women -- Locks -- Martial Canterel
-- The Seconds -- Staccato du Mal -- Superhumanoids -- Talk Normal --
Wierd Records -- Xiu Xiu

current & upcoming releases:

01.25.11 Deerhoof /Deerhoof vs. Evil/(Polyvinyl Record Co.)
02.08.11 Martial Canterel /You Today/(Wierd Records)
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