Speed Reading
A 90-minute relay race of sorts, featuring 25-35 writers and artists who will take turns reading aloud short texts related to the theme of speed while running on three treadmills positioned side-by-side. The velocity of the treadmills will be controlled by the Speed Demon, the somewhat sadistic MC who will oversee the performance. Readings will be from novels, manifestos, poems, philosophical treatises, children’s stories, timetables, recipes, parables, scientific experiments, or any other relevant genre. The artists, writers, and critics participating include Fia Backström, Svetlana Boym, Jeff Dolven, Paul Fleming, Matt Freedman, Julia Jacquette, Craig Kalpakjian, George Makari, Alexander Nagel, George Pendle, Paul Ramirez Jonas, Lytle Shaw, and Jude Tallichet, among others.
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[...] Third Policeman… while running on a treadmill at a New York gym, this past weekend. “Speed Reading,” a 90-minute performance also featuring our friends Jenny Davidson and Sina Najafi, as well [...]