Sam Falls

The Kitchen is pleased to present "September Spring," the first performance-based work by artist Sam Falls, known primarily for work that combines the durational processes of photography with natural phenomena.

Performances by Hart of Gold take place at 5pm, Tuesday-Friday, and 2pm and 5pm on Saturdays, through October 3.

Created in collaboration with the dancers Hart of Gold (Jessie Gold and Elizabeth Hart), "September Spring" uses the music of Oldd News, the moniker of Falls's frequent collaborator and god-brother Jamie Kanzler, as both the soundtrack and catalyst for a deeply personal work; the exhibition title stems from Kanzler's pen name for his poetry.

Open to the public during gallery hours, the centerpiece of "September Spring" are daily performances by Hart of Gold, a choreographed dance repeated 24 times through October 3rd. Through these performances, 24 paintings will be completed in memory of Kanzler, who died suddenly in 2013 at the age of 24.

While "September Spring" marks a shift for Falls towards a more personal narrative, a clear lineage can be seen in the work's use of repetition, the passage of time and its surrendering to the ephemeral nature of live performance.

Reflecting on Kanzler's death, Falls has written, "I lock in with Jamie everyday and spin, for a minute or an hour, sometimes most of the night, I hold him and he holds me. The main distinction I see between life and death is the way time moves and its respective wake. Life is a heterogeneous mixture of day and night where time is barreling forward and the imposing oppositions within experience and emotion compound rapidly with only brief moments of pure reflection. Death seems a homogeneous state of cool smooth darkness that dissolves the conflicts of life and carries time as its twin."

"September Spring" is curated by Lumi Tan as part of "From Minimalism into Algorithm."

This exhibition is made possible with support from Hannah Hoffman Gallery, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Galleria Franco Noero, Rochambeau, and Wharf Cat Records; and in part by public funds from New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and National Endowment for the Arts.