Below is what's on the promo card for my show next month. You can see the front image here.

(world premiere)
DO YOU WANT ME? : INTIMACY AND EXPOSURE IN A DIGITAL AGE

A multimedia & photography installation about the brave new world of Internet dating by San Francisco artist Julienne Givot

- Multimedia installation with an original music score by Dorsey Dunn

- "The William Collection" photography exhibition

- Companion book by Flannery Bateman

- "William Comes Out," when William, a 15" plastic doll, meets New Yorkers who’ve answered "his" personals ad

- A live music performance by Gonzalo Silva (opening reception only)

- Free Admission –

Location: Primal Digital Studios, 216 Plymouth St. (b. Jay & Bridge St.) DUMBO, Brooklyn (F-train ->York)

OPENING RECEPTION* CLOSING RECEPTION*
4-8 PM, SUN., MARCH 21 7-9 PM, THURS., MARCH 25
*also by appointment, 12-8 PM from March 21-25

Info: 718-237-8640 or Juliolau@earthlink.net
A PRIMAL DIGITAL PRODUCTION www.primaldigital.com
About the artist: www.juliennegivot.com

Here is the artist statement for the SoLo show in NYC next month.
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"DO YOU WANT ME?" : intimacy and exposure in a digital age
New works by Julienne Givot
Primal Digital Studios
March 19th - March 26th

Multimedia Installation/Photography:

"Do You Want Me?" is a multimedia installation observing
the paradox of public intimacies proliferated through public web-based
dating services. Through a series of projected images
accumulated from various online-dating websites, a simultaneous
score, and voiceovers based on actual personal ads, the viewer is put
in the center of a virtual marketplace of nameless individuals
promulgating themselves in order to, at least ostensibly, attract a
mate. The question of intent is raised in viewing the variety and
conformity of the images. While no image or statement is
duplicated throughout the 10-minute cycle, there is an inescapable sense of
the repetition and banality of the subjects' self-made and incomplete public
images, and perhaps also of the very act of blind introduction.

Voyeurism is very much a component in these sometimes searingly intimate
self-portraits, as are feelings of pride and disaffected ego. The summed
imagery questions the internet's supposed communicative power and its
ability to isolate and associate individuals seeking common ground and
intimacy. What other media provides such ready access to the exploration of
such themes?

"Do You Want Me?" seems at first glance to involve others. Visiting the
gallery space, the viewer is at a safe remove from the insecurity of the
internet. Yet the installation combines elements of the real and unreal that
quickly prompt questions of intent not only in the projected subjects but
also among visitors themselves--who will have their own needs and avenues
for self-advertising.

The installation is accompanied by "The William Collection," a series of
photographic images based on conceptions of intimacy and publicity. The
subject is a 15" tall plastic doll who serves as a foil for the artist's
photographic exploration of gender, perspective, and the prospect of an
entirely solo existence. William is depicted in scenes of ordinary import,
self-reflection and abstraction. Apparently androgynous, William also draws
the viewer to ponder the popular social norms of gender identification in
seeking companionship and/or personal satisfaction.

Original sound score for "Do You Want Me?" was created by composer Dorsey Dunn and a small collection of companion books for the "William Collection" were created by artist Flannery Bateman.



This is the debut showing of both works.

<>Going Solo
No firm dates have been set but in late March I'll be having my first solo gallery show at the ArtScape gallery in the d.u.m.b.o section of Brooklyn. This will be a double coming-out party for the "William" series and a brand spanking new multimedia installation piece titled "Do you want me?".
Exciting stuff and all. Tentative dates are 3/19 -3/27 but I'll be sure to let you know when dates are confirmed and an opening reception is planned.

I'll be in NYC for 10 days getting the show set up and promoting the heck out of it, so if you know of some couches to crash on lemme know!