Taking its name from the historic collaborative writing marathons led by Bernadette Mayer and others in NYC during 1972-73, Unnatural Acts will explore the themes of hunger, war, and desire through public acts of collaboration.  

Beginning with two days of installation and performance by Amina Cain and Jennifer Karmin, a group of ten writers/artists will gather on the third day to write together over the course of eight hours.  In a daily ritual inaugurated on the fourth day, the outline of a new person’s body will be traced onto the bodies of text until the exhibit closes on August 11th.

21 July 12-5pm: Installation, 5-5:30pm:  Performance of Hunger Texts Read in the Dark by Amina Cain

22 July 12-5pm: Installation, 5-6pm: Street Performance of 4000 Words 4000 Dead by Jennifer Karmin

23 July noon-8pm: Unnatural Acts 8 hours of collaborative writing. Collaborators include: Harold Abramowitz, Tisa Bryant, Amina Cain, Teresa Carmody, Saehee Cho, K. Lorraine Graham, Jennifer Karmin, Laida Lertxundi, India Radfar, and Mark Wallace.

24 July 2-3 pm, Artists' talk, 4-6pm: Collaborative Reading and Artists’ Talk.  Readers include: Harold Abramowitz, Tisa Bryant, Amina Cain, Teresa Carmody, K. Lorraine Graham, Jennifer Karmin, India Radfar, and Mark Wallace.

 Amina Cain is the author of the short story collection I Go To Some Hollow (Les 
 Figues Press, 2009), and a forthcoming chapbook, Tramps Everywhere (Insert
 Press/PARROT SERIES).  A recording of her story "Attached to a Self" was included
 in the group show A Diamond in the Mud at Literaturhaus Basel in Switzerland in
 2008; other work has appeared in publications such as 3rd Bed, Action Yes, Denver
 Quarterly, onedit, Sous Rature, and Wreckage of Reason: Xxperimental Prose by
 Women Writers.  She lives in Los Angeles.
 Visit Amina's website at aminacain.com
Jennifer Karmin’s text-sound epic, Aaaaaaaaaaalice ...