Ticket to "Collision Course" December 16, 2008

London: Royal Academy of the Arts (event ticket), 2008
3.25" x 7.375"

Entry ticket to GSK Contemporary for December 16, 2008, which was hosting "Collision Course", a program running through January 19, 2009 which included "Burroughs Live", an exhibition curated by José Férez Kuri and David Thorp. On the show, from the release:

"The second part of the season, Collision Course, reflects the winter timings of the programming with a bleak and austere aesthetic underlying the three main exhibitions; Burroughs Live, Sudden White and Dark Materials, as well as the accompanying programme of talks and cinema screenings...

Upstairs, Burroughs Live, co-curated by Burroughs expert José Férez and David Thorp, aims to establish the presence of American novelist, film maker, social critic, painter and spoken word performer, William Burroughs. The show presents footage of Burroughs’ own performances and films including Thanksgiving Prayer and Towers Open Fire and previously unseen footage. A series of photographic self-portraits will be exhibited alongside works produced in collaboration with other artists such as George Condo and Keith Haring, as well as portraits by Robert Mapplethorpe, Annie Leibowitz, David Hockney and Damien Hirst. A new film work from artist Malcolm McLaren, Shallow; will be shown alongside Burroughs Live. The 21 ‘film portraits’ that make up the work were inspired by Burroughs’ Cut-Up technique."

This particular ticket was purchased by Kevin Ring, editor and publisher of Beat Scene Press, and I acquired it from him directly.