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Flash Art has published an interview with Ben Neill about ITSOFOMO. Click HERE to view

Gloria McLean was the choreographer for the first performances of ITSOFOMO which took place in 1989 at the Kitchen, New York. She’s posted a full video of the performance on her vimeo page. Click HERE to view

Know-Wave.com is hosting an archival review of ITSOFOMO with photographs, ephemera, and recollections of the piece. Click HERE to view

The oeuvre of late artist David Wojnarowicz spanned photography, painting, film, music, writing, and performance, all of which are incorporated into the hybrid work “ITSOFOMO: In The Shadow of Forward Motion” (1989). Produced in collaboration with composer Ben Neill, the multimedia work originally took the form of a performance that included a four-channel video piece accompanied by a live reading by Wojnarowicz with Neill’s original score.

– from Matt Stromberg’s piece “A David Wojnarowicz Performance from 1989 Is Released on Vinyl” on Hyperallergic.com, posted October 24, 2018

to read the whole piece, click HERE

Jabs and Morán Morán are pleased to present the release of ITSOFOMO (In the Shadow of Forward Motion), by David Wojnarowicz in collaboration with composer and musician Ben Neill, on double LP. ITSOFOMO is a multimedia performance that David Wojnarowicz created, together with Ben Neill, in 1989. Integrating music, text, and video in a multi-dimensional format, the work embodies the act of acceleration and its sensory manifestations. The performance premiered at the Kitchen in New York City in December, 1989, and has been presented internationally as both a performance and an installation. Released by Jabs in an edition of 500 copies, the double LP features a gatefold sleeve and an essay by Sylvére Lotringer. As part of this release, Ben Neill will present a single-channel edit of the video, which uses recordings from the LP as its soundtrack.

 

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ITSOFOMO performance collaboration by #benneill and #davidwojnarowicz with @dyallech #itsofomo

A post shared by Ben Neill (@mutantrumpet) on Sep 17, 2018 at 7:54pm PDT

 

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All set for the last performance of ITSOFOMO at 4pm at the Whitney Museum. #davidwojnarowicz

A post shared by Ben Neill (@mutantrumpet) on Sep 16, 2018 at 11:59am PDT

Ben Neill and Don Yallech performed “ITSOFOMO” for the first time in 25 years, September 14 – 16, 2018.

Performances took place at The Whitney Museum in conjunction with the exhibition “David Wojnarowicz: History Keeps Me Awake At Night.”

Images from Ben Neill’s instagram page

Video stills courtesy of Ben Neill