Audrey Chan.

The Exchange Rate: 2008 book is now available for purchase and download at lulu.com!

This book is a document of a community of artists who came together to make performances in response to the 2008 Presidential Elections. The resulting performances and directions were funny, melancholy, impossible, and practical. Chan & Mann were thrilled to be part of the action.

“This book documents an international performance exchange organized by artist Elana Mann in response to the 2008 US presidential election. Thirty-eight artists living in sixteen different countries participated in the project. With the aid of the project website exchangerate2008.com, participating artists produced, exchanged, and interpreted performance directions related to the election campaign. Artists include: Adam Overton, Aiste Ptakauske, Ana Fernandez , Bruce Conkle, CamLab, Chan & Mann, Danielle Adair, Dorit Cypis, Elana Mann, Emery Martin, Eric Lindley, Ernesto Salmeron, Eva Jung, Jason Kunke, Jean Pierre Lapeyre, Julie Lequin, Karen Atkinson, Kelly Kleinschrodt, Kevin Jamieson, Liz Glynn, Lora Ivanova, Luchezar Boyadjiev, Maile Colbert, Marc Lewis, Marssares, Melissa Wyman, Michael Lazar, Pablo Rasgado, REP, Rui Costa, Sara Roberts, Sibyl O’Malley, Søren Thilo Funder, Stine Marie Jacobsen,Vincent Ramos, Zackary Drucker. Designed by Roman Jaster.”

The book also includes an essay by Claire Ruud of …might be good and an interview with Elana Mann.

Last week, I participated in émission n°5 — Rencontre avec la troisième fille [listen] with artist Cécile Paris, poet Pierre Giquel, the students of the Radiœuse Workshop (Miia, Morgane, Louise, Antoni, and Olivier), and fellow interviewee Anaïs Myako (a.k.a. DJ Myako). It was a spontaneous bilingual interview that took the form of a breakfast conversation. We talked about our biographies, cheerleaders, and spiritual leaders over coffee, tea, and a delicious orange cake (thanks Morgane!). DIY Artist Radio, love it.