JIM DRAIN opens 'HYPNOGOOGIA' - a smashingly vibrant exhibit of collaborative work, by JIM DRAIN & ARA PETERSON at DEITCH PROJECTS on WOOSTER ST, SOHO, Nov 4, 2005

at the 'HYPNOGOOGIA' opening, artist NAOMI FISHER, Jim Drain's sweetheart, DEITCH PROJECTS, Nov 4, 2005

ARA PETERSON opens 'HYPNOGOOGIA' - 'NEW COLLABORATIVE WORK BY JIM DRAIN & ARA PETERSON', DEITCH PROJECTS, WOOSTER ST, SOHO, Nov 4, 2005

slowly rotating geodesic sphere, JIM DRAIN & ARA PETERSON, 'HYPNOGOOGIA', DEITCH PROJECTS, Nov 4, 2005

in the main exhibition space, slowly turning geodesic spheres, developed in collaboration with EAMON BROWN, during a residency at Pittsburg's Mattress Factory, JIM DRAIN & ARA PETERSON, 'HYNOGOOGIA', DEITCH PROJECTS, Nov 4, 2005

This sphere rotated from a base on the ceiling. Jim and Ara have been collaborating for over 10 years, initially as members of FORCEFIELD. JIM DRAIN & ARA PETERSON, 'HYPNOGOOGIA', DEITCH PROJECTS. Nov 4, 2005

downstairs a room chockful of vertigo-inducing twirling disks, or 'pinwheels' - kept in spinning motion by many portable electric fans. JIM DRAIN & ARA PETERSON, 'HYPNOGOOGIA', DEITCH PROJECTS, Nov 4, 2005

JIM DRAIN & ARA PETERSON, 'HYPNOGOOGIA', DEITCH PROJECTS, Nov 4, 2005

JIM DRAIN & ARA PETERSON, 'HYPNOGOOGIA', DEITCH PROJECTS, Nov 4, 2005

JIM DRAIN & ARA PETERSON, 'HYPNOGOOGIA', DEITCH PROJECTS, Nov 4, 2005

behind the scene, a small fan keeps the 'pinwheel' in spin, JIM DRAIN & ARA PETERSON, 'HYPNOGOOGIA', DEITCH PROJECTS, Nov 4, 2005

at the 'HYPNOGOOGIA' afterparty: from left, EUNICE KIM, just back from legally harvesting medical weed in California; and Michael Williams and Melissa Brown, the latter being members of the hyper performance & video group/band - SLOW JAMS. Elizabeth St, Nov 4, 2005

from left: Eunice Kim, Michael Williams, Melissa Brown and Peter Coffin. Not surprisingly, considering this photo, the New Year finds both!! Michael Williams and Peter Coffin on crutches!!! Michael Williams did himself serious ankle injury during a typically rowdy SLOW JAMS BAND performance at the Miami Art Fairs & Peter Coffin broke his ankle while at play on the beach in California over the holidays. 'HYPNOGOOGIA' afterparty, Elizabeth St, Nov 4, 2005

the man behind the party - DANIEL REICH, Tara DeLong performance, DANIEL REICH temp.Space@HOTEL CHELSEA, Nov 4, 2005

DANIEL REICH opened temp.Space in the CHELSEA HOTEL, and handed it over to DEAN DADERKO to hold the edgiest over-the-top party/performances in the city. CLICK ON THIS IMAGE to see the first low/fi poster for TARA DeLONG -- the site is NYC nite life history now - turned out it was too rowdy, even for the CHELSEA HOTEL!! who'd have thought that - hotel management shut it down mid-way through the month's agenda.. word is it will re-open, but with exhibits only.

Hard-core radical white Chick cult Rapper, TARA DeLONG, with a back-up group of guys in suits, soon to be in no suits !! opened The DANIEL REICH temp.Space at the CHELSEA HOTEL, Nov 4, 2005

TARA DeLONG starts to heat up. There were also half naked lesbian chicks distributing free & very generously served up tequilla shots to the partying crowd. DANIEL REICH temp.Space @HOTEL CHELSEA, Nov 4. 2005

TARA DeLONG, the first performance/party. Program by Dean Daderko, DANIEL REICH temp.Space @HOTEL CHELSEA, Nov 4, 2005

TARA DeLONG, the first performance/party. Program by Dean Daderko, DANIEL REICH temp.Space @HOTEL CHELSEA, rm 600 ground floor, Nov 4, 2005 - now history!

artist GRANT WORTH, with a beautiful show of polaroids & a captivating video loop at JOHN CONNELLY PRESENTS, at the Tara DeLong performance, DANIEL REICH temp.Space @HOTEL CHELSEA, Nov 4, 2005

painter DAVE MIKO, to show at WALLSPACE, Tara DeLong performance, DANIEL REICH temp.Space@HOTEL CHELSEA, Nov 4, 2005

sculptor, SAM MARTINEAU, Tara DeLong performance, DANIEL REICH temp.Space@HOTEL CHELSEA, Nov 4, 2005

MICHAEL MAGNAN, just back from big shows in California & Japan. Tara DeLong performance, DANIEL REICH temp.Space@HOTEL CHELSEA, Nov 4, 2005

MEGAN SULLIVAN of the performance band, BUTTERKNIFE KRUSH, Tara DeLong performance, DANIEL REICH temp.Space@HOTEL CHELSEA, Nov 4, 2005

LARA ALLEN, of the RAGTIME GERMS, Tara DeLong performance, DANIEL REICH temp.space@HOTEL CHELSEA, Nov 4, 2005

Keegan McHargue, visiting from Portland, Oregon - his early WRONG GALLERY installation, a pen & ink drawing the size of the door, is one of the first 1:6 replicas of WRONG GALLERY exhibits to be produced by CEREALART. 'HYPNOGOOGIA' afterparty, Elizabeth St, Nov 4, 2005

legend MARY BOONE, presents DAVID SALLE, THE VORTEX PAINTINGS, opening Nov 5, 2005

DAVID SALLE opens THE VORTEX PAINTINGS, MARY BOONE, Nov 5, 2005

DAVID SALLE, THE VORTEX PAINTINGS, MARY BOONE, Nov 5, 2005

detail, left hand side, previous image, DAVID SALLE, THE VORTEX PAINTINGS, MARY BOONE, Nov 5, 2005

from left: Amy Myers, Ross Bleckner, and Eric Fischl, DAVID SALLE opening, THE VORTEX PAINTINGS, MARY BOONE, Nov 5, 2005

artworld gadabout Baird Jones, with painter Alex Katz and his wife, Ada Katz, DAVID SALLE opening, THE VORTEX PAINTINGS, MARY BOONE, Nov 5, 2005

Mary Boone Gallery artist HILARY HARKNESS, with longtime boyfriend David Wa, DAVID SALLE opening, THE VORTEX PAINTINGS, MARY BOONE, Nov 5, 2005

Donald Baechler. alot of the new artists on the scene got their first NYC break, working in Donald's studio - Taylor McKimens & Brian Belott are the first to come to mind. the list also includes, Brendan Cass & even, Alfredo Martinez ! DAVID SALLE opening, THE VORTEX PAINTINGS, MARY BOONE, Nov 5, 2005

TRACEY EMIN'S card for 'I CAN FEEL YOU SMILE', was kind of neat, it doesn't scan that well, but it was a reproduction of handwritten pencilled letters, and although it was on hard stock, it was small & folded like a little handmade party invite. LEHMANNN MAUPIN, 5 NOVEMBER - 17 DECEMBER 2005

TRACEY EMIN, flanked by Lorcan O'NEILL, a gallerist from Rome, left of photo, and Julian Schnabel, at the right - at the opening of her, I FEEL YOUR SMILE, LEHMANN MAUPIN, Nov 5, 2005

detail, ... SORRY SORRY, TRACEY EMIN, I CAN FEEL YOUR SMILE, LEHMANN MAUPIN, Nov 5, 2005

left, artist/filmmaker Delia Brown of D'Amelio Terras, with actress Hollis Witherspoon, outside Lehmann Maupin, Nov 5, 2005

KID CREOLE & THE COCONUTS play at the FALL 2005 Phillips pre-Auction party, Nov 5, 2005

KID CREOLE, KID CREOLE & THE COCONUTS, at PHILLIPS de Pury, Nov 5, 2005

BONGO EDDIE, from our own Brooklyn N.Y., KID CREOLE & THE COCONUTS, PHILLIPS de Pury, Nov 5, 2005

....the Coconuts, KID CREOLE & THE COCONUTS, PHILLIPS de Pury, Nov 5, 2005

... full circle, JIM DRAIN & NAOMI FISHER with TOBIAS URBAN of GELATIN, (in the red dot suit), nobody let on that Naomi was to be the surprise house guest at the GELATIN live-in performance piece, 'Tantamounter 24/7' that was coming up at LEO KOENIG on Nov 16th, caught on the street outside the TRACEY EMIN opening, LEHMANN MAUPIN, Nov 5, 2005