Dawn Kasper, Murder At The Schindler House, 2003. Performance, Fritz Haeg's Sundown Salon, MAK Center, Schindler House, Los Angeles, 2003. Photograph by Karl Haendel

…are some of the old friends whose work I am especially jazzed to see at the show this year – just opening tonight – like Dawn Kasper‘s studio relocated to a gallery where she will work, nap, hang-out, receive the public, and generally occupy (who performed two of her “Evil Series” murder enactments at Sundown Salon events in 2003 – first at Salon #6 in the garden for Pipilotti Rist’s Instant Installations; and later at the Schindler House for Salon #9: Sundown @ Schindler); the installation and May 20th fashion show of K8 Hardy (who did a performance as the bobcat for Animal Estates #1 at the 2008 Biennial); and Wu Tsang’s Silver Platter room and Wildness feature film…plus plus plus eager for LaToya Ruby Frazier photos, Laura Poitras film, Charles Atlas sets, Oscar Tuazon installations, Michael Clark dances…