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From December 2005 through June 2006, the P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center in Queens, N.Y. is presenting Fine Print: Alternative Media at P.S.1, a series of public programsinvolving panel discussions, readings, lectures, music and performancesco-organized with innovative publications from New York and nationwide.

At the first Fine Print event, San Franciscos The Believer magazine presented a favorably bizarre lineup of artists discussions.

One highlight was an interview with fiberboard sculptor Matthew Ronay, conducted by writer Brandon Stosuy, which concluded with Ronays telling of a formative experience involving his mother blaming a mess he had made on the family Labrador.

The Guggenheims Caitlyn Jones and critic Lori Waxman conversed about the proliferation and dubious usefulness of the short format art critic; Waxman then composed/performed rapid-fire reviews of two online artworks.

A major lull was the convoluted PowerPoint safari through Modernism piloted by famous painter Eric Fischl, who observed the bodys disappearance from politically relevant, post 9/11 art.

Geek-chic artist Cory Arcangel ended it all by deleting his profile on the website Friendster in an act of performance art-cum-cyber suicide.

Fine Print will feature events on literature, politics, photography, sound art, stencil art, and even the legacy of Iron Chef. The next Fine Print event, to be co-produced with the publication Topic, is scheduled for Feb. 2.

Other participating publications include Bidoun, Cabinet, Clear Cut Press, Esopus, Influence, The Journal of Aesthetics & Protest, Mass Appeal, n+1 and The Relay Project. All programs will be recorded for the audio-archive on WPS1.org, the museums online radio station.

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