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The Secret Agency SoHo, NY
To the unnamed security personnel,
You may recall an incident at the gallery one week ago today. As part of a wider public statement on the status and perceptions of those with special needs, a performance art piece was conducted in this very space. This letter is an acknowledgement of your – albeit unwitting – role in the show. As you would appreciate, this is a very sensitive issue – one that touches many, yet is consciously ignored by most. We are aware that our actions were open to criticism and possibly mis-interpretation – as artists this is common, even necessary.

Your conduct in a confronting and difficult situation was exemplary, worthy of our acknowledgement and utmost respect. Indeed, it was the consideration and sympathy you displayed that was one of the more notable outcomes of the day. It is our sincerest hope that, although in this case your sentiment was ill-directed, you do not lose faith in the spirit of spontaneous kindness, nor hold animosity toward the
protagonists.

We did not choose this gallery for any personal reasons – simply the esteem with which Gagosian Gallery is held in the art and wider community made it the obvious choice of venue. Please pass on our best regards to all, and humblest apologies for any inconvenience or alarm.

Hopefully one day we can all look back and say that among many days, that was a day I remember.

Our best wishes and good luck in all your endeavours.

Yours sincerely, rey + X

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Gagosian Gallery - tues 19th July, 2005

Monday, July 18, 12:30pm…a stretcher measuring 12' x 12' (unstretched)
is wheeled from the artists' studio in Soho to the rendezvous point on 31st st, between 9th and 10th.

4-8pm…stretched on the roof of the 12th floor.

8pm – 4:30am…an image of agent x in wheelchair is painted.

Tuesday, July 19, 2pm…canvas removed, stretcher transported to 25th st for re-stretching.

3pm…agent x, with disability care worker (his father) wheeling the chair, enters Gagosian Gallery on the corner of 24th and 11th.

3:10 the canvas is carried around from 25th st to the front window, where it is glued to the front window – filling the entire space.

3:25 the gallery director and staff outside, perplexed, wondering who, why and what to do next. Painting taken down, moved, moved back, and finally taken in to stock room.

3:35 – 4pm increasing concern for the abandoned special needs person left in the main gallery. Patient is uncommunicative and without
discernable response. No identification.

4pm-5pm (closing time) mild panic. Conjecture over authenticity of abandoned s.n. person. Security wish to call police, staff wish to call ambulance, gallery director decides to wait.

5pm agent x takes chair and purposefully walks/runs out of gallery, thanking security staff for their genuine concern on his way out. Painting is locked in store room.

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Press Release July 28, 2005

42nd street is bracing for a return to its former glory as New York's
Red Light district.

Local identity Nisian Hughes, and international peacekeeper Stephen Reynolds (aka aGents X and rey, of the.secret.aGency) have secured space at 217 E 42nd street (btn 2nd and 3rd) for their upcoming art show – 3docUmenT.

Notable for their multi-form approach and high profile art stunt-work, X and rey have a prolific and diverse offering come late August. Working in the window stage at the venue before, during and after the August 25 opening party, the Amsterdam-style 'girl for sale in window' theatric will be the starting point for their exploration of all things art, sex and provocative aesthetic. Life-drawing from the street, dancing chickens and art vending machines, will sit comfortably or otherwise next to short films, traditional oil paintings, works on paper (sold by the square inch) and both collaborative and competitive paintings and drawings. In a Lazy Susan-style carousel of daily art, X and rey chronicle the images of this extraordinary life and times.

In the academic tradition of finding truth through parallel and intersecting reports, X and rey have been documenting the philosophical undercurrents of several significant cities. By recording these events, sentiments or inspirations in a variety of media, the viewer is invited to observe both the process, outcome and event itself. Homelessness on the streets of London; depravity and decadence expressed through ballet at the Metropolitan Opera; disability and the art world. What happens when two artists like the same girl? Is it unlawful to steal your comrade's painting from an art fair? How much does love cost?

Hence, we have 3docUmenT, a sprawling and significant attempt to provoke and promote the mis-understood and the obvious, in unequal measure. To quote their recurring inspirant, German film-maker Werner Hertzog, "…it's not that I hate the jungle. I love it very much. However it is a love against my better judgement. "

: :tom lec's skate i stole....: :

sorry, lec...i have constructed a new weapon...it is, naturally, all yours...

: :This is my house, this is my street: :

yep. all in pics. forgive the hair - that was a mid point on my way to silver. thinking about a blue rinse now...