Sangbin Im, Eat / Vomit, 2000

Social Soup Wednesday, March 11th, 6-9 PM The EFA Studios’ Members Advisory Committee announces SOCIAL SOUP, an evening of ARTIST PERFORMANCES, FILM SCREENINGS and homemade SOUPS, in memory of Ben Schaafsma (1982 - 2008). THE EVENT: A donation of $10 buys a bowl of soup, and an invitation to an evening of art, entertainment and social interaction. All proceeds from the evening will go toward an award in Ben’s name to be given to an emerging artist. ENTERTAINMENT: The evening will include a screening of Gordon Matta-Clark’s documentary ‘Food’ (1972), as well as other food-related videos curated by Perpetual Art Machine. In addition, there will be performances by Nicolas Dumit Estevez, Lilah Freedland, Pablo Helguera, and Austin Thomas. WHERE: EFA Project Space 323 West 39th Street, 2nd Floor (between 8th and 9th Aves) New York, NY 10018 WHEN: Wednesday, March 11th, 6-9 PM PAM Social Soup Program Jason Zimmerman - Cows - 3:10 Holy Andres and Grace Carter - Brave New Girl - 2:37 Zev Robinson - Eating Patterns in Contemporary Society - 3:00 G.H Hovagimyan - Smart House / Dumb Interactivity - 2:23 Paul Sakoilsky - Cry - 7:24 Jeanne Susplugas - Furby - 4:31 Gautam Kansara - I'm Leaving - 6:00 Raul Vincent Enriquez - Untitled - 1:00 Lee Wells - The Potato Eaters - 7:38 Sang Bin Im - Eat / Vomit - 1:46 Bethany Fancher - Construction and Deconstruction of the 43rd President - 9:30 Cecilie Dahl - Cloths for a Summer Hotel - 6:30 Misato Tachibana - Greetings from New York - 0:37 Alison Ward - Birthday Girl - 5:33 duration: 62 minutes About Ben Schaafsma Ben Schaafsma, an independent curator and art activist, passed away on October 25th, 2008. Schaafsma was an exceptionally ambitious and motivated organizer of the arts community, establishing non-profit art institutions at almost every turn. Perhaps his best-known and longest-running effort was the Institute for Community Understanding Between Art and The Everyday (InCUBATE), founded with Abigail Satinsky and Roman Petruniak. Schaafsma often sought to solve funding issues using creative and non-traditional means. InCUBATE’s Sunday Soup program awarded a monthly grant to an artist from monies earned through a soup subscription. A local artist or activist cooked soup to be sold, and diners voted on who would win the grant. This type of self-supporting endeavor exemplifies Schaafsma’s efforts to build and sustain community. The Social Soup at EFA Studios is the EFAS Member’s Advisory Committee effort to continue Ben Schaafsma’s work and ideas. For further information please contact EFA Studios at (212) 563-5855 ext. 119, or email This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it A special thanks to fellow PAM member Tom Bogaert for inviting us to take part in this important event.

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