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THIS FRIDAY: Jennie Moran in conversation with Jessamyn Fiore, director of The Estate of Gordon Matt-Clark.
16th October, 1-2 pm

Join us for a lunchtime talk with Jennie Moran & Jessamyn Fiore, with warming soup + bread provided during this discussion about art and food!

This event is located within the Do It Together exhibition, which features Jennie's works 'How to Soften Corners' & 'Accoutrements for crossing thresholds.'

Biographies:

Jennie Moran is a visual artist whose work explores hospitality as a creative and connective philosophy. Blending sculpture, food and performance, she founded Luncheonette, an art/hospitality project at National College of Art and Design in 2013. She lectures widely, mentors in holistic hospitality and curates discursive events. She was recently awarded a scholarship at the Getty Research Institute. Jennie is the author of "How to Soften Corners" and was named Best Emerging Voice at the Irish Food Writing Awards.

Jessamyn Fiore is the Director of the Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark as well as a curator and writer. She was the Director of Thisisnotashop, a nonprofit gallery space in Dublin, Ireland, from 2007–2010. She received a Masters Degree in contemporary art theory, practice, and philosophy from The National College of Art and Design, Dublin, in 2009. She curated ‘112 Greene Street: The Early Years (1970–1974)’ at David Zwirner in New York (2011), editing the critically acclaimed catalogue, published by David Zwirner and Radius Books (2012). She recently co-curated Gordon Matta-Clark: Graffiti Archive 1972/73 with Roger Gastman of Beyond the Streets for White Columns gallery, New York City (March 2025) and is the curator of an upcoming Gordon Matta-Clark exhibition at the MAXXI Museum (Rome, Italy) in November 2026.

Photo credit: @louishaugh Woman in red serving customers across a wooden counter under hanging lamps in a cozy, dim café by @jessamynfiore

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Join us for a lunchtime event this Friday, 16th October, 1-2 pm
Jennie Moran in conversation with Jessamyn Fiore, Director, The Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark
📍This event will take place within the Do It Together exhibition which features Jennie's works 'How to Soften Corners' & 'Accoutrements for crossing thresholds.'

Jennie Moran is a visual artist whose work explores hospitality as a creative and connective philosophy. Blending sculpture, food and performance, she founded Luncheonette, an art/hospitality project at National College of Art and Design in 2013. She lectures widely, mentors in holistic hospitality and curates discursive events. She was recently awarded a scholarship at the Getty Research Institute. Jennie is the author of "How to Soften Corners" and was named Best Emerging Voice at the Irish Food Writing Awards.

Jessamyn Fiore is the Director of the Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark as well as a curator and writer. She was the Director of Thisisnotashop, a nonprofit gallery space in Dublin, Ireland, from 2007–2010. She received a Masters Degree in contemporary art theory, practice, and philosophy from The National College of Art and Design, Dublin, in 2009. She curated ‘112 Greene Street: The Early Years (1970–1974)’ at David Zwirner in New York (2011), editing the critically acclaimed catalogue, published by David Zwirner and Radius Books (2012). She recently co-curated Gordon Matta-Clark: Graffiti Archive 1972/73 with Roger Gastman of Beyond the Streets for White Columns gallery, New York City (March 2025) and is the curator of an upcoming Gordon Matta-Clark exhibition at the MAXXI Museum (Rome, Italy) in November 2026.

Image 2: Jennie Moran, image courtesy of the artist
Image 3: Gordon Matta-Clark, 'Food', photographer: Cosmos Andrew Sarchiapone.
Image 4: Jennie Moran, How to Soften Corners Lime-green text on black: "Jennie Moran & Jessamyn Fiore" with "In Conversation" and "Friday 16th October 1pm" by @jessamynfiore

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Gorgeous new Gordon Matta-Clark exhibition now open in Bexhill, England, at The De La Warr Pavilion called Discrete Violations and curated by the wonderful @ned_mcconnell ✨✨✨ It has been such a pleasure to work with Ned and to visit @delawarr which is a truly stunning space right on the sea ✨✨✨ Wonderful to meet @premsahib who has a powerful exhibition on as well and I was completely blown away by the overlap between the ideas of Anarchitecture and Prem’s work ✨✨✨ Thank you to my amazing Middlesbrough friends who made the trip down for the opening I clueing @lady.kitt1 @geasterlow @vision25c @bordellocollective ✨✨✨ We did an amazing visit to Lee Miller’s home @farleyshg and recreated a photo of Roberto Matta & Dorothea Tanning posing with Lee & Roland Penrose during their visit in 1953 - magical coincidence!✨✨✨ Thank you @fob51 @ned_mcconnell @premsahib @olgagrotova @delawarr for such an incredible weekend!!!!✨✨✨ taken in The De La Warr Pavilion by @jessamynfiore

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Screening: Gordon Matta-Clark (US)
Splitting, Conical Intersect, and Day's End

Introduction and Q&A with Jessamyn Fiore, Director, The Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark

This Thursday 15th October, 6pm
Venue: NCAD, Grace Gifford Building, John St W, Usher's Quay, D08 H998

Tickets for this very special event are free but limited! Book your place on Eventbrite and find more info via link in bio

Part of Do It Together: Phase II
Pallas Projects/Studios 1996-2026

Drawing on Pallas’ long-running and ongoing advocacy, research and publishing on artist-run practices, the programme draws on, reflects and responds to the legacy and impact of artist-run antecedents including Gordon Matta-Clark, a pioneer of 112 Greene Street – one of New York's first alternative, artist-run venues, and co-founder of the artist-run restaurant Food.

Splitting (1974) documents Matta-Clark's dissection of a suburban house in Englewood, New Jersey, which he bisected with two parallel cuts and then tilted one half of the structure at an angle.

Conical Intersect (1975) records Matta-Clark's intervention in two seventeenth-century buildings adjacent to the site of the future Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.

Day's End (1975) documents one of Matta-Clark's most ambitious and controversial projects: a series of cuts made over two months in an abandoned pier on New York's Hudson River.

Jessamyn Fiore is the Director of the Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark as well as a curator and writer. She was the Director of Thisisnotashop, a nonprofit gallery space in Dublin, Ireland, from 2007-2010. She received a Masters Degree in contemporary art theory, practice, and philosophy from The National College of Art and Design, Dublin, in 2009.

Presented in partnership with The Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark. Gordon Matta-Clark films courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York.

Funded by @artscouncilireland @dublincitycouncil & @deptculturecommssport

Images:
3. Gordon Matta-Clark, photographed in Food, Photograph by Cosmos Andrew Sarchiapone
4. Gordon Matta-Clark, Splitting (1974), Super 8 film.
5. Gordon Matta-Clark, Film still from Days End (1975).
All images courtesy of The Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark Lime green background with black text that reads:

Screening: Gordon Matta-Clark — NCAD Grace Gifford Building D08 H998 — Thursday 15 October by @jessamynfiore

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Screening: Gordon Matta-Clark (US)
Splitting, Conical Intersect, and Day's End

Introduction and Q&A with Jessamyn Fiore, Director, The Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark

Thursday 15th October, 6pm
Venue: NCAD, Grace Gifford Building, John St W, Usher's Quay, D08 H998

Tickets for this very special event are free but limited! Book your place on Eventbrite and find more info via link in bio

Part of Do It Together: Phase II
Pallas Projects/Studios 1996-2026

Drawing on Pallas’ long-running and ongoing advocacy, research and publishing on artist-run practices, the programme draws on, reflects and responds to the legacy and impact of artist-run antecedents including Gordon Matta-Clark, a pioneer of 112 Greene Street – one of New York's first alternative, artist-run venues, and co-founder of the artist-run restaurant Food.

Splitting (1974) documents Matta-Clark's dissection of a suburban house in Englewood, New Jersey, which he bisected with two parallel cuts and then tilted one half of the structure at an angle.

Conical Intersect (1975) records Matta-Clark's intervention in two seventeenth-century buildings adjacent to the site of the future Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.

Day's End (1975) documents one of Matta-Clark's most ambitious and controversial projects: a series of cuts made over two months in an abandoned pier on New York's Hudson River.

Jessamyn Fiore is the Director of the Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark as well as a curator and writer. She was the Director of Thisisnotashop, a nonprofit gallery space in Dublin, Ireland, from 2007-2010. She received a Masters Degree in contemporary art theory, practice, and philosophy from The National College of Art and Design, Dublin, in 2009.

Presented in partnership with The Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark. Gordon Matta-Clark films courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York.

Funded by @artscouncilireland @dublincitycouncil & @deptculturecommssport

Images:
1. Gordon Matta-Clark, photographed in Food, Photograph by Cosmos Andrew Sarchiapone
2. Gordon Matta-Clark, Splitting (1974), Super 8 film.
3. Gordon Matta-Clark, Film still from Days End (1975).
All images courtesy of The Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark Young man in a turtleneck leaning on chairs in a small cafe with kitchen equipment and a chalkboard menu behind him. by @jessamynfiore

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This is an impossible post to write but I know many of you - if you have spent time with me at my home at any point - have met Dasher. So I’m sharing this private grief in case you wish to send your thoughts & love to her spirit for its journey. My beautiful dog, my constant companion, my familiar, my sidekick through thick & thin for almost 16 years, my good girl - she passed away last week. I was so fortunate to have this incredible soul in my life for so long - and she saw me through many big life changes, she lived so well and full and she loved being alive - running out the door each morning to bark and let the world (and squirrels & deer) know she was there - cuddling up next to me each night - she was just the best. I will always miss her. The last video I took two weeks before her passing and I think it captures how happy & full of life she was until the end.❤️Love you so much Dash❤️ taken in Chesterfield, New Hampshire by @jessamynfiore

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Opening tonight at Printed Matter in NYC “New Openings Against Old Surfaces: On Gordon Matta-Clark’s Walls Paper” ✨✨✨ 6pm tonight 9/9 Estate Director Jessamyn Fiore has a public conversation with Frances Richard, incredibly talented author of Gordon Matta-Clark: Physical Poetics✨✨✨ Tomorrow 9/10 there is a public reception from 6-8pm with remarks by Jessamyn ✨✨✨ See link for details in bio ✨✨✨ Exhibition runs until November 29th so go check it out✨✨✨ We have been working with PM on this incredible (and totally unique!) exhibition for 2 years and so delighted it’s finally here✨✨✨ Huge thank you to Keith Gray and Hannah Marshall for their incredible work putting it all together - you have both been an absolute pleasure to work with ✨✨✨ From @printedmatterinc Press Release: Printed Matter is pleased to present New Openings Against Old Surfaces: On Gordon Matta-Clark’s Walls Paper, the first exhibition focused specifically on the publishing output of pioneering artist Gordon Matta-Clark, with a particular focus on his project Walls Paper. The show offers an in-depth consideration of the 1973 publication, situating the work as a key experiment within the artist’s diverse and ambitious practice, and with the artists’ book medium at large. The exhibition is organized with the participation of the Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark, with materials drawn from its archives, and the Gordon Matta-Clark collection at the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montreal. On occasion of the exhibition, Printed Matter will realize two newly-created commissions from contemporary artists in dialogue with the legacy of Matta-Clark.✨✨✨
New Openings Against Old Surfaces is presented as part of Printed Matter’s 50th Anniversary programming, connecting the artist’s experimentation in book form to the radical milieu that characterized the time of PM’s founding—and with contemporary artists’ practice today.✨✨✨ taken in Printed Matter, Inc. by @jessamynfiore

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My mother and I are heartbroken to learn about the death of Lucien Smith. He first reached out in 2023 about his idea to open a new Food restaurant inspired by the original Food in SoHo founded by Gordon Matta-Clark and Carol Goodden with Tina Girouard. He wanted to extend his nonprofit work with Serving the People into this new Food - building community for the downtown arts community today. In our conversations, we were always impressed with how he was channeling Gordon’s ideas and work through his own unique creative vision and style - he was so respectful of Gordon’s legacy and the meaning of Food, always. And my lord he so full of energy and ideas, humor and enthusiasm! It was such a privilege to support his project and vision, to celebrate the inspiration of GMC on a younger generation and see this spirit of creative community exist today. Our deepest condolences to his family, friends, and loved ones. It’s an unbelievable loss 💔 Thank you Lucien for all your creativity, love and spirit - we will miss you deeply ❤️ First image from @cultured_mag and the rest from my first dinner at Food including a gift of GMC at Food photo for Lucien 🕊️❤️ taken in Foood by @jessamynfiore

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Rare personal post but I wanted to acknowledge another year around the sun ✨✨✨ My birthday was last Sunday and Justin’s is today - double Virgo power 🩷🩷 We celebrated with a trip to Iceland where I got to ring in my birthday with the incredible wonderful @liljabirgisdottir in Reykjavík and then we travelled around the Snæfellsnes Peninsula and ended our journey @hvammsvik - a hot spring on a fjord ✨✨✨ I’m so deeply grateful for this past year and look forward to the adventures ahead ✨✨✨ taken in Iceland by @jessamynfiore

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Gorgeous live score by @brendancanty to Gordon Matta-Clark’s film “Splitting” at DRIVE-IN 4x4 presented by @wavefarmradio and @newearinc in collaboration with @electronicartsintermix at the Hi-way Drive-In Theater in Coxsackie, NY✨✨✨ The evening culminated with a spectacular performance by @vict_0r as part of her space debris series (see final video)✨✨✨ GMC on 4 drive-in screens with the insanely talented Brendan Canty (of Fugazi) evoking the emotional journey of the artwork through music - it was a dream come true!✨✨✨ Thank you to all who organized (and participated in) this exceptional event✨✨✨ #gordonmattaclark by @jessamynfiore

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Captivating performance yesterday by @apaxahn followed by a wonderful conversation moderated by curator @christinaroseyang1 in front of incredible & engaged audience ✨✨✨ Thank you to @mixedmedia.space in North Adams MA for hosting this event and their passion for the work ✨✨✨ this is the second of a series of performance lectures by Autumn Ahn in dialogue with the work & legacy of Gordon Matta-Clark✨✨✨ Looking forward to continuing this conversation & collaboration to see where else it leads!✨✨✨ taken in North Adams, Massachusetts by @jessamynfiore

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SUPER PROUD of dearest friends @linamasfina and @liz_nielsen217 with the opening of @elijah_wheat_showroom in its gorgeous new shopfront space on Main Street in Beacon, New York ✨✨✨ Fantastic inaugural exhibition by @e.e.kono and beautiful welcome from the Beacon community ✨✨✨EWS is a visionary labor of love and I cannot wait to see all the amazing shows & events to come in its new home✨✨✨ easy walk from both Train and DIA - go check it out!!!!!!!!✨✨✨❤️❤️❤️Love you Lina & Liz❤️❤️❤️ taken in Beacon, New York by @jessamynfiore

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