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FAX is an evolving exhibition that started in New York in 2009, and continues to be reconfigured, expanded, and localized as it is presented—often simultaneously—in venues worldwide. FAX invites artists, architects, designers, scientists, and filmmakers to think of the fax machine as a drawing tool, resulting in an exhibition concerned with ideas of reproduction, obsolescence, distribution, and mediation. Through the infinitely reproducible, yet erratic outcomes of producing works via the fax machine, this show displaces traditional notions of the hand that are still commonly associated with the medium of drawing, and instead foregrounds drawing as a generative process.

The first iteration of the exhibition featured a core of works by nearly 100 artists, including seminal examples of early telecommunications art. With every new incarnation, the hosting institutions are encouraged to invite additional artists to submit works, which are then permanently added to the show. New participants submit faxes throughout the duration of the presentation using a specially designed cover sheet by Dexter Sinister. Visitors view the collection of faxes on the walls or flip through archival binders to see over 500 pages of works.

Touring locations
The Drawing Center
Apr 17, 2009 – Jul 23, 2009
Contemporary Museum
Sep 12, 2009 – Dec 20, 2009
Plug In ICA
Dec 12, 2009 – Feb 21, 2010
Torrance Art Museum
Jan 14, 2010 – Feb 20, 2010
Para/Site Art Space
Feb 1, 2010 – Mar 31, 2010
Burnaby Art Gallery
Mar 16, 2010 – May 23, 2010
Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil
Mar 24, 2010 – Jun 20, 2010
Dowd Gallery, State University of New York, College at Cortland
Oct 7, 2010 – Dec 10, 2010
New Galerie
Nov 6, 2010 – Dec 18, 2010
Apex Gallery, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Feb 15, 2011 – Apr 3, 2011
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
Mar 7, 2011 – Apr 10, 2011
St Paul St Gallery
Apr 8 – 30, 2011
Knoxville Museum of Art
Aug 23, 2011 – Nov 6, 2011
South London Gallery
Sep 22, 2011 – Nov 27, 2011
DeVos Art Museum
Jan 13, 2012 – Feb 24, 2012
University of Hawaii Art Gallery
Feb 26, 2012 – Apr 15, 2012
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
Mar 2, 2012 – Jun 23, 2012
Simons Center for Geometry and Physics
Mar 2, 2012 – Jun 23, 2012
San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery
May 4, 2012 – Jul 22, 2012
KARST
May 15, 2014 – Jun 15, 2014
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