"I am an employee of United," 2010, by Ei Arakawa

…is a New York artist that I have been a fan of for a while, having first become aware of his work through friends that were in grad school with him, and who brought me to a few of his “performances” (more like chaotically staged collective activities that happen to have people around who want to watch – but are always getting in the way of the tasks being carried out by Ei and his friends and collaborators) over the years, including the Japan Society and Reena Spaulings, and now he is in Greater New York at PS1, and featured in this interview with Kevin McGarry in today’s New York Times – check it out here.