Assembly instructions: (Tangential Logick, tangential Magick), 2008

Assembly Instructions is a loose structure of associations, created
from Xerox photocopies of books, pictures sourced from Flickr,
Wikipedia, and other materials. The individual collages are arranged
in framed grids ranging from a dozen to hundreds of examples, all
connected by hand-drawn, pencil dots. Tangential Logick looks at the system of thought of the psychedelic, the mentally ill and of dreamers, explored as a pyramid of linear, logical associations expanded upon to form giant, unwieldy structures of thought, which collapse upon the dreamer's waking, like a house of cards. Tangential Magick explores the conventions of magic tricks that are rooted in chains of cause and effect.

Alexandre Singh

1980, Bordeaux. Lives and works in New York. Alexandre Singh's work explores a variety of media and exhibition formats, working with literature, collages, installation and performance. Recent exhibitions include: 3 Lectures + 1 Story = 4 Evening, Performa Biennial 09, White Columns, New York; Assembly Instructions (Tangential Logick), Harris Lieberman Gallery, New York; Hello Meth Lab in the Sun, Alexandre Singh & Justin Lowe & Jonah Freeman in collaboration, Ballroom, Marfa, Texas. Upcoming exhibitions include: Free, New Museum, New York, (2010); The School for Objects & The School for Objects Criticized, Monitor Gallery, Rome, Italy (2010). For Manifesta 8, he presents a complex series of drawings and Xerox collages, which he refers to as Tangential Logick and Tangential Magick.