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Starr Space, a Brooklyn-based performance art venue founded by artist Jules de Balincourt, is pleased to announce the opening of ALL MY CROWNS ARE MADE OF PAPER, an evening of spoken word, music and theatrics that will take place on Sunday, May 24, 2009. Organized by curator Joseph Whitt, this event will feature performances by MOMUS, AKI SASAMOTO, LORD WHIMSY and RUSTY SANTOS. Doors open at 8:00 P.M. Show starts at 9:00 P.M. Cost is $8.00 at the door, until filled to capacity.

The night promises to be a highly improvisational affair. As of this writing, Momus plans to conduct extended readings from two of his forthcoming books, "The Book of Jokes" and "The Book of Scotlands," while accompanied onstage by performance artist and dancer Aki Sasamoto. Rusty Santos will debut an intimate set of largely unreleased solo material. And, Lord Whimsy will guide the audience through a menagerie of artifacts both inanimate and living. Be forewarned, special guests may also appear.

Born Nick Currie, Momus began recording under his current artist name in 1986 and has since released nearly 20 albums. He has been performing and producing work for art institutions since 2000 and has been in exhibitions and performance installations at Blow de la Barra and the Southbank Centre in London; the Baltic Mill in Gateshead, England; the Secession in Vienna; the MOCA in Los Angeles; and Zach Feuer Gallery, the Whitney Museum and Swiss Institute in New York.

Aki Sasamoto is a New York based, Japanese artist who works in performance, sculpture, dance and installation. Sasamoto completed her MFA at Columbia and has recently exhibited at the Yokohama Triennale 2008, Japan; Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin; Zach Feuer Gallery, Exit Art Gallery and Chocolate Factory Theater, New York. She is co-director of Culture Push Inc.

Lord Whimsy is the author of "The Affected Provincial's Companion Volume One," which was published by Bloomsbury and has recently been optioned for film by Johnny Depp. The Companion is a collection of humorous essays, lyrical anecdotes, and satirical diagrams written during the twelve years he spent living in an old army barracks out in the Pine Barrens of rural Southern New Jersey. He maintains an online journal, The Affected Provincial's Almanack, which concerns itself with "microluxury, aesthetic ecologies, and other pretentious twaddle,” and writes about style, historical curiosities, and natural history for numerous publications, such as Vice Magazine.

Rusty Santos is a musician and producer based out of New York City. He has released four solo albums and is currently a member of a band called The Present. As a producer and mix engineer he has worked with the group Animal Collective, recording their "Sung Tongs" album, and has mixed many recordings on the group’s Paw Tracks imprint. Santos is also cofounder of the boutique label Uunited Acoustic Recordings, and has worked collaboratively with a number of artists, including Momus, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffitti, Jane, Terrestrial Tones, Holy Shit (Matt Fishbeck & Ariel Pink), and Panda Bear.

Starr Space is located at 108-110 Starr Street, between Wilson and Knickerbocker. L-train to Jefferson.

For more information, please visit www.starrspace.net.