Mr Viral
Table of the Elements, the influential U.S. label that shut up shop in 2011, will relaunch this year as a curatorial platform, interdisciplinary production organization, and publishing house. A relaunch event at the Garden Cinema, in London, heralds its return, on Friday, June 13, with a screening and Q&A for the Tony Conrad documentary Completely in the Present. More events around the world will take place in the following month, the organization said, along with a membership drive to support a docket of vinyl and digital audio releases, artist editions, podcasts, films, and interdisciplinary live performances.
Between its 1993 launch and 2011 dissolution, Table of the Elements put out records by the likes of Conrad, Thurston Moore, Jim O’Rourke, Keiji Haino, Pauline Oliveros, Faust, John Cale, Gastr del Sol, and Fennesz. New projects include a work from composer Charlemagne Palestine, a podcast series exploring the Table of the Elements catalog, and an artist-led audio series. An initial batch of vinyl releases comprises David Grubbs’ Banana Cabbage, Potato Lettuce, Onion Orange; Matthew Welch’s Library of Babel; and Everloving, an album described as “the debut from the NYC ‘star-studded’ Henry Flynt tribute band.”
