Terence Koh at Peres Projects in Chinatown

If you happened to be in Chinatown on the night of Terence Koh's opening two weeks ago, you would have noticed something peculiar: a fine, white powder coating the shoes, pant legs, skirts and coat tails of many of those crisscrossing the neighborhood between galleries throughout the evening. Tracing the trail of white footprints back to Peres Projects, you would have found what looked like an empty gallery, but for the crowd, a keg of beer and an inconspicuous arrangement of objects on the floor near the back wall. A small, white desk lamp and a white Styrofoam cup were set along the edge of a 3-inch hole in the floor.

By Holly Myers

May 23, 2008