Kim Gordon canceled her noise show at Lonti Ebers's Amant nonprofit in East Williamsburg at the last minute due to illness, leaving her Body/Head bandmate Bill Nace to improvise with Aaron Dilloway. The concert marked the closing of 'Folded Group,' a group exhibition curated by Gordon and Nace, and featured opening sets by MV Carbon and Jeff Hartford, with audio bleeding into Amant's upscale restaurant Zoli.
The incident highlights the collision between the high-art world and the underground noise scene, reflecting broader tensions around pretension and accessibility in contemporary art. The gossip column also touches on the art world's obsession with status symbols like luxury sparkling water, contrasting it with noise music's more inclusive, if niche, culture.