S/Z -

According to Wikipedia ‘S/Z’ or ‘SZ’ may refer to:

the Alfa Romeo SZ

the NATO country code for Switzerland

the Suzuki sporadic group - a mathematical group

Slovenske železnice - the Slovenian railway company

Szöllősy - the catalogue of all the compositions of Béla Bartók

SZ cycle-car - a Soviet/Russian microcar series

the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect in astrophysics

the city of Shenzhen in Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China

Sprite Zero – the diet version of Sprite

S/Z - the structuralist analysis of Honoré de Balzac’s "Sarrasine", by Roland Barthes

etc.

It also refers to the collaborative practice of Zayne Armstrong and Sarah Elliott, initiated in 2007, based in Rotterdam and New York City

Biography

Sarah Elliott
b. 1986 Juneau, Alaska

2004-2008
-- BFA - Performance, Sculpture & Theory, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois

Zayne Armstrong
b. 1986 Upland, California

2011-2012
-- MFA, Piet Zwart Institute, Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam University, Rotterdam
2010-2011
-- BA Philosophy, Berkbeck, University London, London
2005-2008
-- BA (Hons) Fine Art – 4D, Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London
2003-2005
-- BFA Foundation in Art & Design, Parsons School of Design, New York

Items

2011
-- Needed By Things, Furnished Space, London, February-March
-- Testing Ground: Time Scale, Zabludowicz Collection, 176 Prince of Wales Road, London, January

2010
-- No Soul For Sale, c/o Next Visit Berlin/Natalia Stachon, Turbine Hall, Tate Modern, London, May
-- S/Z Cordially Invites You To Wait, on the Corner of Broom St. and Lafyette Ave., 6-9pm, New York, New York, September
-- I Love You Here Is What I Made - 2010, Wilderness Charter School, Ashland High School, Ashland, Oregon, January

2009
-- I don't know how close I am to a mountain AND You must have something to do with this, Auto-Italia South East, London, October
-- No Soul For Sale, c/o Next Visit Berlin/Natalia Stachon, X-Initiative, New York, June
-- Panda Malin-Head, Auto-Italia South East, London, June-July, organized by Amanda Dennis and James Lewis
-- Serial Pops, Green Bicycle Organization, Chicago, Illinois, April, curated by Sean O'Connell
-- I Love You Here Is What I Made - 2009, Ashland, Oregon, January

2008
-- An X About X, Open( )Interval, Revolving Door Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, April
-- I Love You Here Is What I Made - 2008, Childsolutions, Ashland, Oregon, January

Issues

2009
-- S/Z Builds Benches On Request (Institute), School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, March, curated by David Cook, Julia Rich, Megan Ransmeier and Sean O’Connell
-- 8 People Are Invited to Give Talks About Geography, Chicago - with talks given by Lin Hixson, Matthew Goulish, Megan Ransmeier, Laurie Palmer, Samuel Bennett, Andy Yang, Devin King, Nance Klehm, March-April
-- S/Z Builds Benches On Request (Vicktor and Kik), Chicago, Illinois
-- S/Z Cordially Invites You To Wait in The Grand Hall at Union Station, Chicago, Illinois, 1-6pm 15th February, Union Station, Chicago, Illinois, February

2008
-- S/Z Builds Benches On Request (FormContent), London
-- S/Z Builds Benches On Request (Next Visit, Berlin), Next Visit, Berlin
-- 8 People Are Invited to Give a Talk About a Specific Significant Educational Experience, KEN, London, organized with Sarah Elliott, with presentations by Robert Ellis, Chloe Briggs, Conrad Ventur, Amanda Dennis, Christian Toepfner, Francesco Pedraglio, October-November
-- S/Z Builds Benches On Request (KEN), London

Bibliography

2010 -- Monaco Magazine, London, November, edited by Katie Guggenheim – contributor

2009 -- Panda Malin Head, Auto Italia South East, London – exhibition catalog