G.H. Hovagimyan is an absurdist, a strategist, a serial collaborator,
and nothing short of a cultural icon in the world of contemporary art,
particularly as it relates to how artists have adopted the digital
technological tools of our times, adapting them in his work for critique
of art, popular culture, and social engagement.
Situationist Funhouse is a joyride through this history. The journey
Stephen Zacks so meticulously documents and describes is not only an
incredibly comprehensive ride through G.H.'s life work to
date--Hovagimyan adopted G.H. as an acronym in the 1990s as a kind of
gesture of personal rebirth and to ease others' difficulty with his last
name [pronounced ho-va-GIM-yan]--it also serves as a document that
tracks a particular view on the alternative contemporary art scene of
New York from the 1970s to the present day.