The Innermost Limits of Pure Fun is a 1968 film by George Greenough.  ”The limits of fun” started as a series of undocumented meditations on the liminal zones of pleasure, overlapping territories of success and failure, vortexes or spirals of time, growth, progress, and possible futures.  Over some years, these words turned into a catchall name for a variety of projects I worked on.  It emerged as the url for an online travelogue in 2007 and has now unwittingly morphed into the business name for my professional work as well.  And although it’s awkward to say aloud, you can tell your friends that, “The Limits of Fun is available for consultation and project management related to innovative cultural programming and the arts.”

The idea of operating at the limits of, or along the borders between, disciplines still compels me.  The spectrum of “fun” (or happiness, success, etc.) continues to confuse me.

3rd person bio:
Adam Katz is a cultural consultant and curator based in New York City and San Francisco.

He serves as a member of the Planning Task Force for the Neutra VDL Studio and Residence and is currently launching a community print shop (marketing venue!) for Levi’s.

In 2009 Adam helped start a new chapter of the The Public School in New York City.  From 2007 to 2009 Adam worked in Los Angeles with a variety of institutions, non-profit organizations and artists.  As the Program Manager at the non-profit Telic Arts Exchange, he helped run the first Public School and coordinated an array of experimental exhibition venues.  With his partner, Julia Sherman, he founded and co-directed the workspace gallery.  And in the spring of 2009, Adam launched Photocartographies, an independent curatorial project at g727 which included an exhibition, a collection of essays and a series of public programs.

Adam strives to generate new models for cultural patronage in an effort to support his expanding network of creative / activist communities. He sometimes partners with companies to develop marketing campaigns and engagement platforms involving art and culture.  Under his direction, Quiksilver launched siteLA in 2008, a year-long residency and exhibition venue for women working across different cultural fields.  In 2007 he directed a temporary arts and community space for another Quiksilver brand in Venice Beach California.  Adam has also consulted on a variety of public art projects and patron initiatives through ForYourArt, an L.A. based cultural agency.

Before moving to L.A., Adam lived in Providence, Rhode Island where he helped establish Building 16.  He graduated from Brown University in 2005 with a concentration in Art Semiotics (cultural studies and art theory).

As a preparator and art handler, he has helped set up exhibitions at museums and galleries in Providence, New York, Miami, Los Angeles and Berlin.

Research interests include the history of museums and visual display, participatory practices in contemporary art, distributed production and free / open-source movements.  Other areas of expertise include mycology, sailboats, autism, the internet, tree houses and bicycles.