PARTICIPANT INC presents the first NYC solo exhibition of Glen Fogel, With Me… You, consisting of a new five-channel video installation and an ongoing series of large-scale paintings of letters written to the artist. The inspiration for this immersive video installation was the artist’s viewing of Home Shopping Network while staying in a motel in Kansas on the way home from a family wedding. With Me… You continues Fogel’s pairing of elements of personal history with superimpositions of the self onto found or public material. Using the photography and display style of Home Shopping Network as a starting point, Fogel embarked on a project to videotape all of the wedding rings in his family’s possession, complete with slow moving two axis turn tables, razor sharp HD video, and star filters. Going back to his great grandparents’ rings that have been stripped of their jewels, to the wedding rings of his parents and siblings, Fogel has documented the process of requesting permission through email exchanges, recorded phone calls, and kept videotape of his travels to Colorado and California to obtain the rings. FedEx lost his mother’s wedding ring in the process.