Tastemaker

Obviously we're all obsessed with knowing things that are hidden. But Laura Barnett and Sandra Spannan give us an unusual opportunity: they allow us to be enthralled by the illicitness of confessing to a stranger, and then they break all boundaries by publicly posting the confessions they are given. No, it's not gossip, and it's not mean-spirited. It's performance art, and you can go be a part of it thru thursday.

Some of the exposed confessions:

"I am dating a married man & getting financial compensation in exchange for the guilt. I'm 25 & he's a millionaire. It pays to be young."

"The hermit crab was still alive when I threw it down the trash shoot."

"I want to see S.U.V.'s explode. Those people are so selfish."

Last year they performed in Berlin. "The Germans were so dark," said Ms. Barnett. "It was like they had been waiting for us to come."

Chashama, a non-profit art group run by Anita Durst, is hosting Inside/Out in a storefront window on 42nd st. Quotes are from a great article about the project in the NYT.