Crate and Davis Museum is pleased to announce 'Hou Hanru Hear Us' a new exhibition by Bill Burns opening September 23, 2013. 'Hou Hanru Hear Us' is a scale model of the Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane Australia with a large sign on it. The work the deploys a strategy of playing possum, known in animal behaviour as thanatosis. Here the artist mimics himself in a dead state (plays possum) while asking for deliverance and intercession. The expressions, 'priez pour nous', 'protect us', 'delivrez-nous', and 'hear us' come from a prayer form known as a litany. Litanies are call and response prayers. The names on these signs and the other signs in this series such as, Ulrich Obrist Priez Pour Nous are those of internationally recognized critics, curators and directors. 'Hou Hanru Hear Us' asks a question that cannot be answered: What do we long for?. ... A related book entitled 'Hans Ulrich Obrist Hear Us' with stories and essays by Bill Burns, Jennifer Allen, Dan Adler and Dannys Montes de Oca Moreda will be published by YYZ Books, Toronto in fall 2013.