Hot Topic was an exhibition curated by Amy Mackie. Artists included were Ginger Brooks Takahashi, Nicole Eisenman, Wynne Greenwood, K8 Hardy, LTTR, Ulrike Müller, Ridykeulous, Emily Roysdon, A.L. Steiner, Tracy and the Plastics.

online catalogue at:

http://www.bard.edu/ccs/exhibitions/student/2006/theses/hottopic/

the reading table as installed here has also been exhibited at:
Exile of the Imaginary, Generali Foundation, Vienna
Locally Localized Gravity, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
Eat The Market, Los Angeles County Museum of Art