NOT TO BE MISSED - Essential Repertoire

DARMSTADT presents ESSENTIAL REPERTOIRE at ISSUE PROJECT ROOM, October 22-26, 2008

WED.OCT.22 Ne(x)tworks performs music of the New York School
John Cage: Variations II
Earle Brown: selections from Folio
Morton Feldman: Projection 4
Christian Wolff: selections from Exercises

THU.OCT.23 Fluxus scores interpreted by Bradley Eros, Lary 7 and others
Tony Conrad: Three Loops for Performers and Tape Recorders
Yoko Ono: Cut Piece
Nam June Paik: Concerto for TV Cello and Videotapes
Emmett Williams: Duet for Performer and Audience
Joseph Byrd: Fish: A Ballet for Woodwinds

FRI.OCT.24 Either/Or plays early Minimalism
Philip Glass: Music in Similar Motion
Steve Reich: Four Organs
Rhys Chatham: Two Gongs

SAT.OCT.25 Stars Like Fleas and friends take on Cardew’s graphic score
Cornelius Cardew: Treatise

SUN.OCT.26 Contemporary approaches
Jennifer Walshe with Object Collection (4pm)
Tristan Perich and Ensemble Pamplemousse (8pm)

+ DJs Nick Hallett and Zach Layton

DARMSTADT “ESSENTIAL REPERTOIRE”
October 22 - 26
ISSUE Project Room
in the (OA) Can Factory
232 3rd Street (at 3rd Ave), Brooklyn
performances at 8pm unless noted otherwise
tickets: $10 advance (available at Other Music and online) / $15 at door
F, M, R to 9th Street-4th Ave

Funded in part by the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, the Experimental Television Center (a NYSCA program), and Culture Ireland

http://www.darmstadtnewmusic.org
http://www.issueprojectroom.org
http://www.othermusic.com

Posted by Esa | Thursday, October 16th, 2008 | 1 comments

MORE IN NYC

A few things to check out:

From Performa Alum Cian McConn
TURF //// work by 4 Irish artists
Installation / performance / drawing / video / beer / wine / freckily Irish artists
work by Kevin Flanagan, Cian McConn, Eve Vaughan and Stephanie Hough
Friday, September 12th, 7:30
266 West 37th Street, Between 7th & 8th Avenues

Cabinet Magazine for a party to celebrate the release of “The Book of Stamps”
Saturday, September 13, 6:30-8:30
Postmasters Gallery, 459 West 19th Street, New York

From Performa Curatorial Associate Tairone Bastien
A Seer Out of Season
An exhibition at On Stellar Rays
Opening reception Sunday, September 14th from 3-6 pm
Curated by Candice Madey and Tairone Bastien
Presenting works by Danny Jauregui, Dave McDermott, Elizabeth Neel, Alessandro Pessoli, Tia Pulitzer and Georgia Sagri

Fluxconcert
September 26 & 27, 2008 | 8PM
Abrons Arts Center (directions)
466 Grand St., New York, NY (map)
$10

Performances at Lisa Cooley Gallery
City Center
Sunday, September 28, 6 pm

Stefan Tcherepnin and Amir Mogharabi
Sunday, October 5, 6 pm

Photo by Maki Kaoru

Posted by Esa | Thursday, September 11th, 2008 | 0 comments

Art and Music Fall Picks

My gallery picks for the fall – shamefully they are all men!

Shaun El C. Leonardo & Clifford Owens
September 5 through October 6, 2008
Reception: Friday, September 5, 7-9 pm (but make sure you go on September 20th)
Momenta Art

Monsters
Curated by Robert Longo
September 7 - October 5, 2008
Rental Gallery

Rirkrit Tiravanija: Demonstration Drawings
September 12 – November 6, 2008
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 11, 6-8 pm
Drawing Center

Christian Marclay
September 4 - October 11, 2008
Paula Cooper (521 West 21st)

Chris Johanson, Totalities
September 4 - October 18, 2008
Deitch Projects (18 Wooster St) Soho

WHITE BOX’S NEW SPACE!
Opens election season a big show called Sedition curated by the feistiest duo since Batman and Robin – Dread Scott and Kyle Goen with Hajarah Abdus-Sabur
October - November, 2008
Check their website for details

Another political show and series of performances Political HQ curated by Larry Litt and Eleanor Heartney at Pratt opens September 26th and goes through the election.

Some outer borough stuff

Martin Boyce and Ugo Rondinone
We Burn, We Shiver.
September 7–November 30, 2008
SculptureCenter

A Performance
Mattin + Bernard Gal
Thursday September 25th
Issue Project Room

A New Biennial!
RSDI Alumni Biennial
The Old American Can Factory
September 11 - September 28, 2008
http://www.xoprojects.com/risd.html

I am still waiting for something really monumental to happen that will change DUMBO from being a sleepy little mini-Dayton Ohio into the raging cultural scene. In the meantime we have the Annual DUMBO Art Under the Bridge Festival from Sept. 26 to 28 which is often not too terrible AND the newly minty and waterier Galapagos Arts Space.

Galapagos has teamed up with The Field, which I find to be an interesting development because they are actually presenting something that looks and smells like arts advocacy.
The Field Panel Discussion
Starving Artist: Fact or Fiction: Non-Profit Doesn’t = No Money
Tuesday, September 16th, 7:30pm, reception to follow
Galapagos Art Space

New Venues to check out for music and performance – all run by reputable and interesting folks.
Le Poussin Rouge
Santo’s Party House
Light Industry in Brooklyn

If you are in London
Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard
5 September - 12 October 2008
Kate MacGarry Gallery

If you are in Shanghai
Christian Marclay: Screen Play
e-arts Festival
Featuring performances by Elliott Sharp with Wu Na, Wang Li Chuan, Ben Houge with Yan Jun and Bruce Gremo and Top Floor Circus

If you are a kind and wonderful soul who want to help Performa
THE METAL BALL
A Performa Benefit
November 15th
7pm – Midnight
Tickets and Information call us or click here!

If you are not at the Metal Ball in NYC with us then you want to be in New Haven:
Yvonne Rainer: RoS Indexical (2007) & Spiraling Down (2008)
Yale International Dance Festival
November 14th – November 15th

Posted by Esa | Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 | 2 comments

Rhys Chatham’s 200 Guitars at Lincoln Center 8/15

Rhys Chatham’s A Crimson Grail for 200 Guitars
@Lincoln Center’s Out Of Doors festival
Free! - Fri. Aug. 15th, 7:30 p.m.

Composer Rhys Chatham and section leaders John King, Ned Sublette, David Daniell, and Seth Olinsky (Akron/Family) lead an oversized orchestra of 200 volunteer guitarists and electric bassists in the world premiere of A Crimson Grail for 200 Electric Guitars (Outdoor Version) performed not on the Bandshell stage but along the sides of the audience at Damrosch Park, to heighten the work’s polyphonic effect. The work, originally composed for Paris’ famed Sacré-Coeur, has been extensively revised to suit the dynamics of the Park’s outdoor acoustic.

Directions:
By subway: Take the 1 train to 66th Street/Lincoln Center Station or
the 1, A, B, C, D to 59th Street/Columbus Circle and proceed towards
62nd Street on Columbus Avenue.

Posted by Esa | Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 | 0 comments

Upcoming at Light Industry - good stuff!

Now there are two great reasons to trek to Sunset Park Brooklyn Light Industry and Diapason Gallery - stop whining about how far away it is- take the N or D train express - just a few stops from Union Square.

Cory Archangel
Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at 8pm
Content Producer

At long last Cory has finally learned all of the glockenspiel parts from the entire Born to Run album by Bruce Springsteen and will perform it LIVE on a real live instrument. One will have to see it to believe it but be there to cheer him on. Performa was fortunate to present a section of this ongoing musical at the Hudson theater last February - it was a private party so we forgive Cory for not mentioning this.

Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at 8pm
PUBLIC OPINION LABORATORY presents:
All Magic Sands: Reels 1 + 2
Featuring the return of LAMP/LICHT: Andrew Lampert and Alan Licht

You can’t go wrong with these two - or maybe you can but I bet that you won’t be able to tell. Hopefully Light Industry was able to secure Belgian Trappist ale, the projectionist from England and raise the $4,300 that LAMP/LICHT need to do this show… oh wait - I think they decided to do something simpler. Go anyway.

Light Industry
Events take place in Industry City
55 33rd Street (between 2nd and 3rd Avenue), 3rd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11232
http://www.lightindustry.org/

Posted by Esa | Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 | 0 comments

A Reason to Go to New Jersey

Aside from the fabulous ongoing repertory series at the Landmark Loew’s Jersey Theatre (a bonafide movie palace in Jersey City; read more about it–including how you can help clean up the theater at its adorable annual “Dumpsterthon”–here), and the upcoming Magnetic Fields show at the same theater this October 23, there aren’t many reasons, for city-dwelling art fans, to trek out to New Jersey.

But the biggest reason of all might be Peak Performances, the criminally under-publicized performance series at Montclair State University, which just announced its powerhouse 2008-2009 season. Artists and companies to be featured include Jan Fabre, Dumb Type, and DV8 Physical Theatre, making its first US appearance in 15 years with the premiere of To Be Straight With You.

One of the most unexpected inclusions in the season is a double performance by geeky alt rock band They Might Be Giants (pictured), who will play a “children’s matinee” followed by a show for adults (at which, the press release promises, the band will play “its 1990 classic “Birdhouse in Your Soul,” among other hits”) on January 27. You don’t want to miss out on such great programming–so get on the cheap charter bus to Montclair and check it out!

Posted by Lana | Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 | 0 comments

Tonight in DUMBO John Zorn + Theremin Society

Music At The Bridge Welcomes ISSUE Project Room
Wednesday, Jul 30, 2008
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM

Issue Project Room

An evening of live music and video art curated by ISSUE Project Room (IPR). All FREE!

IPR is a raw exhibition space showcasing innovative performances and exhibitions in Brooklyn’s Gowanus neighborhood. Join them in the park under the tent in the historic Tobacco Warehouse. This week IPR comes to the Park and brings the infamous John Zorn, Theremin Society, and Jonathan Kane.

Set times:
John Zorn/Cobra 6:45pm
Theremin Society 7:45pm
Jonathan Kane/February 8:45pm

John Zorn’s Cobra
Composer and saxophone player, John Zorn is hard to fit into just one genre. He blurs the lines between numerous influences of jazz ensembles, rock, and symphony orchestras, while creating a unique experimental sound all his own. Written and premiered in 1984, Cobra is a classic in the circles of new music, having been performed innumerable times. In fact, composer and “prompter” John Zorn says it is his most-often-performed composition — no mean feat considering his prolific output. It is no wonder, though: There is a mischievous, cartoonish quality to the sound of Cobra that epitomizes Zorn’s style but also makes for continually fascinating listening. Based on the composer’s secretive “game pieces,” Cobra is “a fun-filled, mystical, blindfolded ride down a dark alley that circles back every few yards.” – Steve Loewy, All Music Guide. Read more about John Zorn’s Cobra at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Zorn

Jim Staley/trombone
Sylvie Courvoisier/piano
David Weinstein/keyboard
Annie Gosfield/keyboard
Anthony Coleman/keyboard
Eyal Maoz/guitar
Mark Fekdman/violin
Okkyung Lee/cello
Shanir Blumenkranz/bass
Ikue Mori/electronics
Cyro Baptista/percussion
Kenny Wollesen/drums
John Zorn/prompter

Posted by Esa | Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 | 0 comments

Therimin Action at Diapason Opening June 14th

Diapason gallery for sound and intermedia presents
Micah Silver
You and Me, Going
and
Patrick K.-H.
ScAS (ScotchAcoustic Session)
Two sound installations
Programmed as part of Diapason?s exchange program with Moscow?s Theremin Center
Sponsored by The Trust for Mutual Understanding
JUNE 14, 21 and 28 // SATURDAYS 2-8 PM
FREE
OPENING RECEPTION: JUNE 14 6PM
Diapason

882 Third Avenue (between 32nd and 33rd Street) // Brooklyn, NY
Subways: D, N, R to 36th Street
718.499.5070 // info@diapasongallery.org
http://www.diapasongallery.org

Posted by Esa | Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 | 0 comments

Floating Points Festival 2008 at ISSUE Project Room

Floating Points 2008
ISSUE Project Room

This Festival, in its third year, (formerly points in a circle)
explores the versatility of ISSUE Project Room’s Innovative house
speaker system, designed by Stephan Moore.

In the hands of these diverse performers and sound artist, this
fifteen-channel installation of hemisphere loudspeakers radically
changes the concert experience for both performer and audience.

Each of the hemispheres radiates sound in all directions, activating
the acoustics of this unique concert space. Immersive sonic
environments are generated, electronic sounds take on the
characteristic intimacy of acoustic instruments, and location is
liberated as a musical dimension.

Thursday June 5

Tianna Kennedy & Chad Laird,
Vito Acconci

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Friday, June 6

Elliott Sharp (All Guitar Syndakit)
Tony Conrad

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Saturday, June 7

Dewanatron
Willaim Basinski

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Tuesday, June 10

The Princeton Laptop Orchestra
Ben Owen

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Wednesday, June 11

Bob Holman + Angela Jaeger + Lee Ranaldo & Leah Singer
(A part of the Littoral Concert/Reading Series)

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Thursday, June 12

Annea Lockwood
Curtis Bahn

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Friday, June 13

LoVid
Zach Layton

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Saturday, June 14

Ashley Paul & Eli Keszler
Phill Niblock

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Sunday, June 15

Carla Bozulich/Evangelista

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directions
Subway F Line, Subway G Line
to CARROLL ST-SMITH ST stop
Walk East down Third St over Gowanus Canal to Third Av
Subway F Line, Subway M Line, Subway R Line
to NINTH ST-FOURTH AVE stop
Walk North on Fourth Av. West on Third St to Third Av
Bus B37, Bus B71
to THIRD AVE-THIRD ST (Westbound) or THIRD AVE-UNION ST (Eastbound)
From Union St, walk South on Third Ave to Third St

Posted by Esa | Thursday, June 5th, 2008 | 0 comments

Public Opinion Laboratory at The Stone

Catch Performa alums Jay Sanders, Jim O’Rourke, and Zeena Parkins, among many other fantastic artists, in a 2-week long run at The Stone of presentations by Public Opinion Laboratory, curated by Anthology Film Archive’s Andrew Lampert.
FULL CALENDAR

(Zeena Parkins photo at left copyright Paula Court)

Posted by Lana | Monday, May 12th, 2008 | 0 comments