Contents for June 12, 2023
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CONTENTS (please click on the links or scroll down for complete information on each post):
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1. Veronica Vera, Zackary Drucker, Ariel Kleinberg, FF Alumns, Culture Lab LIC, Queens, thru July 30
2. Jaime Sunwoo, FF Alumn, at Flushing Town Hall, Queens, NY, June 24
3. Taylor Mac, FF Alumn, in TriBeCa Film Festival, Manhattan, June 14-17 and more
4. Murray Hill, FF Alumn, at Symphony Space, Manhattan, June 15
5. Coco Fusco, FF Alumn, now online at hypermediamagazine.com
6. Jean Shin, FF Alumn, at Praise Shadows Art Gallery, Brookline, MA, opening June 16
7. Mona Hatoum, FF Alumn, now online at LRB.co.uk
8. Pablo Helguera, FF Alumn, now online at Clarin.com
9. Mark Russell, FF Alumn, now online at NYTimes.com
10. Claire Jeanine Satin, FF Alumn, at Oxford University Library, UK, opening July 15, and more
11. Ruth Wallen, FF Alumn, at Bewaerschole, Burgh-Haamstede, Netherlands, opening June 17
12. Jeanette Andrews, FF Alumn, now online at DocumentJournal.com
13. elin o’Hara slavick, FF Alumn, at Erie Art Museum, PA, thru Aug. 10 and more
14. Doug Skinner, FF Alumn, new publications
15. Zachary Fabri, John Ahearn, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, FF Alumn, at 601Artspace, Manhattan, June 17 and more
16. Beverly Naidus, Betsy Damon, Aviva Rahmani, Ruth Wallen, FF Alumns, at Yuan Art Museum, Chongqing, China, thru June 21
17. Anya Liftig, FF Alumn, at Powerhouse Arena, Brooklyn, Aug. 15
18. Sabrina Jones, R. Sikoryak, FF Alumns, at City Reliquary, Brooklyn, June 23
19. Babs Reingold, FF Alumn, at Dunedin Fine Art Center, FL, opening June 16
20. Roberley Bell, FF Alumn, at Brattleboro Museum of Art, VT, opening June 24
21. Tutu Gallery, FF Member, at Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn, opening June 16
22. Paul Granjon, FF Alumn, at Cardiff School of Art and Design, Wales
23. Theodora Skipitares, FF Alumn, now online at NYTimes.com
24. Yvonne Rainer, FF Alumn, at Judson Memorial Church, Manhattan, June 20
25. Dafna Naphtali, FF Alumn, upcoming events
26. Heide Hatry, FF Member, at School of Visual Arts, Manhattan, June 20, and more
27. Jacki Apple, Barbara Hammer, FF Alumns, now online in the NYTimes.com
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1. Veronica Vera, Zackary Drucker, Ariel Kleinberg, FF Alumns, Culture Lab LIC, Queens, thru July 30
Veronica Vera at Culture Lab LIC. Veronica Vera, FF Alumn and emerging artist grantee, is part of the group show “Breaking More Boundaries”, running concurrently at the Culture Lab Long LIC with “Breaking Boundaries” a retrospective that honors artist Mariette Pathy Allen, “the Margaret Mead of Trans”. Veronica’s contribution is a starburst display polaroids from the early days of Miss Vera’s Finishing School for Boys Who Want to Be Girls. The two shows run through July 30,2023. The Culture Lab in the Plaxall Gallery in Long Island City is the location once sited for Amazon. Operating out of a 12,000 square foot converted warehouse, Culture Lab LIC hosts two fine art galleries, an 80 seat theater, classroom space, an 18,000 square foot outdoor venue, and a robust residency program. Orestes Gonzalez, director of photographic programming and curator of these two shows was quoted as saying “We’re glad Bezos decided to pull out before coming.”
https://www.culturelablic.org/pride2023
Thank you.
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2. Jaime Sunwoo, FF Alumn, at Flushing Town Hall, Queens, NY, June 24
Join us at Flushing Town Hall for the film screening of Jaime Sunwoo’s theatrical production Specially Processed American Me on Saturday June 24! The event will include a talkback to reflect on the ongoing Korean War and how war impacts Asian American communities today, using themes from the film as a starting point. Spam dishes from local Korean restaurants will be served.
Specially Processed American Me by Jaime Sunwoo is a surreal autobiographical performance using SPAM, the canned meat, as a portal into her Asian American upbringing in New York City and her family’s experiences of the Korean War. It investigates SPAM’s legacy in the military and its significance across the Asia-Pacific– Korea, the Philippines, Okinawa, Hawaii, and Guam. The film will be subtitled in Korean to make it accessible to Korean speaking audiences. Watch the trailer here.
Community partners include Asian Women Giving Circle, Korean American Family Service Center, The Korea Society, WomanKind, The Association of Asian American Yale Alumni, Leviathan Lab, Coalition for Asian American Children and Families, REACH Coalition, and our space sponsor Flushing Town Hall.
Tickets: https://www.aaartsalliance.org/events/specially-processed-american-me-film-screening-talkback
Flushing Town Hall 137-35 Northern Blvd, Queens, NY 11354
Saturday June 24, 1-4pm
12:30pm Doors open
1-3pm Film Screening & Talkback
3-4pm Reception
Cheers,
Specially Processed American Me Team
https://speciallyprocessed.com/
Thank you.
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3. Taylor Mac, FF Alumn, in TriBeCa Film Festival, Manhattan, June 14-17 and more
240 years in the making…
It’s here.
HBO Documentary Films
in association with Content Superba
presents
Taylor Mac’s 24-Decade History of Popular Music
a Telling Pictures / Pomegranate Arts Production
Directed & produced by
Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman
Produced by
Joel Stillerman, Linda Brumbach,
Alisa E. Regas, Taylor Mac,
and Mari Rivera
For HBO
Executive Producers:
Nancy Abraham and Lisa Heller
Coordinating Producer:
Anna Klein
Stream it….
Crave (Canada): https://www.crave.ca/en?mc_cid=d71345e05b&mc_eid=4d3f76e925
June 27
Visit our website or follow us on Instagram for international release info.
Website: https://www.pomegranatearts.com/?mc_cid=d71345e05b&mc_eid=4d3f76e925
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pomegranatearts/?mc_cid=d71345e05b&mc_eid=4d3f76e925
See it in cinemas….
New York, NY
June 14, 15, 17
Tribeca Film Festival: https://pomegranatearts.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98e35dca329a80ea973e94caa&id=239095c18a&e=4d3f76e925
Provincetown, MA
June 16 & 18
Provincetown Film Festival: https://pomegranatearts.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98e35dca329a80ea973e94caa&id=8c73476268&e=4d3f76e925
Montclair, NJ
June 20
Montclair Film Festival: https://pomegranatearts.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98e35dca329a80ea973e94caa&id=9b88d9445d&e=4d3f76e925
Los Angeles, CA
June 23 – 29
Laemmle Monica Film Center: https://www.laemmle.com/theater/monica-film-center?mc_cid=d71345e05b&mc_eid=4d3f76e925
San Francisco, CA
June 24
Frameline47: LGBTQ International Film Festival: https://pomegranatearts.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98e35dca329a80ea973e94caa&id=2f80e7fc03&e=4d3f76e925
Palm Springs, CA
June 25
Palm Springs Art Museum: https://pomegranatearts.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=98e35dca329a80ea973e94caa&id=4351655c2d&e=4d3f76e925
Thank you.
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4. Murray Hill, FF Alumn, at Symphony Space, Manhattan, June 15
Join Municipal Art Society on Thursday, June 15 for Life is Drag, a panel and performance highlighting the past, present, and future of drag in New York City. This in-person Pride Month event is presented as part of the upcoming MAS Enduring Culture Initiative, which aims to document, celebrate, and preserve NYC’s diverse, intangible cultural heritage.
Life is Drag: https://www.symphonyspace.org/events/life-is-drag
The art of drag has long been a part of New York City’s cultural scene. In celebration of Pride Month, we welcome a group of thinkers, creators, and artists for a discussion and performances exploring the history of drag in the city, what can be done about the current wave of drag bans, and the inspiring world of drag today.
Hosted by Esther, the Bipedal Entity!, the event features a conversation between Life is Drag creator and multimedia artist Rachel Rampleman, entertainer Murray Hill, drag historian, documentarian, educator, and pundit Joe E. Jeffreys, and legal expert Julian Castronovo, as well as performances and conversation with drag artists Klondyke, La Zavaleta, and Paris L’Hommie, and video footage by Rampleman interspersed throughout. It is being co-presented by Symphony Space, Nancy Manocherian’s the cell theatre, and MAS.
Life is Drag
Thursday, June 15
Doors open: 7:00 PM | Event begins: 7:30 PM
Symphony Space
2537 Broadway at 95th St.
New York, NY 10025
Only a limited number of tickets are available so don’t delay!
$25 for members | $30 for non-members
https://www.symphonyspace.org/events/life-is-drag
Thank you.
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5. Coco Fusco, FF Alumn, now online at hypermediamagazine.com
Please visit this link:
Thank you.
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6. Jean Shin, FF Alumn, at Praise Shadows Art Gallery, Brookline, MA, opening June 16
I’m delighted to announce the opening of my first solo exhibition with Praise Shadows Gallery.
Praise Shadows Gallery: https://www.praiseshadows.com/
Second Skin will feature several new works composed of materials used prominently in my recent public art commissions Freshwater and Fallen. This exhibition demonstrates the possibilities of translating monumental public art works into intimate indoor experiences by building on the materials’ history and finding common ecological narratives in the new works.
Second Skin: https://www.praiseshadows.com/exhibitions/36-second-skin-solo-exhibition-by-jean-shin/
Freshwater: https://jeanshin.com/freshwater
Fallen: https://jeanshin.com/fallen
Please join me for the opening reception on June 16 from 6-8 PM
I will also be in conversation with Curator Eva Respini about the show on June 28th at 7 PM on zoom.
Work on view through July 23rd
Thank you.
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7. Mona Hatoum, FF Alumn, now online at LRB.co.uk
Please visit this link:
Thank you.
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8. Pablo Helguera, FF Alumn, now online at Clarin.com
Please visit this link:
Thank you.
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9. Mark Russell, FF Alumn, now online at NYTimes.com
Please visit this link:
Thank you.
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10. Claire Jeanine Satin, FF Alumn, at Oxford University Library, UK, opening July 15, and more
Exhibition at the Bodleian Library Oxford University Library, Oxford UK; “THE ALPHABET AND ARTISTS BOOKS”, opening July 15, 2023.
ALPHABOOK: CHEROKEE Portfolio (from a series of 11), two of which are in The Rare Books and Special Collections of the Library of Congress Washington DC. And “THE HEBREW ALPHABET EXPLORATIONS OF THE CELESTIAL CONSTELLATIONS”, a unique Bookwork.
Thank you.
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11. Ruth Wallen, FF Alumn, at Bewaerschole, Burgh-Haamstede, Netherlands, opening June 17
I am having a solo exhibition “Learning to Think Like a Forest,” at “Bewaerschole,” Burgh-Haamstede, Netherlands. It opens on June 17 from 2-5 PM (14:00-17:00) and runs until July 16.
In Learning to Think Like a Forest, American artist Ruth Wallen examines the trading of trees between the Netherlands and the United States. The exhibition focuses on two story lines. The first centers around the black cherry tree, native to the US, but currently seen as a “forest plague” in the Netherlands. This prompts an investigation into the history of exotic trees brought to either country, often widely planted and then scorned as “invasive” species when they overstep their welcome. The second thread focuses on the iconic sequoia, one of the longest-living trees, which has been planted around the world, including in Burgh-Haamstede. The artist invites viewers to accompany her on walks with the sequoia in their native land after many were killed in recent catastrophic fires. The exhibition offers a place to contemplate the stories we are telling about the natural world. Instead of grabbing for singular jewels, how can we commit to reweaving a multifaceted, resilient life web? Participants are invited to contribute their stories of actions that will lead to future ecological well-being.
Participatory website: www.thinklikeaforest.net.
Gallery website: https://www.bewaerschole.nl/bewaerschole/
Ruth Wallen
Thank you.
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12. Jeanette Andrews, FF Alumn, now online at DocumentJournal.com
Please visit this link:
Thank you.
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13. elin o’Hara slavick, FF Alumn, at Erie Art Museum, PA, thru Aug. 10 and more
elin o’Hara slavick has work from Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Fukushima, Japan on exhibit at the Erie Art Museum in Erie, Pennsylvania in the show, Family Tree, with her three artist sisters – Susanne, Sarah and Madeleine Slavick. It is an exhibition about trees, on view until August 10, 2023. Her Japan work is also included in the group show, Art That Matters to the Planet – Interconnectivity, at the Roger Tory Peterson Institute, Jamestown, NY, June 24 – October 8, 2023.
Thank you.
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14. Doug Skinner, FF Alumn, new publications
I’m delighted to announce that “The Man Who Ate His House” is now available from Black Scat Books! For this curious little volume, Derek Pell and I selected plots from the cautionary writer’s manual “101 Plots Used and Abused” (James N. Young, 1945), modified and combined them in various ways, and fed them to ChatGPT. The sixteen stories that resulted are funny, surprising, and not quite human. A.I. might never replace human literature, but we’re proud of our robot pal’s efforts.
The second issue of “Typo” is also out. I contributed brief articles on alien alphabets and double talk, translations of Guillaume Apollinaire, Pierre Albert-Birot, and Gaston de Pawlowski, and a musical transcription of the traditional dummy text “Lorem ipsum dolor.”
I also contributed seven verse fables to “Animal, Vegetable, Mineral,” an anthology edited by the remarkable Welsh writer Rhys Hughes for Gibbon Moon Books.
All of these treats are available on Amazon. Happy June! Doug Skinner.
Thank you.
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15. Zachary Fabri, John Ahearn, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, FF Alumn, at 601Artspace, Manhattan, June 17 and more
Please join us next week at 601Artspace for a special event featuring artists Joseph Liatela and Zachary Fabri in conversation with Sara Reisman, the curator of our current exhibition, Two Grains of Wheat:
On Presence
Saturday, June 17th at 5pm
601Artspace, 88 Eldridge Street
On Presence is a conversation between Zachary Fabri and Joseph Liatela, whose performance-based projects are featured in Two Grains of Wheat. Each artist engages movement as a form of social repair, and each works with shared spaces as sites where collective memory, absence, grief, and movement inform how we understand ourselves and one another. In To Move is to Remember (2022), Liatela’s devotional objects and prints allude to the spiritual aspects of club culture. Fabri’s performance in Mourning Stutter (2017/2022) is a revelatory expression of Blackness within the built environment. In a discussion with curator Sara Reisman, Liatela and Fabri will address the motivations for creating their respective projects, both of which demonstrate the importance of holding space for both grief and joy in times of loss and upheaval.
Two Grains of Wheat
Curated by Sara Reisman
April 22 – July 2, 2023
John Ahearn and Rigoberto Torres
Mel Chin
Zachary Fabri
Baseera Khan
Joseph Liatela
Dante Migone-Ojeda
Olu Oguibe
Sina Rockensüß
Jorge Luis Rodriguez
Pamela Valfer
Mierle Laderman Ukeles
Hinda Weiss
Thank you.
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16. Beverly Naidus, Betsy Damon, Aviva Rahmani, Ruth Wallen, FF Alumns, at Yuan Art Museum, Chongqing, China, thru June 21
“Emergence: Eco-Art Actions on the Climate Crisis”
Sweeping heat waves, melting glaciers, and rising oceans. All indicate climate change has become a reality and it is posing serious threats to both human and planetary survival. In the midst of the ecological ruin of the planet, ecological art and other forms of creative actions (such as permaculture, ecovillages, and transition towns) are jointly seeking to heal the planet from the wounds wretched by relentlessly industrial growth, rethinking human’s ecological niche in a larger system of life with rapidly diminishing finite resources.
Unleashing unexpected creativity, these restorative actions could be understood as the expression of emergent property, the unexpected, orderly patterns created from disorderly elements, according to system and biological science. The concept of emergent property, intrinsic in all living systems and an embodiment of the intelligence of nature, brings new insights into approaching the climate crisis, and into creating a sustainable future nourished by ecological and cultural diversity.
The artists in the exhibition offer examples of emergence. Their transdisciplinary practices integrate art, science, pedagogy, activism, audience engagement and participation. Their creative actions intend to open up new ways of thinking, living, and being with human and nonhuman others in a complex and interconnected world. Their visions will create new hopes for cultivating our ecological consciousness and shaping a livable and sustainable future.
Thank you.
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17. Anya Liftig, FF Alumn, at Powerhouse Arena, Brooklyn, Aug. 15
Dearest friend,
After seven years, it is with great joy that I am announcing the arrival of my book baby, Holler Rat.
She emerges from the book publishing womb August 15.
Publisher’s Weekly said she is a “searing debut memoir” today. Read the full review:
https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781419763007 (I dig the dig at JD)
I hope you can join me at my book launch event that evening:
Tuesday, August 15, 7pm
Powerhouse Arena (DUMBO location)
28 Adams Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Phone: 718.666.3049
Watch my instagram @anyaliftigart for some artistic kicks in the run up to the launch.
Also shamelessly looking for internet, social media and press love. SHAMELESS!
More info and to buy my book baby:
https://www.amazon.com/Holler-Rat-Memoir-Anya-Liftig/dp/1419763008
Thank you.
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18. Sabrina Jones, R. Sikoryak, FF Alumns, at City Reliquary, Brooklyn, June 23
Carousel returns with an outdoor show at The City Reliquary!
With comics readings and projections from gag cartoonists, graphic novelists, and other visual artists.
Featuring
Gabrielle Bell
Felipe Galindo Feggo
Sabrina Jones
Aubrey Nolan
Gianna Paniagua
Carlo Quispe
Hosted by R. Sikoryak
The show will be followed by a book signing.
At The City Reliquary 370 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Friday, June 23, 2023
Times: 7:30pm door 8:00pm show
Tickets: $10 in advance, $12 day of
Tickets: https://withfriends.co/event/16289082/carousel_comics_performances_and_picture_shows
Artist bios:
Gabrielle Bell has contributed to The New Yorker, The Paris Review, McSweeneys, The Believer, and Vice Magazine. Her first full-length graphic memoir, Everything is Flammable, was named one of the best graphic novels of 2017 by Entertainment Weekly, Paste Magazine, and Publisher’s Weekly. Her most recent work, Career Shoplifter, is a collection of comics about and drawings of New York City cafe life. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
gabriellebell.com Instagram: @ms.gabriellebell
Felipe Galindo Feggo creates humorous art in a variety of media, including cartoons, illustrations, animations, fine art and public art. His cartoons appear in The New Yorker. www.felipegalindo.com Instagram: @feggorama
Sabrina Jones has created graphic biographies of Isadora Duncan, Margaret Sanger, Jane Jacobs, FDR, and Jesus. Her latest comics are in My Body/Our Rights, the 53rd issue of World War 3 Illustrated.
www.sabrinaland.com Instagram: @sabjonze
Aubrey Nolan is a cartoonist and illustrator based in Brooklyn, New York. She is currently writing and drawing her first full-length graphic novel, Listen Along with Izzy McKenna, forthcoming from Rocky Pond / Penguin Teen. Her comics and illustrations have been featured in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The New York Review of Books, and more. She was a contributor to Votes for Women, a comics anthology about the fight for women’s suffrage, and the humor anthology, Send Help!, and has led comics workshops and talks at several universities and nonprofit organizations, including Congresswoman AOC’s Homework Helpers program.
aubreynolan.net Instagram: @itsaubreynotaudrey
Gianna Paniagua is a two-time heart transplant recipient of 30+ years, papercutting sculptor, and graphic medicine artist who is from and based in NYC. She utilizes her lifetime of experiences in medicine to create artwork about the dualities of the human body, as well as comics that ask questions about the chronic illness patient experience. Her lifelong goal is to find solutions to problems that exist in the field of transplantation for young adult patients. www.giannapaniagua.com Instagram: @giannapapercutting
Carlo Quispe’s comics include Hairy Tales, also an animated short Uranus Comics published by Printed Matter Inc. and CARLITO for Paper Rocket Mini Comics.
https://www.carloquispe.com Instagram: @carlo_quispe_art
R. Sikoryak is a cartoonist (Constitution Illustrated, Terms and Conditions, and The Unquotable Trump) and the host of Carousel. He illustrated the comic books that appear in the new novel by Tom Hanks, The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece. https://www.rsikoryak.com Instagram: @rsikoryak
Thank you.
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19. Babs Reingold, FF Alumn, at Dunedin Fine Art Center, FL, opening June 16
“Stitched + Dyed”
Exhibition Opens June 16th 6-9pm
Dear friends
I’m delighted to participate in
“Stitched + Dyed”
Dunedin Fine Art Center
June 16 – August 13, 2023
Artist talk and reception Friday 6/16/23
6-7 pm Artist talk, 7-9 pm reception
1143 Michigan Blvd. Dunedin, FL 34698
Showcase of contemporary artists whose works incorporate
innovative dye, stitchery and embroidery techniques.
Artists
Joan Duff Bohrer, Cassia Kite, Melissa Leandro,
Victoria Manganiello, Patricia Miranda,
Lydia Needle, Meg Pierce and Babs Reingold.
On exhibition is work from my
“Double Vessel” series.
Dunedin Fine Art Center
1143 Michigan Blvd. Dunedin, FL 34698
https://www.dfac.org/exhibit/stitched-dyed/
Thank you.
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20. Roberley Bell, FF Alumn, at Brattleboro Museum of Art, VT, opening June 24
Roberley Bell, Where Things Set, June 24-Oct. 9, 2023, opening June 24, saturday, 5 pm; artists and curator conversation, July 20, thursday, 7 pm
https://www.brattleboromuseum.org/
In Where Things Set, Roberley Bell’s sculptures and drawings share space, allowing us to see the conversations that take place between these different bodies of work, and how integral drawing is to Bell’s practice. Bell describes drawing as ‘a way of thinking out loud.’
On paper, she works out ideas of form, color, and placement, working intuitively and searching for what feels right. The drawings feel spontaneous, and at times edgy or awkward as Bell feels her way through the gestures and shapes she puts on the page.
One thing leads to another: Bell’s drawings help her find her way to the three-dimensional forms she wishes to create. Bell creates organic forms that feel familiar, yet still resist identification. The sculptural works are amalgams– hybrid forms made from fabricated elements and found materials, with splashes of vivid, saturated color that further enhance their idiosyncrasy.
Where Things Set gives us an intimate glimpse into Bell’s creative process, from initial exploratory mark-making on paper to the realized three-dimensional forms with their varied materials, textures, and personalities. It’s an invitation to look, and to think about our own ways of making sense and finding form.
Sarah Freeman
Director of Exhibitions
Brattleboro Museum of Art
Thank you.
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21. Tutu Gallery, FF Member, at Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn, opening June 16
Name: Tutu Gallery
Artist: Yulin Gu, Sha Luo
Curator: Yindi Chen
Exhibition: Seal the Fog
Opening reception: 6/16/2023, 6-9PM
Opening date: 6/16/2023
Closing date: 8/1/2023
Address: Willoughby Ave x Stuyvesant Ave, DM @gallerytutu or email tutugallery.meow@gmail.com for exact address
URL: https://www.tutugallery.art/yulin-rosa
Description:
Tutu Gallery presents a two-person exhibition of Yulin Gu and Sha Luo, Seal the Fog, opening June 16 through August 1, 2023. Incorporating photographic objects, sculptures, and site-specific installations, Yulin and Sha revise and reinterpret daily terrains and household items they encounter, gently playing with the reliability of memories and the originality of creative acts. Mass-produced materials such as plastic, fabric, and glass become agencies for translating marginalized experiences and personal narratives into tactile forms. With works detached from the walls, suspended from the ceilings, and standing in the backyard, the exhibition attempts to turn Tutu’s home space into an imaginary field where displaced nostalgia resides.
Thank you.
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22. Paul Granjon, FF Alumn, at Cardiff School of Art and Design, Wales
Putting the final touches to Singing Compost Heap 2, an outdoor installation where the electric activity of bacteria in the soil generates a glitchy audio soundscape.
Singing Compost is a collaboration with fellow artist Harun Morrison @harunishere.
This installation is part of the Dye Garden in Cardiff School of Art and Design that will be launched later today, ahead of the School’s Degree Show industry evening. The garden features many plants used for natural dyes as well as a farming robot.
Feel free to pop in, lots to see and chat about! Make sure you don’t miss Lansio, the Fine-Art exhibition on top floor.
All take place in Cardiff school of art and design, western avenue Cardiff CF52YB
@csadfineart
@lansio_fineart Granjon
Thank you.
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23. Theodora Skipitares, FF Alumn, now online at NYTimes.com
Through June 18. 15 Orient, 12 Jefferson Street, Brooklyn
Puppets are not a premier medium in the art world, but the rise of performance art and exhibitions like Theodora Skipitares’s “View From the Miniature City” — as well as their inclusion in recent art histories — might change that. Skipitares’s show, drawn largely from her 1981 performance with puppets, “Micropolis: 6 Portraits and a Landscape,” argues for the power of the form.
The exhibition itself is a marvel. Installed in the landlord’s living quarters above the gallery, in dim rooms lined with vintage wallpaper, the show features mini-theaters holding Skipitares’s tableaus populated by puppets the size of dolls. Dark, raunchy and ironic narratives, told in audio recordings, are accompanied at times by “brainy but bloodthirsty” (as one music writer described it) compositions by Virgil Moorefield. “Micropolis: Sylvia” (1981) stars a classic unreliable narrator: a “gifted” lady-puppet who meets with a surprising denouement. The dinosaur in “Micropolis: On the Road” (1981) nods simultaneously to the freedom envisioned by Jack Kerouac in his peripatetic 1957 novel “On the Road” and the impending “extinction” of bohemians in downtown New York.
The whole show is a reminder of the extraordinary density of talent — real, not merely mythical — in downtown New York in the ’70s and ’80s, which produced novel interdisciplinary forms. Much has changed, but the art dinosaurs of yore didn’t go extinct; many are hiding in plain sight. How did a young gallerist discover this work? Easy: Skipitares, who is well known in the avant puppet-theater world, was his professor at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn.
Martha Schwendener
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Thank you.
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24. Yvonne Rainer, FF Alumn, at Judson Memorial Church, Manhattan, June 20
Meet a legend! Join Yvonne Rainer for the book launch and signing of Remembering a Dance: Parts of Some Sextets, 1965/2019
6–8pm, on June 20, 2023
Judson Memorial Church
55 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012
With a special performance of Trio A by Brittany Bailey
Performa is proud to announce the official launch of Remembering a Dance: Parts of Some Sextets, 1965/2019, a new publication exploring Rainer’s reimagining of her iconic 1965 performance, Parts of Some Sextets (PoSS), for the 2019 Performa Biennial in New York.
In collaboration with Emily Coates, Parts of Some Sextets simultaneously remade history and formed an entirely new work. This new publication explores every aspect of Rainer’s reconstruction, addressing how we write and rewrite history through our actions and words, elucidating on how artistic choices of what to include and what to omit—consciously and unconsciously—contribute to the larger social narrative of what we remember and what we forget.
Remembering a Dance will be available for purchase at the event, and Rainer will be present for signing throughout the evening.
Thank you.
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25. Dafna Naphtali, FF Alumn, upcoming events
Hi — here’s a few exciting coming up in June/July to share. Hope your summer’s also off to a great start!
Tuesday June 13th – M3 Mutual Mentorship for Musicians celebration at National Jazz Museum in Harlem. Premiering co-created works (by members of our Fall 2022 cohort, presented as music videos, and a lifetime achievement award. The evening includes a screening of new work with my M3 duo partner violinist, the multi-talented and musically prescient Gwen Laster, “Wake Me When It’s Green”. .. a link to an interview with me and Gwen is here. ) I’m so grateful to have taken part in this initiative.
M3 is a powerful initiative created by Jen Shyu and Sara Serpa building new paradigms of mentorship. Tickets are limited, info below.
June 14th – Hans Tammen / Mohamed Kubbara / Dark Circuits Orchestra at Prime Produce in Hell’s Kitchen (NYC). Two sets with music by first set an octet and larger group (a family affair! I’ll be electronics and voice on both sets, Hans plays guitar and then conducts, and Katya Naphtali just back in NY on soprano sax.) details below..
June 24th – later this month.. a special one night only concert with Chris Cochrane’s Excavation Mini Orchestra. Chris Cochrane (guitar, vocals) John Thayer (percussion, drums, electronics) Nick Jozwiak (bass) Shoko Nagai (piano, electronics) Hans Tammen (guitar, electronics) Dafna Naphtali (voice, electronics) Gelsey Bell (voice) details below.
June 27-July 8th I’m very excited about my upcoming residency with APO-33, in Nantes, France, creating a new Audio Chandelier work multichannel audio and video, using bird song, and data on bird migration changes due to climate change. and after in Paris a few days..
Info about the exhibition in Nantes which starting July 8th is below.
Tuesday June 13th, 7-9pm
M³ Lifetime achievement award_
& Cohort 5 commissions premiere ceremony_
Tues June 13th 7pm
The National Jazz Museum in Harlem
58 West 129th Street #Ground Floor, 2203
New York, NY 10027
Premiering co-created works by members of the Fall 2022 cohort of M3 Mutual Mentorship for Musicians: Krissy Bergmark– tabla (Chicago), Aline Frazão– voice, guitar (Angola/Berlin), Jessica Jones– tenor sax/piano (NYC), Tara Kannangara– tpt, voice (Toronto, Canada), Gwen Laster– violin (Beacon, NY), Naomi Nakanishi– piano (Boston), Rosángela Isabel Pérez Molero– violin (Venezuela/Argentina), Dafna Naphtali– electronics, voice, gtr (NYC), CC Sunchild– piano/voice (Atlanta), Zeynep Toraman– electronics, gtr (Berlin/Turkey), Ni Made Ayu Dwi Sattvitri– gamelan (Indonesia), Kavita Shah– voice, piano, ukelele, electronics (NYC), plus a lifetime achievement award for pianist Michelle Rosewoman.
Tickets are limited: https://jmih.org/event/m%C2%B3-lifetime-achievement-award-cohort-5-commissions-premiere-ceremony/
M³ (Mutual Mentorship for Musicians) is a platform created to empower, elevate, normalize and give visibility to women, non-binary musicians and those of other historically underrepresented gender identities in intersection with race, sexuality, or ability across generations in the US and worldwide, through a radical model of mentorship and musical collaborative commissions. https://mutualmentorshipformusicians.org/
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_Hans Tammen / Mohamed Kubbara / Dark Circuits Orchestra
Wednesday June 14th 7pm_
at Prime Produce
424 West 54th St, New York, NY
Admission free. ph (774) 633-9339
7pm: Shaman’s Brew
Hans Tammen (g), Jair-Rohm Parker-Wells (b), Mohamed Kubbara (dr), Marcus Cummins (ss), Katya Naphtali (ss), Ayumi Ishito (ts), Tomas Ullrich (cello), Dafna Naphtali (voice/electronics)
8pm: Dark Circuits Orchestra
Ayumi Ishito, Dafna Naphtali, DJMAGIKCLOWNS, Jonathan Grover, Kai Kennedy, Katya Naphtali, Ken Arii, Laura Feathers, Marcus Cummins, Nils Petersson, Rich Rosenthal, Thomas Miritello, Tomas Ullrich, Trey Cregan, Uran Kampfer, Ziv Nir.
Jair-Rohm Parker-Wells (b), Mohamed Kubbara (dr), Hans Tammen (binary conducting)
and
Stone Gig 24 2023
CHRIS COCHRANE’s Excavation Mini Orchestra
Saturday June 24th 8:30pm
The Stone
55 W 13th St, New York, NY 10011
$20
Chris Cochrane (guitar, vocals) John Thayer (percussion, drums, electronics) Nick Jozwiak (bass) Shoko Nagai (piano, electronics) Hans Tammen (guitar, electronics) Dafna Naphtali (voice, electronics) Gelsey Bell (voice)
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Audio Chandelier : Passeri _
Dafna Naphtali_
La Plateforme Intermédia – Nantes, France
__Exhibition opening on Saturday July 8 at 6:30 p.m. Sat/Sun 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. until Aug 27th.
“Audio Chandelier: Passeri” is a new site-specific interactive/generative multi-channel sound/video work, created by Dafna Naphtali, using recordings of bird songs, her voice, locally collected/recorded bird songs, and data on changing flight patterns, habitat and birdsongs due to environmental change. The audio will be partnered the audio with 4 channels of video to visualize the sound distribution, bird migration patterns, the songs and sounds of the birds. There will be interactive elements for viewers/listeners experiencing the installation. http://audiochandelier.com/
Dafna Naphtali
dafnalula [at] gmail [dot] com
Instagram @dafnalula
I hope you love birds too. It is economical. It saves going to heaven. – Emily Dickinson
2023 Guggenheim Fellow (Music Composition)
2022 NY Foundation for the Arts Fellow in Music/Sound
Dafna Naphtali – DUOS++OCTET
Livestream archive of April 24 concert @Roulette:
https://roulette.org/event/dafna-naphtali-duosoctet/
Thank you.
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26. Heide Hatry, FF Member, at School of Visual Arts, Manhattan, June 20, and more
Heide Hatry, Artist in Residence at (SVA), NYC.
Lecture: June 20.
Exhibition /Open studios: July 25
Heide Hatry is the 2023 Artist in Residence for the MFA Art Practice program at the School of Visual Arts (SVA), NYC.
https://artpractice.sva.edu/artist-in-residence#/heide-hatry/ (including their classic questionnaire)
As part of the MFA lecture series, Heide Hatry will be delivering an Artist Talk on June 20, 2023, from 5:00 to 6:30pm.
The event will take place at the SVA MFA art practice building located at 335 West 16th Street, 5th floor, New York, NY 10011.
During her residency, Heide Hatry will be teaching a workshop on making unique artists’ books, which will culminate in an exhibition and open studios on July 25th (more details to be announced).
Before establishing herself as an artist in New York, Hatry spent nearly 20 years as a rare bookseller in Heidelberg, Germany, and her relationship to the book as art medium is informed by that experience.
Her work is recognized for its exploration of the human body, often incorporating animal flesh, organs, and other unconventional, often discarded, disdained, or “taboo” materials. Among her fundamental preoccupations are identity, gender roles, the nature of aesthetic experience and the meaning of beauty, the effects of knowledge upon perception, the human exploitation of the natural world, and the social oblivion that permits atrocity to persist in our midst.
Hatry has curated numerous exhibitions and has shown her own work at museums and galleries worldwide. She has produced more than 200 artist’s books, edited dozens of art catalogues, and her significant projects, including Skin, Heads and Tales, Not a Rose, and Icons in Ash were documented in monographic books.
See more of her work at https://heidehatry.com/
Heide Hatry is the visionary behind iconsinash.com, an art enterprise aimed at providing solace and support to grieving individuals, as well as the founder of polarbearfest.org, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping combat the climate crisis through public art action.
Thank you.
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27. Jacki Apple, Barbara Hammer, FF Alumns, now online in the NYTimes.com
Please visit this link:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/09/arts/helen-thorington-dead.html?searchResultPosition=1
Thank you.
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