Contents for October 28th, 2024
CONTENTS (please click on the links or scroll down for complete information on each post):
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1. Armando Cortés, FF FUND for Performance Art recipient 2021-2022, at Subtitled NYC, Brooklyn, thru Dec. 1
2. Joyce Yu Jean Lee, FF Alumn, at Jack, Brooklyn, Nov. 13
3. Micki Watanabe Spiller, FF Alumn, at Studio 34 Gallery, Long Island City, NY, opening Nov. 6
4. Guadalupe Maravilla, FF Alumn, now online at Glasstire.com
5. John Kelly, FF Alumn, Autumn news
6. Nao Bustamante, FF Alumn, now online at ContemporaryArtReview.LA, and more
7. Marian Goodman, FF Alumn, now online at NYTimes.com
8. Wanda Raimundi, FF Alumn, autumn news
9. Doug Sadownick, FF Alumn, Autumn news
10. Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles Morel, FF Alumn, at West Farms Square, The Bronx, Nov. 2
11. Richard McGuire, FF Alumn, now online at NYTimes.com
12. Shaun Leonardo, FF Alumn, at Queens Museum, Flushing, NY, Nov. 9
13. Jess Dobkin, FF Alumn, at The Hemispheric Institute, NYU, Manhattan, December 9
14. Mimi Smith, FF Alumn, at Museum of Modern Art, Paris, France, thru Feb. 16, 2025
15. Robin Tewes, FF Alumn, at Marymount Manhattan College, Manhattan, thru Dec. 3
16. Frank Gillette, FF Alumn, at Level of Service Not Required, La Jolla, CA, thru Dec. 5
17. Susan Schwalb, FF Alumn, at National Arts Club, Manhattan, Oct. 28
18. Mike Glier, FF Alumn, at Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY, Nov 8, 2024-Mar. 8, 2025
19. Marina Abramović, FF Alumn, at Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland, thru Feb. 16, 2025
20. Penny Arcade, John Ahearn, FF Alumns, at Soft Network, Manhattan, Oct. 28 and more
21. Peter Baren, FF Alumn, at FLAM Live Art Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Oct. 30-Nov. 2
22. Babs Reingold, FF Alumn, now online at EvergreenReview.com
23. Peter Baren, FF Alumn, at FLAM Live Art, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Oct. 30
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1. Armando Cortés, FF FUND for Performance Art recipient 2021-2022, at Subtitled NYC, Brooklyn, thru Dec. 1
Armando Cortés
nothing _______ can stay
Subtitled NYC
113 Franklin St, 2nd floor #11F
Brooklyn, NY, 11222
Thursday to Sunday, 1-6 pm
The Franklin Furnace FUND for Performance Art 2021-22 is supported by Jerome Foundation and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
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2. Joyce Yu Jean Lee, FF Alumn, at Jack, Brooklyn, Nov. 13
undoxx Festival: FIREWALL Documentary Screening
JACK, 20 Putnam Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11238
FIREWALL Documentary Screening: Wednesday, November 13th @7:30PM
Click here for TICKETS + FIREWALL gallery hours
You’re invited to the re-launch of my updated FIREWALL Internet Cafe, and the documentary screening which tells my story of facing censorship while producing a new media work exposing the limits of Internet freedom. The documentary includes stories from curators, activists and journalists also combating censorship that I encountered along the way.
This FIREWALL installation is a part undoxx, a series for untangling censorship curated by zavé martohardjono, Maya Simone Z., and Jamie Chan and featuring incisive new media works by Bleue Liverpool, Fina Ferrara, and Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre. From November 6th – 23rd, undoxx will present performances, films, and new media works, conversations, teach-ins, and resource-sharing events for artists seeking tools to navigate the shifting landscape of censorship in the arts.
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3. Micki Watanabe Spiller, FF Alumn, at Studio 34 Gallery, Long Island City, NY, opening Nov. 6
Small Artwork Show, Vol. 5 in Nagano and New York, Nov. 6-10, 2024
reception Wednesday Nov. 6, 5-8 pm, 7 pm live carving by Takashio
Gallery hours Thursday-Sunday, 1-6 pm
A portion of sales will eb donated to the Japanese Red Cross as relief for the Noto Penninsula Earthquake.
Studio 34 Gallery
34-01 38th Avenue, 4th Fl. LIC NY 11101
https://studio34-artspace.tumblr.com/
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4. Guadalupe Maravilla, FF Alumn, now online at Glasstire.com
Please visit this link:
Thank you
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5. John Kelly, FF Alumn, Autumn news
BEFORE AUTUMN LEAVES ~ FROM JOHN
JOHN KELLY PERFORMANCE’S AUTUMN 2024 UPDATE
Dear Friends,
I just completed a week long workshop at Mercury Store Residency (https://www.mercurystore.com/) for a new chamber opera by the Swedish composer Mikael Karlsson (https://mikaelk.com/) . Barcelona, Map of Shadows (https://www.maboumines.org/production/barcelona-map-of-shadows/) is based on the play by Lluisa Cunille, with Libretto and Direction by Mallory Catlett. During this initial workshop as a vocalist I did some serious improvisation with esteemed soprano (and friend) Lauren Flanigan. The production will ultimately happen early in 2026 at Skirball Center for the Performing Arts (https://nyuskirball.org/) , produced by Mabou Mines (https://www.maboumines.org/) and American Opera Projects (https://www.aopopera.org/) .
On the occasion of what would have been his 70th birthday, the David Wojnarowicz Foundation in collaboration with the New York City AIDS Memorial (https://www.nycaidsmemorial.org/projects-library/david-wojnarowicz-70-years) , Visual AIDS, and P·P·O·W presented a series readings of Wojnarowicz’s seminal monologues, The Waterfront Journals, a collection of autobiographical fiction inspired by the many people he encountered in his early twenties.
After the readings, the band RIMBAUD HATTIE—comprised of Wojnarowicz’s former 3 Teens Kill 4 bandmates Doug Bressler and Julie Hair, along with John Kelly performed a set of original songs. The Memorial also unveiled a park bench dedicated to Wojnarowicz to memorialize his championing of the fight against HIV/AIDS. Following the performances, a procession moved from the AIDS Memorial to Hudson River Park, depositing his ashes in the river, and symbolically honoring David’s life and spirit in communal recognition and celebration.
I was a guest speaker at The Stella Adler Center for the Arts (https://stellaadler.com/) , invited by Joanne Edelmann, the Poetry Series Curator and Master Teacher/Movement. We go way back to my early dancing days, and even though my training has been in dance and visual art, and not theatre, she was wonderfully encouraging in my capacity to share my experiences in performance with her acting students. The great thing about this Center is that the training is expansive and includes: Theater. Music. Dance. Art. Poetry. Training.
Recently, BIAC’s Intergenerational Pride Panel and Gallery Walk brought together the amazing Brooklyn Interns for Arts and Culture ( (https://www.bam.org/education/2023/biac) BIAC) program participants and LGBTQ+ ARTIST ARCHIVE PROJECT (https://www.lgbtqartistsarchive.org/) artists and activists at BAM Strong’s Rudin Gallery. Moderated by Ma’a Feaster and Desmond Loo, the panel featured iconic performance artists John Kelly and Carmelita Tropicana, sharing their journeys from the 1980s to today, inspiring our young participants to add their voices to the legacy of queer art in NYC. Since 2021, the BIAC program empowers young people to produce their own artistic events, celebrating creativity and cultural engagement.
I am currently a Resident Artist in the Painting Space 122 Program, renting a studio for a year through next July. It is located in the iconic Performance Space New York (formerly Performance Space 122) old school house building in the East Village on the corner of 9th Street and 1st Avenue. I’m in the process of (finalmente!) completing my Graphic Memoir A Friend Gave Me A Book, with its 360 completely hand rendered panels/pages. INSANE. I plan to have a series of open studio visits, to share the work as I search for a Publisher (or Literary Agent), and Gallery or other possible exhibition venue. Wish me luck. and if you have any ideas or leads (or would like a personal studio visit!) please feel welcome to reach out to me at performancekelly@gmail.com
Wshing you a peaceful Autumn ~
~ John
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6. Nao Bustamante, FF Alumn, now online at ContemporaryArtReview.LA, and more
Please visit this link:
https://contemporaryartreview.la/nao-bustamante-at-track-16/?mc_cid=11254bb991&mc_eid=78eb53e84b
and
PST ART: Art & Science Collide
NAO BUSTAMANTE
BLOOM
thru December 7, 2024
For inquiries, contact gallery@track16.com
UPCOMING EVENT
Book Party, Exhibition Viewing,
and Conversation
Exposed: The Hidden History of the Pelvic Exam
with Medical Historian Wendy Kline
& Artist Nao Bustamante at Track 16 Gallery
Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, 6-8:30 p.m
“Exposed is not just a history lesson: it’s a call to action, a demand for greater transparency and accountability, and a beacon of hope for more equitable healthcare. A compelling and indispensable read.” – Rana Awdish, M.D., author of “In Shock: How Nearly Dying Made Me a Better Intensive Care Doctor”
and
CLOSING EVENT
Exhibition Walkthrough
of Nao Bustamante’s BLOOM
led by Jennifer Doyle & Jeanne Vaccaro
Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, 7pm
\On December 6, to celebrate the closing of Nao Bustamante’s BLOOM, professor/scholars Jennifer Doyle (University of California, Riverside) and Jeanne Vaccaro (University of Kansas) will lead a curatorial tour of the exhibition.
Doyle and Vaccaro are the co-curators of Scientia Sexualis, a new exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Open through March 2, 2025, the ambitious group survey features contemporary artists whose work confronts, dissolves, and reimagines sex and gender within the scientific apparatus, including Bustamante’s Vagnasium installation.
Jeanne Vaccaro is a scholar and curator of contemporary art and public practice. Jennifer Doyle is the author of Hold It Against Me: Difficulty and Emotion in Contemporary Art, and Shadow of My Shadow. Doyle and Vaccaro are also co-editors of the Scientia Sexualis exhibition catalogue.
Track 16 Gallery is part of PST ART as a Gallery Program Participant. Returning in September 2024 with its latest edition, PST ART: Art & Science Collide, this landmark regional event explores the intersections of art and science, both past and present. PST ART is presented by Getty. For more information about PST ART: Art & Science Collide, please visit pst.art
TRACK 16 GALLERY
1206 MAPLE AVE, SUITES 100 & 1005, LOS ANGELES, CA 90015
+1-310-815-8080
www.track16.com
Hours: Wednesday to Saturday, 12-6pm
and by appointment
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7. Marian Goodman, FF Alumn, now online at NYTimes.com
Please visit this link:
Thank you.
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8. Wanda Raimundi, FF Alumn, autumn news
Hey there and happy fall!
I hope you’re having a productive season. I know I’ve been busy as hell. That’s a good thing!
I have a solo show of new drawings inspired by my last trip to Puerto Rico I’d love for you to check out that opens 2 weeks from now Quiero Ir Pa’l Monte (I want to go to the mountains) W&L University’s Staniar Gallery in Lexington, VA. There will be a reception and lecture on October 29, 2024 from 5-6:30 pm. The show runs through December 13, 2024. https://www.wlu.edu/staniar-gallery?utm_source=my
I’ll be ringing in the new year with a solo show at UNC Chapel Hill in North Carolina on January 25th that I’m looking forward to and part of a wonderful group show called El Vaivén: 21st Century Art of Puerto Rico and Its Diaspora: at the University of Minnesota’s Katherine Nasher Gallery.
I’ll be working in the studio on a new body of work I’m really excited about titled Vamonos Pa’l Monte, which will debut in 2026 sponsored by Mural Arts, the Pew Foundation and curated by Dr. Gwendolyn Dubois Shaw! https://www.pewcenterarts.org/2024grants
Some of you may remember from my social media posts that I’ve been working hard on these large-scale landscape drawings from Puerto Rico, a sharp departure from my earlier work, which I cannot wait to share with you. Let me know if you see them and if so what you thought about your experience. I’d love to hear from you.
– Wanda
Ms. Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz
Full Professor, Studio Art
Interim Director, Studio Art
School of Visual Art
College of Visual and Performing Art
George Mason School of Art
For Her Latest Body of Work, Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz Renounces Presenting Her Pain as Art, Opting Instead to Show Moments of Joy
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9. Doug Sadownick, FF Alumn, Autumn news
Pre-Election Newsletter: Strengthening Democracy Through Psychological Activism
Dear Friends,
As we approach this crucial election, I’m reaching out to share vital resources for maintaining our psychological resilience and strengthening our democratic values in a psychological sense.
Understanding & Combating Fascism: A Psychological Perspective
Halloween Eve Special Teach-In On Substack**
Don’t let election anxiety haunt you! Join our two-part exploration of democracy’s psychological foundations:
**Part 1: In-depth lecture** (Thursday, Oct 31, 3:00 PM PST) – FREE for all subscribers
We’ll explore insights from Freud, Ferenczi, Marcuse, Benjamin, and Brewster, exploring power dynamics in the unconscious mind and developing tools for resisting authoritarian tendencies.
**Part 2: Interactive Democracy Discussion** (Saturday, Nov 2, 12:00-1:30 PM PST)
Join us to process our collective concerns, build community resilience, and develop action strategies together.
Strengthening Democracy at Home: FREE Couples Webinar
**Wednesday, October 30, 2024 (12:00-1:30 PM PST)**
Democracy begins with how we treat each other. This workshop teaches you to replace criticism with constructive dialogue, transform defensiveness into understanding, and build bridges across differences. We’ll explore how to apply social justice perspectives to your relationships.
Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScdPpf7fI-oElDa8pRe1Yh5mo\_\_jahuL294doRBQrYgfGLZEw/viewform
New Publications for Democratic Resilience
“How and Why to Find a Therapist” – Your Guide to Personal Empowerment
Available now on Amazon ($5.99)
Your comprehensive guide to therapy as a tool for democratic engagement. Learn about setting healthy boundaries with inner bullies, different types of therapies, and practical tools for immediate action. Special focus on marginalized communities, with detailed information about finances, insurance, and finding the right therapist for you.
Purchase: https://amzn.to/3YEWAGv
“Gay Sex and Love: One Group Learns How To Heal Itself”
Pre-orders starting next week ($9.99)
Follow four men in Group Therapy as they face their sexual fears and anxieties and reach towards healing and ancient homosexual wisdom. This timely exploration covers embracing identity amid social pressure, building community through vulnerable dialogue, and resisting conformity. We delve deep into gay love and sexuality while addressing trauma healing, and connecting to our long lost homosexual wisdom traditions. Write to Doug at dgsadownickphd@gmail.com to get your head start.
Bringing Democracy Home Through Better Relationship Skills
4-part “Couples Counseling Video” Series ($20)
Transform conflict into connection and heal division through understanding as you learn to practice democratic values in daily life. I go through the basics of Harvell Hendricks, “Getting the Love You Want,” making the IMAGO technique more relevant for LGBTQ and people of color.
Register: www.askdrdougphd.com
Personal Update
I’ve relocated to Palm Springs but maintain my LA practice (Mon-Tue), dedicating more time to writing resources for our democratic community. Find more of my work at:
– Website: www.askdrdougphd.com
– Substack: “Psychology for the People”
– TikTok/YouTube: @AskDrDougPhd
– Spotify: “Get Psychological” Podcast
Pre-Election Self-Care Reminder
As we approach election day, remember that your anxiety is a sign of caring about our democracy. Community connection is our strongest defense, and personal healing strengthens collective resilience. Every act of self-care is an act of resistance.
Join our mailing list at www.askdrdougphd.com for ongoing support in these challenging times.
Together, we can build a more conscious, caring democracy through inner work and psychological activism.
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10. Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles Morel, FF Alumn, at West Farms Square, The Bronx, Nov. 2
Let Her In
Priscilla Marrero, Ferran Martín & Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles Morel
https://www.interiorbeautysalon.com/happenings/lettheriverin-8t7jx
11-2-2024, 3:30-5:30 PM
Meet us outside West Farms Square–East Tremont Avenue Subway Station (2/5 trains)
Bronx, NY
To RSVP, click HERE: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSflkcdLm5-0Azn7Wb26-RIXGoVk_k3pZlnUN8sGiJTpK-5zsQ/viewform
Part performance, part participatory experience and part action, Let Her In is a collaborative movement by choreographer Priscilla Marrero, sculptor Ferran Martín, and Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles Morel that recognizes the need to build more bridges in our divisive political climate. This triad of creatives structures their improvisation at different parts of the Bronx River, grounding their walk along the banks of this flowing being. Ferran brings in some of his mirrored-cubes titled Mirror, Mirror, with which he has worked with in the past, and that offer the possibility of concealing our identities, while reflecting back the landscape that surrounds us. Let Her In invites those in attendance into the realms of play, relaxation, daydreaming, and love for the only fresh water river in the City of New York. At least two drops in every glass of the water we drink in our metropolis comes from the Bronx River.
Let Her In is an action that is part of Bodies of Water / Fluid Improvisations Along the Bronx River, a program conceived and produced by Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful, with individual actions co-created with Arantxa Araujo, Andrés Senra, Luis A., and Priscilla Marrero & Ferran Martín.
The series of actions is dedicated to the late Nancy Wallace. “She…[Nancy]…helped transform a watery graveyard for automobiles, tires and appliances into an urban greenbelt for New York City and Westchester County” The New York Times
About Bodies of Water/Fluid Improvisations Along the Bronx River points to the connections between bodies, as in human and non-human ones–such as Rivers–, as well as to concepts of interbeing, interconnectedness, and interdependence with all beings. Similarly, it brings to light ecological and social justice issues regarding colonial histories, environmental racism, and extractive capitalism while issuing a call for individual and collective stewardship and care for all bodies of Water. During four gatherings in different points along the Bronx River, improvisations centered on flow, water, compassion and deep listening are meant to unfold for invited participants, or perhaps unsuspecting audiences and wanderers attracted by a sight inspiring wonder and contemplation.
Bodies of Water/Fluid Improvisations Along the Bronx River / Background:
The Bronx River has been a constant presence for Nicolás since he moved from the Dominican Republic to New York City in 1991. His first job was in the Fordham Road section with the Bronx River Restoration Project and it entailed engaging the aquatic subject through art classes. In 2011 he was baptized by Bill Aguado and Susan Newmark in Drew Gardens. The sacramental was water from the Bronx River and the intention was that of a rite of passage into Bronxhood. Three decades after his first connection with the Bronx, and in a rapidly gentrifying borough, Nicolás is proposing to approach the Bronx River from the perspective of elderhood and aging.
Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful was awarded a New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Support for Artists Grant (Bronx, NY) to support his creative work. Sponsored by The Action Lab, this award is funding Bodies of Water/Fluid Improvisations Along the Bronx River. Through New York State’s continued investment in arts and culture, NYSCA has awarded over $80 million since Spring 2023 to over 1,500 artists and organizations across the state.
Bodies of Water/Fluid Improvisations Along the Bronx River Ó 2022 Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful / with copyrights for individual actions equally shared with each collaborator.
Ferran Martín is an interdisciplinary artist originally from Valencia, Spain. He is recognized for his work as an experimental sculptor with a focus in the public realm and performance. His work has been exhibited at Greene Naftali (NY), Daniel Silverstein (NY), Newman & Popiasvhilli Gallery (NY), Farside (Miami), Dorsky Gallery (NY), Roger Smith Gallery (NY), Greenberg Van Doren Gallery (NY), Sala de Arte Publico Siqueiros (Mexico City), Arte Veintiuno (Madrid), The Empty Circle (NY), Proyectos Raúl Zamudio (NY), Ethan Cohen Gallery (NY) amongst others. His work has been presented in St. Moritz Art Masters Festival 2011, Yeosu Art Festival (Korea) 2010, Beijing Biennale 2009 and the Bronx Museum of Art’s AIM program (NY).
Priscilla Marrero (ella/she) is an experimental performing + teaching artista and a first-generation Cubana-Americana. She is a passionate storyteller and loves to discover new ways to collaborate with transdisciplinary artistas through live performance, filmmaking, or educational gatherings. She has presented her collaborations in the Musée Dapper, The Empty Circle, BAAD!, Miami Light Project, Inkub8, Movement Research at Judson Memorial Church, Van Cortlandt Park, The Interior Beauty Salón, Inwood Hill Park y más. She graduated from Florida International University with a BA in Performance and Choreography (2009) and MFA in Experimental Choreography from the University of California Riverside (2022) for her research practice on La Pelvis.
Since 2011, Martín and Marrero have been creating works that range in mediums of film and live performance. They have collaborated in their research interests of bringing conceptual and experimental art to low-income, and marginalized communities. Together, they bridge the conversation between performance art and the dance theater worlds. Their work together brings awareness to spaces that perhaps are challenging to speak about and discover ways to bring humor, charm, and characters that will invite others to participate in the conversation.
Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles Morel treads an elusive path that manifests itself performatively through creative experiences that he helps unfold within the quotidian. He has exhibited or performed at Madrid Abierto/ARCO, The IX Havana Biennial, PERFORMA 05/07/21, IDENSITAT, Prague Quadrennial, Pontevedra Biennial, Queens Museum, MoMA, Printed Matter, P.S. 122, Sculpture Center, Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance BAAD!, Hemispheric Institute of Performance Art and Politics, City as Living Lab, Princeton University, Anthology Film Archives, El Museo del Barrio, Center for Book Arts, Longwood Art Gallery/BCA, The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Franklin Furnace, and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. Nicolás has received mentorship in art in everyday life from Linda Mary Montano, a historic figure in the performance art field. Nicolás holds an MFA from Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, where he studied with Coco Fusco; and an MA from Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York. He recently served as a Senior Lecturer and Social Practice Artist in Residence in the Art and Art History Department at The University of Texas, Austin; and was a Smithsonian Artist Research Fellow in Washington DC. He is the founding director of The Interior Beauty Salon, an organism living at the intersection of creativity and healing. Born in Santiago, Dominican Republic, Nicolás was baptized as a Bronxite in 2011.
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11. Richard McGuire, FF Alumn, now online at NYTimes.com
Please visit this link:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/24/books/review/richard-mcguire-here.html
Thank you.
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12. Shaun Leonardo, FF Alumn, at Queens Museum, Flushing, NY, Nov. 9
LUCHA LIBRE: El Conquistador Returns!
November 9, 2024 | 3pm | Queens Museum
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Building | Corona, NY 11368
Among the traditions of lucha libre, there is one day – Día de los Muertos – when the retired identities of once defeated luchadores may be resurrected for battle. As part of the Queens Museum’s Day of the Dead celebrations, artist and wrestler El Conquistador will don the mask and rise again! This special 10-man Battle Royal will mark the 20th Anniversary of his legendary debut and the return to his hometown of Queens, where he last fought The Invisible Man.
FREE | All AGES | NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED
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13. Jess Dobkin, FF Alumn, at The Hemispheric Institute, NYU, Manhattan, December 9
Dear NYC friends, lovers, colleagues, collaborators, conspirators,
I’m thrilled to share the news that Jess Dobkin’s Wetrospective: Constellating performance archives, edited by Laura Levin and designed by Lisa Kiss (Intellect Books/AGYU, 2024) is now out in the world.
The New York launch party is on Monday, December 9 from 5-7pm at The Hemispheric Institute, co-presented by Franklin Furnace and Hemispheric Encounters.
https://hemisphericinstitute.org/en
https://hemisphericencounters.ca
There will be snacks and drinks, books and merch, revelry and shenanigans.
The event is FREE but RSVP is required. Do feel free to share the invitation. Wheelchair accessible.
RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeAjeODMERy9ojnlXUG73YQEDO9Qt1UfshbGi1fQyMNCGWK6w/viewform
You can also order the book directly from University of Chicago Press here: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/J/bo238312914.html
Launches in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Chicago, London, and beyond are in the works. Sign up for updates here: https://jessdobkin.com/
Hope to see you December 9.
XX Jess
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14. Mimi Smith, FF Alumn, at Museum of Modern Art, Paris, France, thru Feb. 16, 2025
“This is a Test’, 1983, Mimi Smith’s book, is included in the “Atomic Age” exhibition at Museum of Modern Art in Paris, France, until Feb. 16, 2025.
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15. Robin Tewes, FF Alumn, at Marymount Manhattan College, Manhattan, thru Dec. 3
Robin Tewes
Imprimatur/Leaving Their Mark
MMC Art Faculty 1974-2024
Curated by Hallie Cohen and Beth Shipley
October 21-December 3
The Hewitt Gallery.
221 East 71st street, NYC, NY 100321
robinjtewes@instagram
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16. Frank Gillette, FF Alumn, at Level of Service Not Required, La Jolla, CA, thru Dec. 5
Frank Gillette: The Symbiotic Blues
7910 Ivanhoe Avenue
La Jolla, CA 92037
October 24 – December 5, 2024
Opening Reception
October 24, 2024, 6-8 p.m.
“to hold, as’ twere, the mirror up to nature, to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure.” – William Shakespeare, Hamlet
LOS/NR is proud to present a major multi-screen video work by the pioneering American video and installation artist Frank Gillette (b. 1941, Jersey City, NY). Interested in the empirical observation of natural phenomena, his early work integrated the viewer’s image with prerecorded information. He has been described as a pioneer in video research with an almost scientific attention for taxonomies and descriptions of ecological systems and environments. Gillette’s seminal work Wipe Cycle (co-produced with Ira Schneider in 1968) is considered as one of the first video installations in art history. Gillette is the recipient of fellowships from the Rockefeller Foundation and the Guggenheim Foundation, as well as grants from the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
The Symbiotic Blues is the world premier of a 9-channel video study of woodland and beach of eastern Long Island. It consists of three video triptychs (Riverrun, Spearlight, and Blackseer) exploring the ways in which we experience the natural world. In nine endless loops, Gillette returns to a subject he has been drawn to for over fifty years; the relationship between the natural world and the ways in which we experience it over time. He achieves this through a complex engagement with classic genres: still-life, landscape, and symbolic abstraction combined with soundtracks mixing natural and electronic sounds. Though the artist was among the first to use television as an artistic medium, his video work has remained rooted in an approach stemming from his early training as an abstract painter. In the artist’s words, “…each triptych combines aesthetic judgment with the forces which shape nature’s boundaries.”
This exhibition is organized by David A. Ross, the former Director of the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. In 1972, Ross was appointed as the world’s first curator of Video Art at the Everson Museum in Syracuse, NY. His first exhibition of Frank Gillette’s work occurred in 1973. An illustrated brochure with an essay by the noted philosopher, naturalist and musician Dr. David Rothenberg will be available for the show.
There will be an opening reception with free flowers and ice creams (while supplies last) on Thursday, October 24, 6-8 pm. Be advised, timed entry might be required during the event.
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17. Susan Schwalb, FF Alumn, at National Arts Club, Manhattan, Oct. 28
Please join me for this panel at the National Arts Club on October 28 at 6:30 pm.
Mothers of Invention: The Feminist Roots of Contemporary Art
Publisher Lund Humphries (2024) is the latest in a twenty-year collaboration between writers and curators Eleanor Heartney, Helaine Posner, Nancy Princenthal, and Sue Scott. The authors will discuss the links that bind feminist ideas to the evolution of contemporary art by digging deep into four crucial practices – performance, craft, abstraction, and ecofeminism.
Thank you.
Susan Schwalb
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18. Mike Glier, FF Alumn, at Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY, Nov 8, 2024-Mar. 8, 2025
Please visit this link:
Thank you.
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19. Marina Abramović, FF Alumn, at Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland, thru Feb. 16, 2025
Solo exhibition, Kunsthaus Zürich
October 25, 2024 – February 16, 2025
Sean Kelly is delighted to announce the opening of Marina Abramović’s first major retrospective in Switzerland at the Kunsthaus Zürich. In a career that spans over fifty-five years, Abramović has propelled performance art from its experimental beginnings to cementing its place in art history. This comprehensive survey offers insight into Abramović’s multifaceted oeuvre ranging from performance, video, and photography to sculpture, installations, and works on paper.
Abramović’s trademark is her long-durational performances in which the artist pushes the limits of her body and mind. In her early works, Abramović tested the boundaries of her physical endurance, while more recently, she has focused on mental transformation, themes of healing, and a new participatory experience for visitors explored through her Transitory Objects.
In this exhibition, an installation of Abramović’s historical works Imponderabilia, 1977 and Luminosity, 1997 will be restaged by trained performers. Abramović will involve the public directly in the interactive piece Counting the Rice, 2024 and a new work, Decompression Chamber, 2024 created specially for the Kunsthaus Zürich. In her new conceptual piece, Abramović encourages the audience to pause for a moment and decompress – to relax and enter a different state of feeling or being, and thus discover and perceive both themselves and the world in new ways.
The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue in English and German, which sheds light on the background of Marina Abramović’s work. Abramović has also created a special limited edition photograph for the Kunsthaus Zürich which has been produced in association with the Swiss newspaper, Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
Programming
Artist Talk
Friday, October 25, 7 – 8:30 PM
Location: Kunsthaus Zürich
To purchase tickets: https://www.kunsthaus.ch/en/besuch-planen/programm/marina-abramovic-live/
Performance schedule
Imponderabilia, 1977
Everyday at 10:15am, 12:15am, 2:30pm, 4:30pm
Additional performances on Thursdays at 6:30pm
Duration: 60 minutes
Luminosity, 1997
Everyday at 11:45am and 2pm
Additional performances on Thursdays at 3:30pm and 5:30pm
Duration: 30 minutes
Counting the Rice, 2014
Visitors can take part in the exercise everyday from 11am-5:30pm, and on Thursdays until 7:30pm
Decompression Chamber, 2024
Visitors can take part in the exercise everyday from 10:30am-5:30pm, and on Thursdays from 11am-7:30pm
The performances in the exhibition will feature performers selected and trained by the Marina Abramović Institute. Please note, this schedule is subject to change.
For additional information about the exhibition, please visit www.kunsthaus.ch
For information on Marina Abramović, please visit https://skny.com
For media inquiries, please email Adair Lentini at Adair@skny.com
For all other inquiries, please email Lauren Kelly at Lauren@skny.com
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20. Penny Arcade, John Ahearn, FF Alumns, at Soft Network, Manhattan, Oct. 28
Steve Zehentner and I will be part of a presentation at Soft Network on Portraiture and Memory. We will be presenting from our Lower East Side Biography Project, part of my collaborator of 33 years Steve Zehentner’s and my Social Practice, a labor of love and community that we have spearheaded for 25 years largely on our own without Institutional support.
register here: https://www.softnetwork.art/shirley-gorelick
As part of this on October 28th Marcelo Gabriel Yanez consultant and curator for The Sheyla Baykal Archive which i created before Sheyla’s untimely death in 1997 at her request
Sheyla Baykal was a fascinating photographer, part of the Bohemian East Village Community that spanned from the early 1960’s till her death
She was part of an early 60’s circle that included photographer Peter Hujar, artist Paul Thek and Robert Wilson . She documented the East Village art scene from the 60’s thru the 90’s
October 28th, 6-8 PM: Portraiture and Community
John Ahearn and Rigoberto Torres, artists, on their collaborative life-cast portraits
Max Warsh, artist, curator, and advisor to the Shirley Gorelick Foundation, on Shirley Gorelick (1924-2000)
Marcelo Gabriel Yáñez, photographer and art historian, on Sheyla Baykal (1944-1997)
Betty Yu, multimedia artist, photographer, filmmaker, educator, and activist, on her practice
October 30th, 6-8 PM: Portraiture and Memory through Oral History
Penny Arcade, performance artist, actress, poet and theater-maker, and Steve Zehentner filmmaker, theater designer/director and archivist, on the Lower East Side Biography Project, a video oral history documentary project that they founded together
Lauren Shadford, Executive Director of Voices in Contemporary Art (VOCA), on the organization’s approach to artist interviews
Max Warsh, artist, curator, and advisor to the Shirley Gorelick Foundation, on conducting interviews of Gorelick’s friends and portrait subjects
Both events will take place at Soft Network 636 Broadway, Room 320, NYC 10012. Events will also be live-streamed for AFELL members.
and
The Lower East Side Biography Project the oral history project created by Penny Arcade and Steve Zehentner in 1999 and still broadcasting weekly
Mondays at 11pm on cable in Manhattan and streaming everywhere
www.facebook.com/thelowereastsidebiographyproject
Part of Penny Arcade’s social practice it has seeded interviews to many film projects but director and editor Chih Hsuan Liang became obsessed with her subject gallerist Paul Bridgewater and she expanded her LES Bio subject into a full length documentary on one of The East Village’s most unique
art workers from the heyday of East Village Art Galleries and offers an intimate glimpse into the life of Paul Bridgewater.
more info
https://www.manfrompretentia.com
Sunday November 17th 12:15pm
Please enjoy this trailer and joins us on November 17th 12 :15 with a talk back with the director and Penny Arcade
https://www.manfrompretentia.com/trailer
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21. Peter Baren, FF Alumn, at FLAM Live Art Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Oct. 30-Nov. 2
WHISPERING SKINS. FLAM Live Art Amsterdam. 30 October – 2 November [including Museum Night 2024]. Rokin 112, 1012 LB Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The complete program https://www.flam.online/flam2024
https://www.flam.online/peterbaren2024
Peter Baren
THE WeighT OF LOVE [THIS UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS], is part of the ongoing performance series BLIND DATES WITH THE HISTORY OF MANKIND as a multi-sensory work, searches for a common ground between sensual bewilderment and operational suffering, challenging our social and cultural circumstances.
Bio
Baren’s practice includes site-specific performances to create works which revolve around and deal with the history of mankind, cultural objects and territories. Featured performances are: Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava / VERBO 12th Mostra de Performance Arte. Sao Paulo / 8th UP-ON International Live Art Festival. Chengdu / Points Of Reference 38/88. STEIRISCHER HERBST. Graz / BLURRR 5. Biennial of Performance Art. Tel Aviv / TEMPTING FAILURE #18 Biennial. London / On Alterity. FLAM Live Art #7. Amsterdam / TRANSMUTED. Ex Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico City /
Credits: Thank you Rose Akras and team, Lucia G. Stach.
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22. Babs Reingold, FF Alumn, now online at EvergreenReview.com
Excited and honored to have my drawings partnered with Mphutlane wa Bofelo’s poems in this fall/winter issue of Evergreen Review! Thanks to Joy Garnett for selecting my work.
“you are a river
i am the surface you flow on,
the cave inside which you drift;
the wetland you flow into. . . .”
Up now, in our new fall/winter issue: “River to the River” and four more poems by Mphutlane Wa Bofelo. Art by Babs Reingold.
Mphutlane wa Bofelo is a South African poet, essayist, playwright and political theorist whose work draws on sufism, socialist humanism, and Black Consciousness. His published works are Transitions: From Post-colonial illusions to Decoloniality, The Way of Love, Bluesology and Bofelosophy, ‘The Heart’s Interpreter, The River that returns to me, The Journey Within : Ramadaan Reflections and letter to Abu Dhar, and ‘Remembrance and Salutations.
Babs Reingold
Venezuela-born American artist Babs Reingold (MFA, SUNY Buffalo; BFA, Cleveland Institute of Art) creates sculptures, drawings, and installations that focus on poverty and the environment. Reingold’s exhibition history includes museums, universities, and galleries in New York, Los Angeles, Jersey City, Buffalo (NY), St. Petersburg (FL), Atlanta, and Savannah (GA). Her work resides in the collections of the Newark Museum; Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg; and the Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo. Among her numerous awards are a Florida State Visual Artist Fellowship and a residency at the Atlantic Center for the Arts.
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23. Peter Baren, FF Alumn, at FLAM Live Art, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Oct. 30
WHISPERING SKINS. FLAM Live Art Amsterdam. 30 October – 2 November [including Museum Night 2024]. Rokin 112, 1012 LB Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
The complete program https://www.flam.online/flam2024
https://www.flam.online/peterbaren2024
Peter Baren
THE WeighT OF LOVE [THIS UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS], is part of the ongoing performance series BLIND DATES WITH THE HISTORY OF MANKIND as a multi-sensory work, searches for a common ground between sensual bewilderment and operational suffering, challenging our social and cultural circumstances.
Bio
Baren’s practice includes site-specific performances to create works which revolve around and deal with the history of mankind, cultural objects and territories. Featured performances are: Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava / VERBO 12th Mostra de Performance Arte. Sao Paulo / 8th UP-ON International Live Art Festival. Chengdu / Points Of Reference 38/88. STEIRISCHER HERBST. Graz / BLURRR 5. Biennial of Performance Art. Tel Aviv / TEMPTING FAILURE #18 Biennial. London / On Alterity. FLAM Live Art #7. Amsterdam / TRANSMUTED. Ex Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico City /
Credits: Thank you Rose Akras and team, Lucia G. Stach.
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