Hello lovelies,
Welcome to 2010, our dear members. Thank you to the 600 of you who made it to our NYE Bootleggers' Ball, and thank you, all of you, for being the dedicated, wonderful, costumed, creative, participating, joyful beings that you continuously show yourselves to be via our events. We are very very lucky to have you. We're sorry if you missed out on NYE, but we promise more fun and adventure in 2010, starting with Valentine's Day. Save the date. We're thinking Russian Baths that Saturday and something small-scale and decadent on Sunday.
If anyone has pics or video from the Bootleggers' Ball, please send them along so we can post to the website! If you're on Facebook, post them to the event so people can tag themselves (some already up!): http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=206151159658 (and there's always our Flickr group--link in our sig). Oh and if you lost anything, we posted a full list to Facebook: http://bit.ly/6EEeRs
This week has deceptively few listings, but if you look closely they are nearly all starred. It's APAP week, and some amazing music shows are happening. What you see below is a small sample; check your favorite venues' schedules for more. A heads-up for globalFEST, though, as a near-unbelievable curation of top-class world-music acts (Sunday).
We have a TON of news for 2010, but that has to wait for next week. Fabulous things are in the works.
Cheers,
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WEEKEND + WEEK
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*MUSIC: 2010 NYC Winter Jazzfest
http://www.winterjazzfest.com
Now in our 6th year NYC Winter Jazzfest matures into a 2-day, 5-venue festival featuring 53 different groups from NYC and beyond scheduled during the Arts Presenters (APAP) Conference offering jazz groups showcase opportunities to industry folks and avid jazz fans. (Fri/Sat, 5 West Village locations)
*THEATER: Beowulf - A Thousand Years of Baggage
http://www.bananabagandbodice.org
http://www.davemalloy.com/beowulf.html
After a successful smash-hit run last April at Abrons Arts Center, Banana Bag and Bodice brings their award-winning epic SongPlay back to some of the Lower East Side’s most exciting and prestigious music venues. Digging into the roots of the original epic poem, this re-imagined version of Beowulf - A Thousand Years of Baggage hearkens back to the raw and rowdy style of storytelling in the old Scandinavian mead halls -- with a passion for fierce poetry and a pint of thick beer. Monsters and professors collide in blood-soaked Scandinavia as this hefty poem is rescued from 1,000 years of analysis and transformed into a defiantly raucous dissertation on art and violence. With an eight-piece band including dueling trombones, bass clarinet, accordion and saw, Beowulf combines Weillian cabaret, 40s jazz harmony, indie rock, punk, electronica and Romantic lieder into a cacophonous swirl. (Sat: The Living Room, Sun: PIanos, Tue: Arlene's Grocery, Thur: Slipper Room)
*THEATER: Between Two Worlds: Who Loved You Before You Were Mine
Five deviant queers, their mythical beast secret identities, and all of their ghosts walk into a cabaret. The result is a show about yearning for ancestors, the empty spaces left by the first generation of AIDS deaths in fag/queer communities and the way the next generation is called to fill those spaces. What is the relationship between the loss of a generation of queer men and queens and the next generation’s expanding possibilities for transmasculinity? What is the relationship between a generation of dykes woven fiercely and intimately into ACT UP and support circles for dying friends and a next generation of dykes woven into radical faerie and transfag communities? In a culture based on chosen families, which of our desires are inherited? In this re-interpretation of Yiddish theater classic The Dybbuk, the consensual possession of a lover by the ghost of their beloved is a model for acknowledging the collective loss we hold and reflect in our queer bodies. The cabaret is
a love letter to the ghosts among us. (Fri-Sun 8pm, Sun 3pm, Red Lotus Room Cabaret, 893 Bergen St, BK, $10/To reserve seats: beforeyouweremine@gmail.com)
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FRIDAY
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PARTICIPATORY: Dinner at Ikea
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=233570719476
This Friday join us for dinner at Ikea, Red Hook. We will be taking the 6:40 boat from the Wall Street pier on the East Side. The last outgoing boat is 7:20. Dinner goes from 7pm to 8:30 in the dining hall. We'll actually be eating dinner. At 8:30 we will begin our exodus around the casino styled IKEA through the pillow room, kitchens, bedrooms and beyond. No thievery or playing with IKEA employees... they'll be too busy asking us to exit. Following our exit we'll travel in style on Ikea's own buses to Smith Street to our traditional drink at the Brooklyn Social Club. Please bring a can of TAB soda or TAB derivative soda such as Energy. If you can't find that please bring a non-alcoholic soda that is as bizarre as you are. Please place your TAB can on your table so that we can recognize you. We'll all sit together. If you choose to you can meet us in Red Hook on Beard street. By car or boat directly or by train to Carroll Street (F) and then busing over. The ferry is $5, re
fundable in Ikea credit.
**MUSIC: Charisma Artists Showcase 1
http://www.dromnyc.com
Fishtank Ensemble (powerful string based Balkan/gypsy/klezmer quartet with a virtuosic vocalist), New Familiars, Hot Seats, Christabel and the Jons, Luminescent Orchestrii (gypsy tango klezmer punk). (Drom, 85 Avenue A (btw 5th & 6th, 6-10pm, $10 adv/$15 door)
PARTY: Thunder Gumbo III: Steal This Party
http://www.thundergumbo.com
http://facebook.com/#/event.php?eid=257163968792&index=1
Bands: Consider The Source & Vox Illuminati; Dj's: Hellfire Machina, Geko Jones, & Morphous; Criminal Performance Championship: Morph's Saru, Joro Boro, Dr. Dolomite, Dr. Adventure, Jameela (Kabuki/ Bellydance), Japon, Akim Funk Buddha, Sarah Alden (violin), Don Hope (tuba/drums/percussion), Mitchell (Accordion/trombone), Criminal visual VJ presentations by Justin Lange, Fugitive Face Painting by Kendalle Fiasco, Incognito barber, Trenchcoat potion selling girls, smoothie girl, and..... a hookah. In the modern world we're all criminals whether or not we have victims, come to celebrate with us as a bank robber, mafia don, speakesy operator, ninja assasin, batman villains, art thief, or straighup gansta. (House of Yes, 342 Maujer St, Bushwick, BK, 8p-late, $10 with password "geminiscorpio")
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SATURDAY
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*PARTICIPATORY: Freezetag on Wall Street
Levys' Unique New York yearly game. We play freezetag on Wall Street. In January. On a Saturday. When it's freezing. Variations and mutations (blob tag, tv tag, wolf, rock lamb, etc etc) of the basic game always appreciated. Come by and be it. Bring your friends and a thermos of hot apple cider. (Corner of Wall and Broad streets, 2-4pm for as long as we can play until the security guards tell us that we're disrupting the public., then we'll go somewhere else, FREE)
DJ/DANCING: Get Your Dance On
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=240070577273
Dhundee mans the wheels of steel once again and if it's anything like last time, you'll get moved by genres bent into shapes you didn't know were possible. Don't worry, if you need a Bloody Mary after brunch to loosen you up on the dance floor, we've got those, too. And bring the kiddies — this party is all-ages. Just make sure they're dressed to sweat, too. Same old: getting down is still free. Our latest development: live drums. (Brooklyn Bowl, 61 Whythe btwn N 11th & 12th, BK, 4-7pm, FREE)
*PERFORMANCE: A Night at the Circus
With aerialist Jean Loscalzo, mime Brendan McMahon, clowns Lafcadio Bazaar and Clois Flap, and opening act Dubbidet. Jean, Brendan, Lafcadio, and Clois will be performing their circus acts with Stagger Back Brass Band's music providing the live soundtrack. Dubbidet is the wonderful and witty new duo of Quince Marcum and Jason Candler, playing their horns through a vast array of effects pedals and treating us to many an outlandish noise to warm up the stage for the night. (Union Pool, 484 Union Street, W'burg, BK, 9pm, $10)
*MUSIC: Vagabond Opera & Lady Rizo
http://vagabondopera.com
http://www.ladyrizoandtheassettes.com
Incorporating trained operatic tenor and soprano vocals, accordion, tenor saxophone, two cellos, musical saw, stand-up bass, drums and lyrics in fourteen languages, a Vagabond Opera show delivers flawless musicianship and theatrics reminiscent of vaudeville’s glamour and drama but with a contemporary edge. "These neo-cabaret fire starters roll out a rabble-rousing vision of globalization, 1920s-style!" –SF Bay Guardian. "This sextet has fine voices, unbelievable musical chops and a huge and humorous stage presence. They know how to dress, how to make an entrance and how to craft an instantly hummable tune." -- Seattle Times. Lady Rizo's seamless mix of baudy humor and elegance has been likened to Mae West but its her vocal chops that have garnered recent attention: collaborating with both Yo-Yo Ma & Moby on albums this year, singing selections of the American Songbook in front of the internationally acclaimed 36 -piece orchestra The Knights, and at MOMA for a sold out cabaret
for the Kirchner Exhibit. (Joe's Pub, 425 Lafayette St, 7pm, $15)
**PARTY: Hobotech One-Year Anniversary
http://www.hobo-tech.com
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=65970631573&ref=ts
tix: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/94080
For this event, we team up with the newly launched Bushwick Print Lab, an outfit led by Ray Cross, the awesome printer and designer behind the famous Hobotech Can. Part 1: Bushwick Print Lab Benefit Party, 6-11 pm. Music: David Last, Honne Wells, Futurebum, and d_juice. Admission includes T-Shirt or Tote Bag that will be custom printed for you on the spot. Enjoy graphics by the best printers and
designers in Brooklyn, all custom collaged on your apparel. After 11p: Hobotrail, Jon Margulies, ATOM, $mall ¢hange, and FreeBass. Video By Housewive's Guide to Anatomy and CEEJ. FREE HoBrew while it lasts. (House Of Yes, 342 Maujer St, Bushwick, BK, 7pm-4am, $15 adv/$20 door before 11pm/$10 after 11pm)
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SUNDAY
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**PARTICIPATORY: Ninth Annual No Pants Subway Ride
http://www.improveverywhere.com/2010/01/04/no-pants-subway-ride-2010-details-for-new-york/
All are invited to participate. Requirements for participation: 1) Willing to take pants off on subway. 2) Able to keep a straight face about it. [G&S note: we just found out there's a twin London event to this: "No Trousers on the Underground" -- no joke!] (Five meeting points -- see site for details, 3pm, FREE)
**PARTICPATORY: Third Annual Pro Pants Rally
http://jasoneppink.com/propants/2009/
The Pro Pants mission is to inform pantsless subway riders about the joys and advantages of pants and to persuade them to accept pants into their lives. The campaign's methods are highly effective: an estimated 100 percent of pantsless people enter a long-term pants-full lifestyle within 24 hours of encountering a Pro Pants representative. Last year, despite a blizzard, Pro Pants representatives issued 200 questionnaires, distributed over 400 pamphlets, and gave away more than 20 pairs of pants. This year we expect to continue our perfect record. We need pamphleteers, questionnaire issuers, sandwich board wearers, pants fitters and distributors, and documenters. If you're passionate about pants, get in touch. (E-mail acceptpants@gmail.com for details, 4pm, FREE)
MULTIMEDIA: Music Video Mashup
http://www.3rdward.com/moviehouse/
Moviehouse is back with their annual music video mash-up, turning the screening room into a stage for a night of bad-ass beats, screaming guitars, and the city's best video producers. Videos, bands, live performances, happiness. Featuring: 100 Yards of Home Runs by The Contrails. The Contrails provide a relief to the attention span with sounds worth meditating over. The Brooklyn based Contrails have a rock 'n' roll weapon of crescendo power that leaves audiences pleasantly bewildered. Some other bands the members have performed in: Purse Snatchers, Boadrum, Viva Nada, and Poodles and Ice Cream. Lada Killa by Akwarian Sea Rebel. Akwarian Sea Rebel is a one-woman powerhouse. She played guitar and wrote for bands for 14 years opening up for The Roots, Diplo, Gnarls Barkley, The Cool Kids and more. If you had to push Akwarian Sea Rebel's sound into a few genres they would be world/tropical/hip-hop/surf-dubby/earthy beats with tangible lyrics. Her vocals have been compared
to Amy Winehouse, Adelle, Missy Elliot and M.I.A. (3rd Ward, 195 Morgan Ave, Bushwick, BK, 7pm doors, 8pm films, FREE)
***MUSIC: 7th Annual globalFEST
http://www.globalFEST-ny.org
Tix: http://www.ticketmaster.com/Globalfest-2010-tickets/artist/1355981
A dozen of the finest world music artists under one roof all in one night for an extraordinary 3-stage festival. Don't worry if the names aren't familiar to you now – that's the point. But don't be surprised if by the end of the night, you've discovered a new favorite artist. Performances overlap on three floors, so you can choose to sample each artist, or stop and watch complete, fully produced sets when you find an artist you especially love. The next set is just a staircase away. globalFEST 2010 showcases French Gypsy jazz with breakbeats, cumbia-fied downtempo Argentine club sounds, soul-stirring Afro-Colombian roots, new generation Louisiana fiddling, Africa unplugged, Irish traditional song, Senegalese roots reggae, Central Asian avant rock, Romanian hybrid blues, New York salsa upstarts, and a Gwo-ka master from Guadeloupe. (Webster Hall, 125 East 11th Street btwn 3rd and 4th Aves, 7pm, $40 / adv purchase recommended)
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MONDAY
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**MUSIC: World Music Fest
http://highlineballroom.com/bio.php?id=1166
Vagabond Opera (see Sat listing), De Temps Antan, Lucia Pulido, Greely Savoy Duo, Son de Madera, Rob Curto and Forro for All, and more special guests. (Highline Ballroom, 431 W. 16th St, 7pm-12am, $20 adv/$25DOS)
***MUSIC: Charisma Artists Showcase 2
Luminescent Orchestrii (gypsy tango klezmer punk), Boulder Acoustic Society, moira smiley & VOCO, Kailin Yong Peace Project, The Asylum Street Spankers, The WIYOS (1920s vaudevillian ragtime blues, hillbilly swing, and old-time country), The Two Man Gentlemen Band (original, old-time, two-man music played at a reasonable volume and a lively pace). (Gramercy Theater, 127 East 23rd St, 7-11:30pm)
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TUESDAY
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**MUSIC: Two Man Gentlemen Band
http://www.thetwogentlemen.com
The Two Man Gentlemen Band - original, old-time, two-man music played at a reasonable volume and a lively pace. (Superfine, 126 Front Street @ Pearl, DUMBO, BK, 9pm, FREE)
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WEDNESDAY
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MULTIMEDIA/PARTICIPATORY: Redonkulous YouTube Wars Part I
http://www.littlefieldnyc.com/event-detail/?id=3457
Are you the Rocky of the World Wide Web video realm? Then get ready to set your keyboard ablaze! Unleash all those bookmarks of your favorite vids for littlefield's Redonkulous YouTube Wars. It's simple folks, get a team of friends together or compete by yourself (teams count as one contestant). Contestants will go to war in a bracket style tournament consisting of single elimination rounds (think March Madness playoff bracket basketball). For each round, the two competitors will face-off by playing their two favorite youtube vids to wow the crowd. Win the crowd and move on to the next round. Video clips will be limited to 1 minute so choose your starting point wisely. Remember, bring a playlist arsenal of outrageous videos cocked and ready for battle, you never know what your opponent will have streaming at you. Come early, be redonkulous and stay late. Prizes. Drink specials. Good times. (Littlefield, 622 Degraw Street, BK, 8pm, FREE, 21+)
TALK: Lucid NYC
http://www.lucidnyc.eventbrite.com
Lucid NYC is an event series that brings together the city's best thinkers and doers. Sort of like TED if it were held in a bar and cost $15. Here are our presenters this month: Fresh from Copenhagen, Andy Bichlbaum of the Yes Men. Andy will show us how to have fun while provoking political unrest in your community. From MIT's Media Lab, Leo Bonanni, whose Sourcemap technology seeks to track the provenance of your consumer goods -- looking at every facet of production, from social to environmental impact, allowing consumers to make the most informed choice possible. Designer, artist and technologist Amit Pitaru, who will be presenting on his Sonic Wire Sculpture, a device that synthesizes musical and visual compositions into an integrated sensory experience. Live jazz performance by the Alex Simon Group. (Bowery Electric, 167 Orchard at Stanton, 7pm doors, 8pm presentations, $15/$20)
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THURSDAY
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PERFORMANCE: The Continuing Story of Carla Rhodes
http://www.carlarhodes.net
An hour long show tied together by the common thread of Carla Rhodes' intricate and dysFUNctional (emphasis on fun!) life story. Not only will you be thrilled and delighted by ventriloquial feats and clever quips, but you're socks will also be rocked by the new band THE EXTRAVAGANZAS (Joe Vincent on Drums, Pemberton Roach on Bass and Steve Dawson on Guitar). Featuring performers Carla Rhodes and Cecil Sinclair. (Arlene's Grocery, 95 Stanton Street, 8pm, $8)
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INSTALLATION: Holiday Train Show
http://www.nybg.org/hts09
New York City is recreated in miniature entirely out of natural materials, including a replica of the Brooklyn Bridge made out of pine cones. The grounds are also decorated for the show. (Thru 1/10, New York Botanical Garden, 200th Street and Kazimiroff Boulevard, Bronx, $20)
FEST: COIL
http://www.ps122.org/performances/coil_2010.html
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=192988352822
TIX: https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/store/203/pk/28915
COIL is the annual winter festival of contemporary performance featuring the past, present, and future hits of Performance Space 122. "How much crazy can you stand?" - Variety. FEATURING: Richard Maxwell / NYC Players: ADS; Gisèle Vienne/Jonathan Capdeville/Dennis Cooper - Jerk; Raymond Scannell & Tom Creed - Mimic; Rotozaza / Ant Hampton - GuruGuru; Edgar Oliver - East 10th Street; Portrait with Empty House; Morgan Thorson & LOW - Heaven; Temporary Distortion - Americana Kamikaze; Lisa D'Amour & Katie Pearl with Emily Johnson - Terrible Things; Megan V. Sprenger/mvworks - ...within us.; The National Theater of the United States ofAmerica - Chautauqua!; Reid Farrington - Gin & "It"; LeeSaar The Company - Prima; WaxFactory - Blind.ness; Maria Hassabi - SoloShow. Join us at the LuEster Lounge in the Public Theater for our annual COIL PARTY/INVASION on Sunday, Jan 10 at 10.30PM. (thru 1/17, Performance Space 122, 150 1st Ave at 9th St, 5 tickets for $55 with the PS122 passport)
DANCE: The Apple Triptych
http://www.smarttix.com/package.aspx?showcode=APPL
http://www.CompanyXIV.com
Company XIV, a Black Book Magazine ‘Icon Of The Future,' presents an Apple Triptych featuring revivals of their seductive and sensual adult shows, Le Serpent Rouge and The Judgment of Paris, and the world premiere of their family holiday show Snow White. In the sensual and sumptuous Le Serpent Rouge, Company XIV enacts the story of Adam, Eve and the fall of man as only Austin McCormick and his multi-talented troupe can; humorous, heartbreaking and extravagantly decadent. Mature content – no one under 17 admitted. Inspired by the Greek myth “The Judgment of Paris,” Company XIV tells an epic story of lust, love, and tragedy, illustrating the events that lead to Paris' fateful decision to award Aphrodite the golden apple in exchange for Helen of Troy. Mature content – no one under 17 admitted. 3) Company XIV's version of Snow White is a baroque infused show for all ages inspired by the Brothers' Grimm version of the fairy tale. [G&S note: Use the special discount code “DARR” for
50% off ticket price.] (thru 1/17, 303 Bond Street, Carroll Gardens, BK, Thurs-Sun 8pm, $25 ea show/$55 package, students $5 less)
PERFORMANCE: Coney Island-Now, Then & Forever
http://www.green-wood.com
An exciting multi-media show that celebrates the history and legends of Coney Island here at Green-Wood. Combining music, Victorian Mermaids, hand-carved marionettes and storytelling, these shows will bring life and depth to many of Coney’s legendary showmen (and Green-Wood permanent residents) including Charles Feltman, inventor of the hot dog; George Tilyou, Steeplechase Park founder; and Mile-a-Minute Murphy, 19th-century bicyclist who raced a locomotive–and won! These shows, produced in collaboration with The Puppeteer’s Cooperative, The Czech-American Marionette Theatre and Cosmic Bicycle Theatre, will delight guests and provide food for thought as New Yorkers, again, find Coney Island in the news. And on display: A special exhibition of Coney Island memorabilia from The Green-Wood Historic Fund archives AND the newly re-discovered Dreamland Bell! (thru 1/24, Sat/Sun 1pm and 3pm, The Historic Chapel at Green-wood, 500 25th St, BK, $15)
VARIETY: Magnetic Cabaret
http://www.magneticlaboratorium.com
http://www.bubblelounge.com
Magnetic Cabaret features five Magnetic Laboratorium's Live Video Light Action Cabaret, by New York City Night Stars, Associated Artists and Guess Artists. Magnetic Cabaret offers The Bubble Lounge clientele an over the top experience of an elegantly raw approach to cabaret. Hosted by Shasta. (Sundays 1/10, 1/24, Bubble Lounge, 228 West Broadway, 7pm-1am, $15 + 1 drink)
PUPPETS: The Devil You Know
http://lamama.org/
https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/703395
The Devil You Know is a modern interpretation of the classic American short story The Devil and Daniel Webster about a poor farmer who sells his soul in exchange for financial prosperity. Using marionette and bunraku-style puppetry, revolving puppet stages, recorded dialogue and original music and multi-media projections, Ping Chong, Erik Sanko and Jessica Grindstaff will transform this Faustian tale into a hilarious and haunting mediation on lost souls, fool’s gold and democracy’s eternal promise for renewal. The Devil You Know is contemporary puppet theatre suitable for audiences ages 10 and up. (thru 1/24, La MaMa E.T.C., 74A East 4th St. NY, $30, Student/Senior $25)
THEATER: Radio Star
http://www.tanyaodebra.com
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=200210671651
A 1940's radio detective spoof. Miss Tanya O'Debra lends her voice to ten different characters while her soundman (J. Lincoln Hallowell) stages live sound effects. Watch (but mainly listen) as Nick McKittrick: Private Dick hilariously solves a murder in "The Case of the Long Distance Lover". "A wonderfully playful parody of the 1940s New York murder mystery genre, brimming with lovable stereotypes and obscene innuendo…the best one-woman show I've seen." - Three Weeks, Edinburgh. "This one-woman ‘radio’ show is crackling good." - The Brooklyn Paper. "We expect her modern take on vintage norms to leave us in stitches." - Flavorpill. (Thur-Sat 1/7-9 @ 8:00, Mon and Tue 1/11-12, 18-19h, 25-26th @ 9:00, The Red Room, 85 E. 4th St. 3rd Fl. btwn 2nd & 3rd Ave, $15/$12 for students and seniors)
ART: Slash: Paper Under the Knife
http://collections.madmuseum.org/html/exhibitions/485.html
The exhibition takes the pulse of the international art world's renewed interest in paper as a creative medium and source of artistic inspiration, examining the remarkably diverse use of paper in a range of art forms. Slash is the third exhibition in MAD's Materials and Process series, which examines the renaissance of traditional handcraft materials and techniques in contemporary art and design. The exhibition surveys unusual paper treatments, including works that are burned, torn, cut by lasers, and shredded. A section of the exhibition will focus on artists who modify books to transform them into sculpture, while another will highlight the use of cut paper for film and video animations. (thru 4/4Museum of Art and Design, 2 Columbus Circle, $15/Thur 6-9pm by donation)
ART: American Beauty: Aesthetics and Innovation in Fashion
http://www.fitnyc.edu/336.asp
The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) presents American Beauty: Aesthetics and Innovation in Fashion, the first exhibition to explore how the "philosophy of beauty" is allied to the craft of dressmaking. Each of the 75 looks on display was chosen to exemplify the relationship between technical ingenuity and artistic excellence. Curator Patricia Mears has focused on approximately 25 American fashion designers, ranging from the obscure, such as Jessie Franklin Turner, whose work dates from the late 1910s, to rising stars of the present day, such as the Mulleavy sisters of Rodarte. Other designers featured include Adrian, Bonnie Cashin, Maria Cornejo, James Galanos, Halston, Elizabeth Hawes, Charles James, Charles Kleibacker, Claire McCardell, Norman Norell, Rick Owens, Ralph Rucci, Isabel Toledo, Pauline Trigère, Valentina, Yeohlee, and Jean Yu. (thru 4/10, Museum at FIT, Seventh Avenue at 27 Street, FREE)
ART: Tim Burton Retrospective
http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/313
This major career retrospective on Tim Burton (American, b. 1958), consisting of a gallery exhibition and a film series, considers Burton's career as a director, producer, writer, and concept artist for live-action and animated films, along with his work as a fiction writer, photographer and illustrator. Following the current of his visual imagination from early childhood drawings through his mature work, the exhibition presents artwork generated during the conception and production of his films, and highlights a number of unrealized projects and never-before-seen pieces, as well as student art, his earliest non-professional films, and examples of his work as a storyteller and graphic artist for non-film projects. The opposing themes of adolescence and adulthood, and the elements of sentiment, cynicism, and humor inform his work in a variety of mediums—drawings, paintings, storyboards, digital and moving-image formats, puppets and maquettes, props, costumes, ephemera, sketchb
ooks, and cartoons. Taking inspiration from sources in pop culture, Burton has reinvented Hollywood genre filmmaking as a spiritual experience, influencing a generation of young artists working in film, video, and graphics. (Thru 4/26, MoMA, 11 W. 53rd St nr. Sixth Ave, $20 sugg/$12 students, Fri evenings 4-8PM FREE)
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