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This Week’s Must See Art Events: What the World Needs Now is Genesis Breyer P-Orridge

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Probably the most inspiring night of my life was Genesis Breyer P-Orridge’s artist talk at MICA a few years ago. I’m likely paraphrasing here, but there was anecdote along the lines of “If you told me when we were pissing in a bottle as performance art in the Sixties that we’d end up saving  dolphins in the Eighties, we wouldn’t have believed it. But now, in retrospect, we see that they’re all parts of the same process.” The message I took away from this: art is important. Working out our frustrations and tears and hopes now might lead to tangible victories in the future—even if they might be considered small in the grand scheme of things.

That’s why I’m personally exceptionally proud to have Genesis speaking on Wednesday night as part of our Strange Genitals exhibition at AICAD. This is a person of extreme wisdom, compassion, and rebellious spirit—qualities the world desperately needs right now. In a strange twist of irony, two events extremely dear to AFC’s interests are competing with the talk: a discussion about DICKS at Fortnight Institute, and a performance interpreting Dennis Cooper’s GIF novels at the New Museum.

There’s plenty of more overtly politically-minded art events for the rest of the week. Thursday night, Xaviera Simmons opens a mysterious solo show at Half Gallery, and Terence Gower talks US-Cuba relations at Simon Preston Gallery, followed by an unrelated LGBT anti-Trump rally in Washington Square Park. If you’re energized from that, meet with State Committeeman Ben Yee at Arts on Site Friday for a discussion on organizing resistance ahead of the midterm elections. We’re also excited for openings at the Museum of Contemporary African Diaspora Arts and Vector Gallery, where some AFC reviews might just find their way into JJ Brine’s sculptures…

The weekend brings Pioneer Works’ conference on alternative art schools. I’d expect the conversations to be dominated by the election results rather than pure pedagogy. Saturday night, Michael St. John uses Walt Whitman to consider subjectivity in democracy at Andrea Rosen Gallery, and PS1’s Mark Leckey-centered Night at the Museum might just encourage us to dance our way through these trying times.

Don’t give up on art. You are so, so important.

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Mon

Boobie Trap

308 Bleecker St
Brooklyn, New York
10:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.Website

Yr MOMz : badass dragun showz w/ Chris of Hur & Lee VaLone

Hostess Lady Simon presents an evening of drag with Chris of Hur and Lee VaLone, which promises “no cover – cheap drinks – badass drag”. You deserve to treat yourself to all of the above. Don’t forget to check out the supermoon!

 

Tue

Printed Matter

231 Eleventh Ave.
New York, NY
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.Website

299 792 458 m/s Issue 1 Launch Party

It seems like we get invited to an unlikely number of fashion publication launch parties for a blog that rarely covers the industry and lives out of thrift stores. But this one caught our attention. It’s the brainchild of Robert Kulisek and David Lieske, who drew inspiration from the sole East German fashion mag Sibylle. From the event description:As a meta fashion magazine, Sibylle operated with minimal access to Western designer clothes, and opened up historical possibilities into uncharted territories of fashion photography.” I’m imagining this like a montage of young Hedwig/Hanzel of Angry Inch fame bouncing around a GDR tower block with dreams of rock and roll.

Contributors include Buck Ellison, Annette Kelm, Dese Escobar, Torbjørn Rødland, Than Hussein Clark, Claire Christerson, Dena Yago, Matt Holmes, Andrea Longacre-White, Election Reform, Marie Angelletti, Nhu Duong, Eckhaus Latta, Chloé Maratta, Reva Ochuba, Sophie Andes-Gascon, Barragan, Ryan Wei, Brittany Mroczek, Drew Olivo, Heike-Karin Föll, Marcus Cuffie, Vejas, Center for Style, H.B. Peace, Anna Sophie-Berger, Liam Hodges, Nasir Mazhar, Bror August, Gauntlet Cheng, Dis Magazine, Bless, Telfar, Martine Rose, Shan Huq, GMBH, Bernhard Willhelm, Phlemons, Cholé, 69.

Wed

AICAD Seminar Gallery

20 Jay Street, suite M10
Brooklyn, NY
6-8 pmWebsite

F.A.G. Presents Strange Genitals Artist Talk: Genesis Breyer P-Orridge

 

“Art and Life really are the same, and both can only be about a spiritual journey, a path towards a re-union with a Supreme Creator, with God, with the Divine.” Genesis BREYER P-ORRIDGE

Attend a talk by the British artist, poet and musician gallerist Benjamin Tischer described as the “most interesting person on the planet.” and the New York Times Randy Kennedy describes as “one of the art world’s foremost shape-shifters — in genre and in gender”. From fronting the pioneering industrial band Throbbing Gristle to the surgeries that have slowly transformed the man born Neil Andrew Megson into a platinum blonde somewhere between man and woman, no one has more diverse and ecclectic history than BREYER P-ORRIDGE. S/he will discuss that background and h/er current art practice with students.

Seating is limited and available on a first come first serve basis only.

Fortnight Institute

60 East 4th St.
New York, NY
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.Website

Let’s Talk About DICKS

Ok, we’re going to take this as a sign that we’re a part of an exciting zeitgeist, rather than view it as competition. But on the very night that we’ve invited the legendary Genesis Breyer P-Orridge to give an artist talk for Strange Genitals, The Fortnight Institute is having its own panel discussion about genitalia just across the river. We’re pretty bummed our readers can’t do both! The speaker line-up is just great:

Elizabeth Berdann, Aura Rosenberg, Mira Schor, Aurel Schmidt, Betty Tompkins, Nicole Wittenberg

The New Museum

235 Bowery,
New York, NY
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.Website

Violations: An Evening of Interpretive Readings of Dennis Cooper’s GIF Novels

What would “reading” aloud a Dennis Cooper GIF “novel” sound/look like? This is the question posed to some of Cooper’s best friends, including M. Lamar, Dorothea Lasky, Yvonne Meier, Aki Onda, Richard Hell, Chris Cochrane with Brian Chase (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), and Niall Jones. Each of these artists will be responding with their own interpretation of one of Cooper’s GIF texts, which could be a performance, verbal response, or something entirely else.

The title “Violations” refers to the infamous case of Google deleting much of Cooper’s blog oeuvre with no explanation other than a “violation of the terms of service agreement”. Thankfully, his latest GIF novel was somehow saved, and this event celebrates its publication.

$20 for general admission, $15 for New Museum members

Thu

Half Gallery

43 East 78th Street
New York, NY
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.Website

Xaviera Simmons: Local

Beyond this exhibition’s potentially-loaded title and an image of a nondescript house engulfed in nondescript vegetation, there’s little information online about the show. But I can’t remember the last time we’ve ever been disappointed by either Xaviera Simmons or Half Gallery, so this is pretty much a guaranteed home-run. Also, in full disclosure, she posed for our 2015 Panda Calendar.

 

Simon Preston Gallery

301 Broome Street
New York, NY
6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.Website

Terence Gower: Havana Case Study Artist Talk

We still haven’t seen “Havana Case Study”, but we want to. In this visually striking body of work, Gower mines archives of optimistic mid-century diplomatic architecture as a visual metonym for Cuba-U.S. relations. Namely, the U.S. Embassy in Havana, built shortly before the Revolution, which expressed a sort of utopian modernism that offers a look at what might have been—a decades’ old look at the future we never lived up to. For fans of modernism, this talk will likely be  a must-see.

Washington Square Park

West 4th Street & MacDougal Street
New York, NY
7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.Website

LGBTQ Against Trump

From the organizers:

“The result of this election has left many of us feeling powerless. The next four years will unfortunately have major implications on the evolution of our country, which is why it is more crucial than ever to protect our rights, stand up against hatred, ignorance, bigotry, and USE OUR VOICES. The power of the people always prevails. Donald Trump and Mike Pence are turbulent forces in the LQBTQ community. Come join our march to defend and protect LGBTQ rights and freedoms. PEACE, LOVE, PROSPERITY✌🏻🏳️‍🌈

Fri

Arts on Site

12 St Marks Pl
New York, NY
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.Website

Post Trump: I'm Ready to Organize

Join Ben Yee, State Committeeman for NY’s AD66, and other local activists at Arts on Site for a night of strategizing. The midterm elections are now our only hope.

 

Museum of Contemporary African Diaspora Arts

80 Hanson Place
Brooklyn, NY
7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.Website

MoCADA's Fall 2016 Exhibition Openings

This event is the VIP preview of MoCADA’s Fall exhibitions, which opens to the public on Friday. It’s for members only, but the good news is membership to MoCADA starts at $10 a month, so it’s totally worth joining—plus that membership of course supports the important work of promoting and archiving the art of the African Diaspora.

The Museum is opening the shows Surrogate Skin: The Biology of Objects by Doreen Garner and Keisha Scarville, Glenna Gordon: Diagram of the Heart, and Tea Time by AFC fav Theresa Chromati. The preview party features a DJ set from the incomparable Baltimore DJ/artist/rapper/activist Abdu Ali.

 

Vector Gallery

199 East 3rd Street
New York, NY
9:00 p.m.Website

ULTRA MEDIA KONTROL

“Crown Prince of Hell” JJ Brine has been screen-capturing every piece of press coverage he and his neon-Satanica-pop-occultist collaborators have received in recent years. These reviews have been reincorporated into new art objects, perhaps tongue-in-cheek implying that the attention Vector Gallery has received for its antics is the real intent of its output? This is the kind of self-reflexive stunt that’s hard to pull off, but Vector weirdly excels at. And isn’t a bit of mylar-wrapped art world navel-gazing a somewhat comforting (if not escapist) return to “normalcy”? Keep an eye peeled for AFC articles mixed in there, we’ve given the Vector Gallery folks a bit of digital ink over the years.

Featuring “Performances, ceremonies, and situations by Ministers of The Vectorian Government including Minister of State (The Enforcer) Lena Marquise, Minister of Truth (The Oracle) Julia Sinelnikova, Minister of Growth (The Soldier) Michael Bianchino, Minister of Education (The Assassin) Montgomery Harris, Minister of Zion (The Sorcerer) Yasmin Ben-David, and Minister of Ceremonies (The Bride) Cecily Feitel”

Sat

Pioneer Works

159 Pioneer Street
Brooklyn, NY
12:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.Website

Alternative Art School Fair Day 1

A two-day gathering of international alternative art schools. Who makes the cut? Anyone who calls themselves a school, and provides something other than a traditional institution.

Here’s the schedule:

12:00pm Noon—1:30pm
Imagining a School: Building Space for Creative Liberation

2:00pm—3:30pm
How is alternative education important to artistic practice?
How can alternative systems impact traditional arts education?
The Price of Education

3:45pm—5:15pm
The Anhoek Record Examination
Art and Democracy
The Social Arts College

5:30pm—7:00pm
Year One
Self-Governance as Pedagogy: Of Other Spaces
Unlearning

 

Participating Schools:

AAPG – Alternative Art Program Guatemala, AltMFA, Anhoek School, Archeworks, Arts Letters & Numbers, ASCII Project, Beta-Local, Black Mountain School, Brooklyn Institute for Social Research, Center for Art Analysis, COLLABOR, Enroll Yourself, Islington Mill Art Academy, Grizedale Arts, Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists’ Residency, NERTM – New Earth Resiliency Training Module, New York Arts Practicum, Nomad/9 Shift/Work, School of Apocalypse, School of Critical Engagement – SoCE, School of the Future, School for Poetic Computation, SOMA, Sommerskolen, Spring Sessions, Sunview Luncheonette, The Art & Law Program, The Black School, The Other MA – TOMA, The Public School, The School of Making Thinking, The Southland Institute, The Ventriloquist Summerschool, The Zz School of Print Media, Thinker Space, Transart Institute, Uncertainty School, UNIDEE – University of Ideas Utopia School

agnès b. Galerie Boutique

50 Howard Street
New York, NY
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.Website

Downtown Divas by Maripol

This might be the most painfully cool exhibition of the week. Fashion designer Maripol is showing her personal collection of Polaroids from the downtown art scene of yesteryear. Obligatory blurry photos of Debbie Harry, Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, etc… Our collective well of nostalgia for 1970s-80s New York will never be depleted.

Andrea Rosen Gallery

525 West 24th Street
New York, NY
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.Website

Michael St. John: These Days; Leaves of Grass

Working from Walt Whitman, among other sources, St. John creates mixed-media works that combine found text, imagery, and disparate references. From the press release: “In referencing Leaves of Grass, St. John evokes a vision of democracy that expands beyond politics to a way of life.
In this context, the works in the exhibition convey an acceptance of the multitude of subjectivities in America, as well as a personal responsibility to participate in the socio-cultural realm.”

Sounds timely. In the rear of the gallery, St. John has curated an exhibition-within-an-exhibition with work from Leo Gabin, Nate Lowman, Thomas McDonell, Alex McQuilkin, Lanier Meaders, Pope.L, Borna Sammak, Dirk Skreber, and Andy Warhol.

MoMA PS1

22-25 Jackson Ave
Long Island City, NY
8:00 p.m. -12:00 a.m.Website

Night at the Museum: Mark Leckey; Containers and Their Drivers

Emily Colucci found a glimmer of hope for life under Trump’s rule while watching Leckey’s “Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore”—a video collage of found footage celebrating the resilience of British nightlife during Margaret Thatcher’s reign of terror and the AIDS epidemic. To her, the video was the rare piece of the exhibition that still felt relevant given our current American nightmare. Maybe the show in its entirety might be better in the context of Night at the Museum, where a dance party inspired by the piece and plenty of drinks will hopefully give us all a much-needed boost of morale.

Sun

Pioneer Works

159 Pioneer Street
Brooklyn, NY
12:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.Website

Alternative Art School Fair Day 2

Seven more hours of discussions about alternative pedagogy! Wooohoo!

12:00pm Noon—1:30pm

The Architecture of Arts Education

2:00pm—3:30pm

Open Source and Online

Hybrid Practice

Innovating Critique

3:45pm—5:15pm

Local and International Perspectives

Responsive Programming

Body / Text / Play

5:30pm—7:00pm

Performative Discussion: Unanswerable Questions

(Re-)incorporating Art in Everyday Life

 

 


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