This event is the third of a series of four encounters in Gowanus that involve transforming an ecologically disturbed and contested public space through different kinds of “use.” Documentation produced by participants during / through each of the encounters will be integrated into a land use intervention library.
The Autonomous People of the Last Street End Make Music and Construct a Trash Flag: A call to all autonomous people and living things! Embrace the radical possibility that for 90 minutes we can enjoy total freedom on 2nd avenue and 5th street in Gowanus. Show up on Saturday, November 6th from 4-5:30pm for the last encounter of the Last Street End series.
Musicians from the Experimental and Industrial worlds join to bring sound art and Butoh to the banks of the Canal, with self-made instruments and discarded objects.
How do art and archives intersect? In this roundtable discussion, member of the Queens College and NYC communities will discuss creative projects undertaken during COVID-19, and their connections to primary sources and archival repositories. Livestreamed on https://www.facebook.com/queensmemory.
On Sunday, Nov 21st, 2021 from 6-8:30pm, at Judson Memorial Church in New York City: Interdisciplinary performance artists Kilusan Tagle Bautista & Lia Bautista will share a staged reading of their respective stories raising a daughter with special needs.
UnHomeless NYC is an exhibition of 16 socially engaging artists dealing with the issues of housing insecurities. It serves as a forum to connect community groups, activists, artists, students, and scholars to explore the topic of homelessness and seeks for its solution. In-person opening March 9th, 3-7pm.
Opening reception for UnHomeless NYC, an exhibition of 16 socially engaging artists dealing with the issues of housing insecurities. Opening remarks by the curators followed by contributions from several artists.
Upcycle, Uplift proposes a utopian solution to the current housing crisis by developing a line of recycled clothing created in workshops and remodeled based on the needs of homeless people. The participatory project invites the public to engage in deep listening with homeless people, opening themselves up to the complex issues that drive people to the street beyond the stereotypical assumptions.
10–11 a.m. WHAT IS HOME? (artist talk and signage-making workshop, Kingsborough Art Museum)
1:30–3 p.m. SIGNS OF HUMANITY (film screening and director’s talk, Art & Science Building, 163)
3–4 p.m. HOME IS A JOURNEY (march, starting from Kingsborough Art Museum)
A Pollicino's thesis show will be on March 22nd at 6:30pm, at Queens College. Refreshments afterwards.
This online lecture traces the development of Bill Beirne’s activist art and performance practice in relation to some precedents in modern art history.
