Please join artist Stephanie Comilang for a screening of her film Lumapit Sa Akin, Paraiso (Come to Me, Paradise) followed by a public talk. Filmed, in part with a drone camera, Comilang's sci-fi film gives the viewer an unusual and striking vantage point of both Hong Kong and the day-to-day lives of women from the Philippines who have migrated to Hong Kong for domestic work.
Sierra Club's Scott Nicol will discuss the U.S.-Mexico border wall’s destructive impact on the environment and the Sierra Club’s opposition to border wall construction. With a looming Presidential election, calls for longer, taller border walls are louder now than ever before. Mr. Nicol’s multimedia presentation draws attention to an aspect of border wall construction that is missing in national debates: its impact on wildlife, nature preserves, and border ecology. In conjunction with current exhibition Fencing In Democracy.
Margaret Dorsey, Miguel Díaz-Barriga, Lupe Flores, and Carolina Rocha from The Border Studies Archive at the University of Texas will discuss various issues covered by the archive's collections. In conjunction with current exhibition Fencing In Democracy.
Miguel Díaz-Barriga and Margaret Dorsey bring together artists, architects, and activists who have re-imagined designs for the US-Mexico border wall or fought its construction, addressing the role of art and architecture to draw attention to important issues of eroding democracy.
Led by Space Between the Skies organizer Christopher Manzione, this hands-on workshop guides participants in the technical aspects of designing 3D virtual environments, including hardware setup with Oculus Rift and Unity Game Engine. In conjunction with current exhibition Space Between the Skies.
This panel will address the history and future of virtual reality applications within arts, culture, and industry. Media Studies Professor and Curator Christiane Paul, Digital Museum of Digital Art Co-Founder Alfredo Salazar-Caro, and VR Designer Tyler Hopf will discuss how virtual reality has changed since it gained public attention in the late 1980s and 1990s, and the different ways it will be (or already is) incorporated into society. In conjunction with current exhibition Space Between the Skies.
Led by Space Between the Skies organizer Christopher Manzione and VR Designer Nicholas O'Brien, this hands-on workshop guides participants in the technical aspects of designing 3D virtual environments, including hardware setup with Oculus Rift and Unity Game Engine. In conjunction with current exhibition Space Between the Skies.
Organized by Christopher Manzione, the focus of this show will be to replace the physical space of apexart with many different virtual landscapes, either created from data/imagery collected at real world sites or from 3D
constructed spaces, thereby transporting the viewer beyond the limits of the physical gallery space.
PUBLIC PROGRAM Guided Tour and Closing Reception
On the final day of Setting Out, apexart will host an afternoon reception featuring guided tours by the exhibition organizers.
Janna Kaplan and Heidi Neilson will each present on topics relating to human survival in outer space. Kaplan will draw from her experience as a Space Research Specialist to discuss the tasks and challenges of preparing astronauts for spaceflight, while Neilson will present her Menu for Mars Supper Club project, which envisions the future of cuisine on Mars.
Charles Lindsay and Bruce Coffland discuss their experience working at NASA Ames Moffett Field from their respective points of view of as an artist-researcher and a NASA Operations Manager (Earth Science Office).
Shona Kitchen, Aly Ogasian, and Jennifer Dalton Vincent explore how the nature of expeditions has translated into the modern day with archaeologists, engineers, scientists, and artists exploring a variety of realms, geographical and beyond, while maintaining the same eager hunger to uncover the unknown as the world travelers of early expeditions.
Apricots from Damascus, organized by Atif Akin and Dilek Winchester, invites artists to prepare survival guides in the form of zines for Syrian refugees in Istanbul, Turkey.
A Roundtable Discussion with emergency preparedness professionals from the New York City Emergency Management office to consider and evaluate the role of speculative thinking. In conjunction with current exhibition Alternative Unknowns, organized by Elliott P. Montgomery and Chris Woebken.
In Vitro (Studies On Entropy) engages artists to show works in ten abandoned modernist vitrines in Copenhagen, Denmark’s city center, focusing on transformation and disorder.
This emergency pre-enactment will be conducted to examine several alternative scenarios made possible by the commissioned artifacts in the current exhibition Alternative Unknowns. Actors interpret the intentions and applications of emergency preparedness objects such as a mobile Citi Bike hack, local hero detector, and at-home disease testing kits.
For Alternative Unknowns, six New York City based artists and designers have been commissioned to create objects that provoke new ways of thinking about emergency preparedness. Each artist will be invited to a conversation with the NYC Emergency Management Department about emergency issues facing the city, and then will be tasked with designing object-based artifacts.
PANEL DISCUSSION Prison Education in a Time of Mass Incarceration
A panel discussion covering different approaches to prison education, the role of prison education, and the corresponding role of educating the public about prisons. Featuring Baz Dreisinger, Craig Cullinane, and Barbara Yontz.
IHEAP PRESENTS
FRENCH THEORY The (In-)visuality Series
As part of their inaugural education program in New York, Iheap invites artists, curators, and philosophers to explore the convergence of opposing ideologies in French Theory as they apply to vision and visuality within interdisciplinary critical practice.
With panelists: Dylan Gauthier, Alexandre Gurita, Steven Henry Madoff, Jean-Luc Nancy (via Skype), Steven Rand, and Giovanni Tusa.
PERFORMANCE Telling Our Story - Moses Williams tells stories of death row inmates
At Riverbend Maximum Security Prison in Nashville, Tennessee, the men imprisoned on death row each have a story to tell. But, their voices are rarely, if ever, heard. Telling Our Story is a collaboration between individuals living on the "outside" and often unheard inmates. By passing their experiences onto collaborators, their stories become living documents that can be told and retold beyond the prison walls.
PANEL DISCUSSION Art and Social Justice on Death Row
Speakers: Lisa Guenther, author of Death and Other Penalties: Philosophy in a Time of Mass Incarceration (Fordham University Press, 2015); Cathleen Price, professor, author, and works with the human rights advocacy organizations Equal Justice Initiative; former Tennessee Death Row Inmate Ndume Olatushani; and exhibition organizers Robin Paris and Tom Williams
Life After Death and Elsewhere is an exhibition conceived and organized in collaboration with prisoners on Death Row in Nashville, Tennessee. The show will focus on designs by the prisoners for their own memorials, which take various forms such as drawings, photographs, paintings, models, and text-based pieces.
Filmed entirely through the InContact network, iPhones, and surveillance cameras, InContact explores levels of spectatorship and exhibitionism in our everyday life, when everyone is both a viewer and a performer and the unclear moment when we shift from being involved friends to being performers and audiences. The screening will be followed by a brief Q & A session with Oren.
Despite opposition to the post-Patriot Act surveillance programs adopted by government agencies, individuals continue to engage with social media platforms, sharing personal information online. Profiled observes the dichotomy between an over-sharing society and government and military secrets.
Unsolicited Proposal Program Winner
Moderated by Mary Coyne, Data Gathering: A Public Conversation is an opening day conversation between artists Paolo Cirico, Jenny Odell, Jens Sundheim, and Open Society Foundation curator Yukiko Yamagata. The panelists will reflect on how their practices have responded to and emerged from the pervasive culture of surveillance and will meditate on the recent global societal shift of being constantly observed.
Exhibition organizer Rachel Dedman hosts a bus tour of the 5 venues participating in Space Between Our Fingers, featuring work by Jananne al-Ani, Faycal Baghriche, Ali Cherri, Ala Ebtekar, Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige, Assad Jradi, Mehreen Murtaza, and Larissa Sansour.
As part of Space Between Our Fingers, an apexart Franchise Exhibition, Vartan Avakian will discuss his recent body of work, Collapsing Clouds of Gas and Dust, composed of crystalized impurities taken from the Burj Al-Khalifa, a manmade lake next to the Dubai shopping mall. Based in Beirut, Vartan Avakian works with video, installation and photography. He is a founding member of the art collective Atfal Ahdath and a member of the Arab Image Foundation.
Described as “The Muppet Show meets Flight of the Concords” by Theater is Easy, Ithai Benjamin sits on a chair much like his digital automatons. Who’s leading who? Recalling vaudeville ventriloquists and their dummies Benjamin and his robots, who are together known as The Princes of Persuasion, banter between songs as if they were jamming in their living room. In conjunction with the exhibition Feel Big Live Small.
Space Between Our Fingers, organized by Rachel Dedman, explores outer space and science fiction as imagined and challenged by artists from the Middle-East. The exhibition will bring together artists working with spaceflight and stars, aliens, and apocalypse – material associated with fantasy, dreaming, discovery, and the unknown.
What will the view from your window look like in 50 years? In this family workshop, we will be creating tunnel books—or dioramas that fold flat. Children will be asked to imagine looking out a window in the future. We will then use collage materials to create miniature models of the worlds they’ve envisioned. In conjunction with the exhibition Feel Big Live Small.
Three pairs of authors trade takes on a shared experience.
Joshua Furst & Vince Passaro remember New York in the gray light of the 1970s. Barry Schwabsky & Joyelle McSweeney uncover the stygian mysteries of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Luis Jaramillo & Matthew Brookshire spend time at Methodist Hospital on Christmas Eve.
Three pairs of authors trade takes on a shared experience.
McKenzie Wark & Jackie Wang pull the bed-skirt up on the Trauma Monster. Ellis Avery & Tayari Jones exit their self-imposed TV deprivation tanks in order to find out what's breaking Twitter every Sunday night. Matthea Harvey & Mary-Ann Monforton meditate on clouds and boxes.
Feel Big Live Small explores dioramas and miniatures as well as our fascination with all things small, both as a technical feat and a psychological relationship.
An evening of axial music with George Quasha and Charles Stein. Unlike improvisational music that often recycles rote patterns into new arrangements, axial music aims to release listening habits, expectations, and taste by discovering “living sound” in each instant. This type of practice allows that a sonic field has its own intelligence and sense of logic that follows the emerging sounds. In conjunction with current exhibition Foot Notes: On the Sensations of Tone, organized by Alastair Noble.
Working in response to the observation that there is not a gallery-going audience in Tanzania, curators Rehema Chachage and Jan van Esch experiment with pop-up exhibitions in venues that locals do visit: beauty salons and barbershops. Beauty Salons and the Beast carries the theme of ‘multiple-choice’ and will feature artworks and interventions from both Tanzanian and international artists.
Celebrated musician, composer, author, and philosopher naturalist, David Rothenberg, known for his extensive and extraordinary work researching and reacting to the relationship between humanity and nature, will present different examples of his work playing music live together with different animals. In conjunction with current exhibition Foot Notes: On the Sensations of Tone, organized by Alastair Noble.
Inspired by the musical theories of the nineteenth century German doctor and physicist Herman Helmholtz (1821-1894), Foot Notes: On the Sensations of Tone will examine how sound is an integrative principle in human and natural environments. Multi-media works and sound projects will map journeys, emotions, and memories. Organized by Alastair Noble.
Unsolicited Proposal Program Winner
fri, dec 5: 7 pm
TV TRIVIA NIGHT How much did Walt sell his share of Gray Matter for? What is Mr. Big’s real name? How long was Marge in prison after she was caught shoplifting? Think you know the answers to these questions and more? Join apexart and the NYC Trivia League for a very special evening of TV trivia tailored to our current exhibition, Bianculli’s Personal Theory of TV Evolution.
wed, nov 12: 7 pm
DOUBLE TAKE 11 Three pairs of authors write original pieces about shared experiences. Featuring: Sarah Braunstein, Joseph Donahue, Bill Giraldi, Karen Schoemer, Star Black, and Laurie Stone.
Organized by Albert Mobilio.
wed, nov 5: 6-8 pm
EXHIBITION OPENING - NYC David Bianculli, TV critic for NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross, has been a TV critic for almost 40 years—and a TV viewer for 60. In Bianculli’s Personal Theory of TV Evolution he exhibits the television programs and transitions that shaped him, impressed him, and maybe even warped him a little. He traces certain TV evolutionary themes through the ages and exhibits some of his personal collections: of related artwork and toys, old television equipment, and decades of promotional press kits and freebies from various TV networks and production houses.
wed, oct 29: 7 pm
DOUBLE TAKE 10 Three pairs of authors write original pieces about shared experiences. Featuring: Alexandra Chasin, J.C. Hallman, Robert Lopez, James Marcus, Filip Noterdaeme, and Rick Whitaker.
Organized by Albert Mobilio.
sat, oct 18: 1-4 pm
WORKSHOP Join us for a DIY Drones workshop with Grassroots Mappers and Public Lab and participate in inverting the traditional power structure of cartography. Using helium balloons and kites, participant will be able to loft their own "community satellites" made with inexpensive digital cameras. Presented in conjunction with the current exhibition Decolonized Skies.
oct 1 - nov 1, 2014
UNSOLICITED PROPOSAL PROGRAM SUBMISSIONS ACCEPTED apexart's Unsolicited Proposal Program is an opportunity for anyone, from anywhere, to submit an idea for a group exhibition to be presented in our NYC venue. Send a 500-word, idea-based exhibition proposal online for consideration by an international group of more than 100 individuals.
thu, sep 25: 4:30-6:30 pm
PUBLIC PROGRAM - DETROIT Radical Mycology. Presented in conjunction with the current Franchise exhibition Trans-Farm, in Detroit. At Earthworks Urban Farm, 1264 Meldrum, Detroit, MI 48207.
thu, sep 18: 7 pm
PANEL DISCUSSION The New Cartography: Eyal Weizman and Laura Kurgan in conversation, moderated by Mark Wasiuta is a discussion between two experts on the cutting edge of non-militaristic aerial data collection and analysis. Presented in conjunction with the current exhibition Decolonized Skies.
tue, sep 16: 7 pm
CURATOR TALK Center for the Study of the Drone co-director Arthur Holland Michel sits down with Decolonized Skies curators Yael Messer and Gilad Reich to talk about the evolution and future of the view from above and how civilians can re-appropriate traditional tools of government surveillance for art, research, and activism. Presented in conjunction with the current exhibition Decolonized Skies.
sun, sep 14: 8-10 pm
SCREENING - DETROIT The Future Weird screening, hosted by Derica Shields. Presented in conjunction with the current Franchise exhibition Trans-Farm in Detroit, Michigan.
at MUFI, 7432 Brush St., Detroit, MI 48202
sat, sep 13: 5-9 pm
EXHIBITION OPENING - DETROIT Detroit: Trans-Farm, organized by Yvette Granata, engages with the world’s largest urban farming project to create and exhibit interdisciplinary urban agricultural works that blend the lines between edible, practical, artistic, and the technological.
Franchise Program Winner
wed, sep 10: 6-8 pm
EXHIBITION OPENING - NYC Decolonized Skies organized by Yael Messer and Gilad Reich
The use of privately owned satellites and drones have grown exponentially in recent years – both for military and civil use – watching over an ever-expanding geography and people. Decolonized Skies re-conceptualizes the air space as ‘commons,’ reclaiming the sky through social and collaborative practices.
Unsolicited Proposal Program Winner
thu, jul 24: 7-8 pm
LECTURE AND DISCUSSION In the presentation Studying Creativity: At the Crossroads of Art and Science, Dr. Mónica López-González discusses the observations and preliminary findings of both cognitive neuroscientific discoveries and artistic explorations to investigate and understand spontaneous creative thinking.
Presented in conjunction with the current exhibition The Hidden Passengers.
thu, jun 26: 7-8 pm
VIDEO AND SOUND ART PERFORMANCE The video works of Monotonic Surfaces emphasize the ecstatic and transformative potential of the environment. In this collaborative performance, Erickson will remix the footage he took inspired by sound art works by Steven Anderson and Stephanie Richards while they perform live. Presented in conjunction with the current exhibition The Hidden Passengers.
tue, jun 10: 7-8 pm
PANEL DISCUSSION The Art of Science Education is a discussion on how art can augment and improve science education. Hosted by Story Collider Co-Founder and Director Ben Lillie; panelists include Joanna Ebenstein, Hillary Livingston, and David Wells. Presented in conjunction with the current exhibition The Hidden Passengers.
wed, may 21: 6-8 pm
EXHIBITION OPENING The Hidden Passengers organized by Avi Lubin
Through the work of eight international artists, The Hidden Passengers investigates the relationship between science and art and argues that by adopting scientific practices and tools, art finds a way to participate in the world.
Unsolicited Proposal Program Winner
sat, may 10: 4 pm
EXHIBITION PERFORMANCE SERIES In Falling for Prepositions, Claire Porter weavs together text and movement, emphasizing numerous and wild uses of prepositions. Porter presents a lecture, turned into a dance-music concert, gradually embodying a raging tale of a love affair.
In conjunction with the exhibition Coding the Body, organized by Leah Buechley.
sat, may 3: 4 pm
EXHIBITION PERFORMANCE SERIES In OnebyOne, Eva Perrotta and Corinne Cappelletti present a live cartographic performance that maps the pathways of the self through a symbiotic relationship. Unfurling the meaning of support, the performers acknowledge the embodied histories that lay dormant.
In conjunction with the exhibition Coding the Body, organized by Leah Buechley.
sat, apr 26: 4 pm
EXHIBITION PERFORMANCE SERIES In the interactive performance THIS OLD HOUSE, created and performed by Martha Eddy, is a reflection and homage to the changing codes of the human body as it moves through life from birth, to crawling, creeping, diagonals, spirals…and onwards.
In conjunction with the exhibition Coding the Body, organized by Leah Buechley.
wed, apr 23: 7 pm
DOUBLE TAKE READINGS Three pairs of authors write original pieces about shared experiences. Featuring: Siddhartha Deb, Mike Heppner, Joseph McElroy, Minna Proctor, Catherine Texier, and Wendy S. Walters.
Organized by Albert Mobilio.
sat, apr 19: 4 pm
EXHIBITION PERFORMANCE SERIES In Impose Upon Me, created and performed by Christy Funsch, involves the creation, relation, translation, and performance of information via three different systems: visual/experiential, language/descriptive, and notation interpretation.
In conjunction with the exhibition Coding the Body, organized by Leah Buechley.
fri, apr 18: 7 pm
FILM SCREENING What is the truth of poetry? Does anybody really know? Casey Smith, a poet from Washington, DC, sets out to explore these questions in a short film made by Mick Williams, a troubled artist who now earns his living as a commercial video-editor. The Truth of Poetry charts the dissolution of their friendship over the course of the film's production, while never quite answering the ambitious promise of the film's title.
sat, apr 12: 4 pm
BOOK LAUNCH PANEL Please join us for a panel organized by apexart to celebrate the
publication of our latest book Life between Borders: The Nomadic Life of Curators and Artists. With panelists: Melissa Chiu, Museum Director of the Asia Society; Sebastien Sanz de Santamaria, co-founder Residency Unlimited; Niels Van Tomme, curator and writer; and others. Moderated by apexart's Executive Director Steven Rand and Media Director Heather Felty. At Cabinet Space, 300 Nevins Street
Brooklyn, NY.
thu, apr 10: 6:30 pm
PUBLIC PROGRAM From Somewear to Everywear: The Future of Wearable Computing and Augmented Reality, presented by Steven Feiner, will provide an overview of research on wearable computing, with a special emphasis on augmented reality, which interactively overlays computer media on our experience of the physical world.
In conjunction with the exhibition Coding the Body, organized by Leah Buechley.
sat, apr 5: 4 pm
EXHIBITION PERFORMANCE SERIES In Made Corporeal, Regina Miranda and Patricia Niedermeier explore a series of questions about what is normal, how normal comes to exist, what is considered beyond normality.
In conjunction with the exhibition Coding the Body, organized by Leah Buechley.
wed, apr 2: 7 pm
DOUBLE TAKE READINGS Three pairs of authors write original pieces about shared experiences. Featuring: Eric Banks, Mónica del la Torre, Adam Fitzgerald, Wendy Lesser, Arthur Lubow, and Melanie Rehak.
Organized by Albert Mobilio.
sat, mar 29: 4 pm
EXHIBITION PERFORMANCE SERIES For Untitled, Mariangela Lopez will present an interactive improvisational performance utilizing Laban Movement Analysis' Motif Symbols as an entry point.
In conjunction with the exhibition Coding the Body, organized by Leah Buechley.
sat, mar 29: 10 am – 3 pm
PUBLIC PROGRAM In Algorithmic Tattoos Workshop, Jennifer Jacobs of the MIT Media Lab teaches participants how to use design software to create their own algorithmic patterns, and then apply them to the body as temporary tattoos. No prior computer or programming experience is required.
In conjunction with the exhibition Coding the Body, organized by Leah Buechley.
tue, mar 25: 7 pm
PUBLIC PROGRAM For Touchy Feely Tech: Coding for the Social & Emotional Body, Katherine Isbister presents a series of evocative tech prototypes built to better support the social and emotional aspects of being in the world and being with each other.
In conjunction with the exhibition Coding the Body, organized by Leah Buechley.
sat, mar 22: 4 pm
EXHIBITION PERFORMANCE SERIES In Beyond S/he (Rio/NYC), Regina Miranda and Patricia Niedermeier explore a series of questions about what is normal, how normal comes to exist, what is considered beyond normality.
In conjunction with the exhibition Coding the Body, organized by Leah Buechley.
wed, mar 19: 6-8 pm
EXHIBITION OPENING Coding the Body organized by Leah Buechley Coding the Body interrogates the relationships between humans and code. It explores how code is being used to understand, control, decorate, and replicate us. The exhibition celebrates the beauty of code and its manifestations while casting a wary eye on its ever expanding power.
thu, mar 6: 7 pm
VIDEO PROGRAM An evening of screenings considering a meditative approach towards the peculiarities and discrepancies of structures that culture imposes upon itself. The artists included in Current Conditions comment on the fallacy of physical and mental limits to contain the many itinerations of people and their societies, ideologies and ambitions.
thu, feb 27: 7 pm
EXHIBITION TALK In conjunction with the exhibition Private Matters, organized by Ceren Erdem, Jaime Schwartz, and Lisa Hayes Williams, this panel discussion brings together artists and theorists to discuss the present and future of digital anonymity and its relevance for aesthetics, politics, and economics.
feb 15 - mar 15
FRANCHISE PROGRAM SUBMISSIONS ACCEPTED apexart's Franchise Program is an opportunity for anyone, from anywhere, to submit an idea for a group exhibition to be presented in any city outside of NYC. Send a 500-word, idea-based exhibition proposal online for consideration by an international group of more than 100 individuals.
sat, feb 1: 4 pm
EXHIBITION TALK Within the context of Private Matters, this discussion will address ways in which the general public can avoid or resist surveillance in practical and day-to-day situations. Featuring artist Adam Harvey, designer Geneviewe Hoffman, and Research Action Design co-founder Becky Hurwitz. Moderated by Private Matters curator Ceren Erdem.
jan 25: 6-9 pm
EXHIBITION OPENING - PHNOM PENH On the Streets organized by Chương-Đài Võ On the Streets is inspired by the vendor cultures of Southeast Asia, where sidewalks and plazas are an essential meeting ground for commerce and social interactions. This exhibition is a comparative look at the effects of globalization on public communities worldwide through observations of their street life.
Franchise Program Winner
wed, jan 15: 6-8 pm
EXHIBITION OPENING Private Matters organized by Ceren Erdem, Jaime Schwartz, and Lisa Williams
Private Matters brings together a group of artists who, through individual strategies of sharing various kinds of secure information with the audience, eliminates the boundaries between public and private. In this context, secrets are revealed, security measures of institutions are tested, and myths—both personal and collective—are interrogated.
wed, dec 4: 8 pm
PUBLIC PROGRAM SCARYOKE!!! FANTASY DRAFT
In conjunction with SCARYOKE!!!, organized by Dan Kois. We're bringing some of NYC's top culture critics together to take the SCARYOKE!!! Challenge but we're switching up the rules; we're giving each singer a chance to pick their song.
tue, nov 19: 12 pm
LUNCHTIME SING ALONG In conjunction with SCARYOKE!!!, organized by Dan Kois. NY1 will visit apexart to cover the singing experiment of the season, SCARYOKE!!!. This exhibition challenges singers to get on stage and perform in public without knowing what song they will sing. In our Russian-roulette style karaoke bar, singers will pick up the microphone and one of 15 songs will start and if you know it, you sing it. If you don't know it, you wing it!
wed, nov 6: 8 pm-1 am
EXHIBITION OPENING SCARYOKE!!! organized by Dan Kois
Kois will transform our NYC gallery into a six-week joy factory with three singing environments. Bashful singers might start off singing in the shower before working their way up to the main stage while others stay parked in the car belting out song after song. You can't select your songs so the point is to sing it or wing it!
Feat. John Brophy of Baby Ketten Karaoke
tue, nov 5: 6:15 pm
EXHIBITION PANEL Join SCARYOKE!!! organizer Dan Kois and special guests Rob Sheffield, Stacy Horn, Aisha Harris, and KJ John Brophy for a panel discussion on the art, science, law, and cultural politics of singing in public. Can karaoke be art? How can singing in public affect your brain chemistry? What about the racial dynamics of karaoke: Should white people rap? What happens when black people sing in front of white audiences?
fri, oct 25: 7-8:30 pm
FILM SCREENING Vaquero: The Forgotten Cowboy, directed by Hector Galán, examines a little-known aspect of Americana—the 400-year-old tradition of the vaquero, or Mexican-American cowboy. The legacy of the vaquero is told through the stories of the few remaining members of this dying breed.
At Marfa Public Library Screening Room, Marfa, TX
In conjunction with the exhibition Heterotopia organized by crystal am nelson.
tue, oct 22: 7 pm
FILM SCREENING Evidentiary Dilemmas is a series of documentary and fictional films that question the stability of witnessing. Some films are personal, domestic and familial while others focus on historic moments and parody the inconsistencies of hearsay. Evidentiary Dilemmas acknowledges disorientation as an honest state of being.
In conjunction with the exhibition Death of a Cameraman organized by Martin Waldmeier.
fri, oct 18: 7-8:30 pm
FILM SCREENING The Ballad of Esequiel Hernández, directed by Kieran Fitzgerald, tells a frightening and cautionary tale about the dangers of using the military as domestic law enforcement. When Esequiel Hernández was shot in 1997 he became the first American killed by U.S. military forces on native soil since the 1970 Kent State shootings.
At Marfa Public Library Screening Room, Marfa, TX
In conjunction with the exhibition Heterotopia organized by crystal am nelson.
thur, oct 17: 6-7 pm
LECTURE "Meyers Springs: Images of Native American and Spanish Cultural Exchange" with Center for Big Bend Studies Archeologist Reeda Peel. Reeda Peel will present a lecture on Meyers Springs, a major source of water in dry west Texas and a center for human activity for thousands of years. At the spring site, Native American artists recorded the European contact with the indigenous people atop the older paintings.
At The Lumberyard, 213 S. Dean Street (enter on E. Dallas around the corner from The Get Go), Marfa, TX
In conjunction with the exhibition Heterotopia organized by crystal am nelson.
oct 11 - nov 8
UNSOLICITED PROPOSAL PROGRAM SUBMISSIONS ACCEPTED apexart's Unsolicited Proposal Program is an opportunity for anyone, from anywhere, to submit an idea for a group exhibition to be presented in our NYC venue. Send a 500-word, idea-based exhibition proposal online for consideration by an international group of more than 100 individuals.
tue, oct 8: 7 pm
DOUBLE TAKE READING Three pairs of authors write original pieces about shared experiences. Christopher Sorrentino & Andrew Hultkrans, Nelly Reifler & Cathy Park Hong, Timothy Donnelly & Mary Jo Bang. Organized by Albert Mobilio
sat, oct 5: 2-4 pm
EXHIBITION OPENING Heterotopia organized by crystal am nelson
Exploring the cultural landscape of Marfa that pre-dates Donald Judd and the contemporary art influence, Heterotopia will illuminate the pre-Minimalist history of this West Texas town.
Franchise Program Winner
tue, oct 1: 7 pm
DOUBLE TAKE READING Three pairs of authors write original pieces about shared experiences. Rachel Cohen & Vijay Seshadri, Christine Schutt & Rene Steinke, and Geoff O'Brien & B. Kite. Organized by Albert Mobilio.
tue, sep 24: 7 pm
EXHIBITION TALK NY Times journalist Liam Stack will discuss the state of journalism in Syria and share his curated video project, Watching Syria's War. Moderated by Martin Waldmeier.
Tuesday, Sept 24: 7 pm
In conjunction with the exhibition Death of a Cameraman organized by Martin Waldmeier
thu, sep 12: 6-8 pm
EXHIBITION OPENING Death of a Cameraman organized by Martin Waldmeier
Anchored by a video captured by a Syrian cameraman who was killed while documenting a violent uprising, Death of a Cameraman explores the complex space between the camera and eye and between documentary, documentarists, and the documented.
Unsolicited Proposal Program Winner
fri, jul 26: 6 pm
RESIDENT TALK Hear from two apexart residents about their recent international programs. Outbound Resident Sally Gil will reflect on her month in São Paulo and current Inbound Resident Lior Pinsky from Jerusalem speaks about his impressions of his first time in New York.
In conversation with Bad at Sports correspondent Amanda Browder, Sally and Lior will speak to the effects of travel on creativity and how taking a break from making art can inspire creativity.
thu, jun 27: 7 pm
RESIDENT TALK Hear from two apexart residents about their recent international programs. Outbound Resident Gisela Insuaste will reflect on her month in Bangkok and current Inbound Resident Konstantin Adjer from Moscow speaks about his impressions of his first time in New York.
In conversation with Bad at Sports correspondent Amanda Browder, Gisela and Konstantin will speak to the effects of travel on creativity and how taking a break from making art can inspire creativity.
wed, jun 5: 6:30 pm
KAFKA'S LAST LAUGH Scholar Anca Parvulescu presents a reading of a letter from Kafka to Felice Bauer, in which he describes a burst of laughter. Parvulescu is Associate Professor in the Department of English at Washington University in St. Louis. Her new book, Laughter:Notes on a Passion, tells the story of a modern prohibition on laughter.
In conjunction with the exhibition <laughter> organized by Kari Cwynar.
sat, may 25: 12-5 pm
NATURIST DAY Australian artist Stuart Ringholt hosts a Naturist Day at apexart on May 25, featuring an artist talk, a curator's talk, and several Laughter Workshops throughout the afternoon. (All are welcome; all present must be naked.) Free with RSVP.
In conjunction with the exhibition <laughter> organized by Kari Cwynar.
thu, may 23: 10:30 am
RESIDENT TALK Bad at Sports correspondent Duncan MacKenzie interviews current inbound resident Tobias Nöbauer from Vienna... in the dark!
wed, may 22: 6-8 pm
EXHIBITION OPENING <laughter> organized by Kari Cwynar <laughter> researches laughter as a destabilizing force, using a 6-month laughter epidemic in central Africa as its anchor.
Unsolicited Proposal Program Winner
fri, may 10
EXHIBITION OPENING - MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE Memphis Social organized by Bill Doherty and Tom McGlynn
Presented in various venues throughout Memphis, this exhibition will highlight local cultural traditions alongside the work of international artists.
Franchise Program Winner
sat, may 4: 2 pm
PUBLIC PROGRAM Since 2008, John Powers has been writing about post-war art, politics, and cinema at his blog, Star Wars Modern. For this event at apexart, Powers will place Project Echo, the giant inflatable "satelloon" the United States launched in 1959, within his ongoing exploration of sci-fi, Minimalism, and American power. In conjunction with the exhibition Exhibition Space.
tue, apr 23: 6:30 pm
PUBLIC PROGRAM What's the deal with big balls? Author Joshua Foer explains with a visual history. In conjunction with the exhibition Exhibition Space.
sat, apr 13: 2 pm
PUBLIC PROGRAM Professor Frits Paerels, an astrophysicist at Columbia University, will discuss the history of the National Geographic Society's photographic survey of the night sky from 1958, and the evolution of telescopes, detectors, and other tools astronomers use to study objects in space. He will lead a hands-on search for galaxies, stars, and other celestial targets using the photo plates on view at apexart and the online Digitized Sky Survey. In conjunction with the exhibition Exhibition Space.
Ages 13-up.
wed, mar 27: 7-9 pm
PUBLIC PROGRAM Ethiopia: A Reenactment Through Fiction and Image
This evening of fiction, photography, and film will feature artists addressing issues of history, freedom of expression, and human rights in contemporary Ethiopia.
wed, mar 20: 6-8 pm
EXHIBITION OPENING Exhibition Space organized by Greg Allen Exhibition Space considers the aesthetic and conceptual implications of photography and its pivotal role in two early milestones of the US exploration of space.
tue, mar 12: 7 pm
DOUBLE TAKE READING Three pairs of authors write original pieces about shared experiences. Elizabeth Kendall & Margo Jefferson, Jess Row & Martha Southgate, and Frederic Tuten & Iris Smyles. Organized by Albert Mobilio.
fri, mar 8: 4 pm
RESIDENT TALK Bad at Sports correspondent Richard Holland interviews current inbound resident Reymar Gacutan from the Philippines... in the dark!
tue, march 5: 7 pm
DOUBLE TAKE READING Three pairs of authors write original pieces about shared experiences. Rick Moody & Tim Davis, John Yau & Eugene Lim, and Charles Bernstein & Elizabeth Willis. Organized by Albert Mobilio.
tue, feb 26: 6:30 pm
HOMELAND ALAKAZAM 22 years on, the memory of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait tends to either fade completely or be replaced with new stories about what transpired. The presenter Ala' Diab sifts through his personal memory box to find sounds and music from the past, evoking his interpretation of living through these events. Ala' Diab is a designer of games and interactive experiences. In conjunction with the exhibition Open Sesame.
jan 15 - feb 15
UNSOLICITED PROPOSAL PROGRAM SUBMISSIONS ACCEPTED apexart's Unsolicited Proposal Program is an opportunity for anyone, from anywhere, to submit an exhibition proposal to us for our NYC venue. Send a 500-word, idea-based exhibition proposal online for consideration by an international crowd-sourced group of more than 100 individuals.
feb 14-16
apexart AT COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING IN NEW YORK apexart will have a table at the CAA meeting this year to highlight our Publications Program.
On Friday, February 15: 2-3 pm, we will host a presentation on our upcoming book Life Between Borders: The Nomadic Life of Curators and Artists. Stop by the table to learn more and receive a free copy of a recent publication.
Booth 821 / Americas Hall II
sat, feb 16: 4 pm
SITA SINGS THE KUWAITI BLUES Sita Sings The Kuwaiti Blues is a personal interpretation of what happened in Kuwait between August 2, 1990, and February 27, 1991. Made of re-edited material, it is a tribute to all the videos that were shared and continue to be shared over the past 20 years, in different forms, and by thousands of Arabs. In conjunction with the exhibition Open Sesame.
wed, feb 6
EXHIBITION OPENING IN KAMPALA, UGANDA Video Slink Uganda organized by Paul Falzone and Marisa Jahn
Short-form experimental videos by artists from the African Diaspora will be shown in Ugandan video halls, gathering places known for showing pirated DVDs.
Franchise Program Winner
fri, jan 25: 10 am
RESIDENT TALK apexart and Bad at Sports continue the Resident Talk collaborations with current Inbound Resident Sojung Jun and recent Outbound Resident Shani Peters, participants in the New York/Seoul exchange program, in conversation with BAS' Amanda Browder.
wed, jan 16: 6-8 pm
EXHIBITION OPENING Open Sesame organized by Ola El-Khalidi Open Sesame invites artists to respond to stories collected from families from Kuwait who were forced to leave their homes during Saddam Hussein's regime, moving to Jordan, Egypt, and the USA.
Unsolicited Proposal Program Winner
wed, dec 19: 6:30 pm
PSYCHOLOGY OF BRANDING Debbie Millman presents an illustrated lecture on the psychology of branding. In conjunction with Rob Walker's exhibition As Real As It Gets, which looks at our relationship to material culture through fake brands and fictional products. Debbie Millman is a writer, educator, artist, brand consultant and host of the Design Observer podcast "Design Matters."
sat, dec 8: 11 am & 2:30 pm
IMAGINARY BRANDS WITH MAKERBOT Fake brands, real products. Join us for a tutorial in using Tinkercad 3D design software and the MakerBot Replicator to create your own imaginary brands and products. In conjuction with the Rob Walker's exhibition As Real As It Gets which examines fictional products that artists and designers have made real.
tue, dec 4: 7:00 pm
DOUBLE TAKE READING Three pairs of authors write original pieces about shared experiences. Susan Daitch and Christopher Beha write about their visit to the New York Aquarium. Richard Price and Lorraine Adams talk about going home. And Jennifer Gilmore and Joanna Hershon reflect on Red Hook in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Organized by Albert Mobilio.
fri, nov 30: 3 pm
RESIDENT TALK apexart and Bad at Sports continue the Resident Talk collaborations with current Inbound Resident Vumelani Sibeko in conversation with BAS' Amanda Browder.
tue, nov 27: 6:30 pm
SPECULATIVE SOUND PERFORMANCE Musicians affiliated with the online Disquiet Junto collective will gather to perform speculative sound works created with documentary audio from retail establishments. Inspired by Émile Zola's fictional department store, The Ladies' Paradise, this assignment asks musicians to create a sound enviroment for the fake brand. Organized by Marc Weidenbaum, in conjuction with the exhibition As Real As It Gets, organized by Rob Walker.
thur, nov. 15: 6-8 pm
EXHIBITION OPENING As Real As It Gets organized by Rob Walker
In the savvy 21st century, we view commercial material culture as inauthentic, phony, and less than legitimate. Or at least, that's what we say we think. As Real As It Gets puts a different idea on offer by gathering fictional products, imaginary brands, hypothetical advertising and speculative objects, devised by artists, designers, writers, musicians, companies and in one case, a government entity.
thur, nov 8: 7 pm
DOUBLE TAKE READING Double Take round two! It's a commonplace — we all see things our own way. When three pairs of authors each trade takes on a shared experience they reveal just how different perception and prose can be. Organized by Albert Mobilio.
sat, nov 3: 3-8 pm
EXHIBITION OPENING IN LIMA, PERU Lima Rooftop Ecology curated by Carlos Leon-Xjimenez
Presented on rooftops in Lima's historic city center, the exhibition Lima Rooftop Ecology will look at poverty, historic preservation, and tourism.
Franchise Program Winner
sat, oct. 20: 1 pm
SCAVENGER HUNT apexart and Cabinet are teaming up on a scavenger hunt in Downtown Manhattan and Gowanus, Brooklyn! Sign up with one other person for a chance to win a host of prizes.
tue, oct. 2: 6:30-8 pm
PANEL DISCUSSION: How Can Art Affect Political Change? Bringing together leading theorists of contemporary art and culture, curators and artists, this panel discussion addresses the complex relationship between creative practice and political activism. Key presentations by Andrea Geyer, Marisa Jahn, Josh MacPhee, Mitch McEwen, Yates McKee, and Benjamin Young examine the shifting parameters of socially engaged art and theory within the context of these emerging political events. The discussion is introduced and moderated by Natalie Musteata.
tue, sept. 18: 6:30 pm
GALLERY TALK A walk-through of the exhibition UNREST: Revolt against Reason, led by exhibition organizer Natalie Musteata with artist Iman Issa. The walk-through will address the shifting parameters of socially engaged art within the context of political events in the 21st Century, as well as the ideas behind the exhibition with a specific discussion of the works on view.
wed, sept. 12: 6-8 pm
EXHIBITION OPENING UNREST: Revolt against Reason organized by Natalie Musteata
This exhibition explores the intersection of creative practice and political activism with work by mounir fatmi, Claire Fontaine, Shilpa Gupta, Iman Issa, Tala Madani, Ahmet Öğüt, Tomas Rafa, and Alexandre Singh.
An Unsolicited Proposal Program Winner.
mon, aug 27: 8:30 pm
RESIDENT TALK ON THE HIGH LINE apexart and Bad at Sports wrap up their season of Resident Talk collaborations* with Outbound Residents James Walsh, who traveled to Bangkok, Thailand, and Stephanie Powell, who traveled to Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Duncan MacKenzie, Richard Holland, and Amanda Browder from the Bad at Sports team will conduct the interview at the Radial Bench on the High Line off the 29th Street entrance.
sat, july 28: 2 pm
EXHIBITION TOUR Brian Sholis leads a tour of The Permanent Way on the last day of the exhibition, discussing his interest in the show's subject and the relationship between the construction of the trans-continental railroad, the American landscape, and photography.
thu, july 19: 12 pm
RESIDENT TALK IN CHICAGO Featuring current Inbound Resident Santiago-based music media artist Manuel Orellana, who will talk with Bad at Sports' Duncan MacKenzie and Richard Holland about his travels and explorations.
sat, july 7 and sun, july 8: 2 pm
WALKING TOUR At the end of the nineteenth century, it was apparent that New York City needed a new way to get people and goods into and through town. Ferries would no longer suffice. The solution, briefly stated, was tunnels. On this walking tour, led by exhibition organizer Brian Sholis, learn the full story of the visionary engineering projects—including the original Penn Station and Grand Central Terminal—that rerouted traffic and reshaped the cityscape.
In conjunction with The Permanent Way.
tue, jun 19: 1 pm
RESIDENT TALK IN CHICAGO Featuring current Inbound Resident Amman-based music journalist Ahmad Zatari,who will talk with Bad at Sports' Duncan MacKenzie and Richard Holland about his travels and explorations.
wed, june 6: 6-8 pm
EXHIBITION OPENING The Permanent Way organized by Brian Sholis
This exhibition juxtaposes contemporary American landscape photographs with documentation of and information about the rapid expansion of railroads in the United States during the second half of the nineteenth century.
thu, may 24: 6:30 pm
MUSICAL PERFORMANCE Songs For People I Will Never See Again is a live music performance of original music by Lucy Foley and Ross Bonadonna, drawn together with projected imagery and a spoken word narrative that weaves throughout the performance.
tue, may 22: 7 pm
RESIDENT TALK Featuring current Inbound Resident Athenian silkscreener Manolis Angeliakis and recent Outbound Resident Nilay Lawson, from Washington D.C., will talk with Bad at Sports' Duncan MacKenzie and Amanda Browder about their travels and explorations.
fri-sat, may 18-19: 11-6 pm
PHOTO EXCHANGE apexart will present a public program organzied by Brooklyn-based artist Kambui Olujimi entitled A Life in Pictures. Printing over a thousand of his own digital images, Olujimi invites gallery visitors to exchange snapshots from their life with selections from his photographic archive.
thu, may 17: 7 pm
DOUBLE TAKE READING Double Take: It's a commonplace—we all see things our own way. When three pairs of authors each trade takes on a shared experience they reveal just how different perception and prose can be. Featuring Darcey Steinke & Shelley Jackson; Paul La Farge & Emily Barton; Joshua Cohen & Justin Taylor. Organized by Albert Mobilio.
sat, may 5: 4 pm
WALKING TOUR AT MEXICO FRANCHISE Walk by Haz Ciudad (in honour of Jane Jacobs) in the affected area of Magdalena Contreras. The walk starts and ends at the exhibition site. In conjunction with the exhibition Flesh and Concrete curated by Jaya Klara Brekke and Julio Salazar, on view now in Mexico City. Meet at the entrance of Flesh & Concrete exhibition site in Mexico City — view map.
sun, may 6: 2 pm
URBAN MOBILITY TALK AT MEXICO FRANCHISE The Past and Future of Urban Mobility, with presentations by Elias Cattan from Taller13, transport historian Georg Leidenberger, and Salvador Medina Ramirez from ITDP presenting the recently published Life and Death of Urban Highways. In conjunction with the exhibition Flesh and Concrete curated by Jaya Klara Brekke and Julio Salazar, on view now in Mexico City. Meet on 9th floor of Flesh & Concrete exhibition site in Mexico City — view map.
thur, may 3: 6:30 pm
ETGAR KERET READING What We Have in Our Pockets is a participatory performance and reading featuring artist Tamar Ettun and Etgar Keret, based on a Keret short story of the same name.
may 2
FRANCHISE PROGRAM OPEN CALL CLOSES Based on the idea of creating a franchise, annually apexart holds a worldwide open call for proposals for group exhibitions to be presented anywhere in the world outside New York City. From April 4 - May 2, 2012, we will again accept 500-word submissions outlining your idea for an exhibition.
sun, apr 29: 2 pm
MEGA PROJECTS TALK AT MEXICO FRANCHISE Mega-projects: presentations by Margarita Pérez Negrete, sociologist currently researching the spread of the Santa Fe model of development and the effects of the Supervia construction, Todd Litman from the Victoria Transport Institute, Alberto Serdan who has done extensive research into the financing of the Supervia construction. In conjunction with the exhibition Flesh and Concrete curated by Jaya Klara Brekke and Julio Salazar, on view now in Mexico City. Meet on 9th floor of Flesh & Concrete exhibition site in Mexico City — view map.
sat, apr 28: 4 pm
BICYCLE ACTION AT MEXICO FRANCHISE Bicitekas bicycle action, meeting place: Angel de la independencia, Mexico City.In conjunction with the exhibition Flesh and Concrete curated by Jaya Klara Brekke and Julio Salazar, on view now in Mexico City.
sat, apr 28: 2 pm
PUBLIC PROGRAM AT MEXICO FRANCHISE The City as an Eco-System, with presentations by biologist Luis Zambrano and Ana Mendoza Ochoa from the Institute of Ecology at UNAM. In conjunction with the exhibition Flesh and Concrete curated by Jaya Klara Brekke and Julio Salazar, on view now in Mexico City. Meet on 9th floor of Flesh & Concrete exhibition site in Mexico City — view map.
wed, apr 25: 6:30 pm
PORN PANEL Where does the responsibility of the pornographer lie? Lynsey G., porn critic and curator of the current exhibition Consent, moderates an evening of discussion of this important issue and others with Cindy Gallop, Sarah Forbes, Tina Horn, Sinnamon Love, Dan Reilly, and Madison Young.
thur, apr 19
EXHIBITION OPENING IN MEXICO CITY Flesh and Concrete curated by Jaya Klara Brekke and Julio Salazar
The exhibition Flesh and Concrete examines the contradictions in the visually impressive but socially destructive process of infrastructure development, exemplified in the construction of the extension to the Supervia Sur-Poniente highway in Mexico City. On view in Mexico City, Mexico, April 19 - May 17, 2012.
Franchise Program Winner
wed, apr 4: 6:30 pm
FILM SCREENING We've run together scenes from The Graduate and The Graduate XXX to use as discussion fodder for the porn parody version, mostly as comparison, and to tie the storyline together where the parody doesn't... um... do such a good job. Featuring commentary on the film by the film's producer Dan Reilly and the exhibition's curator Lynsey G, popcorn, and—at long last—Mrs. Robinson giving a blowjob. In conjunction with the exhibition Consent, curated by Lynsey G.
wed, mar 21: 6-8 pm
EXHIBITION OPENING Consent, curated by LynseyG, explores complicated questions of sex, pleasure, intimacy, and morality and how they relate to ideas of consent in pornography. The exhibition seeks to address the nature of consensual participation in adult material, as it collapses the distance between the "us" and "them" in porn and sex.
sat, mar 17
RESIDENT TALK apexart and Bad at Sports collaborate again for their Resident Talk with current apexart Inbound Resident, Kiron Robinson, visiting from Melbourne, Australia. Amanda Browder and Richard Holland from the Bad at Sports team will interview Kiron on the East River Ferry.
wed, feb 22: 6:30 pm
EXHIBITION TALK Charles Armstrong will discuss the North Korean propaganda films on view in the current exhibition A Postcard from Afar: North Korea from a Distance, curated by Mark Feary. A screening of the films will be be followed by commentary by Charles Armstrong, Professor of History, Director, Center for Korean Research, Columbia University.
wed, feb 9: 7 pm
RESIDENT TALK apexart and Bad at Sports are collaborating once again for their Resident Talk with current apexart Inbound Resident, Nanna Nordström, visiting from Stockholm, Sweden. Amanda Browder and Tom Sanford from the Bad at Sports team will interview Nanna in the depths of a once-hospital out in Brooklyn, getting to the bottom of what exactly the apexart Residency is, what her experiences have been during her month in New York, and new influences the city has brought. Location: Arts @ Renaissance space / 2 Kingsland Ave (@Maspeth Ave), Garden Level, East Williamsburg — L Train Graham stop
sat, feb 4
EXHIBITION OPENING IN JOHANNESBURG Just Do It! curated by Katharina Rohde will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa: February 4 - March 3, 2012 The exhibition Just Do It! investigates the complex relationship between local commerce, embodied by the proliferation of informal small businesses called Spaza shops in Johannesburg, and the global economy.
Franchise Program Winner
wed, jan 11: 6-8 pm
EXHIBITION OPENING A Postcard from Afar: North Korea from a Distance curated by Mark Feary This exhibition is an attempt to envisage a state and culture that is shrouded in secrecy and the producer and victim of oppositional propaganda mechanisms. It is an attempt to develop a picture of what North Korea might be, in the absence of reliable, unbiased information of a nation that operates in exile from the international community.
tue, dec 13: 6:30-8 pm
FILM SCREENING On the occasion of the publication of Artur Żmijewski's Trembling Bodies: Conversations with Artists, Stanislaw Ruksza will be hosting a screening of films by artists interviewed in the book including Paweł Althamer, Katarzyna Górna, Zbigniew Libera, Joanna Rajkowska, and Artur Żmijewski.
Introduction by Stanisław Ruksza (co-editor, curator, artistic director of Center of Contemporary Art Kronika in Bytom; apexart resident in 2009.)
thur, dec. 8: 6:30 pm
ARTIST TALK Leor Grady and Carlos Motta discussed their participation in the exhibition The Walls That Divide Us and the themes that unify their work including safety and danger and the key feelings elicited by wall building.
fri, nov 11: 6:30 pm
EXHIBITION WALK THROUGH Curator Miguel Amado will moderate a conversation with the artists Ahmet Ögüt and Anna Ostoya from the exhibition The Walls That Divide Us.
wed, nov 9: 6-8 pm
EXHIBITION OPENING The Walls That Divide Us curated by Miguel Amado The Walls That Divide Us addresses the post-Cold War proliferation of nation-state and city separation barriers across the globe as symbols of dissent in contemporary politics. Featured artists examine the ideology of wall building as a means of dividing land and people to establish sovereignty. Selected works explore the construction and fall of the Berlin Wall, phenomena including imperialistic enterprises and migration, and current zones of conflict such as the U.S.-Mexican border and the Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territory.
An Unsolicited Proposal Program winning exhibition.
sat, oct 22: 2-5 pm
MAD AS HELL!! These authors are Mad as Hell! Organized by author and editor Albert Mobilio, Mad as Hell is an afternoon of rants, raves, and diatribes from some of New York's most celebrated authors: Dale Peck, Lynne Tillman, Eileen Myles, Patrick McGrath, Elissa Schappell, and John Haskell.
october 1, 8, 15
MINI CONCERTS Saturdays at 3pm: mini concerts will be presented by students and friends who have been influenced by Fred Hersch. Schedule here.
In conjuction with Private Stash: A Musician's Eye curated by Fred Hersch
wed, sep 28: 6:30 pm
RESIDENT CONVERSATION Joanna Ebenstein, Outbound Resident to Seoul, South Korea, in conversation with past apexart Outbound Residents, including Valerie Crosswhite who participated in the Seoul exchange in 2010, Edwin Ramoran who travelled to Athens in 2007, and Jayson Keeling who went to Addis Ababa in 2009.
september 17 and 24
MINI CONCERTS Saturdays at 3pm: mini concerts will be presented by students and friends who have been influenced by Fred Hersch. Schedule here.
In conjuction with Private Stash: A Musician's Eye curated by Fred Hersch
tue, sep 13: 6:30 pm
RESIDENT CONVERSATION To mark the end of apexart's second exchange with Seoul, South Korea, current resident Nung Saeng Park will share his thoughts on the program and his time in New York with David Kwon, Associate Director of Kips Gallery in Chelsea.
thur, sep 8: 6-8 pm
EXHIBITION OPENING Private Stash: A Musician's Eye curated by Fred Hersch Private Stash: A Musician's Eye explores the influences that shape jazz musician and composer Fred Hersch's work. The exhibition will feature everything from visual artwork to personal mementos, and will give visitors the opportunity to explore the many sights and sounds that have had an impact on his oeuvre.
tue, jul 19: 6:30 pm
RESIDENT CONVERSATION Marta Sarkozy, current Inbound Resident from São Paulo, Brazil, will be in conversation with Luke Leonard, Artistic Director of the performing arts organization Monk Parrots.
thur, jul 14: 7 pm
PERFORMANCE BY RED DAWN II Get down with DJ Teeth and Red Dawn II when they perform at apexart.
In conjunction with the exhibition The Peripheterists, curated by Jocko Weyland.
fri, jun 10: 6:30 pm
RESIDENT CONVERSATION Li Mu, current Inbound Resident from Shanghai, China, will be in conversation with Bad at Sport's New York correspondent Amanda Browder.
wed, jun 8: 6:30-8 pm
GUIDED TOUR Curator Jocko Weyland will give a guided tour through the
personalities, connections, and affinities in The Peripheterists and
relate anecdotal and possibly amusing tales behind why and how the works
came to be in the exhibition. He will be joined by Kerry
Schuss, owner of KS Art, and Jason Wright, a teacher at the University of
Michigan, Ypsilanti and an artist included in the exhibition.
sat, jun 4: 2-4 pm
AWESOME OVERKILL Pop-culture connoisseur Pinky Carnage hosts a screening of video creations. Pinky Carnage (aka Derrick Beckles) will interview and screen works from: Devin Flynn, Dynasty Handbag, J Penry, TV CARNAGE.
wed, jun 1: 6-8 pm
EXHIBITION OPENING The Peripheterists curated by
Jocko Weyland With an often raw and personal undercurrent of neurosis and obsession and a tilt toward the refreshingly unordinary angle, The Peripheterists deal with traditional genres, bringing up old-fashioned but eternal questions about what art is, why people bother. If they walk away from it all do they remain artists, and are the most creative necessarily the ones who "make it?"
sat, may 21: 2-4 pm
Kids Poetry Event Join us for a poetry workshop for kids ages 8-12 where kids will create poetry out of excuses. Working around the theme of "why I didn't do my homework" poet Danielle Blau will introduce examples of poetry and work with kids to create their own rhymes.
weds, may 11, may 18 and may 25: 6:30 pm
Writers Speakeasy Reading Series apexart continues its reading series with a new edition featuring 12 new authors, including Greg Ames, Angela Ashman, Melissa Broder, Joseph Colonna, Marcy Dermansky, Richard Foerster, Heather Kristin, Dylan Landis, Eric Lindley, Albert Mobilio, Stephen O’Connor, and Shelly Oria
fri, may 6: 6-8 pm
EXHIBITION OPENING in AMMAN, JORDAN We Have Woven the Motherlands with Nets of Iron
Curated by Eric Gottesman and Toleen Touq apexart moves for one month to Amman, Jordan.
tue, apr 26: 6-7:30 pm
RESIDENT CONVERSATION Join current Inbound resident Loa Bascuñan (Santiago, Chile) as she talks about her month-long residency in New York with Juanita Lanzo, Director and Curator of Longwood Art Gallery.
wed, mar 23: 6-7:30 pm
RESIDENT CONVERSATION I Did It My Way
Join current Inbound resident Raj Per Tot (Trieste/Ljubljana) as he talks about his month-long residency in New York. Hosted by Salley May, curator of Avant-Garde-Arama at PS 122.
wed, mar 9: 6-8 pm
EXHIBITION OPENING Let It End Like This
Curated by Todd Zuniga What will they say about you when you’re gone? What would you say about yourself? Let it End Like This asks a unique blend of writers, painters, directors, models, Olympians and brillianteurs in-between to create their own obituary, examining life gone by and still to come, deeds done or that remain, great loves won or still to be, and a few famous last words along the way.
wed, mar 9: 5-6 pm
OPENING NIGHT PANEL Join us on opening night for a panel of Let It End Like This contributors, hosted by the exhibition curator, Todd Zuniga. Rick Meyerowitz, Aaron Garretson, Jena Friedman, and Elna Baker will discuss how pondering their own deaths led to the creation of their projects for this show. Opening reception will follow.
feb 17 - mar 18, 2011
On view near Holland Tunnel in Manhattan, apexart's top five COMVIDEO videos. Learn more about the exhibition COMVIDEO or watch the top ten scoring videos.
thu, mar 3: 6-8 pm
open late for SoHo night Screening of Psychic Parrot (Derek Lamb, 1975, 26 min.): An ordinary middle class suburban couple decides to live it up on the evening of the apocalypse, as predicted by a celebrity parrot on TV. In conjunction with current exhibition, also on view: Change the Channel curated by Gary Fogelson and Michael Hutcherson.
fri, feb 18: 6:30-8 pm
EXHIBITION TALK Come Hear the Psychic Parrot Speak Change the Channel curators Gary Fogelson and Michael Hutcherson will host a screening followed by an informal Q+A. In addition to selected clips from their favorite WCVB-TV shows, they will show an episode of the sitcom Park St. Under and Derek Lamb's Psychic Parrot, a short film about a parrot that predicts the apocalypse.
tue, feb 15: 6 pm
RESIDENT TALK Adam Burthom, from County Sligo, Ireland, will speak about his experience in NYC hosted by Laura Braslow, co-founder of Arts in Bushwick.
wed, feb 2: 6 pm
EXHIBITION OPENING: in Stockholm, Sweden Washed Out Washed Out is a site-inspired exhibition held in Central Tvätt, a community laundry facility in Hökarängen, a typical Stockholm suburb built in the 1940s according to the utopian urban ideals of early social democracy. Decades later, this still functioning laundry facility shares its premises with a publicly funded art center, Konsthall C, and a small collection of vintage laundry machines.
wed, jan 26: 6-8 pm
OUTBOUND RESIDENT TALK Join us for a conversation between recent apexart Outbound Residents Valerie Crosswhite (returning from Seoul, South Korea) and Nicky Enright (returning from Bangkok, Thailand). Fresh from their adventures in Asia, Valerie and Nicky will share pictures and stories from their travels, compare and contrast their experiences abroad, and discuss the inspiration that they found on their journies.
wed, jan 12: 6-8 pm
EXHIBITION OPENING Change the Channel: WCVB-TV 1972-1982 Artist and filmmaker Robert Gardner was part of a small group of investors in the Boston/Cambridge area who successfully waged the largest, longest coup in FCC history. By taking a closer look at Gardner's 'non-commercials', this exhibition aims to place Gardner's attempts to bring alternative culture-driven programs to a commercial television audience as an act of artistic subversion within mass culture. An Unsolicited Proposal Program Exhibition.
tue, nov 23: 6:30 pm
Just like the movies?
Current Inbound resident Donghyun Min (Seoul, Korea) compares his real-life experiences in the Big Apple to the New York depicted in movies.
wed, nov 10: 6-8 pm
EXHIBITION OPENING COMVIDEO
We asked people to take commercials and make them better. Did they? They messed with the audio, video, size, color, intent and content. View and vote online or in the gallery for your favorite interpretation.
wed, nov 3: 6:30 pm
RESIDENT CONVERSATION Dividir la Identidad/Split Identity Join us for a conversation with current apexart resident, Diego Teo, about the Mexican community in New York and the question of visibility. The event will be held in Spanish and will center on Diego's observations during his residency.
wed, oct 20: 6-8 pm
PUBLIC PROGRAM What Dickens Drank Like any good tourist, when Charles Dickens visited America in 1842, he sampled the local food and drink. So what did a Cocktail taste like in 1842? Join us as we bring to life the drinks from the pages of Dicken's book and from the archives of historic gastronomy. Hosted by Sarah Lohman.
In conjuction with You can't get there from here but you can get here from there.
thur, oct 14: 6:30-7:30 pm
PUBLIC PROGRAM newARTtheater John Kelly, Liz Magic Laser, David Levine, and Alix Pearlstein discuss their work and its relationship to theater. As art appropriates theater, how does the aesthetics of performance evolve? The discussion, moderated by Paul David Young, is organized by and will be published in PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art (MIT Press).
apexart will be open from 6-8 pm in conjunction with SoHo night.
wed, sep 29: 6:30 pm
RESIDENT CONVERSATION In Comparison Four residents—Roy Samaha, Honza Zamojski, Tania Candiani, and Giles Lyon—meet to compare and contrast their different experiences with New York City residency programs.
wed, sep 15: 6-8 pm
EXHIBITION OPENING You can't get there from here but you can get here from there The exhibition explores the relationship between the act of reading and the act of residing and presents a space where reality only makes sense in relation to fiction and fiction only works because it mimics the real.
sat, july 17: 2-5 pm
Summer In The City
Kids ages 6-12 are invited to create their own New York inside apexart during a on-site mural project, led by artist Yana Dimitrova.
wed, july 7: 6:30 pm
The Art of Celebration Sina Najafi will talk about the changing practice of goal celebration and how these increasingly flamboyant performances reflect on the sport and those who play it. Introduced by Men With Balls exhibition curator Simon Critchley.
thur, jun 10: 6-8 pm
EXHIBITION OPENING Men With Balls: The Art of the 2010 World Cup curated by Simon Critchley
The FIFA World Cup is the most important and widely watched sporting event in the world and will run this year from June 11 - July 11, 2010, in South Africa. This exhibition will create the perfect football environment, a sort of mini-soccer paradise for watching games.
sat, may 22: 4-6 pm
EXHIBITION TALK Thom Donovan and Sreshta Rit Premnath, at the invitation of Museo magazine, will interview Svetlana Boym and Matthew Buckingham about the potential of unrealized futures.
In conjunction with Don't Piss on Me and Tell Me it's Raining
tue, may 18: 6 pm
EXHIBITION TALK: BRIDGET ELMER and EMILY LARNED INTRODUCE ILSSA
Impractical Labor in Service of the Speculative Arts is
a membership organization for those who make experimental or conceptual work with obsolete technology.
In conjunction with Don't Piss on Me and Tell Me it's Raining
wed, apr 28: 6 pm
EXHIBITION TALK: PAINTERS/PAINTING
Tom Sanford will moderate a panel of five other painters who will talk about painting, including: Kamrooz Aram, Holly Coulis, David Humphrey, Dike Blair and Deborah Kass.
In conjunction with Don't Piss on Me and Tell Me it's Raining
thu, april 8: 6 pm
EXHIBITION TALK: JEFFREY DEITCH AND CARLO MCCORMICK
On the eve of Deitch's departure from New York, McCormick will talk to him about his time and legacy as one of the most visible, dynamic and controversial players in the New York art world.
In conjunction with Don't Piss on Me and Tell Me it's Raining
wed, apr 7: 6-8 pm
EXHIBITION OPENING Don't Piss on Me and Tell Me it's Raining organized by Bad at Sports
You have a question, Bad at Sports has an answer. Part retrospective, part answers to submitted video questions, this exhibition will
shed some light on the podcast and blog Bad at Sports.
thu, apr 1: 6:30 pm
RESIDENT CONVERSATION
Current apexart Inbound resident Maria-Kristiina Soomre in discussion with Anneliis Beadnell, curator of Latatara at the New York Estonian House (opens March 27).
thu, mar 25: 7-9 pm Literary Event For New Authors organized by apexart
The reading series continues with a final night of selections from recent work, including readings by Rachel DeWoskin
Keith Devin Morton, Deji Olukotun and Kerri Schlottman.
tue, mar 23: 7-9 pm --- wed, mar 24: 7-9 pm The Almost Famous Reading Series curated by author Bruce Bauman apexart is pleased to present its inaugural reading series presenting the work of new and emerging authors. Featuring eight writers of diverse genres, the evenings promise to unleash exciting new voices on the American literary landscape.
thu, mar 18: 7-9 pm ---
fri, mar 19: 7-9pm --- sat, mar 20: 3-5 pm And the moral of the story is...: three days of movie screenings curated by Zoë Gray
An extract from the eponymous non-stop film program that took place February 4-7, 2010, as
part of the year-long Morality project at Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam.
sat, mar 13: 2-5 pm Saturday afternoon silkscreening workshop for kids ages 6-12
In conjunction with the apexart exhibition free size in Thailand, where artists will work alongside employees inside the Sinudom Silk Screen Factory, the New York space will host a silkscreening workshop for kids. Instructor McKendree Key will teach silkscreening basics and t-shirts will be on hand to purchase for $3.
sat, mar 13: 2-6 pm — apexart opens in Samut Sakhon, Thailand
For Franchise 2010 we received 243 exhibition proposals from 63 countries, and jurors submitted over 5,000 votes to identify a winner. We are pleased to announce that an exhibition to be located in Samut Sakhon, Thailand, authored by Logan Bay, has won.
thu, mar 4: 6-8 pm
Come learn about apexart's Franchise project and the winning exhibition free size, which will be on view from
March 13 - April 17 in Samut Sakhon, Thailand.
tue, feb 23: 7:00 pm
The Law of Capital: Histories of Oppression
Presentation by Marina Grzinic (Ljubljana, Slovenia). Discussion on the topic of
De-linking From Capital and the Colonial Matrix of Power with guests: Neferti X. M. Tadiar, Jonathan Beller and Besnik Pula.
feb 16-20
A week of events organized by Antony Hudek, curator of The Incidental Person. The week culminates with a roundtable discussion with Claire Bishop, Noa Latham, Julie Martin, Barbara Steveni and Stephen Wright on Saturday, February 20, 3 pm.
sun, jan 17, 7:00 pm
PERFORMANCE
In conjunction with the exhibition The
Incidental Person curated by Antony Hudek, join artist Will Holder to celebrate the one million and forty-seventh birthday of art.
sat, feb 9
RESIDENT CONVERSATION
New apexart Programs Manager Julia Knight speaks with current Inbound Resident Noy Chum about her month long stay in New York.
sat, jan 9, 3:00 pm
GALLERY TALK
In conjunction with the exhibition The
Incidental Person curated by Antony Hudek, join in the launch of the Polygon Project by Raphaële Bidault-Waddington.
wed, jan 6, 2010: 6:30 pm
EXHIBITION OPENING The
Incidental Person curated by Antony Hudek
The late British artist John Latham referred to the 'Incidental Person' as someone who invests a situation, observes it and responds to it in a specific, though not necessarily tangible or practical, way.
wed, nov 11: 6:30
pm
EXHIBITION TALK:
A Slice of Pie with Alanna Heiss
Discussion between Alanna Heiss, Nancy Hwang and Sandra Skurvida,
in conjunction with AVANT-GUIDE
TO NYC: Discovering Absence.
wed, nov 4: 6-8
pm
EXHIBITION OPENING: AVANT-GUIDE
TO NYC: Discovering Absence maps the art environment of New York
of the twentieth century, reconnecting historic sites to their present
functions.
wed, sep
30: 6:30 pm
RESIDENT TALK: Poetry and Innocence
Poetry is compared to childhood games as a means to dissolve the distance
between subject and object. Join current apexart resident LUIS SAGASTI in
conversation with New York based poet and art critic RAPHAEL RUBINSTEIN.
fri, sep
18: 6:30 pm
EXHIBITION TALK A Way Beyond
Fashion exhibition curator ROBERT PUNKENHOFER moderates a discussion
with JENNY MARKETOU, VITO ACCONCI and CARLA FERNANDEZ.
wed, sep
16: 6-8 pm
OPENING RECEPTION: A
Way Beyond Fashion
Art and fashion's influence on the definition of society, identity and culture
as well as the relationship between fashion design, cultural engagement and
performative action constitute the thematic core of this exhibition.
wed, july
29: 6:30 pm
Current apexart resident British artist KELLY WARMAN, and
MATTHEW LYONS, curator for the Kitchen, discuss the translation
of the written word into performative, mediated and cinematic
space, focusing on contemporary literature and film that
has evolved from the novel form. In addition, Kelly Warman
will read excerpts from her residency diary.
wed, july
1: 6:30 pm
MODULAR CULTURE: ARCHITECTURE AND THE ART WORLD'S GREAT FRANCHISE EXPERIMENT
As part of apexart's Franchise
Project JOSEPH GRIMA will discuss the role of architecture and how it
relates to the success story of franchising in the U.S., examining the standardized
architectural prototypes of franchising alongside the typography of the "white
cube" gallery space.
wed, june
24: 6:30 pm
STANISLAW RUKSZA (curator, art historian) and MARTHA KIRSZENBAUM (curator)
consider stereotyped myths of Poland and communism, peripheries as stimulating
places, and European politics and the conservative shift. They will also
discuss the power of utopia, Polish critical art, history, and curatorial
strategies.
various
dates and times
See X,
Y, Z, and U events program for related workshops, discussions and
community interventions in Los Angeles in conjunction with apexart's Franchise in
Los Angeles
wed, may
20: 6:30 pm ser·en·dip·i·ty (srn-dp-t):
Current apexart resident Rebecca Key and
curator/media historian Michael Connor meet
for the first time in person. What can you learn about a person
in the first meeting? What will they talk about? Anything.....everything......or
nothing?
wed, apr
29: 6:30 pm Plastic Surgeon: Craftsman or Artist? Anthony Berlet, M.D., curator of apexart's current
exhibition I
Am Art discusses historical practices, modern procedures
and the fine line between craftsmanship and art in contemporary
plastic surgery.
wed, apr
15: 6:30 pm Cosmetic surgery, commercialization and culture: The
case of the 'designer vagina'
A talk by Dr. Virginia Braun in conjunction with the exhibition I
Am Art, curated by Anthony Berlet, M.D.
wed, mar
11: 6:30 pm resident/alien: Come and hear apexart's
Inbound and Outbound Residents Sofija
Grandakovska, Edwin
Ramoran, and Jayson
Keeling talk with Carlo McCormick about their
experiences as an apexart resident.
thur, feb
26: 6:30 pm apexart welcomes Brett Loudermilk,
one of today's top sideshow performers and authority on the strange,
the odd and the bizarre. Brett will discuss what it was like growing
up in a Pentecostal Faith Healing tent show, traveling in the last
carnival Ten-in-One sideshow in America, and how he became the
youngest sword swallower in the world. Brett will perform select
pieces from his one-man show and will answer any questions the
audience may have. Not only is the event free, but as a bonus after
all questions have been addressed, visitors will be shown the Egress.
In conjunction with Kick
My Heart's Ass.
wed, feb 11:
6-8 pm
Opening reception for Kick
My Heart's Ass curated by Davy Rothbart
If the secrets to finding true love are often elusive, well, so are
the secrets to making films about love. How do you inject humor into
a film about heartbreak? How do you portray a happy romance without
being too saccharine and oversentimental? Author and filmmaker Davy
Rothbart, at work on a personal documentary called My Heart Is An
Idiot, has asked a collection of talented and eclectic friends
to explore these and other challenges by producing short, love-related
films of their own.
thur, jan
28: 6:30 pm resident/alien: Come and hear apexart's
Inbound and Outbound Residents Shawna
McLeod and Michelle
Rosenberg talk with Carlo McCormick about
their experiences as an apexart resident.
fri, dec 12:
10 am - 5 pm
Parallel symposium in conjunction with apexart exhibition Nameless
Science at The Cooper Union (Wollman Auditorium). Concerning
the Significance of Artistic Research for Art Education with presentations
by artists in the exhibition, discussions with critical referents and
keynote statements by Sarat Maharaj, Grant Kester and George Smith.
wed, dec 10:
6-8 pm
Opening reception for Nameless
Science curated by Henk Slager
The debate on artistic research emerging worldwide in the field of visual
art for some five years focuses on what artistic research could be or
should be. Nameless Science aims to expand this debate by showing
the outcome of artistic research in seven examples of best practices
from artistic PhD projects.
due date:
dec 1, 2008
apexart - The Franchise
Submit
up to a 250-word statement on why apexart should Franchise
in your city or town, anywhere in the world. Details at: apexart/franchise.php.
thur, nov
13: 6:30 pm
How innocent is that? Join current apexart resident Eugen
Radescu in conversation with Bosko Blagojevic about the role of
innocence in the post societies. Coming from Romania, a post communist,
post modern and post conceptual society, Eugen Radescu will be talking
about the subject of innocence and its political and social implications
in modern day Romania.
sun, nov 2:
7 pm SNOW by John Jesurun at Monkeytown
in Brooklyn
A toxic American cocktail of death, desire, technology, and television.
Jesurun's four screen mixdown of the original 2000 performance launches
four "characters" and twenty-two shifting POVs through the
unforgiving eye of one virtual actor. Admission is free.
In conjunction with Perverted
by Theater.
sat, nov 1:
4-7 pm Kabir Carter's performance Shared Frequencies is a portable sound installation and performance
environment that relies on multiplex radio communications events as
its primary performance material.
In conjunction with Perverted
by Theater.
wed,
oct 22: 6-8 pm
Opening reception for Perverted
by Theater with performance by Trajal Harrell.
This exhibition selects art for its theatricality and installing it
in an environment molded by theater, invoking the temporal dimension,
the subject/object relation, the audience, the presence of the actor,
the event of attending the theater, character, plot structure, the
use of text in performance, and mimesis in order to reexamine the
triangulation of visual art, performance, and theater.
thur, oct
16: 7-9 pm
fauxgala '08
We request the
presence of your attendance at apexart's premiere fauxgala
'08 during which there will a special event exhibition entitled the The Man Piece, a Group Show, curated by Vanessa Walters.
thur, oct
2: 6-9 pm
Public Program
Discussion
with Melissa Rachleff Burtt, Jem Cohen, Dr. Bonnie S. Kaufman, M.D.,
Luc Sante and Harley Spiller, including a screening of Jem Cohen's 1996
film Lost Book Found.
wed, sep 24:
6-8 pm
Public Program
Join apexart and Mark Elijah Rosenberg, Founder
& Artistic Director of ROOFTOP FILMS, in a discussion on the technological
movement in cell phone capability that is influencing and altering the
public’s ability to capture moments, generate content, and create
entirely new modes of communication.
thur, sept
4: 6-8 pm
Opening reception for SCRAWL
Nearly 100 handmade pronouncements collected from the streets and subways
of New York City over the last 25 years.
wed,
july 23: 6:30, 7:00, 7:30 and 8:00 pm (tours every 30 min)
Special Tours for Nessie
Does New York
Join
Dr. Alexis Macnab, Cryptozoologist, as she explores and explains the
origins, symbolism and hoaxes that populate the field. Hear tales of
sightings, notorious exploits, scandals and fantasy that surround these
tales and the science that guides Cryptozoologists.
wed,
july 9: 6:30 pm
Three Moons of Jupiter: A Conversation from the Post-Communist Universe Join current apexart resident Simon
Rees in conversation with ISCP residents Diana Artus and Jan Serych
as they explore legacies of communist modernity and its impact on Lithuania,
the former DDR, and the Czech Republic.
wed,
july 2: 6-8 pm
Opening reception for Nessie
Does New York
Think
that the Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot, Chupcabra and other creatures don't
exist? THINK AGAIN! Coming to apexart July 2 through August 2.
sat,
jun 4
public program: Response: incomplete world
New York video artist Shelly Silver organizes a day of activity around
issues of individual and collective responsibility, which includes a
preview of her soon to be finished film incomplete world.
thur,
jun 12
public program: Abecedarium for Our Times
Radhika Subramaniam launches an Abecedarium for Our Times -
a chapbook for re-visioning our words and our world with contributions
from 26 writers and artists.
wed,
jun 11
public program: Supermasochist
Sheree Rose, companion and dominatrix of Bob Flanagan shows unseen segments
of and talks about Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist.
Preceded by daytime film screenings.
sat,
jun 7
public program: Love Thy Neighbor
Berlin-based artist Daniel Seiple curates Love Thy Neighbor, including
works by Peter Fend, Robert Longo, Michael Smith, and Lester Miller.
fri,
jun 6
public program: Jocasta preview
Vicky Shick curates excerpts projected on the walls from Elise Kermani's
film, Jocasta, along with objects in the gallery space by Barbara Kilpatrick.
wed,
jun 4
resident performance: Azeb Worku Sibane
The Devil's Scarf and The Lion's Whiskers. Traditional Ethiopian Fairy
Tales. apexart’s current international resident Azeb Worku Sibane,
Addis Ababa, engages the audience in stories originating from her native
Ethiopia.
may
26
exhibition opening: ABACA
ABACA (Arts Benefits All Coalition Alternative) high school students
Opening Reception, Blue Print. From the Ground Up.
With special student presentation at 7pm.
apr
30
film screening: The Devil and Daniel Johnston
Delve into the artistic genius and manic depression of singer/songwriter/artist
Daniel Johnston to learn about madness, creativity and love. Current
footage, vintage performances, home movies and interviews with friends
and families draw an intimate portrait of one of the founders of Indie
music. Directed by Jeff Feuerzeig.
feb
29
exhibition talk: Boris Groys
Please join apexart and Boris Groys in a public discussion of the current
exhibition, Thinking in Loop: Three videos on iconoclasm, ritual and
immortality. Groys will describe the inception and method behind his
video collages, followed by questions from apexart Executive Director
Steven Rand and the audience.
feb
16
performance: Already in Progress
Join us for Already in Progress, a multimedia comedy about the best
modern art America is producing today...television!
feb
6
public program: Out of the Studio
A conversation between apexart resident Stefan Çapaliku (Albania)
and ISCP residents Miha Presker and Luiza Margan (Slovenia), who are
working in the literary and visual arts, respectively.
jan
9
exhibition opening: The (Self)Promotion Show
apexart held an open call, requesting submissions of a 30-second TV
commercial about us from individuals and collaborative groups. In addition
to being on view as part of the living-room-style installation, the
commercials are available for viewing on our website, where viewers
voted for their favorite commerical which aired on TV.
dec
12 resident talk: Maria-Ines Rodriguez
Resident Maria Inès Rodriguez, a Colombian-born curator working
in France and Spain, discussed her recent project -- part exhibition,
part seminar, part meeting place -- entitled Habitat / Variation.
nov
30 artist talk: Amy Balkin and
Jens Haaning
Jens Haaning and Amy Balkin on Art and Public Domain in conjunction
with the exhibition Land Grab.
nov
29 public workshop: Land Grab
"Strategies of Occupation: Grabbing Land and The Political Agency
of The Artist" Join Land Grab curators for a Public Workshop at
Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School.
nov
13 resident talk: Dorothy Amenuke
Resident Dorothy Amenuke (Kumasi, Ghana) in discussion with Judy Sigunick.
nov
11 artist talk: John Hawke
The artist gives an on-site talk about his intervention in a bus shelter
in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, in conjunction with the exhibition Land Grab.
nov 9 artist talk: Lars Vilks
Lars Vilks discusses his large-scale outdoor sculpture and the politics
of keeping it alive, in conjunction with the exhibition Land Grab.
nov 7 exhibition opening: Land Grab
curated by Sarah Lookofsky and Lillian Fellmann
nov 3 exhibition talk: Beyond Nostalgia
The exhibition's curators and special guests Croatian artist Sanja Ivekovic
and Russian-American theoretician Svetlana Boym discussed in conjunction
with the current exhibition Stalking with Stories: The Pioneers of the
Immemorable.
oct 25 panel discussion: The State of Residency
Residency programs have become an essential component of the arts community,
bringing hundreds of artists, curators and others to New York each year.
apexart presents a discussion with program administrators, funders,
and artists on the residency as an institution. Nathalie Angles, Fritzie
Brown, Alexandra do Carmo, Kambui Olujimi and Steven Rand in conversation.
oct 10 resident talk: Eduardo Verderame
Brazilian artist and curator Eduardo Verderame, discussed the complex
and ever-changing role played by public art in Brazil -- and, by way
of comparison, New York -- based on his experience as an organizer of
several large-scale arts events that are part festival, part street
intervention.
jun 26 film screening: Terror Tactics
In connection with the films screening Terror
Tactics, Olga Kopenkina, independent curator and art critic, discusses
issues related to paranoia with Mark Boswell, Jim Finn and Anton Koslov.
jun 13 residency talk: Stella Brennan
"There and
Back Again: Location, Situation and the Export Imperative" talk
by current resident Stella
Brennan
may 9 residency talk: Dejan Krsic
Is it possible to be a great (and) Eastern European artist?
Current apexart resident Dejan
Krsic (Designer and artist, Sarajevo) in dialogue with Gary Dufour
apr 20 residency talk: Boyan Manchev
"Our Capital
is Joy" - Current apexart resident Boyan
Manchev (Philosopher, Paris, Sofia) in dialogue with Radhika Subramaniam,
Director of Cultural Programs at Lower Manhattan Cultural Council; Boyan
Manchev will discuss "open concepts" such as disorganisation,
resistance, joy and community, while reflecting on the question: can
contemporary art still be radical if it can be at all.
apr 18 film screening: Wendelien van Oldenborgh
Maurits Script by Wendelien van Oldenborgh
Discussion with filmmaker and Emily Pethick (Director of Casco Office
for Art, Design and Theory, Utrecht ) will follow the screening.
2006
dec 5 Residency talk
Current apexart resident Hinako Kasagi (curator,
Nagoya City, Japan) and New York-based video artist and filmmaker Shelly
Silver discuss the past, present and future role of Japanese women in
the arts in Japan and abroad.
nov 29 exhibition opening Thanks: Returning the Favor reconsiders
the relationship of philanthropy, hidden meaning, and gift giving.
nov 15
public program
Jeff Howe (WIRED Magazine) discusses "crowdsourcing"
as a new corporate and cultural methodology.
nov 8
public program
FOUND Magazine's Davy Rothbart & Jason
Bitner share the latest, greatest finds to land at FOUND HQ and talk
about publishing FOUND Magazine. Featuring music from celebrated one-man
80's band Anvil.
nov 1
residency talk
Current apexart resident Erzen Shkololli
(artist and curator, Kosovo) in conversation with New York-based artist
and writer Sabrina Gschwandtner.
oct 18
exhibition opening
Phantom Captain: Art and Crowdsourcing curated
by Andrea Grover, the founder of the Aurora Picture Show, a non-profit
center for film, video and new media in Houston, Texas.
sep 6
exhibition opening
Neo-Con. Contemporary Returns to Conceptual
Art curated by Cristiana Perrella, curator of the Contemporary Arts
Program of the British School at Rome.
aug 2
public program
Visual artist and musician Satch Hoyt will
present improvised, self-conducted "soundscapes" on flute,
percussion, and toys, with special guest Charles Fambo.
jul 5
exhibition opening
Gifts go in one direction curated by Alexander
Nagel, a writer and art historian who teaches at the University of Toronto
MAY 24
exhibition opening
Sweet Taboos: A Mini Tirana Biennale in
New York curated by Edi Muka, a freelance curator based in Tirana and
Stockholm.
MAY 17
exhibition talk
Displaced Histories: What are the potential
gains of physical and intellectual relocation? And, more importantly,
can we displace our focus without losses? Aniko Erdosi (curator and
art historian, Budapest, Hungary), Hakan Topal (artist and founding
member of Xurban_Collective, New York - Istanbul), and Katarina Sevic
(artist, Budapest) will discuss issues of transference and displacement
as addressed by the exhibition.
MAY 10
residency talk
Current apexart resident Tamara Diaz Bringas
(curator and writer, Costa Rica) and New York-based artist Pablo Helguera
discuss creative trends in Central America.
APR 12
exhibition opening Re_dis_trans curated by Aniko Erdosi, an
art historian and independent curator from Budapest.
JAN 22
exhibition opening Neo Sincerity: The Difference Between the
Comic and the Cosmic is a Single Letter curated by Amei Wallach, art
critic based in NYC
MAR 16
exhibition opening Social
Democracy Revisited curated by Jonas Ekeberg, Director,
The Preus Museum (Horten, Norway)
MAR 12
exhibition opening Maurizio Couldn't Be
Here Bootlegs by Eric Doeringer, organized by Fernanda
Arruda
MAR 15
exhibition opening
Maurizio Couldn't Be
Here The Taste of Others - video, installation, performance
works and traditional Afghan dish tasting) curated by Leeza
Ahmady
FEB 23
residency talk Kai
Ozawa, curator (Tokyo, Japan) with Yukie Kamiya,
Associate Curator, New Museum (NYC)
FEB 19
exhibition opening
Maurizio Couldn't Be
Here ARTCOM - The
Final Frontier Professional TV directors create 30 or 60
sec. spots featuring artists and their work
FEB 12
exhibition opening Maurizio Couldn't Be
Here
Harrell Fletcher presents Come Together (NYC) - an all day event with 25+ special
guest speakers
FEB 9
exhibition talk Too
Much Pollution to Demonstrate with Negar Azimi, Abbas Milani, and
Farhad Moshiri at the Tribeca Grand, Grand Screen room
OCT 27
residency talk
Beatriz Santiago Muñoz will speak about the contemporary art scene in Puerto Rico and screen
some Puerto Rican archival films alongside some of her recent videos.
Co-Director and Co-Founder of Cinema Tropical (NYC) Carlos Gutierrez
will introduce Beatriz and moderate a discussion following.
NOV 10
exhibition opening Drafting
Deceit curated by Marta Kuzma
OCT 27
residency talk A
talk about recent representational trends in South Eastern Europe, current apexart residents Adrian Paci and Natasa Petresin
introduce their own work and the work of their peers from this region.
OCT 2
special program
Sina Queyras (writer, Brooklyn) will introduce
Etgar Keret (writer, Israel), who will then read some of his award-winning
short stories, followed by a question and answer session.
SEP 29
residency talk
Belgian curator and writer Philippe
Pirotte will speak on notions of the idyll as a reflection on temporality.
SEP 22
gallery talk
Artists Gregory Green and
Beryl Korot speak about their work in the
exhibition Building
the Unthinkable curated by Christian Stayner.
JUN 2
residency talk
Rasha Salti (ArteEast, NYC & Ashkal-Alwan,
Beirut) will introduce Adania
Shibli (writer, Palestine), who will then read from a selection
of her short stories about daily life in Palestine in both Arabic and
English. A discussion following will be lead by Suhail Shadoud (Adjunct
Professor, Arabic Language at Columbia University)
MAY 12
special program
The Reemergence of the Oral Tradition in
the Digital Age: POETRY TV! Bob Holman, poetry pioneer and founder of
the Bowery Poetry Club in New York, will present some of his poems and
show excerpts from The United States of Poetry.
MAY 5
residency talk Arik
Miranda and Nancy Schwartzman will speak about Xtra Large and Heeb
Magazine, the work of their peers, and introduce their own multi-disciplinary
art practices.
APR 7
residency talk Gavin
Shettler (curator, Portland, Oregon) will speak about The Modern
Zoo: Center for Arts and the Portland contemporary art scene.
MAR 20
gallery talk
On the
use-value of art, presented by Stephen Wright with the participation
of Bureau d'études, Atlas Group, Grupo de Arte Callejero, Yes
men and special guests.
MAR 17
exhibition opening The
Future of the Reciprocal Readymade (The use-value of art) curated
by Stephen Wright (critic, Paris). What happens when art crops up in
the everyday, not to aestheticize it, but to inform it?
MAR 10
residency talk
Maria Clara Bernal (art historian, Bogota/London)
will give a historical introduction to the terms "Créolité"
and "Creolization" – which refer to the way cultures
change through exchange. Caecilia Tripp (P.S.1 resident artist, Paris)
will screen fragments of her video work Une agor reunionnaise which
deals with different aspects of these terms.
FEB 25
exhibition walk-through
With contributors to Treasure
Maps, curated by Janine Antoni
Chitra Ganesh, Tim R. Riley, Michael Schumacher, Elizabeth Streb and
Vinzenz Unger will speak about their work. In addition, Susan Sollins
will speak about the work of Earle Brown.
FEB 11
exhibition opening Treasure
Maps curated by Janine Antoni
JAN 28
residency talk
The Jamaican Experience through images and
dialogue, examining the differences and similarities between Caribbean
and North American art practices. Stanford Watson and Catherine Amidon
JAN 31
artist talk
Michael Rakowitz speaks in conjuction with Adaptations
JAN 14
gallery talk
A conversation with artists Oscar Tuazon
and Ocean Earth in conjuction with Adaptations
JAN 10
artist talk
Kim Adams
(Toronto) and Stealth Group (Rotterdam/Belgrade) in conjuction with Adaptations
JAN 7
exhibition opening Adaptations curated by Craig Buckley
2003
DEC 10
residency talk
This talk between Zhang Weiwei and
Christopher Phillips will introduce the Pearl River
Delta area - the landscape, urbanization, economics, and local culture
- as context for exploring Chinese contemporary art and the strategy
of Vitamin Creative Space.
DEC 3
special program
Three Artists on Modernism and the Relevance
of its Social and Aesthetic Utopia to Their Work organized by independent
curator Carin Kuoni: Terence Gower (Mexico City and New York), Nicholas
Herman (New York), and Ivan Navarro (Santiago, Chile and New York) will
talk about their work and discuss shared—and divergent—takes
on Modernism.
NOV 19
special program
A talk by Turkish artist Serkan Özkaya
NOV 15
curator talk
Curator team WHW speaks in conjunction with Looking
Awry
NOV 12
exhibition opening
Looking
Awry organized by Zagreb-based curatorial collective 'What, How &
for Whom' (WHW) - Ivet Curlin, Ana Devic, Natasa Ilic and Sabina Sabolovic
OCT 29
gallery program
Video screening of work by El Vicio,
"Posesión Extraterrestre"; Helena Producciones, "El
Libro de Ultratumba"; and Miguel Calderón, "Discípula
del Velocímetro" led by Carlos Gutiérrez (co-founder
and co-director, Cinema Tropical, NYC)
OCT 22
residency talk
Savvas Christodoulides is an artist who
was born in Cyprus and is currently obtaining his PhD in Arts Plastique
at the University of Provence in Marseille, France.
OCT 1
special program
A video/film programmed by Gary Cannone
(artist, Los Angeles/Rome) selected by Irene Tsatsos, Los Angeles Contemporary
Exhibitions
SEP 24
residency talk
The Identity of the Mexican Art Scene: Confronting
the Mainstream with Douglas Rodrigo Rada Parejas
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