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<nettime-ann> 5/19: ISSUE Project Room's psychedelic 6th Anniversary at Galapagos


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ISSUE PROJECT ROOM PRESENTS A PSYCHEDELIC BIRTHDAY PARTY
AT GALAPAGOS ART SPACE

Avant-Garde Film-Inspired Benefit to
Celebrate ISSUE's Sixth Anniversary on May 19

Brooklyn, NY - Loosely drawing conceptually from Alejandro Jodorowsky's 1973 masterpiece of psychedelic cinema The Holy Mountain, ISSUE Project Room will present a sumptuous event for the senses at Galapagos Art Space. Marking ISSUE's sixth anniversary, the event will be part costume party, and part benefit, with raffles, prizes, auctions along with some wild performances. All proceeds from the evening will benefit ISSUE Project Room, one of New York City's premier destinations for experimental culture and avant-garde performing arts.

The Evening's Delights & Highlights:

- Elysian Fields

- JG Thirlwell with Ed Pastorini, Ben Perowsky and Oren Bloedow

 



- Live visuals by Brock Monroe - A live cinema artist and designer, working mainly in the connection of improvisatory projections to music, Brock is also a member of the infamous Joshua Light Show.

- Straight and Narrow (1970) - Film screening by Tony Conrad with soundtrack by John Cale and Terry Riley.

- Films by Martha Colburn and Marie Losier.

 

- Ray Sweeten - A composer and software designer, working in the intersection between image and sound using a hybrid of digital and analog media.  

 

-  Additional Performances by:

 

MV Carbon and Seth meets SSPSS (members of Excepter).

 

- DJ Fabio from WFMU's "Strength through Failure".


- Robot Movie, Directed by Jim Sharpe with soundtrack by Lary Seven.

 



Additional performers TBA.



When:            Tuesday, May 19, 2009
            6:30 - 8pm - VIP Reception With the Artists


8 pm - General Admission

Where:          

 

Galapagos Art Space 

16 Main Street            

Brooklyn, NY

Tickets:        

 

$30 General Admission

$50 Reserved Seating

$100 VIP Reception With the Artists (Reserved Seating Tickets Included)

More Information:    

 

www.issueprojectroom.org 

718.330.0313

 

Attire:            Experimental/Cinematical/Inspired

 

 

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ABOUT ISSUE PROJECT ROOM

Founded in 2003 by visionary artist Suzanne Fiol in response to the critical deficit of art centres in our culture, ISSUE Project Room, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts presenter, has emerged as a vital meeting place for the most disparate forms of creativity whose sole criteria embodies the integrity and spirit of artistic _expression_ and exploration.  Through an evolving collaboration with curators, artists and educators, ISSUE Project Room seeks to foster a wide-range of artistic projects that challenge and expand conventional practices in art.  Since its inception, ISSUE Project Room has produced more than 750 critically acclaimed visual arts, sound/video installation, new and improvised music, and literary programs to an audience of 50,000 youth and adults.  For more information on ISSUE and its programs, please visit www.issueprojectroom.org.


 

 

ISSUE PROJECT ROOM


BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Marc Zegans, Board Chair
Suzanne Fiol, President
Steve Wax, Treasurer
Anjali Kumar, Secretary
Jo Andres
Steve Buscemi
Tony Conrad
Robert Longo

ART ADVISORY BOARD
Paul Auster
William Basinski
Rhys Chatham
David Grubbs
Bob Holman
Shahzad Ismaily
Jim Jarmusch
John Jesurun
Charlotta Kotik
Jonathan Lethem
Evan Lurie
John Lurie
Moby
Rick Moody
Stephan Moore
Lawrence D. Morris
Julian Schnabel
Elliott Sharp
Mark Stewart
Edwin Torres
John Turturro
Kate Valk
Anne Waldman
Hal Willner
Robert Wilson


232 3rd Street, 3rd Floor | Brooklyn, NY 11215 US

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