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Monday, APRIL 1
Anca Benera & Irini Botea, INTER-COMMUNICATION,
on behalf of the artists, who are in Romania, Sal Randolph will go to
a public space teach 15 persons a Romanian phrase: "Eu fac ce mi
s-a spus sa fac" which means "I am doing what I was told to
do". Location & time TBA.
Michael Cunningham, THE WHOLE STORY
BEGINS BEFORE THE BEGINNING, ENDS AFTER THE END, AND EVERYBODY'S IN IT,
I will write a short story in 30 parts, cut it into 30 pieces, and each
day release a piece somewhere in the city. None of the 30 fragments to
be released over the month of April could possibly be found by the same
person; each will, like any story, be an enigmatic part of a whole we
can never grasp. April 1-30.
Lauren Ewing, IN A PEACEFUL WORLD,
small cards saying "In a peaceful world, 50% of the governing bodies
must be women" distributed in an an eight-lobed flower shape around
the World Trade Center, beginning March 31. They will be in place as long
as they last.
Tuesday APRIL 2
FREE BIENNIAL OPENING PARTY, Party and dance to the subcontinental
sounds of the amazing DJ Rekha
(Basement Bhangra, Mutiny) as you celebrate with the Free Biennial artists.
8PM - midnight, on the Frying Pan, Pier 63 (just north of Chelsea Piers
at W. 23rd St). MAP & DIRECTIONS
John Perreault, ALPHABET STREETWORK,
All 26 letters of the alphabet will be applied to various surfaces on
the two streets and two avenues surrounding Tompkins Square Park (East
7th Street and East 10th Street; Avenue A and Avenue B). April 2, 2002,
until no letters of the alphabet remain.
Wednesday, APRIL 3
Veronica Reilly & Steve Page, HAPPY
TRAVELER, Outdoor exhibition opening & performance, cake will
be served. 6PM - 8PM. Happy Traveler can be found on the fence on Bedford
Avenue at the corner of N. 11th Street (near the Bedford Avenue L train
stop). It is on the east side facing an empty lot with an Orthodox church
as its backdrop.
Constant, SNACKONART, a half
hour of video art on public access TV, broadcast schedule: MNN-TV in Manhattan,
April 3 & 17 11:30PM (Channel 34 or 107 bi-weekly), April 4 &
18 at 8:00PM (Channel 57 or 109 bi-weekly), BCAT-TV in Brooklyn, April
5, 12, 19, 26 10:00 PM (channel 34 or 67).
Thursday,
APRIL 4
Constant, SNACKONART, a half
hour of video art on public access TV, broadcast schedule: MNN-TV in Manhattan,
April 3 & 17 11:30PM (Channel 34 or 107 bi-weekly), April 4 &
18 at 8:00PM (Channel 57 or 109 bi-weekly), BCAT-TV in Brooklyn, April
5, 12, 19, 26 10:00 PM (channel 34 or 67).
Friday, APRIL 5
Glowlab Collective, OPEN LAB [01],
Opening reception & party for the inaugural exhibition of this Brooklyn-based
but internationally connected group of artists & musicians, 6-9PM
75 Roebling St, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Magdalen Pierrakos & Istvan Szilasi, FEAR
OF EMPTY SPACE, VS., a studio show of installation and video.
Friday April 5th, Saturday April 6th, and Sunday April 7th during the
hours of 3 to 6 p.m. Opening reception, Friday the 5th from 6 to 9 p.m.
Istvan Szilasi's studio located at: 702 E.5th St Ground Floor
Constant, SNACKONART, a half
hour of video art on public access TV, broadcast schedule: MNN-TV in Manhattan,
April 3 & 17 11:30PM (Channel 34 or 107 bi-weekly), April 4 &
18 at 8:00PM (Channel 57 or 109 bi-weekly), BCAT-TV in Brooklyn, April
5, 12, 19, 26 10:00 PM (channel 34 or 67).
Saturday,
APRIL 6
Lisa Rodasta, SET: 500 GOALS,
Lisa Rodasta’s performance piece involves kicking a ball against
the outer walls of Chelsea galleries, 12PM-5PM, Chelsea Gallery district
between 20th & 25th streets, 10th to 11th Avenues.
Deric Carner, GENERIC FUN ICON DISTRIBUTION
PERFORMANCE, A wheel-less-barrow making its way from the Martha
Stewart Omnimedia headquarters (601 W. 26th St) to the Astor Place K-Mart.
Begins at 1PM in front of 601 W. 26th St.
FREE ART TABLE, dispensing free
art and information about the Free Biennial, 22st St between 10th-11th
avenues 12PM-3PM
Magdalen Pierrakos & Istvan Szilasi, FEAR
OF EMPTY SPACE, VS., a studio show of installation and video.
Friday April 5th, Saturday April 6th, and Sunday April 7th during the
hours of 3 to 6 p.m. Opening reception, Friday the 5th from 6 to 9 p.m.
Istvan Szilasi's studio located at: 702 E.5th St Ground Floor.
Rocky Kagoshima, TORA, TORA, TORA,
dyptich paintings, shown every Saturday & Sunday, between 10AM to
dusk. West Broadway, between Spring and Broome Street. Next to the telephone
box.
Sunday, APRIL 7
Michael Konrad, HARLEM RIVER RENTAL,
own the river for 20 minutes by filling a parking meter that drops quarters
in the water. An initial supply of quarters will be provided. Pier 107
at East 107th St. and the Harlem River. The sculpture will be on the railing
near the beginning of the pier. on view April 7 and it will last an indefinite
amount of time. (This project is subject to impermanance and could possibly
be removed at any time.)
Magdalen Pierrakos & Istvan Szilasi, FEAR
OF EMPTY SPACE, VS., a studio show of installation and video.
Friday April 5th, Saturday April 6th, and Sunday April 7th during the
hours of 3 to 6 p.m. Opening reception, Friday the 5th from 6 to 9 p.m.
Istvan Szilasi's studio located at: 702 E.5th St Ground Floor
Rocky
Kagoshima, TORA, TORA, TORA,
dyptich paintings, shown every Saturday & Sunday, between 10AM to
dusk. West Broadway, between Spring and Broome Street. Next to the telephone
box.
Monday,
APRIL 8
Phil Kline, SHADOW TRAFFIC (URBAN
WORK IN PROGRESS), a work for an infinite number of boomboxes
playing coordinated tapes to be carried through the streets of the Lower
East Side. Begins in Tomkins Square Park at 8PM. (those wishing to carry
boomboxes email boombox@mindspring.com or call 212-227-6255 & plan
to arrive at 7:45) Shadow Traffic is also part of the Music at the Anthology
Festival at the Angel Orensanz Center.
Wednesday,
APRIL 10
LOUDMOUTH COLLECTIVE, sidewalks
decorated with parts of a poem, evolving from April 10-25th on streets
in the East Village.
PERMANENT VACATION, Senior Exhibition for students in NYU Studio
Program, reception, 5PM -7PM, NYU Rosenberg Gallery. 34 Stuyvesant Street
Thursday,
APRIL 11
FREE SOUNDS CONCERT, Brooklyn
radio free103.9 hosts a free concert highlighting the incredible diversity
of musics being performed in Williamsburg. Including Matt LaVelle Solo
Birthday Bomb, Gold Sparkle's electro-connect, Big Numbers, and DJs, Dizzy
and C$, 8PM-12pm at the free103.9 radio loft, 97 S.6th St. Brooklyn, beneath
the Williamsburg Bridge.
Monica Tap, SWEETHEART, a
series of fridge magnets that use quotes from candied Valentine's hearts
to express affection, desire, abandon and gratitude. The magnets will
be placed on metal surfaces near museums and galleries in the city (MOMA,
Whitney, Met, Guggenheim, New Museum, Frick, Pierpont Morgan Library,
gallery districts in Chelsea, SoHo and midtown). Finders are welcome to
become keepers. April 11-30
Friday,
APRIL 12
Nicole Fournier & Vincent Salvati, 50
TRASHY IDEAS, an installation in the 2nd floor restroom of the
Whitney Museum, Each stall will contain a brown paper bag filled with
crumpled up pieces of paper, each containing what society would consider
a bad or ‘trashy’ idea. The Whitney Museum is at 945 Madison
Avenue at 75th Street
Shayna Blum & others, E=MC2,
a gallery & performance space showing 30 plus emerging artists working
in painting, sculpture, photography, fashion, film, music, and theater.
Art party 7PM - midnight, 61 North Henry Street, btwn driggs and meeker
ave., Williamsburg, Brooklyn (L train to Beford ave, walk north on Bedford
until it turns into Nassau ave, turn right onto Russell street, take the
first left onto Driggs Ave., and then take the first right onto North
Henry st...)
Constant, SNACKONART, a half
hour of video art on public access TV, broadcast schedule: MNN-TV in Manhattan,
April 3 & 17 11:30PM (Channel 34 or 107 bi-weekly), April 4 &
18 at 8:00PM (Channel 57 or 109 bi-weekly), BCAT-TV in Brooklyn, April
5, 12, 19, 26 10:00 PM (channel 34 or 67).
Saturday,
APRIL 13
Mitzi Chaves and others, WISH RELEASE,
a roving performance with wishes released into the sky, 12PM -3PM Chelsea
Streets, Jackson Square, the intersection of Greenwich Ave & 8th Ave.
FREE ART TABLE, dispensing free
art and information about the Free Biennial, 12PM - 3PM. Bedford St near
7th, Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
FREE MARKET FLEA MARKET, a glowlab
project, will take place during the afternoon hours on the corner of n.
7th street and bedford ave. in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Rocky Kagoshima, TORA, TORA, TORA,
dyptich paintings, shown every Saturday & Sunday, between 10AM to
dusk. West Broadway, between Spring and Broome Street. Next to the telephone
box.
Sunday, APRIL 14
Permanent Marks, PUBLIC SEX ACTS PRESENTS:
ROUNDEST WHEEL, a 30 minute TV broadcast by the art collective
Permanent Marks, contains graphic nudity and strong sexual content. Manhattan
Neighborhood Network, Channel 67, Time Warner Cable, Sunday April 14 at
11:30 PM and Sunday April 28th at 11:30 PM.
Rocky
Kagoshima, TORA, TORA, TORA,
dyptich paintings, shown every Saturday & Sunday, between 10AM to
dusk. West Broadway, between Spring and Broome Street. Next to the telephone
box.
Wednesday,
APRIL 17
Jennifer Sharpe, SHARPEWORLD PIRATE RADIO
BROADCAST, pirate radio as installation in the region around Tompkins
Square Park, 99.9 ON YOUR FM DAIL. Wednesday the 17th at 10pm, and then
again on sunday, the 21st at 10pm. The broadcast will also stream from
the www.sharpeworld.com, starting April 17th at 10pm.
LISTENING SALON, The work of
sound artists Erik Belgum, Modelcitizen, W. Mark Sutherland and German
installation artist Kerstin Junge in an intimate Nolita apartment, with
refreshments. 7PM Space is limited so please call or email for reservations
& directions. 212-219-9328, info@freebiennial.org
PERMANENT VACATION, Senior
Exhibition for students in NYU Studio Program, reception, 5PM -7PM, NYU
Rosenberg Gallery. 34 Stuyvesant Street.
Constant,
SNACKONART, a half hour of video
art on public access TV, broadcast schedule: MNN-TV in Manhattan, April
3 & 17 11:30PM (Channel 34 or 107 bi-weekly), April 4 & 18 at
8:00PM (Channel 57 or 109 bi-weekly), BCAT-TV in Brooklyn, April 5, 12,
19, 26 10:00 PM (channel 34 or 67).
Thursday,
APRIL 18
Swoon & the April 18th Collective, NOPLACE:outdoor
gallery, street party, this thurs night, april 18th: painting, sculpture,
performance, fire spinning, percussion, live radio broadcast with shadetek,
dj domu, and free 103 musicians, bring your radios and boomboxes and tune
in to 91.9, because we will be the sound system! party starts at dusk,
so meet at 7:30 in the carrol street subway station, manhattan-bound F
platform, be on time because we will move from there, and don't forget
you dancing shoes!
Constant, SNACKONART, a half hour of video art on public access TV, broadcast schedule: MNN-TV in Manhattan, April 3 & 17 11:30PM (Channel 34 or 107 bi-weekly), April 4 & 18 at 8:00PM (Channel 57 or 109 bi-weekly), BCAT-TV in Brooklyn, April 5, 12, 19, 26 10:00 PM (channel 34 or 67).
Friday,
APRIL 19
Coralee Lynn Rose, curator, RAW DESIRE,
a project mating the installation artwork with the group exhibition. Opening
reception, 6-11 PM, Hunter College, 450 west 41 street between 9th and
10th aves, fourth floor #414.
Constant,
SNACKONART, a half hour of video
art on public access TV, broadcast schedule: MNN-TV in Manhattan, April
3 & 17 11:30PM (Channel 34 or 107 bi-weekly), April 4 & 18 at
8:00PM (Channel 57 or 109 bi-weekly), BCAT-TV in Brooklyn, April 5, 12,
19, 26 10:00 PM (channel 34 or 67).
Scott
Zieher, THIRTEEN AMERICANS,
An atelier exhibition featuring the works of thirteen mostly under-appreciated
American artists. 1906 Third Avenue Apartment #4S April 19th – May
19th, 2002 Monday through Saturday, Noon to 5 PM, by appointment -- contact
Scott Zieher at 212-289-9372 or email zieherscott@hotmail.com.
Saturday,
APRIL 20
Demaris Ann Howe, Kate Cusack, & Kendra Curry, AMBUSH,
Street performance 11AM, 1PM, 3PM at the Greenmarket, Union Square Park
(each performance lasts approximately 45 minutes).
Jennifer Liese, TOUR, a hunt for
works in the Free Biennial around the city. Meet at noon under the statue
of General William Tecumseh Sherman in the Plaza at the southeast corner
of Central Park.
Will Pappenheimer & Gregory Ulmer SOFT
WISHING Y MONUMENT, This project proposes to trace the form a
wishbone or Y shape on designated streets in lower Manhattan. Lines/markers
will be made from sequentially placed small pom poms following ledges,
cracks, etc. The resulting formation, if only for a few moments, will
suggest both the why and wish dilemmas of the September 11th destruction
of the World Trade Centers. Starting the morning of the 20th.
Rocky
Kagoshima, TORA, TORA, TORA,
dyptich paintings, shown every Saturday & Sunday, between 10AM to
dusk. West Broadway, between Spring and Broome Street. Next to the telephone
box.
Sunday,
APRIL 21
Ellen Harvey, CHALK CARPET,
a chalk pavement drawing of a carpet and it will take place (weather permitting)
on Sunday April 21th on Bedford Avenue at North 7th Street -- next to
the Bedford Ave. Subway station.
TWITCH
VISUAL - reflective movement in the video context, curated by
Kimberly Mora, with installation by Dee Dee Cheriel, interactive video
by Chris Musgrave, and additional video screenings by Katerina Karoussos
from Greece, and Rostopasca collective (Mona Vatamanu, Nicolae Comanescu
and Floe Tudor) and duo Mihaela Kavdanska & Dilmana Iordanova all
from Romania , April 21, 8PM-11PM, Remote Lounge 327 Bowery, between 2nd
and 3rd Streets.
Jennifer Sharpe, SHARPEWORLD PIRATE RADIO
BROADCAST, pirate radio as installation in the region around Tompkins
Square Park, 99.9 ON YOUR FM DAIL. Wednesday the 17th at 10pm, and then
again on sunday, the 21st at 10pm. The broadcast will also stream from
the www.sharpeworld.com, starting April 17th at 10pm.
Bec Stupak, PORTAL WINDOWS: A VIEW INTO
ANOTHER WORLD, Video projections of other worlds opening briefly
on the sidewalk on the west side of Broadway between Houston & Bleeker.
Midnight - 4AM.
Rocky
Kagoshima, TORA, TORA, TORA,
dyptich paintings, shown every Saturday & Sunday, between 10AM to
dusk. West Broadway, between Spring and Broome Street. Next to the telephone
box.
Wednesday,
APRIL 24
Gosia Wlodarczak, MEETING YOU THERE,
The artist, from Australia, will call people chosen from the NYC phone
book and ask them to receive and meet to assemble pieces of a full scale
photograph of the artist. Join the meeting and see how much of the artist
can be assembled at Space Untitled, 133 Greene St in Soho, Wednesday April
24, 6PM.
PERMANENT VACATION, Senior
Exhibition for students in NYU Studio Program, reception, 5PM -7PM, NYU
Rosenberg Gallery. 34 Stuyvesant Street.
Thursday,
APRIL 25
Mark Malmgren, 4316 AND COUNTING,
Self-taught artist Mark Malmgren will paint and give away at least 100
watercolors 12PM-5PM in Central Park, on a bench near 7th Av entrance
to the Park at Central Park South.
Friday,
APRIL 26
SIGN OF LIFE, a five-person loft
show with Peter Alwast, Julia Whitney Barnes, Joshua Dov Levy, Caroline
Maher, and Treva Wurmfeld. 70 Thomas Street #1, between Church and West
Broadway, Tribeca. Opening reception Friday, April 26, 6-9 PM, also open
Saturday, April 27, 12-6
Mark Malmgren, 4316 AND COUNTING,
Self-taught artist Mark Malmgren will paint and give away at least 100
watercolors 12PM-5PM, Central Park, on a bench at Strawberry Fields near
72nd and Central Park West.
Frances Richard & Joelle Hann, organizers, PETE’S
POEM SWAP, exchange and receive free copies of poetry books and
broadsides at a free reading. 7:30 PM, Pete’s Candy Store, 709 Lorimer
St, Willamsburg, Brooklyn, L or G train to Metropolitan/Lorimer.
Constant, SNACKONART, a half
hour of video art on public access TV, broadcast schedule: MNN-TV in Manhattan,
April 3 & 17 11:30PM (Channel 34 or 107 bi-weekly), April 4 &
18 at 8:00PM (Channel 57 or 109 bi-weekly), BCAT-TV in Brooklyn, April
5, 12, 19, 26 10:00 PM (channel 34 or 67).
Saturday,
APRIL 27
POLIS, April 27th, from 12:30 until
6pm, everyone is invited to read poetry, present a paper, exhort, or speak
at the forum at La Perla Community Garden on west 105th street just east
of columbus Ave. Everyone with something to present is invited. Simply
enter the garden and read or present from any location within the garden.
Community members will be working in the garden. There will probably be
a barbeque in process to which all the presenters are welcome. Probably,
nobody will particularly listen.The garden members are receptive and looking
forward to the event. Be considerate and aware of the greenery.
Mark Malmgren, 4316 AND COUNTING,
Self-taught artist Mark Malmgren will paint and give away at least 100
watercolors 12PM - 5PM Central Park, on a bench near 79th Street entrance
to the Park on 5th Avenue on the first walkway through the park south
of the Met.
SIGN OF LIFE, a five-person loft
show with Peter Alwast, Julia Whitney Barnes, Joshua Dov Levy, Caroline
Maher, and Treva Wurmfeld. Open hours 12PM - 6PM, 70 Thomas Street #1,
between Church and West Broadway, Tribeca.
Rocky
Kagoshima, TORA, TORA, TORA,
dyptich paintings, shown every Saturday & Sunday, between 10AM to
dusk. West Broadway, between Spring and Broome Street. Next to the telephone
box.
Sunday,
APRIL 28
Permanent Marks, PUBLIC SEX ACTS PRESENTS:
ROUNDEST WHEEL, a 30 minute TV broadcast by the art collective
Permanent Marks, contains graphic nudity and strong sexual content. Manhattan
Neighborhood Network, Channel 67, Time Warner Cable, Sunday April 14 at
11:30 PM and Sunday April 28th at 11:30 PM.
POLITI-VIDEO - Political resolution
in the visual form, curated by Kimberly Mora featuring Ann Lepore &
Jenny Marketou, April 28, 8PM-11PM, Remote Lounge, 327 Bowery, between
2nd and 3rd Streets.
Bec Stupak, PORTAL WINDOWS: A VIEW INTO
ANOTHER WORLD, Video projections of other worlds opening briefly
on the sidewalk on the west side of Broadway between Houston & Bleeker.
Midnight - 4AM.
Rocky
Kagoshima, TORA, TORA, TORA,
dyptich paintings, shown every Saturday & Sunday, between 10AM to
dusk. West Broadway, between Spring and Broome Street. Next to the telephone
box.
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