Thursday, August 2, 2012

Featured Event

Revolutionary Ink: The Paintings of Wu Guanzhong

April 25, 2012 at 11am to August 5, 2012 at 6pm – Asia Society Wu Guanzhong (1919–2010) stands as one of the most important artists of twentieth-century China. Born in Jiangsu Province, Wu studied art at the National Academy of Art in Hangzhou (today’s China Aca… Organized by Asia Society | Type: art, exhibit, asia, wu guanzhong

Wang GongXin: My Sun

June 7, 2012 at 6pm to August 5, 2012 at 7pm – Asia Society Wang GongXin (born 1960, China) is credited as one of the first artists to have created a site-specific video installation in China in the mid-1990s. His video works typically deal with social and cu… Organized by Asia Society | Type: exhibition
Inspired by Tagore: Works by NYC Students

June 7, 2012 at 6pm to August 5, 2012 at 7pm – Asia Society Inspired by Tagore is part of a series of exhibitions that presents the work of New York City students created in response to the great artistic traditions of Asia. This year the exhibition presents… Organized by Asia Society | Type: exhibition
Building A Future Human Bodies

June 13, 2012 at 6pm to December 31, 2012 at 7pm – The NYFA Gallery, 20 Jay Street, Suite 740 | Brooklyn, NY 11201 Too often, it seems, artists use technology in a way that makes the works stand by themselves: mute, indifferent to human communication. In contrast with this kind of art, my work instances how techn… Organized by Chin Chih Yang | Type: new, media, with, interactive, performance
Black Studio 1 Year Residency Open Call

June 27, 2012 at 6pm to August 31, 2012 at 7pm – CAVE Call for Body-workers, Dancers, Small Dance Groups and Choreographers Now Accepting Applications! Five individuals/groups will be selected for a twelve-month subsidized studio-share residency at CAV… Organized by LEIMAY (CAVE Org) | Type: dance, theater, movers
Pilobolus

July 16, 2012 at 7:30pm to August 11, 2012 at 8pm – The Joyce Theater A fungus that grew into an international dance phenomenon, Pilobolus performs a season full of "stunning physical feats and visual surprises, a peek or two into the crannies of the heart, and lots of… Organized by The Joyce Theater | Type: dance, performance
RELAX! ALICE

July 22, 2012 at 3pm to August 5, 2012 at 7pm – June Havoc Theater Alice's frequent fainting spells and bizarre stories never worried her family or friends until a recent suicide attempt lands the troubled twenty year-old in the hands of an overbearing and eccentric… Organized by Spookfish Theatre Company | Type: performance, theater
Liu Xiaobo’s June Fourth Elegies: A Reading and Discussion with Jeffrey Yang and Larry Siems

August 2, 2012 from 6:30pm to 8pm – MOCA Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo was a prominent figure in the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. Each year after the government crackdown he commemorated his fellow activists with a poem. The poems will be… Organized by Museum of Chinese in America | Type: literary
The Music of North Korea

August 2, 2012 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm – The Korea Society The music of rare and exceptional artistic expression from North Korea will be showcased at the Korea Society. Eun Sun Jung, an award-winning and talented young kayagŭm (12 and 25 string zither) arti… Organized by The Korea Society | Type: music, performance
Screening & Discussion: 3rd i NY presents the 3rd NY Arab and South Asian Short Video Slam

August 2, 2012 from 7pm to 10pm – Alwan for the Arts We will present the best in recent short videos that were submitted to an open call, that increase awareness of the creative vitality and sociopolitical realities of North Africa, the Middle East, So… Organized by Alwan for the Arts | Type: film/video
Gene Ess "Fractal Attraction"

August 2, 2012 from 8pm to 11pm – ShapeShifter Lab Gene Ess' new group "Fractal Attraction" will debut at ShapeShifter Lab, Brooklyn on Aug 2, 2012. Featuring Thana Alexa on vocals, Thomson Kneeland on bass, Chris Beck on drums, and Gene Ess on guita… Organized by SIMProductions | Type: music