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Sufjan and Strangers
02.26.09 | Permalink | 2 Comments
Those who know me well know that I like projects that get strangers to interact in innovative, unusual yet somehow somewhat safe ways. A favorite is Darren O’Donnell’s Haircuts by Children, where he trains kids to cut adults’ hair, in particular in a gentrifying neighborhood of Toronto where many of the new spaces (galleries, bars, etc.) were not kid-friendly.Thus I was delighted by my experience last night at Hoi Polloi’s Sufjan Stevens Winter Song Exclusive Listening Session. From Alec Duffy:
In the winter of 2007, Sufjan Stevens dreamed up the Sufjan Stevens Xmas Song Xchange Contest. Over 600 people wrote holiday-themed songs and sent them to Sufjan in hopes of exchanging the rights for their song for the rights for a new, unreleased holiday song that Sufjan penned. I was the winner of the contest, with my song “Every Day is Christmas.” Sufjan’s announcement can be found here. You can hear my song here (just click on the box with the musical notes at the top of the page and it’ll bring you to the page with the song).
As promised, I received from Sufjan the exclusive rights to his own winter song of great beauty, called “The Lonely Man of Winter.” No one but Sufjan’s closest friends has heard this recording. Until now.
In an effort to counter the cheapening effects of internet all-availability, and to recapture an era when to get one’s hands on a particular album or song was a real experience, we at Hoi Polloi would like to share this song with Sufjan fans in a special way.
We would like to invite you to our Brooklyn home for an exclusive listening session of this gorgeous song, with hot beverages and cookies provided for your enjoyment. We’ll share some conversation, slip some headphones on you, and press play.
I have to admit I was not particularly moved by the notion that the internet’s openness had somehow demeaned the value of music, but the listening session proved an amazing experience. I drank tea and ate fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies with five really lovely strangers, swapping stories about how we discovered Sufjan’s music, the ways we share music, and what we are about as people. We then listened to the song on headphones twice and concluded by snapping a group picture.
It was a beautiful song. As one attendee put it, “book Sufjan.” I thought that I would feel deprived that I could only hear it twice, but I had no such feelings. Instead, it was a deeply-experienced and clear moment in the middle of a hectic day, in which I dedicated a full ten minutes to listening to music and nothing else.
Alec and Dave are planning to take their show on road, visiting Sufjan fans around the country to share the song in these unique listening sessions, and bringing strangers together in person who may indeed have interacted on a fan forum online, or stood online together at the bathroom at a concert, but would never have had the chance to share cookies and company.
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Save the Date: 2,191 Days and Counting
I will be showing LOOK INSIDE at 2,191 Days and Counting at Powerhouse Arena in Dumbo, Brooklyn, opening March 7th. I would be honored to see you at this worthwhile event.
Please join us for the opening on March 7th, from 6-10pm: 6-8pm is the reception and 8-10pm is the performance. You can find more details and a list of participating artists and performers at: www.2191daysandcounting.com
Maya Joseph-Gotteiner & Chere Krakovsky worked together to organize and curate this exhibition which will benefit the Iraq Veterans Against the War. All proceeds will be donated to IVAW’s Winter Soldier Project to collect soldiers’ firsthand accounts of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan regardless of their politics, regardless of whether the soldiers are pro or anti war, while providing them with much needed legal and mental health support.
You may RSVP through the following link: http://www.mobaganda.com/
2191daysandcountingopening It will also be a great opportunity to meet and/or catch up with my mom and brother, who will be in from out of town.
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events, Locations & Dislocation, my work
CONFLUX wrap up
In September 2008, I had the pleasure of participating in CONFLUX: the art and technology festival for the creative exploration of urban public space. CONFLUX is an annual festival put on by Glowlab and last fall was hosted by the Center for Architecture.
curator Christina RayYes, this post is EXTREMELY belated! The most criminal thing about it is that I had so many people to thank for helping me at CONFLUX. Most especially (for help with installation): Sabrina Lee, Stephanie Brown, Erin Beirnard, Colette Robert, Jeff Gray & (for de-installation) Nathaniel Lieb. Thanks also to Christina Ray and all of the wonderful people at Glowlab and the Center for Architecture.
Sabrina and Erin working on installing Locations & DislocationIt was a great experience — I really enjoyed the other projects (especially Tiltfactor‘s Massively Multi-player Soba, which introduced me to Morgan Riles) and loved talking with folks about my project Locations & Dislocation.
after winning a delicious dinner at Jackson DinerSome participants have already received their Locations & Dislocation postcards, and some will be coming by mail in the next few months as I catch up!
Also, the festival in Sao Paulo found me through the CONFLUX website, so it turned out to be a great connection.
My brother’s card, Boston 2004-present.Thanks to everyone who came out. I truly love CONFLUX for bringing together those of us who dwell at the intersection of art, technology, politics, play and urban space.
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DWWC at the Living Room
My brother’s band ::Daniel Wright’s World Collective:: will be playing the Living Room on the Lower East Side this Saturday. It’s a rare chance to see the whole gang together since they are currently based in Boston. The music is great, it sells itself. The musicians are incredible and fun to watch for their mind blowing skills and heart fluttering good looks.
Daniel Wright’s World Collective
Saturday Feb. 7 @ 10pm
The Living Room
154 Ludlow Street (between Stanton and Rivington)
New York, NY 10002
212-533-7237
Directions: Take the F or V trains to 2nd Ave
Free.
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vBrooklyn @ Polytechnic
I will be showing my short documentary FILLMORE PLACE and a two-channel version of our video installation HAVEMEYER STREET (a collaboration with Francisca Caporali, Kym Chapman, Uni Park & Pilar Ortiz) at vBrooklyn on Saturday Dec. 13, 2008 @ 8p.
My brilliant friend & fellow Yalie Jenn Stock will also be doing a video performance that same night and brilliant friend & fellow IMA-er David Watson will be showing a piece on Saturday afternoon. Info below; hope to see you there!
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vBrooklyn documents the evolving state of Brooklyn, NY, through contemporary video-art. The festival showcases video-artists as they build an historical record of the borough through innovative and personal interpretation and documentation.
Friday, December 12, 8pm
Saturday Afternoon, December 13, 2pm-5pm
Saturday Evening, December 13, 8pm (<—night we’re showing)$5 admission each event
Wunsch Hall
Polytechnic University
6 Metrotech Plaza
BrooklynA,C,F to Jay St. / 2,3,4,5 to Borough Hall / M,R to Lawrence St. / Q,B to Dekalb Ave.
Complete schedule, additional information, and more detailed directions at
http://www.vBrooklyn.orgThe festival features IDMI’s 9-channel video system. Over 25 New York City artists will present live and composed multichannel video-performances and screenings focusing on the immense complexity and detail that make Brooklyn a unique city within a city. vBrooklyn subjects include Brooklyn’s waterfront from Floyd Bennett Field to Greenpoint; landmark bridges and architecture; neighborhoods in transition; and the people and experiences that define Brooklyn as a place.
Performances and Screenings by: Gary Acers, Caroline Bouchat, Francisca Caporali, Angeline Su-Ching Chang, Kym Chapman, Chika, Brian Colby, James Daher, Bilge Demirta, Elle Burchill, Richard Garet, Piama Habibullah, Sean Hagerty, Rikayo Horimizu, Adam Kendall, Jared Lamenzo, David Last, Inhye Lee, Richard Lewis, Laura Lou, Phyllis Burkin Lehrer, Pilar Ortiz, Uni Park, Lenin Paulino, Siddartha Mehta, Karl Mendonca, Naval Cassidy, Ganesh Ramanathan, Kimberly Simpson, Catalin Stefanovici, Jennifer Stock, Caspar Stracke, Bruce Tovsky, VisualHornHonkinG & DJ ActivePhaze, VJ Miixxy, vydavy sindikat, David Watson, Sarah Nelson Wright, WvS, Tamara Yadao, Lan Xu, Marina Zamalin
vBrooklyn is supported by: Forward Motion Theater, Polytechnic University’s Integrated Digital Media Institute (IDMI), Harvestworks, the Brooklyn Arts Council, and the Experimental Television Center. The Experimental Television Center’s Presentation Funds program is supported by the New York State Council on the Arts and mediaThe Foundation.
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[ ESC ] wrap up
11.16.08 | Permalink | 3 Comments[ ESC ] was truly awesome on Friday night! It grows with every year. We had a great collection of projects and upwards of about 200 people in attendance. Locations & Dislocation was well received (I have several new cards to do!) and I enjoyed the presentations & unique collection of projects.
Drew Cogbill presented Pigeon, a social network using telephones he hopes can bring social networking to places where internet is not as ubiquitous (sign up to be a test user!). Meng Li and Elim Cheng presented Peek, Poke, Talk, a delightful bench that encourages interaction between strangers. When people sit far apart from each other on the bench, their shadows are triggered to interact and flirt, high fiving, whispering and teasing each other with a power drill (he he…).
We’ll be posting the program and links on our newly minted website soon. Laura Chipley took some wonderful photos (three below).
The crowd
Setting up
Onlookers at Locations & Dislocation
Thanks so much to my co-conspirators: Suyin Looui, Francisca Caporali, Laura Chipley, Pilar Ortiz and Ariana Souzis, who really took the lead this year.
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[ ESC ] Friday, Nov. 14
Our third Annual [ ESC ] salon & mixer is this Friday, Nov. 14 at Hunter. This is an event I work on every year with my colleagues at grad school. We have a great group of projects this year, many that deal with a theme I’m personally investigating — the use of new media to encourage interactions between strangers or express human intimacy. I will be showing some of my new Locations & Dislocation postcards from CONFLUX and Sao Paulo (pictures). There will be a gallery of work and a few short presentations. The projects are by grad students or alumni of MFA programs in NYC working in socially engaged new media, but the event is open to all and has drawn a fun and diverse group of people in the past.
Electronic Social Club: a network of NYC graduate students connected by the practice of creating social dialogue through projects in media, art and design.
[ ESC ] salon + mixer
Friday November 14 | 7-10 pm
Hunter College | 695 Avenue
Room HN 543 | Black Box…..new media projects, video art, web-based projects, experimental, interactive, performance, media art, installations, sound projects and games…..
Like a social club, [ ESC ] is formed around a common interest, activity or location. We bring together MFA students from across New York City to meet and showcase their graduate art work, and to form a common network around the theme of creating social dialogue through art and media.
Past participants include: ShiftSpace (shiftspace.org), the ICED Game: I Can End Deportation (icedgame.com), and projects from Hunter College, NYU ITP, Parsons MFADT, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn PIMA, and Polytechnic Institute of NYU.
*free and open to the public*
*light refreshments will be served*electronicsocialclub@gmail.com
www.electronicsocialclub.orgAn event by EYEspeak and the students of Hunter College Integrated Media Arts MFA.
directions:
6 train to 68th street or F train to 63rd Street
enter on 69th street between Park + Lexington
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Daniel & Haggai at Pete’s Candy Store
* Emily Greene *
* DANIEL WRIGHT with Haggai Cohen Milo *Saturday, Nov. 8 @ 8pm (Emily 8-9p / Daniel & Haggai 9-10p)
PETE’S CANDY STORE
709 Lorimer Street – Williamsburg, Brooklyn 11211
L train to Lorimer mapCheck out their music: Daniel & Emily.
If you haven’t met Haggai of World Collective, Secret Music Project, etc. bass-playing fame (or if you’re a serious music recording nerd), you should watch this 1-min intro. If you love breakfast, you should watch Daniel & Haggai’s guide to making Shakshuka, a delicious Israeli breakfast!
(Haggai and Daniel; they’ve since swapped hair and got matching short beards)
Daniel’s album is available on iTunes. We’ll also have the CDs ($10) with Matlena’s gorgeous cover art.
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Locations & Dislocation at SESC in Sao Paulo
I am heading to Brasil to show Locations & Dislocation at SESC festival in Sao Paulo.
Look forward to sharing pictures when I get back!
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Daniel & Ethan at Pete’s Candy Store
My brother Daniel Wright & his friend and colleague Ethan Glazer will be playing an acoustic show at Pete’s Candy Store in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, an ideal spot to listen to this duo.
DANIEL WRIGHT & ETHAN GLAZER
Friday, Oct. 3 @ 10pm
PETE’S CANDY STORE
709 Lorimer Street – Williamsburg, Brooklyn 11211You can check out their music on myspace: Daniel & Ethan. Daniel’s album is available on iTunes.
For those who are interested in the recording process, you should check out the blog for 1088 Boylston, where Mateo Lugo, Daniel & others are documenting their artistic process.
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