Watch the Gallery Club at the Volta NY art fair, and then as they score a 5K donation from the LA – based street artist, RETNA (below). Or click on the pic above to read more from Tim Schreier from The East Village Blog of the New York Times.
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Opening Night! Three Points Make a Triangle & Frank Oscar Larson at QMA
Los Galeristas were in the house for the opening night party Saturday night for Queens International: 2012 & Frank Larson 1950’s New York Street Stories.
Talk about the VIP treatment! David Strauss, Director of External Affairs greeted us at the door of the museum and immediately escorted us on a backstage tour, introduced us to Tom Finkelpearl, QMA’s Executive Director, and spoke with us about his role at the museum and the selection procession resulting in the 31 artists represented this year. I wonder, how many Galeristas will make the next the QMA Biannual in 2014?
Tom, of course was thrilled to hear that our very own Ayeisha Brown, hails from the borough of Queens, which got me to thinking about my favorite Queens-bred art and music world luminaries – like Art Spiegelman, Robert Mapplethorpe, Salt-N-Pepa, Waka Flocka Flame, Walt Whitman and of course, RUN-DMC and The Ramones.
We later met and spoke with Eugenie Tsai, Managing Curator, Contemporary Art at the Brooklyn Museum, who agreed to talk to Taz Sunshine about her work there. Keep an eye out for that feature coming soon.
The Ghana Think Tank, and Tania Brugera’s Immigrant Movement International
Recent QMA projects, like The Ghana Think Tank, and Tania Brugera’s Immigrant Movement International contribute to an evolving dialog about what it means to be an urban cultural institution institution supporting public artists, and are helping to expand and redefine the very concept of community.
Below is a clip of our visit – it was a very special one!
Music Children by Robert Miles
We’d also like to thank Perana Reddy, Director of Public Events, who made sure that the Galeristas left loaded down with enough catalogs for the ones who stayed at home, who are now regretting not making it to this opening.
I wonder what’s in store for us the Queens Museum of Art?
One ove – Mista Oh!
Björk’s Biophilia
Björk’s Biophilia — Live at the New York Hall of Science
February 3, 6, 9, 12, 15 & 18, 2012; 8:30 pm —
In partnership with The Creators Project and the New York Hall of Science, Icelandic singer, songwriter and composer and occasional actress Björk, is bringing Biophilia, her long awaited 8th album, to the New York Hall of Science.
Creating a unique bridge between the ancient and the modern
Biophilia is an intense and intricately crafted spectacle, exploring the inherent link between humans and living systems, nature and technology. It is a multi-media project encompassing music, apps, internet, installations and live shows.
Biophilia celebrates how sound works in nature, exploring the infinite expanse of the universe, from planetary systems to atomic structure.
Bjork’s New York shows will include performances on a bespoke digitally-controlled pipe organ, a 30 foot pendulum that harnesses the earth’s gravitational pull to create musical patterns, and creates a unique bridge between the ancient and the modern, a bespoke gamelan-celeste hybrid; and a one-off extraordinary pin barrel harp”.
You can read a review of the album in The Guardian
All of the New York Hall of Science shows shows will be performed in the round. no audience member more than a few yards from the stage.
- Bjork
Three-week-long Biophilia education series.
Björk will also collaborate with the New York Hall of Science on a three-week-long Biophilia education series. Featuring interactive science and music workshops for middle-school children, the series will lead students on an intensive study of the scientific concepts at the core of Biophilia’s songs, including crystalline structures, lunar phases, viruses, and more. Students will also learn to use the Biophilia Apps as tools for music composition and delve into the study of how musicology relates to nature.