Events - October 2010

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Friday, October 1, 2010 | 7:00 PM

US V THEM: A Showcase of Young Improvisers: Part of THEM AND NOW

Music / Performance

US V THEM presents an evening of performance from young improvisers of today. Curated by THEM director and choreographer Ishmael Houston-Jones, US V THEM features the work of those who keeping the practice of improvisati... more >

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Saturday, October 2, 2010 | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

New Museum First Saturdays for Families: Brion Gysin: Dream Machine

Part of New Museum First Saturdays for Families
 
Family Programs

Explore the exhibition “Brion Gysin: Dream Machine,” and discover how by working simultaneously in a variety of mediums, Gysin invented, collaborated, and subverted with considerable innovations that continue to infl... more >

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Friday, October 8, 2010 | 7:00 PM

SOUND CHECK ’86: Part of THEM AND NOW

Music / Performance

Sparked by an invitation to form the experimental rock band No Safety, Chris Cochrane began to write songs and music for dance in the mid-1980s. Cochrane’s music, both improvised and composed, has been described as “... more >

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Saturday, October 9, 2010 | 1:00 PM

The Last Newspaper Artists in Conversation

Part of Exhibition Related
 
Discussions

A selection of artists featured in “The Last Newspaper” engage in a discussion about their use (and abuse) of the daily newspaper in their art practices, as well as the importance of the newspaper in their daily live... more >

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Thursday, October 14, 2010 | 7:00 PM

DENNIS AND THE BOYS: Part of THEM AND NOW

Music / Performance

Presented by New Museum and SPANK Magazine.Dennis Cooper, in collaboration with the New Museum and SPANK Magazine, has selected three young queer zine writers (Mark Edmund Doten, Robert Smith, and Max Steele) to join him... more >

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Friday, October 15, 2010 | 7:00 PM

A Proposition by Sharon Hayes: BEYOND THE MOON IS LESBOS and other tales of queer time

Part of Propositions
 
Discussions

Artistic research is slippery and hard to narrate. Artistic questions are often hard to describe. Right now, I find myself compelled primarily by worries.
I am worried about the loud, and growing louder, aggression and vi...... more >

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Saturday, October 16, 2010 | 2:00 PM

Guest speaker Pauline Boudry: Part of A Proposition by Sharon Hayes: BEYOND THE MOON IS LESBOS and other tales of queer time

Part of Propositions
 
Discussions

Artistic research is slippery and hard to narrate. Artistic questions are often hard to describe. Right now, I find myself compelled primarily by worries.
I am worried about the loud, and growing louder, aggression and vi...... more >

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Sunday, October 17, 2010 | 3:00 PM

SkowheganTALKS: How to Paint, Write, Teach, be an Activist, and Generally Try to Stay Sane: A Conversation between Carrie Moyer and Mira Schor

Part of Special Engagement
 
Discussions

SkowheganTALKS, a lecture series organized by the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, features conversations between some of the most influential visual artists working today. The third talk of the second season of... more >

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Thursday, October 21, 2010 | 7:00 PM

Free* Artists in Conversation

Part of New Silent, Exhibition Related
 
Discussions

Artists in “Free,” including Aleksandra Domanovic, Martijn Hendriks, Alexandre Singh, and Harm Van Den Dorpel, discuss their work and the show's themes: What constitutes an expanded public space? How does a greater a... more >

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Friday, October 29, 2010 | 7:00 PM

Get Weird: Xeno and Oaklander / No Fun Acid

Part of Get Weird
 
Music / Performance

The careful, melancholic, and complex songs of Xeno and Oaklander are the product of the brightest duo in the contemporary minimal electronics world. Merging the cold, cinematic aesthetics of artist Liz Wendelbo with the... more >

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Saturday, October 30, 2010 | 3:00 PM

The Female Ghost: Eileen Myles, Renee Gladman, and Laurie Weeks

Three poet/fiction writers have a conversation about the apparitional quality of the female figure in literary history and the flickering presence of the narrator in their own new and upcoming books of fiction. Eileen My... more >

Exhibitions - October 2010

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July 7, 2010 - October 3, 2010

Brion Gysin: Dream Machine

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December 1, 2007 - November 12, 2010

Ugo Rondinone

Hell, Yes!

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October 6, 2010 - January 9, 2011

The Last Newspaper

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October 20, 2010 - January 23, 2011

Free

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October 20, 2010 - January 23, 2011

Voice and Wind: Haegue Yang