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- Franlin Furnace's Holiday Party
80 Arts - The James E. Davis Arts B...
Saturday, December 19 at 4:00pm - The History of the Future II
Abrons Art Center
Saturday, November 7 at 8:00pm - History of the Future II
Henry Street Settlement Abrons Art ...
Friday, November 6 at 8:00pm - The History of the Future II
Abrons Art Center Henry Street Sett...
Friday, November 6 at 8:00pm - Performance in Crisis 2: Tumul...
Exit Art
Saturday, October 3 at 7:00pm - A Show Of Hands
The Dumbo Art Under The Bridge Fest...
Friday, September 25 at 5:30pm - Gut #5: Witness Walk
Dumbo Art Under the Bridge Festival
Saturday, September 26 at 2:00pm - Peter Dobill - Receiver
English Kills Art Gallery
Saturday, May 9 at 6:00pm - Yoonhye Park, "Bodies of Pyong...
Multiple sites in Mahattan
Sunday, April 19 at 2:30pm - Yoko Inoue -- Global Fabrics C...
ISE Cultural Foundation
Friday, March 6 at 6:00pm
Franklin Furnace
You and yours are invited to join Franklin Furnace's staff, board, and
dedicated interns for a Holiday Par-Tay, Saturday December 19, 2009, from 4-10 pm in our offices at 80 Hanson Place, Suite 301, Brooklyn, NY.
Time:4:00PM Saturday, December 19th
Location:80 Arts - The James E. Davis Arts Building
Franklin Furnace You and yours are invited to join Franklin Furnace's staff, board, and dedicated interns for a Holiday Par-Tay, Saturday December 19, 2009, from 4-10 pm in our offices at 80 Hanson Place, Suite 301, Brooklyn, NY.
Franklin Furnace
Last chance to see the History of the Future before it becomes history!
Nov 7, Saturday at the Henry Street Settlement Abrons Art Center.
Historical video and LIVE PERFORMANCE by NAO BUSTAMANTE, David Cale, DYNASTY HANDBAG, Dancenoise, Andrea Fraser, John Kelly, David Leslie, John Malpede, DEB MARGOLIN, SHELLY MARS, Ro...bbie McCauley, NEAL MEDLYN, Jennifer Miller, Susan Mogul, Linda Montano, Matt Mullican, Rashaad Newsome, ADAM PENDLETON, Diane Torr, CATHY WEIS, Johanna Went, and CARMELITA TROPICANA (emcee).
Franklin Furnace's second biennial presentation of today's emerging performance art stars whose work changes cultural discoure, will honor Guy de Cointet (1934-1983).
Tickets $20 from Theatermania at 212-352-3101 or Henry Street Settlement at this address:
https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/680635
Time:8:00PM Saturday, November 7th
Location:Abrons Art Center
Franklin Furnace
History of the Future II will happen on Nov 6, Friday AND Nov 7, Saturday at the Henry Street Settlement Abrons Art Center.
Historical video and LIVE PERFORMANCE by Bobby Baker, NAO BUSTAMANTE, David Cale, DYNASTY HANDBAG, Dancenoise, Andrea Fraser, John Kelly, David Leslie, John Malpede, DEB MARGOLIN, SHELLY MARS, Robb...ie McCauley, NEAL MEDLYN, Jennifer Miller, Susan Mogul, Linda Montano, Matt Mullican, Rashaad Newsome, ADAM PENDLETON, Fiona Templeton, Diane Torr, CATHY WEIS, Suzanne Lacy, Slaven Tolj, Johanna Went, and CARMELITA TROPICANA (emcee).
Franklin Furnace's second biennial presentation of today's emerging performance art stars whose work changes cultural discoure, will honor Guy de Cointet (1934-1983).
Tickets $20 from Theatermania at 212-352-3101 or Henry Street Settlement at this address:
https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/680635
Time:8:00PM Friday, November 6th
Location:Henry Street Settlement Abrons Art Center
Franklin Furnace Tumulos is the Spanish word meaning "a pile of rocks and dirt raised over a tomb." For Perez it refers to the human necessity to belong and to assert the right to each person to a place, even after death. Perez sees New York as a locus of a diverse range of ideas, peoples and lifestyles. While for years the city has sy...mbolized success and opportunity, the current economic downturn has destabilized its inhabitants literally – and symbolically. In the performance, ten people will lie flat on the ground, side to side, with a distance of approximately one meter between them. A carpet or piece of fabric will be placed over their bodies so that they are completely covered, with only their heads revealed.
Time:7:00PM Saturday, October 3rd
Location:Exit Art
Franklin Furnace
There will be a performance on Saturday 26 from 2 pm to 3pm as well as Sunday 27 from 2pm to 3pm
Gut #5: witness Walk is a performance and sculptural installation project. Diana has produced 1.5” x 1” x 1” white chocolate Humvees. During the performance, she will distribute these objects throughout the festival. In the... spirit of gift exchange, Diana and the festival goers will collectively dissolve these war vehicles by consuming them together. The performance will begin outside of the Galapagos Art Space, located at 16 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 at the corner of Water Street in DUMBO, and move through the DUMBO neighborhood. The installation at the Powerhouse Books Boiler Room Windows located at 37 Main Street will also be up during the festival.
Whether it be the chariots of Ancient Rome, the B29 bombers of WWII or the Humvees of today, each war vehicle represents the wide range of emotions invoked by conflict, including terror, liberation, oppression, protection and trauma. No matter one’s political position on particular hostilities, the act of war stirs strong sentiments and is wrenching for all. Diana writes, “As humans have historically been unable to halt warfare, we are in need of methods to heal from the effects of violence. The communal act of consumption in Gut #5: Witness Walk offers a platform to recognize the need for and instigate this healing. With the initiation of a gift economy as the individual Humvees are distributed to the festival-goers, we will use our bodies to collectively process the complex emotions conjured up by conflict and represented by these objects.”
A performance piece by Diana Heise
Time:2:00PM Saturday, September 26th
Location:Dumbo Art Under the Bridge Festival
Franklin Furnace A Show of Hands is a participatory public artwork created by artist Ed Purver. It uses site-specific video projections to explore American Sign Language and performance as mediums for examination of the privatization of public space, the architecture of free speech in the age of Homeland Security, and the presence/absence of the body in public space.
A participatory public artwork created by Ed Purver
Time:5:30PM Friday, September 25th
Location:The Dumbo Art Under The Bridge Festival
Franklin Furnace
English Kills Art Gallery is proud to present Receiver, Peter Dobill's 2008-2009 Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art commissioned action-installation on Saturday May 9, 2009, starting at 6pm.
The most ambitious action-installation attempted yet by Dobill, Receiver will find the artist situated in a hermetic energy... space, immersed in a milk pool as milk simultaneously drops from the ceiling into his nose, challenging his only means of breathing.
After the performance, the installation and video of the action will remain on view until Sunday, May 17 in the gallery.
Receiver is the centerpiece of the exhibition AB UNO, presenting a comprehensive overview of Peter Dobill's practice of endurance actions. Dividing the gallery between live actions over a four-week period and a video overview of his past five years of performance work, AB UNO surveys Dobill’s explorations into the mental and physical limits of his body, focusing on energy exchange between artist and audience.
Franklin Furnace Fundwinner New Work
Time:6:00PM Saturday, May 9th
Location:English Kills Art Gallery
Franklin Furnace
Most people know who Kim Jong-il is, the dictator of North Korea; however, women in North Korea are hidden and veiled in contemporary context. Bodies of Pyongyang is a public visual art performance installation--twenty girls wear North Korean schoolgirl uniforms situated inside a (70"x70"x70") clear cube box installati...on, located at multiple outdoor venues across Manhattan. These
tightly packed schoolgirls will try to move within the confined area expressing their emotional pain and
struggle. Red strings symbolizing their dual inner states of suppression and resistance entangle the girls,
further restricting their freedom to move inside this already constricting and hermetic space. Details follow...
SUNDAY April 19, Abe Lebewohl Park / St. Mark’s Church
SATURDAY April 25, Foley Square
SATURDAY May 2, Washington Square Park
SATURDAY May 9, Tompkins Square Park
Performance Hours: 2:30-5pm – FREE and Open to the Public
"Four Days Only"
Time:2:30PM Sunday, April 19th
Location:Multiple sites in Mahattan
Franklin Furnace Franklin Furnace Fund extended deadline...now May 1, 2009 (postmark).
Franklin Furnace
Opening Reception: Friday, March 6, 6-8PM
Public Program: Wednesday, March 18, 6-8PM
Make Something: A Participatory Artist Demonstration with Brece Honeycutt & Donna Huanca
ISE Cultural Foundation is pleased to present Global Fabrics, Common Threads, a group exhibition co-curated by Jeanne Gerrity and Melissa Levin, and ...featuring work by Scott Andresen, Andrea Dezso, Donna Huanca, Brece Honeycutt, Yoko Inoue, Nava Lubelski, Darrel Morris, and Shinique Smith. Curated by: Jeanne Gerrity and Melissa Levin
Come support a Franklin Furnace Fundwinner
Time:6:00PM Friday, March 6th
Location:ISE Cultural Foundation
