The Scout :: Events

Dress Codes

Chrissi Cowhey — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:00:00 GMT

Photo: ICP/Galerie Kunstagenten, Berlin/Collection Roosen-Trinks, Berlin-Hamburg

On Friday of this week, the International Center of Photography opens its doors on its impressive triennial global survey of photography and video. This year's theme is Dress Codes—fashion as social communication expressed in various angles by both established photo-stars (such as Cindy Sherman, Lorna Simpson) and upstarts on the scene (Yto Barrada, Thornston Brinkmann, among others). The show is the grand finale of the ICP's Year of Fashion series that included Avedon Fashion 1944–2000, Edward Steichen: In High Fashion, The Condé Nast Years 1923–1937, and Weird Beauty: Fashion Photography Now. Dress Codes rounds up the set with very selectively curated sampling of photography and video that express fresh critical views of fashion’s role in society.

I Want

Chrissi Cowhey — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:30:00 GMT

Photo: Jessica Williams

a href="http://ffooff.com" target="_blank">Forest Object Fabrication + Silkscreen Workshop releases the first of their IRL (In Real Life) Guest Artist Publication Series with Jessica William's edition, I Want, tonight, Saturday, September 19. FOF is a unique publishing workshop and multi-disciplinary collective formed by Breanne Trammell and Peter Segerstrom in Downtown Brooklyn.

DAIN: Copasetic

Chrissi Cowhey — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:30:00 GMT

Photo: Brooklynite Gallery

The Brooklynite Gallery presents Copasetic, the first solo-show of street artist DAIN, who has been papering the streets of New York with his iconic portrait collages since the 40s, decades before the trend hit the streets, so to speak.

Beyond the High Valley

Chrissi Cowhey — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:25:00 GMT

Photo: Metawee River Theatre Company

A bit off the beaten track (physically and conceptually) from Fashion Week and NY400 events, the Mettawee River Theatre Company returns to St. John the Divine this weekend. The lawn setting outside this ethereal gothic cathedral would make the event unique enough, but combine that with extraordinary handmade puppets and sets of the Bread & Puppet ilk, and you have the makings for a truly singular evening.

Grace Kim at Melanie Flood Projects

Chrissi Cowhey — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:30:00 GMT

Photo: Grace Kim, Melanie Flood Projects

Grace Kim's Under the Glass Bell, A Dream opens at Melanie Flood Projects this evening. Taking its name from Anaïs Nin's short story, "Under a Glass Bell," this exhibition showcases an intimate series of black-and-white photographs taken of day (or moment)-after beds and rooms at love hotels in South Korea. Love Hotels are clandestine hideaways in Korea where couples escape to carry out secret affairs. Kim's work provides a window into a rarely seen world where hidden lives play out.

Muppets Take Brooklyn

Chrissi Cowhey — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:30:00 GMT

Photo: Jim Henson Foundation; BAM

Jim Henson fans will be pleased to hear that BAM is celebrating the 30th Anniversary of The Muppet Movie with back-to-back presentations tonight (Tuesday, 7/28). The first is an overview of the master's work, Muppets History 201, which includes rarely seen shorts from the Henson archives. Follows is the headliner, The Muppet Movie, which opens with an even more rare screening of Time Piece, Henson's 1965 Academy Award-nominated experimental short film.

Died Young, Stayed Pretty

Chrissi Cowhey — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:30:00 GMT

Photo: 303Grand

A bit short notice, but we wanted to announce an interesting pair of upcoming events. Opening tonight at 303Grand, the Died Young, Stayed Pretty Rock Poster Show rides shot gun with Eileen Yaghoobian's documentary of the same name. The event is sponsored by Giant Robot and Kayrock Screenprinting.

No Soul For Sale

Chrissi Cowhey — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:45:00 GMT

Photo: Javier Jaen Benavides; X Initiative

X Initiative opens the second of its seasonal phases, No Soul For Sale, A Festival of Independents, to the public today. The event is the product of inviting thirty esteemed arts organizations from all over the world to transform spaces in the X Building however they like: be it with art, publications, performances, videos, or any other way they choose to work with the space. In addition, each is given an hour to have free reign of a dedicated performance area. A full list of participants and details can be found here.

Recess: The Lawn Series

Chrissi Cowhey — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:40:00 GMT

Photo: Rizon Parein; Courtesy Recess

While we may long for the days when we could say "school is out for summer," we can still indulge in the occasional Recess. Partnering with Tretorn, Puma and Governor's Island, Recess offers us The Lawn Series, new and improved grown-up twists on the old classics with three events: Badminton (June 20), Table Tennis (August 22) and Bocce (September 26). Find out more and sign up here.

Spencer Finch: The River That Flows Both Ways

Chrissi Cowhey — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:24:00 GMT

Photo: CreativeTime

We heard Spencer Finch speak last spring about his anticipated installation for the High Line, The River That Flows Both Ways, and really liked his thinking. The installation opened simultaneously with the long-awaited unveiling of the first section of the High Line to the public this Tuesday, June 9.

Roxy Paine: From the Ground Up

Chrissi Cowhey — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:00:00 GMT

Photo: Sheila Griffin; Courtesy The Metropolitan Museum of Art/James Cohan Gallery

Roxy Paine has made himself known to many New York pedestrians at ground-level with his striking series of outdoor sculptures—Conjoined, Defunct and Erratic, the three elegant stainless steel tree sculptures that graced Madison Square Park in 2007, and Bluff, a 50-foot-tall stainless steel tree that stood in Central Park as part of a collaboration with the 2002 Whitney Biennial.

Food Inc.

Aaron Carambula — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:54:00 GMT

Photo: Food, Inc.

Along the same lines as Fresh, Food Inc. gives us a close, maybe too close, look at the food we eat and where it comes from. Definitely more Michael Moore than the relatively upbeat Fresh, this one might leave you wanting some comfort food (as long as it's local, organic, sustainable, and green).

Picasso: Mosqueteros

Chrissi Cowhey — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:00:00 GMT

Photo: Rob McKeever; Courtesy Gagosian Gallery

Regardless of your preconceptions of Picasso, the one thing you can expect from Picasso: Mosqueteros, the ambitious show of the artist's late work currently on view at Gagosian Gallery, is to have your expectations trumped. The sheer scale of the show itself and the strength of the work from the often-overlooked last decade of Picasso's life are nothing short of impressive. Be sure to spend time with the series of delightfully whimsical and rich works on paper, which his dramatic canvases can easily overshadow.

Rooftop Films

Chrissi Cowhey — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:00:00 GMT

Photo: Sarah Palmer

For those of us city dwellers with the frequent urge (but not always as frequent ability) to rise above it all, the annual Rooftop Films Summer Series offers a welcome leg up. Screening on a diverse variety of lofty vistas throughout the city, the series showcases a likewise diverse variety of independent films (animations, docs, feature-length world premieres) throughout the summer. Most evenings begin with live music sponsored by Sound Fix Records, feature Q&As with the filmmakers, and wrap up with after parties. Check the Rooftop Films website for detailed listings.

Ernesto Neto: anthropodino

Chrissi Cowhey — Fri, 15 May 2009 14:00:00 GMT

Photo: Park Avenue Armory

Nylon stalactites. Biomorphic spice sacks. Pools of plastic balls. These are some ways to begin describing Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto's installation, Anthropodio, that launches Park Avenue Armory's series of site-specific commissions. To begin only; one truly needs to experience this multi-sensory interactive environment in person to gain any sense of what it is.