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Beyond Models of Consensus @ EYEBEAM June 10, 2010

Last night June 10, Upgrade! NY and Not An Alternative, united forces to present their newest innovative exhibition and panel discussion atEyebeam’s behemoth show space at 540 West 21^s. Re:Group: Beyond Models of Consensus, is an exhibition, which examines models of participation and participation as a model in art and activism. So here’s what’s going down- The show is ultimately about work that subverts existing systems or envisions new alternatives to the ways in which individuals can take part, or choose not to take part, in social and cultural life. What you wouldn’t expect is the subtle sense of humor that pervades the entire show. White Glove Tracking is an interactive computer based piece by Evan Roth and Ben Engebreth, which requires audience participation to isolate Michael Jackson’s infamous bejeweled glove, which has been edited to appear ridiculously enlarged on his hand as he twirls and moon walks through a looping clip from a performance of Billy Jean. There are six monitors with various visual interpretations of the data that is being collected but it was undetermined if these were pre recorded or responding directly to audience interaction. Wildly entertaining though, if even if you are left wondering what just happened as you chuckle to yourself and walk away. Just across the room in what looks like a post apocalyptic plywood Winnebago, Christopher Robbins, John Ewing, and Carmen Montoya have created Ghana Think Tank. Here is a unique idea that is simple enough that you could have thought of it yourself but you didn’t. Lets take some big thinkers and regular folks and build think tanks in third world foreign countries like Ghana, Cuba, Serbia and El Salvador to brainstorm potential solutions to first world problems in countries like the United States. That makes sense right? As you enter into the space you cant help but wonder if you should be offended or if this is a joke but sure enough there are monitors haphazardly drilled into the walls inside with videos of the third world think tanks in progress, mostly complaining about the people of the united states but often stumbling upon a few pretty good ideas for us to seriously consider. It’s worth taking the time to watch all the videos and I recommend striking up a debate about the whole purpose of this project with any passer bye. Everyone I spoke with seemed to be eager to throw their two cents in. In addition to the many other projects by some of the most talented tech based artists in the craft, the Bring Back the WPA project by Christopher Robbins, who is believes that if the government wont help us then it is up to us to do for ourselves, is an other idea to take seriously. Although the show is not entirely cohesive and you can tell that perhaps there were too many curators in the kitchen I plan on going back this week to get a little more familiar with the pieces and attend some of the associated events that follow up the show throughout the next month;

Friday, June 11 – 10am to 12pm Breakfast with the Artists.

Wednesday, June 23 through June 25 – Collaborative Futures Book Spirit, organized by Mushon Zer-Aviv and Michael Mandiberg (Eyebeam)

Wednesday, June 30 - 3pm Expedition & Interactive Performance with The Institute for Really Small Things

Wednesday, July 7 – 6 to 9pm Action Research Workshop with Christopher Robbins, WPA 2010

Participating Artists:
Giana González - Hacking Couture
John Hawke – Orange Work - Mandatory Minimum–We Have Moved
The Institute for Infinitely Small Things - Corporate Commands
Aaron Koblin and Takashi Kawashima - Ten Thousand Cents
Steve Lambert and Packard Jennings - Wish You Were Here! Postcards from our awesome future
MakerBot Industries - MakerBot
Christopher Robbins - Work Projects Administration 2010
Christopher Robbins, John Ewing, and Carmen Montoya - Ghana Think Tank
Evan Roth and Ben Engebreth - White Glove Tracking
Ushahidi - Crisis Map of Haiti
Ubermorgen - [V]ote-Auction
The Yes Men - GOOD COP 15
YoHa (Harwood, Yokokoji) - Social Telephony Files

Recommendation Level: HIGH

Refreshments:

Crane Lake Cabernet Sauvignon in a plastic cup

Crane Lake Pino Grigio in a plastic cup

Yuengling Traditional Lager 12 oz Bottle

HOW Journal SPRINGY, SPRING, SPRING event: 4.6.2010

Click the link for this awesome HOW event, if it's hard to see here!

Affordable Art Fair NYC May 6-9, 2010

AAF NYC is the place to discover and buy works of art from today's hottest young talent and well-known names, with all works priced from just $100 up to $10,000. AAF is for everyone, including the art savvy collector and the first time buyer. So come find something you love from the international array of over 70 established and emerging galleries!
This May, AAF NYC will feature amazing programming including an I ♥ Brooklyn party, children's programs, Foto Focus walking tours, sculpture, print making classes and more. Mark your calendar and come to AAF NYC 2010!

BUY your tickets to AAF, Private Preview Partyand I ♥ Brooklyn Party ONLINE NOW!!! (click the links on the AAF site and you can pre-order on the spot!)

Check out AAF website for all the information you need and to purchase tickets!

Methods Clothing Online Magazine for New Line Launch

A really great friend of REPUBLIC Worldwide designs some shirts for Methods Clothing and Marissa Forbes was able to write a fun fictional article for their new "Fresh Cuts" T-shirt for their new promotional online magazine “2010 The Year We Make Contact”

Once you get to the Methods' website, click the magazine cover to read the hilarious articles and scope out some really killer gear.

Check out Methods' older lines too!

May Day MS Fundraiser

***MAY DAY MS***

Mark the end of an uncomfortable and especially cold winter while springing into action and raising funds and awareness for a great cause.

***MAY DAY MS***

* $10 at the door - 100% of which will be donated to the National Capital Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society in memory of Lynne W. Starkweather

* Happy Hour Prices from 8-10pm

* DJ's Ill Omen and Kjell spinning beats from 10-2

* $5 and $10 Raffle Bracelets will be sold. -100% of which will be donated to the MS Society

Raffle Prizes Include:

* Gift certificates to local to New York City area restaurants

* $100 gift certificate to Rocket Betty Designs

* Professional Make Up and Photo Session

* Designer Hand Bag from SCARPA

* 2 Personal Training Sessions with Tracy Helsing

* Personal Cooking Lesson with Renowned New York City Chef Alex Sorenson

* 3 Days-2 Nights Beach Front Condo in Key West Florida

and much much more.....


***MAY DAY MS***

*Join The Fight For A Cure For MS* Join The Movement!*

Start Time:	Saturday, May 1, 2010 at 8:00pm
End Time:	Sunday, May 2, 2010 at 2:00am
Location:	River
Street:	500 W 43th Street (10th Avenue)
City/Town:	New York, NY

Republic Worldwide: Open Call To Artists

Republic Worldwide 2010 Open Call for Artists

Deadline: June 8th 2010

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Republic WorldWide is accepting submissions for our upcoming exhibition season.

We are currently accepting work in the following media:

Installation, Video, Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Conceptual Projects, New Media, Sound and Photography

Thematically we are looking for work in the following subjects:

Space /Astronomy/ UFO’s (all media)

Skin / Flesh (photo realism)

American Folklore (all media)

Scars/Wounds (all media)

Philip Guston (painting, sculpture, flat work installation)

Computer Science /Technology (all media)

Public Works (all media)

Skateboard Design (Industrial Design)

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To submit and receive more information about a particular category or to find out more about Republic Worldwide in New York or Los Angeles please send an e-mail to Jason@repulicworldwide.com

It is important to include a link to your website or three images of your work along with a brief letter of introduction.

Please allow up to three weeks for response to all submissions.

Visit us online at www.republicworldwide.com

Feministing Presents: NYC Click Book Party!

Feministing Presents: NYC Click Book Party!

Next Wednesday, we'll be celebrating the exciting launch of CLICK: Moments When We Knew We Were Feminists edited by our very own Courtney E. Martin and good pal, J. Courtney Sullivan.

The anthology features essays from tons of awesome feminist voices who "tackle the questions of what makes a feminist, what it means to be one, and how that identity shifts and grows over time--and they emerge with an honest picture of the role of feminism in the lives of young women today." We're super excited and proud of Courtney for making this book happen.

So come hang with us, check out the book, and tell us your own "click" moment. (And enjoy the outdoor garden and awesome beats at this joint we love oh-so-much!) RSVP to our Facebook event here.

Wednesday, April 28th - 6pm to 9pm
@ No Malice Palace
197 E. 3rd Street b/w Aves A and B
New York, NY

Happy Hour until 8 p.m. - $5 Beer and Wine - (Extremely Large) $6 Well Drinks

Visit feministing.com for more info about this event or any others.

Team Brooklyn Ford Fiesta throwing a Concert!

Team Brooklyn is throwing a concert at Webster Hall with some of our favorite artists!

Saturday, May 1, 2010
Time:	5:00pm - 7:00pm
Location:	Webster Hall
Street:	125 East 11th Street
City/Town:	New York, NY

Featuring Mike Del Rio with Sophie Dupin and Charlie Tippie.

Stop by from 5pm-7pm for sick drink specials and get crunk to the music!

VERY IMPORTANT:
PLEASE RSVP at this link to get on the list!:
http://www.fiestamovement2.com/new-york-city/event-detail/concert-at-webster-hall

Pratt + BKLYN Represent! ♥

Festival Miden Call for entries 2010

Festival Miden

Call for entries 2010

Deadline extension: April 30, 2010

Video Art Festival Miden invites all video artists and video creators to participate in this year’s events, which will take place, like the past five years, in public spaces at the Historic Centre of the city of Kalamata, Greece, in July 2010.

The festival call is open to every creator (individuals, groups or organizations) of any nationality and background.

The proposed video can be of any genre (video art, experimental video, animation, short movie etc.). Duration under 10 min.

There is no entry fee.

New deadline: April 30, 2010 (post stamped)

In its 6th realization, along with the main program, Festival Miden wishes to present the following additional special showcases:

- a special theme program entitled “ Sound & vision, music & video ”

- a special theme program entitled “ Land/e/scape ”

- a special theme program entitled “Money”

- also, this year a special theme program entitled “Supernatural” will be curated by guest curator Maria Bourika, based in UK.

Please forward this information to any artist whose work fits into these areas.

More info and detailed entry regulations at www.festivalmiden.gr

E-mail: info@festivalmiden.gr

CRG | ART BRUSSELS

Check out CRG ART BRUSSELS

Butt Johnson, Various Video Game Controllers, Maps, and a Robotic Accessory, 2007, ballpoint pen

on paper, 19 X 15 inches

BOOTH 1C-04 APRIL 23 - 26, 2010

Please join us at this year's Art Brussels

Tomory Dodge, Umbriel, 2009, oil on canvas, 11 3/4 X 10 inches

Angela Dufresne, Houseboat for Gus Van Sant, 2008, oil on canvas, 48 X 60 inches

Frances Stark, Look at the parts (Dickinson vs. Whitman with Magritte), 2009, collage on rice

paper, 55 1/8 X 30 1/2 inches

check out: http://www.festivalmiden.gr/ for more information and pictures!

Dates
From Friday 23 April till Monday26 April 2010
Preview & Vernissage 22 April (by invitation only)

Opening hours
Preview 22 April: 12 – 4 pm (by invitation only)
Vernissage 22 April: 4 pm – 10 pm (by invitation only)
23 - 26 April: 12 am till 7 pm

Brussels Expo - Halls 1 & 3
Place de Belgique, 1
BE-1020 Brussels
Click here for accessibility to Brussels Expo
Click here for map of Brussels' subway

Way of the Word: Poems to Plays Encore Performances

REPUBLIC Worldwide-in collaboration with Everywhere Theatre Group-presents Way of the Word: Poems to Play Encore Performance

On April 12th, 2010, friends, family, and fans of theater along with new and repeat guests from the first Way of the Word: Poems to Plays packed Bar on A to see the encore performances of Pages from a Course in General Linguistics (by Lonely Christopher, directed by Teddy Nicholas), Scrabble or Nietzsche (by Marissa Forbes, directed by Chase Voorhees), and Big Talk (by Katie Przybylski, directed by Leah Winkler).

It was an honor working with Everywhere Theatre Group and I would like to not only thank the directors/founders of ETG but also T. Ramon Campbell, Tricia Cramer, and Kristopher W. Imperati, Dan Whalen, Mary Hynes, David Weinheimer, Nikki Dillon, Rachel Pearl, and Gary Ferrer for transforming the poems into exceptional works theater.

A special thanks to Bar on A for opening up their great space to us and allowing REPUBLIC and ETG the freedom to transform the space into a wonderful place to perform and bring people together to share their love of words.

Pages from a Course in General Linguistics

Teddy Nicholas of ETG

Scrabble (or Nietzsche)

Big Talk

REPUBLIC thanks Everywhere Theatre Group

So often the word is not considered a form of visual art, rather a limited form of emotional expression. The word, in any manifestation, crosses numerous mediums and passions; not only can writing transform one’s thoughts on any subject but it can transcend concepts of life itself. REPUBLIC Worldwide generated the “Way of the Word” program to represent the energy of words in many forms. Poetry was a fitting place to begin but REPUBLIC Worldwide possesses the goal to continue to adapt, revolutionize and spread the love of all embodiments of the word, thus the birth of “Poems to Plays.” Marissa Forbes wanted to expose the accessibility of poetry by adapting three original poems from the event anthology into three one-act plays and the featured poets, Lonely Christopher and Katie Przybylski, were excited for the chance to join Forbes in morphing their poetry into visual enactments. The main concept for “Way of the Word” is that words can take any direction and make any connection, so each poem-to-play speaks to the relationship between influential linguists, philosophers, and poets to our modern day appreciation of the art of the word. REPUBLIC Worldwide was honored that the talented and gracious members of Everywhere Theatre Group wanted to collaborate on this project. The actors and directors have put in exceptional efforts and the dual event was a wild success and we look forward to creating “Way of the Word” events that show how the word can morph and move in any/all directions.

All pictures by Sean McGurn, check out more pictures from the event and information about more events and services by REPUBLIC Worldwide at republicworldwide.com.

Copies of Way of the Word Poetry Anthologies are still available for $10, please email marissa@republicworldwide.com if you're interested in purchasing a wonderful collection of poetry for a good cause. We are donating 10% of every anthology sold to READ (Reading for Excellence and Discovery)—a foundation that promotes literacy by pairing qualified high school tutors with elementary students who demonstrate below grade level reading skills.

Peter Steele, Type O Negative Singer, Dead At 48-Drew Kassl

"Treat each other the way you'd like to be treated" - Pete Steele

TYPE O NEGATIVE manager Mike Renault has confirmed to CBS News that the band's frontman, Peter Steele, has died. In an email, Renault said, "Peter passed away last night. As of now it appears to have been heart failure. That's all the details we have right now."

According to unconfirmed reports, Steele had been ill for days leading up to his death.

TYPE O NEGATIVE's web site left a message to their fans this morning around 5:15 a.m. It read, "The forums have been re-opened. Please play nice and expect statements from the band and family later today. Thank you for your understanding and support."

Steele was born Petrus T. Ratajczyk on January 4, 1962 in Brooklyn, New York. He stood 6' 7" (201 cm) tall, and had a low, bass-heavy voice, which was one of the most recognizable features in TYPE O NEGATIVE's music.

Before forming TYPE O NEGATIVE, Steele played for the metal group FALLOUT and the thrash band CARNIVORE. [Blabbermouth]

Type O Negative's final tour ran from October 16, 2009 at Starland Ballroom to Halloween in Detroit, Michigan. The NYC show took place October 22nd at Nokia Theatre (right in the middle of CMJ). Two days after that they played a show at Northern Lights in Clifton Park, New York. That's where HardTimes.Ca caught up with Pete Steele for a revealing video interview that included such topics as Pete's recent sobriety and religion. In it they discuss why Josh Silver wasn't playing keyboards on that particular tour. Pete says, Josh was too busy with his family and working on his "plan b". "He's smart. I wouldn't depend on me 6 months ago either." It ends with the "final words" quoted above. A must watch for any Type O and Carnivore fan - especially in light of today's tragic news. It's below with footage from the show too...

Check out A.I.R Gallery Presents: Three Rainmakers (an afternoon of Potent Poetries)

Three Rainmakers
E.J. Antonio • Geoffrey Jacques • JoAnne McFarland
Join us for an afternoon of Potent Poetries
Sunday, April 18,
1–3 PM

Geoffrey Jacques will read from his groundbreaking book A Change in the Weather: Modernist Imagination, African American Imaginary. This latest book answers the question “What happens when we put African American expressive culture at the center of modernism?”* Geoffrey Jacques received his PhD in English from The Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY) and currently teaches in the Writing Program at York College, CUNY. He has published three collections of poetry, including Just for a Thrill.

E.J. Antonio will read new poems and a selection from her chapbook Every Child Knows. E.J. Antonio is a 2009 fellow in Poetry from the New York Foundation for the Arts and a recipient of fellowships from the Hurston/Wright Foundation and the Cave Canem Foundation.
Her work has been published in Black Renaissance/Renaissance Noire, The Mom Egg Literary Journal, and Torch among others. She is one of the featured poets on the CD, Beauty Keeps Laying It’s Sharp Knife Against Me: Brant Lyon and Friends.

JoAnne McFarland, and writers E.J. Antonio, Gretta Keene and William Murray, will read the shape shifting poems from Acid Rain.

Acid Rain received Honorable Mention in the inaugural 2009 Cave Canem Northwestern University Press Second Book Award. The complete collection is available on CD with music composed by William Murray. JoAnne McFarland has art works in the permanent collections of the Library of Congress, the Columbus Museum of Art, and the Department of State among others. She is also the author of The Glassblower’s Tale and Fossil Fuel.

Gallery hours: Wednesday – Sunday, 11am to 6pm. For directions please see www.airgallery.org. For additional information, please contact Kat Griefen at A.I.R. Gallery at 212-255-6651 or kgriefen@airgallery.org.

An MP3 from Damian 'Pink Eyes' Abraham's side project Millenial Reign - Drew Kassl

REPUBLIC Worldwide-in collaboration with ETG-opening night of "Way of the Word: Poems to Plays": Success!

REPUBLIC Worldwide—in collaboration with Everywhere Theatre Group—presented the first installment of “Poems to Plays,” the second “Way of the Word” event, on Monday April 5^th, 2010. Bar on A was filled to the brim with old and new friends, all eager to see the adaptations of three poems from the first annual REPUBLIC poetry anthology into three one-act plays. It was an amazing time for all and everyone left very pleased with the night, so come to our encore event April 12^th, 2010, 8-11pm at Bar on A.

Some of the crowd

Playwright/producer: Marissa Forbes

First up was the experimental play, Pages From a Course in General Linguistics, adapted from For Example by Lonely Christopher and directed by Teddy Nicholas. T. Ramon Campbell performed his monologue regarding the concept of linguistics with passion and poise while Tricia Cramer progressed from a beautiful secretary into a frightful femme fatal and then Kristopher W. Imperati gave it his all with his dueling monologue about the insanity and humor of language.

Pages from a Course in General Linguistics

Next up was Scrabble (or Nietzsche) by Marissa Forbes, adapted from the poem of the same name, directed by Chase Voorhees. It’s a philosophical comedy that literally plays with words and thought. Dan Whalen was an excellent Friedrich Nietzsche—full of insightful wittiness and Mary Hynes was a hilarious Scrabble opponent.

Scrabble (or Nietszche)

The performances concluded with Katie Przybylski’s poem adapted into her play, Big Talk, directed by Leah Winkler. David Weinheimer, Nikki Dillon, Rachel Pearl, and Gary Ferrer performed their romantic search on the subway for Walt Whitman with zeal in their cascading voices.

Big Talk

If you were one of the unfortunate ones who missed the opening night of this event or would love to check it out again, the encore performance is Monday April 12^th, 2010. Same time (8-11pm), same place (170 Ave. A), same line up, and same drink specials ($2 Yuengling/$3 well)!

All photos by Sean McGurn, see more on republicworldwide.com soon and RSVP to the event on facebook