THINK OF YR FUTURE
an evening of mixed media curated by laura blüer & miles pflanz
Fri, February 21, 2014
9:00 PM- 11:00 PM
Donation suggested $5-$15
ARTISTS:
LIVE
Raúl de Nieves
MV Carbon
Ian Deleón
Allison Wonderland
Lines of Bleach (mem. Teeth Mt.)
VIDEO
Laura Blüer
Perry Hohlstein
Jonathan Mittiga
James Moore
Miles Pflanz
Joshua Rievel
Velvet Teen
Tiny Leg
THINK OF YR FUTURE an evening of mixed media curated by laura blüer & miles pflanz
do you want to be famous? or just popular? what dream internship or dream job is coming yr way? what are you going to do w/ yr degree? and yr debts? where will you start yr family? and where will you move them so they can have the best opportunities? think of yr future. the hour is approaching. the judges will be judged and the jailers jailed. the screens will crack and none will connect. lightning in the square. thunder in the boardroom. drops of blood on corn as though dew from heaven. those who use labor only for profit will find nothing left to use. the tools they left to rust will be swallowed by the earth. what would lena do?
LAURA BLUER and MILES PLANZ CURATORS
Laura Blüer and Miles Pflanz have been collaborating on video production and curating/producing shows since 2011. Their video collaborations have been screened at the SELECT Fair at Miami Art Basel (2012);MoMA PS1; the 5th International Videoart Festival of Camagüey, Cuba (2013); the Parnü Videofest in Parnü, Estonia (2013); and at several DIY venues in Brooklyn. Blüer and Pflanz also co-founded Fitness Center for Arts & Tactics in 2012, where they curated a prolific program of performance art, gallery installations, and noise/punk/electronic shows with local and international artists. The venue closed in January 2014 due to rent increase.
Laura Blüer studied photography and video at Tisch School of the Arts and the Fundación Ludwig de Arte in Havana, Cuba. She currently works as the digital media assistant at the Hemispheric Institute of Performance & Politics in NYC. In addition to curating shows, she is building her own non-profit art space called GIRÓN, set to open in late summer 2014. Blüer is also collaborating with David LaGaccia, Esther Neff, and Jill McDermid to produce a new online and print journal called INCIDENT in a communal effort to define, expand, and archive the local performance art scene.
Miles Pflanz DOB: Dec. 25th. Video/performance artist & curator.
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GRACE:
Grace, n. - simple elegance or refinement of movement
Grace Period - an extended period granted as a special favor
The Three Graces (Greek Mythology) - charm, grace, and beauty
Opened in 2006, Grace Exhibition Space is devoted exclusively to Performance Art. We offer an opportunity to experience visceral and challenging works by the current generation of international performance artists whether emerging, mid-career or established. Our events are presented on the floor, not on a stage, dissolving the boundary between artist and viewer. This is how performance art is meant to be experienced and our mission is the glorification of performance art.
Grace Exhibition Space presents over 30 curated live performance art exhibitions each year, showcasing new work by more than 400 performance artists from across the United States and the world since 2006.
Grace Exhibition Space for International Performance Art Space IRS tax-exempt 501(c)3 status in 2015.
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