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Guy Gerber, returns to the US to bring his iconic RUMORS party straight from the Ibiza to the Big Apple for RUMORS NY on September 16th. Rumors will feature an extended set from Guy Gerber and is sure to draw its unique crowd of artisans, fashionistas, music heads and misfits. Daytime open air event produced by Teksupport.
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The Arena, Everyday People, Trillectro, & Electric Circus Present: Crosstown Cookout
The premise of a cookout is simple: come as you are, eat what you want, drink a lil bit, and dance a lotta bit. Crosstown Cookout is a collaboration of party crews from near and far coming together to turn up under the sun for one last time before the summer comes to a close. Expect heavy helpings of community vibes, hip hop and global beats spun by NYC’s best, delicious food by the Drive Change crew, and maybe even a pop-up performance by a VERY special guest.
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Wastedland 2 is a detritus-strewn, site-specific, immersive film installation transforming spaces into a three-dimensional post-apocalyptic graffiti wonderland. Questions of fate and self will collide with graffiti folk lore through wordplay, sculpture, artifacts, and characters – all centered around thematics from the existential fantasy film of the same name. Created by Andrew H. Shirley, and his actors and members of the notorious Brooklyn-based 907 graffiti crew – this environment allows the viewer to enter the psychology of the narrative, to identify and ultimately re-define the way one traditionally engages with film and artwork.
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“The Beginning, If Not the End” by UFO 907 and William Thomas Porter in Detroit (photo by Phil Conners)
Following its debut in Detroit last September, Wastedland 2 has spent the past year touring across the U.S., featuring artists and new material specific to each location. This event at Knockdown Center will be the culmination and a celebration of that national tour.
About Wastedland 2
Shirley’s Wastedland 2 (30 min/ Color/ 2016) follows three solitary vandals (played by Wolftits, Avoid, and Smells) who cross paths while searching for the meaning of a trail of enigmatic artworks left behind by UFO 907, another nomadic artist. Roaming from one decaying zone to the next in a never-ending search for beer, weed and a wall to paint, the vandals form a pact with the rest of the surviving seekers (played by other recognized graffiti artists Rambo, Noxer, EKG, and others) to attain the answer to their unanimous question of their futility- “what’s the point?” www.wastedland2.com
WASTEDLAND 2: 2017 TRAILER from andrew h. shirley on Vimeo.
About Andrew H. Shirley
Andrew H. Shirley finds an obsession in living experimentation through a primarily nomadic miscreant lifestyle detached from material pop culture. His multi disciplinary work has appeared in PS 1, MOCA, Museum of Sex, and films have screened in over 300 cities worldwide. As a social architect, he has curated the underground into public events from institutions such as the Brooklyn Academy of Music to a secret tree house art gallery he built in upstate NY.
Image: Amoeba and Wolftits encounter the UFO spaceship somewhere in a field. This scene was shot in Marbletown, NY- facing west towards Slide Mountain. Scultpure was built by William Thomas Porter and UFO907 (film still).
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Jonathan Toubin / New York Night Train bring you a huge Roller Skating party!
Roller skate with your friends under the huge disco ball all night to the vinyl oldies! Plus… Live music! DJs! Dancing! Live Visuals! Pizza! Roller girls! Le Crunch Glam Dance party room with Josh Styles and Sophie Thunder-Murphy and much more!
If you don’t bring your own skates, $7 rentals available on site!