chashama-news Mailing List: Art Openings and more: chashama in November 2007

[Anita Durst (anita.durst]

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Numyism / Survivors

by Numyi Lee
chashama, 112 West 44th Street (Between 6th and Broadway, B/D/F/V/1/2/3 to 42nd St., 7 to Bryant Park/5th Ave)
Nov. 5th - Nov. 26th, 2007
Opening Reception: Friday, Nov. 9, 2007, 6-8 pm
Tuesday-Saturday 12-5pm
FREE and open to the public.
numyil [at] yahoo.com

 

Numyism is all about survivors: survivors of people, the survival of the artist in her own style. Numyi started the survivors' story from her family-in-law in Iraq in 2007 and expanded her survivors' series to include herself and painting as survivor.  She paints the power of survivors and the beauty of colors from nature in her own unique style.  Each painting has its own sad story and her paining holds both sadness and beauty simultaneously.

 

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Phenomenal Growth

and other works: photography, video and other works on paper by Christy Speakman
chashama, 461 West 126th Street (between Morningside & Amsterdam Avenues, A/B/C/D/1 to 125th Street, next door to Triple Candie)
Opening Reception and Video Screening Thursday, November 8, 2007
Exhibition Hours: 2-6 pm Friday through Sunday, Nov.09-11 & Nov.16-18
FREE and open to the public.

 

Phenomenal Growth is a series of ink drawings where Speakman draws directly from video stills extracted from her short films. The resulting images function as compressed photographs, drawings of light and layered time. Also included in the exhibition are new photographs from Speakman's Eye-wall series, a body of work she began in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina.  Found on the streets of New York City after rainfall, the celestial stains form from oil dropped on pavement by cars in transit. Contradictory to visual resemblances to outer space or satellite imagery of storms approaching landfall, the photographs embrace the micro, momentary, and ephemeral- literally, the ground beneath your feet.

 

For more information visit www.christyspeakman.com

 

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NEW CHASHAMA SPACE AT AVENUE C!

Me & the Material Magic

curated by Tracy Candido
Explosivo/chashama, 169 Avenue C
(at 11th Street, M14C, M14D buses, F to 2nd Ave., L to 1st Ave.)
October 26-November 18
Thu-Sun, 1-7pm
FREE and open to the public.

For more about upcoming exhibitions or Explosivo Art visit www.explosivoartshow.com.
FEATURING: Paul Butler, Happy Fun, Matthew Lusk.

 

Explosivo/chashama is a temporary platform for contemporary art which follows an interdisciplinary exhibition program curated by Tracy Candido in partnership with chashama. The Explosivo/chashama art space is donated to chashama by the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board. UHAB supports self-help housing and community building in low-income neighborhoods by training, organizing, developing and assisting resident-controlled limited-equity housing cooperatives.

 

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Underneath the Gauzy Netting
Performed & Created by Sari Nordman & Pauliina Silvennoinen

at chashama Window Space
266 West 37th Street
(Bet. 7th and 8th Avenues, A/C/E/1/2/3 to 34th Street, N/R/Q/W/7 to Times Square;

M16, M34 buses to 8th Ave, M10, M20 to 36th St.)
Oct.30th, Oct.31st & Nov.1st @ 7PM
November 3rd and 4th @ 9:30PM
More times to be announced.
FREE and open to the public.
www.myspace.com/sarinordman

 

This multi-disciplinary extravaganza explores the Kalevala. The Kalevala is a Finnish national epic, a series of poems passed down from an oral tradition, eventually compiled into one grand written volume.  Underneath the Gauzy Netting will explore dominant themes and characters from the Kalevala with original choreography and live music incorporating instruments made from found objects by Corky Has a Band. The piece will attempt to link the ancient, mystical world of Kalevala to the modern day.  Work by artists from other disciplines may be incorporated into some performances.  For a detailed up-to-date performance schedule please go to www.myspace.com/sarinordman.

 

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Musings of a Man-Bird Recluse
&
The 24 Hour Performance Spectacular
a visual art installation by chashama Artist-in-Residence Sang Bin Park
at chashama Window Space
266 West 37th Street
(Bet. 7th and 8th Avenues, A/C/E/1/2/3 to 34th Street, N/R/Q/W/7 to Times Square;

M16, M34 buses to 8th Ave, M10, M20 to 36th St.)
Nov 12th ? 15th @ 8pm
Nov 16th @ 9pm
FREE and open to the public.
Musings of a Man-Bird Recluse, will run nightly from Monday, November 12th through Thursday, November 15th, culminating in a 24-HOUR Performance Spectacular on Friday, November 16th ? Saturday, November 17th as part of the chashama Windows Program in the Garment District of NYC.

 

From Monday through Thursday, Ronald will exhibit a new and different performance nightly; replete with dancing, singing, guessing games, short plays, poetry readings, psychic readings, magic, violent humility, inordinate suffering and comedy. Then, beginning on Friday at 9:00 pm, the window to Ronald's antechamber will be opened for a complete 24 HOURS straight, during which Ronald will perform a one-hour show every three hours until the window closes once again, for an indefinite period of time, on Saturday, November 17th at 9:00 pm. Voyeurs may come and go to their liking, and bear witness to the antics of this bizarre hybrid-specimen, as he is forced to endlessly entertain, toiling in despair as he burns ad infinitum.

www.ronaldpelican.com

 

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NEW!

Tunes in the Terminal
presented by chashama in association with the Port Authority of NY/NJ
booked by Jaime Walden
at Port Authority of NY/NJ
675 Eighth Avenue
(bet 42nd/41st Streets/North Terminal or 41st/40th Streets/South Terminal)

chashama, in association with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, is pleased to announce "Tunes in the Terminal", a bi-weekly presentation of musical performance booked by Jaime Walden of Arlene's Grocery for the 1st floor lobby of the Port Authority terminal.

 

SCHEDULE TO DATE
(in North Terminal unless otherwise noted)
11/01 - 4:00-4:45 - Late Nite Access
11/26 - 4:00-4:45 - No Skip Ransom

11/15 - 5:30-6:15 - Last Generation
11/26 - 4:00-4:45 - No Skip Ransom

 

Musicians interested in performing in this chashama program can contact Jaime at jaime [at] arlenesgrocery.net.

 

For more information about Arlene's Grocery, visit www.myspace.com/arlenesgrocery.
Port Authority website: www.panynj.gov

 

  The sound system for this series was generously provided by Samson Technologies.

  Samson is proud to support chashama's efforts to give musicians the opportunity to create and perform through Tunes in the Terminal.

  With a focus on advanced performance, exceptional design and great value for the working musician, Samson's professional audio products are preferred by performers and recording artists all over the world.

 

 

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ATTENTION FILM BUFFS, FILMMAKERS & FILM LOVERS OF CHASHAMA

 

 chashama is pleased to announce an offer of a $10 discount on annual membership with US/UK indie film community, Shooting People. That's just $30 for a whole year of daily email bulletins, networking events and more!

 

chashama FilmSpace is partnering with Shooting People, an international organization getting independent films made and seen through a community of active filmmakers sharing resources, skills and experience. Members post to and receive daily email bulletins covering all aspects of filmmaking, add their events and screenings to the film calendars, and network with other members at parties, salons and screenings in London, New York and beyond. Members can also fill in online searchable profile cards ? which will soon feature video too so that you can upload your films and reels. Actors can fill in separate searchable actor profiles.  We have over 13,000 members in the US, covering all areas of indie film from directors to screenwriters to actors and beyond.

 

Click here to find out more: http://shootingpeople.org/promo/CHS7

 

This offer will expire November 30th, 2007.

 

 

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