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Archives for May 2012

Big Things Writ Small

May 21, 2012 By Robert Egert Leave a Comment

Christian Nguyen “Modern Surfaces” 2012 Acrylic on Plexiglas.

Scale is a blade that cuts in two directions: Big often signifies importance, especially in an environment where space is at a premium. Conversely, we all know that Good Things Come in Small Packages.

Small Sculpture (by big people) is an exhibition of miniature sculpture that is a fascinating study of how the scale of things can change our perception of space and our bodies while toying with our expectations. The exhibit delivers intimate moments of delight and surprise while forcing us to slow down, look again and reject first impressions in favor of a second examination.

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“Sculpture Garden” at Onderdonk House

May 21, 2012 By Robert Egert Leave a Comment

Sarah Bednarek; A Piano Has the Same Mass, Plywood, paint

By Robert Egert
@psychomotikon
May 4 – June 3, 2012

Co-curators Leslie Heller and Deborah Brown have organized this year’s sculpture exhibit on the grounds of the historic Onderdonk House in Ridgewood/Bushwick. Sculpture Garden features 15 pieces by 13 Brooklyn-based artists, that are situated throughout the grounds and in the farmhouse.

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“All The Pretty Things”

May 19, 2012 By WG News + Arts Leave a Comment

Camouflage by Luisa Caldwell

By Julie Turley

I feel a bit sorry for the fabulous frocks at the b. conte boutique on North 9th Street.  Since the end of April, one’s eyes are immediately directed above the merchandise where the work of local artists Luisa Caldwell and Mery Lynn McCorkle is on exhibit until May 23rd. In other words, go now to see art that transforms quotidian, decidedly low-brow materials into something transcendant.

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Nitehawk Cinema Features Live Scores to Accompany Classic Movies

May 14, 2012 By David LaGaccia Leave a Comment

The band Morricone Youth specialize in life film scoring. Photo courtesy Nighthawk

In live performances, a musician, a dancer, a singer, an actor will spend weeks in rehearsals, hitting every mark, rehearsing to perfection; but each performance is necessarily filled with unexpected moments, sometimes errors, never to be replicated in just the same way twice.

In spite of what they are called, silent films of yore were rarely silent. It was standard for live musicians to play in a theater providing a musical arrangement for a film, emotional cues for an audience to react to, and even entertainment in its own right for those who wanted to see pianists, violinists, or sometimes a small orchestra perform. A screeching violin can warn us that our favorite actress is in danger; a tapping drum can mimic the hoof beats of a trotting horse, and a sliding horn can tell us when to laugh when Buster Keaton braves death again.

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Brooklyn Shows Off Its Bands at BAM’s “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” Festival

May 9, 2012 By David LaGaccia Leave a Comment

St. Vincent on stage at Crossing Brooklyn Ferry festival. Photo by Rebecca Greenfield

St. Vincent on stage at Crossing Brooklyn Ferry festival. Photo by Rebecca Greenfield

“And you that shall cross from shore to shore years hence are more to me, and more in my meditations, than you might suppose.” Crossing Brooklyn Ferry – Walt Whitman

If there ever will be a distinct Brooklyn sound, it just played last weekend in one big blast.

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