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Music for 100 Carpenters @ The Boiler

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The videotaping of the sound/performance installation “Music for 100 Carpenters” by sound artist Douglas Henderson, currently on view at The Boiler, was a live performance there last night.  It was an earful of composed noise featuring selected occupational “music” drawn from the carpenter’s daily palette, including the sound of thousands of nails shuffling in brown paper bags, and in cotton nail aprons which the carpenter/musicians held and wore, and shook on cue.

The most powerful of the sounds, hammering nails into 4x4s, dominated the score.  Harnessed and manipulated, the collection of “instruments” evolved into a powerful orchestral cacophony. Paired in twos in front of saw horses, 100 or so volunteers, many of them real carpenters, lined the perimeter of the gallery space, while the audience were seated in the center.  For each eight or so musicians there were “job supervisors” reading from sheets of music.  It would be curious to see the music­ annotations and to learn how they could keep time—a magical feat.

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Cafecito Bogotá

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1015 Manhattan Ave
(718) 569-0077
Mon-Thurs 8am-10pm /
Fri-Sat to 11pm/12am
Mon night closed
www.cafecitobogota.com

By Mary Yeung & Photos by Eric Ryan Anderson

Greenpoint doesn’t have many Latino restaurants, but a few good ones can be found on the downhill stretch of Manhattan Avenue heading toward Long Island City. Cafecito Bogotá, opened by brothers Oscar and Freddie Varela, has been open for three years, faithfully serving authentic Colombian fare. It’s an intimate café, a warm place to grab a bowl of thick soup, linger over a glass of wine or a cup of café con leche while being an audience to a poetry reading or various activities which they host.

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