Art in Williamsburg, Brooklyn 4-26-08
I dropped off one of my paintings to Heart and Soul Pilates for the show I’ll be in next weekend and ended up spending the whole afternoon and much of the evening there having an early dinner, sketching and going to two openings. Here were the openings I went to.
Brooklyn, Williamsburg, North Third street, 59, b/w Wythe & Kent, 7:30pm, $5
Brooklyn, Williamsburg, Bedford avenue, 218, at N 5 street, 7-9pm
Here’s a video of part of what’s going on in Williamsburg:
What was notable was the “Space” performance at MonkeyTown - it was different than anything I was expecting - in fact, I kind of liked the mixture of a “surround” video (4 screens), the futons that you can relax on, the food that’s served while your watching and the performance art that is supposed to play in with the the movie clips.
The only problem - most of the time, the performances didn’t really interplay with the movies all that well and I felt many good opportunities were missed by all the performers and the movies.
Tired and ready for be else I’d write more.
