Staff Picks No. 70
Can Art Transform How We Experience Public Space? : Olafur Eliasson, Gloria Sutton
Pioneer Works
Friday, November 1st 2024
I’ve long admired multidisciplinary artist Olafur Eliasson’s explorations of the built environment and our societal relationships between nature, natural phenomena, and urban spaces. On Friday, Eliasson chats with art historian Gloria Sutton at the recently renovated and re-opened Red Hook art/science hub Pioneer Works. I expect it will be a brilliant conversation. Come through!
Staffer: Joshua Dumas
Stories Will Not Mend This Broken World : William Johnson, Handan Ozbilgin, Leela Munsiff, Lal Ensari, Orcun Koray Kaygusuz, Defne Ozkan, Francisco Arcila, Roberto Tolentino
Brick Aux Studio
November 7th - November 9th 2024
If you are looking for something, look here. Honestly, I am going to just share the way they describe the show. They say it perfectly and I just want to direct you to this project. "What is the value of art in a world that’s collapsing? In this play, a group of Istanbul theater artists struggle to regain their footing in the aftermath of the 2023 earthquake that devastated Turkey and Syria. Alternating between gallows humor and grief, Stories Will Not Mend This Broken World explores the effect that violence on a mass scale has on those who witness it from a distance and the inextinguishable drive to create new worlds through art, even when that work feels futile."
Staffer: Theresa Buchheister
Methods in Madness and Polly : Corey Allen, Jason Tseng, Miranda Holliday, Nathaneal Brown, Will Lowry, Kia Rogers, Genevieve Wilson, Braxton Rae, Heather Cohn, Corinna Schulenburg, Julianna Kantor, Lori E. Parquet, Alisha Spielmann, Anna Rahn, Chris Wight, Allison Narva and Flux Theatre Ensemble
The Brick Theater
November 8th-23rd 2024
Corey Allen is doing two shows at The Brick in November. EPIC. He is both brilliant and thoughtful, in all mediums of artistry. Perhaps this is why he is also an impactful teacher. The questions that weave through both pieces are vital and the processes of creation may generate even more. I would go as often as possible, if I was in Brooklyn. If you get tickets for both Methods in Madness AND Polly, you get a discount. I strongly encourage you to go to both!
Staffer: Theresa Buchheister