Every week, BR&S picks out a series of gallery events, screenings, exhibitions, performances. Here are our choices for you to go & see:
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Tuesday July 22 2014
TT The Bears Place, 10 Brookline Street, Cambridge, MA
Future Folk: Movie Screening & Performance
The History of Future Folk is probably the best alien folk-duo sci-fi action romance comedy movie of all time. Which is to say - this charming movie about two bluegrass-loving aliens who save the earth is unique, and uniquely awesome.
This do617 special event includes a movie screening + live performance from Future Folk themselves, plus a Q&A with the stars of the movie. Come prepared to rock out.
Make your own Hondoian space helmet, wear it to the event ... Own it!
8:30 pm
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Wednesday July 23 2014
Ragnar Kjartansson: The Visitors A celebration of creativity, community, and friendship, The Visitors (2012) documents a 64-minute durational performance Kjartansson staged with some of his closest friends at the romantically dilapidated Rokeby Farm in upstate New York. Each of the nine channels shows a musician or group of musicians, including some of Iceland’s most renowned as well as members of the family that owns Rokeby Farm, performing in a separate space in the storied house and grounds; each wears headphones to hear the others.As the music begins and repeats, individual players stop, start, and move between rooms. Viewed together, the individual videos present an ensemble performance Kjartansson calls a "feminine nihilistic gospel song." The piece itself sets lyrics from a poem by artist Ásdís Sif Gunnarsdóttir, Ragnar´s ex-wife, to a musical arrangement by the artist and Icelandic musician Davíð Þór Jónsson; the title comes from a 1981 album from Swedish pop band ABBA, meant to be its last.
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Thursday July 24 2014
Twilight Art TourPlease join Meg L. Winslow, Curator of Historical Collections, for a special walking tour of favorite monuments in the resplendent light of an early summer evening.5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
$7 for members / $12 non-members
Buy tickets here
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Thursday July 24 2014
Bounce, by Liz NofzigerExperience ping pong with a twist on the BCA's Plaza this summer with Liz Nofziger's Bounce... no skill required!BCA Artist Resident Liz Nofziger brings free community ping pong to the BCA's Plaza this summer with Bounce, a colorful, interactive outdoor installation made up of three conjoined, regulation-sized ping pong tables, custom-engineered to form an oversized Community Ping Pong Court. This unique configuration encourages participants -- from the proficient to the amateur -- to try their skills, make new friends and make up their own rules. All are encouraged to stop and play - paddles and balls will be available at no charge around the clock. Each bounce of the ball will be captured by microphone and amplified, processed and played back in real time, adding another element of recreation to the work.
Bounce opens to the public on July 24th and remains active on the Plaza through October 14th.
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Friday July 25 2014
Perma-F(r)ail: Personae DocumentsPerma-F(r)ail: Personae Documents is an original group exhibition curated by Jessica Borusky.
Borusky writes: "Persona within art can be understood as a lens by which to view or understand art making; meaning, what is the physical body behind the work produced and shown, and how is that generating particular affect(s) for the viewer? Or, it can be seen as an artistic endeavor in and of itself; meaning, how does one observe and understand performativity of self, the flux and presentation of identity-making, within real-time, and then extrapolate that experience for viewers outside of the originally designated site of construction?"Perma-F(r)ail: Personae Documents brings together work by artists from around the country who use video, writing, performance, photography, and changing installation strategies to explore personae in new, provocative, and ultimately, ephemeral ways
Opening Reception:
Friday July 25
6 pm - 9 pm
Gallery Talk & Performances by Dell Hamilton, Maggie Cavallo, & Nabeela Vega
Friday July 25
7 pm
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Friday July 25 2014
TEMPOA contemporary art exhibition comprised of colorful, eclectic pieces that make your mind and body move. TEMPO features works spanning various visual media, including live video projections, by ten MassArt students and alumni. Each work has been selected based on its striking color and energy content, delivering motion and rhythmic flow from one static image to anotherWorks by Christopher King, Sarah Nommensen, Jordan Piantedosi, Golden Sweet, John Davis, Mariah Siegmann, Ashley Rose Harrison, Christopher Davis, Ari Forrester, and Jana Renée
Opening Reception
5 pm - 9 pm
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Friday July 25 2014
Highland Street Foundation's Free Fun Fridays!The Highland Street Foundation is a charitable organization established in 1989 by David J. McGrath, Jr., the founder of TAD Resources International, Inc., the famous employment agency. Highland generously supports local non-profit institutions and sponsors a summer program called Free Fun Fridays. There is free admission, with very few restrictions, at many museums, historic sites, theaters, art centers, and many attractions.The foundation supports further programs including the Youth Philanthropy Initiative that empowers youth to raise money for charities, ReadBoston, which holds free storytelling events for children in Boston's neighborhoods,
Highland Holidays which helps provide toys, books, games, and other supplies to children during the holiday season, and many more programs that support community organizations.
See the rest of the participants for July 25 here.
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Saturday July 26 2014
Urbano Project, 29 Germania St, Jamaica Plain, MA
UrbanGala
Urban Aht exhibitions combine traditional and untraditional exhibition styles; graffiti is framed and mounted, modern dance is performed in the audience space—our exhibitions introduce a new form of art appreciation that eliminates value disparities between genres.
Urban Aht's exhibition last summer, Hoods of Boston, featured incredible, new talent, had an audience that spilled out onto the sidewalk and anticipating more entertainment this July at Urban Gala.
5 pm - 10 pm
Suggested donation of $5 / Reserve tickets here.
Parking & handicap accessible
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Friday August 1 2014
Kingston Associates’ Annual Exhibition: Free Association 2014The Kingston Gallery Associates is a group of ten artists, juried by the membership to expand the Gallery's contact with artists and to encourage new art. This will be their fifth annual group summer exhibition. Their work represents a wide range of interests, themes, and processes. The Kingston Gallery is delighted to have them exhibit their work as a group and to connect with the Boston arts community.Oepning Reception:
Friday, August 1
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Artist Talk:
Sunday, August 10
1 pm - 3 pm
* Found on Big Red and Shiny's Listing page! Please consider listing your events with us here.
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- Shawn Salinger, Hang Around Sundown, Acrylic and spray paint on canvas, 46 x 40 inches, 2013
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- Future Folk at TT The Bear’s Place on Tuesday.
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- Ragnar Kjartansson, The Visitors at the ICA.
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- Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge.
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- Dell Hamilton, Cusp at the Howard Art Project.
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- Golden Sweet, Bat Moon’s Tenderly, at ARCH this Friday.
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- The Danforth Museum is free this Friday as part of the ongoing Free Fun Friday series.
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- Bounce, by Liz Nofziger
