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James Akers has been in residency at UrbanGlass all year. Thursday evening is the project reveal. Roxana de Leon's window gallery installation closes Friday at the same venue. I'd go Thursday and see both. The Kou Records showcase at Roulette runs two nights. Wednesday is Aliya Ultan and David Torn; Thursday is Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Eyvind Kang, and Jessika Kenney. Bel Falleiros closes a residency at Recess on Friday. Part 15 of Singing in Unison closes at Art Cake in Sunset Park on Saturday. |
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This Week |
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| 1. James Akers: Artist Talk and Project Reveal at UrbanGlassThu Jun 25, 6–8p, freeThe project is a single technical challenge: creating new neon tube colors by pairing custom glass formulations with phosphor blends. His sculptures are dense, frenetically active, built from light and electronics. Thursday is the reveal. |
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| 2. Roxana de Leon: Ripe for the Picking at UrbanGlassThrough Fri Jun 26, freeDe Leon has turned the UrbanGlass window into an ecological glass jungle, built to give the viewer outside a fishbowl feeling. The installation is on view in the UrbanGlass window through Friday. I'd pair it with James Akers' artist talk Thursday evening at the same venue. |
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| 3. David Torn / Aliya Ultan + Boreas Quintet at RouletteWed Jun 24, 8pDavid Torn has been building his approach to the electric guitar since the 1980s, working with real-time composition, extended technique, and looping. He has scored films alongside Ryuichi Sakamoto and Cliff Martinez. Aliya Ultan presents her Kou Records debut Looks Far Woman reimagined for cello, two violas, violin, and bass. She treats the cello as a shape-shifting voice, moving between orchestral lyricism and cathartic noise. That is Night 1. A second Kou Records night with Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Eyvind Kang, and Jessika Kenney follows Thursday. Tickets are $25 in advance. |
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| 4. Bel Falleiros: DAWN-DUSK-DAWN at RecessFri Jun 26, 6–9p, free, RSVP on EventbriteFor her residency at Recess in Clinton Hill, Falleiros built a large woven vessel you can step inside, surrounded by an evolving field of night-sky cyanotypes, texts, and images gathered over the residency from poets, scientists, and activists. Friday is the closing reception. |
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| 5. Gimme Shelter: Part 15 of Singing in Unison at Art CakeSat Jun 27, artist talk 11aPart 15 of Singing in Unison closes Saturday at Art Cake in Sunset Park. The series is organized by Michael David and the Brooklyn Rail. This installment brings together twelve painters who work with found, recycled, and nontraditional materials: Judy Pfaff, Rachel Eulena Williams, Molly Zuckerman-Hartung, and Kahlil Robert Irving among them. There is an artist talk Saturday at 11am. Art Cake is at 214 40th Street, open Friday and Saturday 1–6p, Sunday 11a–4p. |
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| 6. Tiki Disco x Glitterbox x House of Yes at Industry City Open AirSun Jun 28, 2pTiki Disco is a Brooklyn disco and house collective. Glitterbox is a UK label built around disco and house. House of Yes brings them both to Industry City's open-air space in Sunset Park for Pride Sunday afternoon. I would start the day here. |
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| 7. The Ark at Powerhouse ArtsThrough Aug 30; Wed–SunThe Ark presents ninety animal sculptures and installations by sixty-plus artists in Powerhouse Arts' Grand Hall in Gowanus. The exhibition takes the Deluge as its frame. Animals are both subjects and interlocutors when the world remakes itself. It is the first major public exhibition at Powerhouse Arts, on view through August 30. Admission is $18. |
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Palosanto is on the roof at Arlo Williamsburg Thursday at 6pm Andy C plays 314 Scholes in Bushwick Thursday night Justin Cudmore plays Good Room Thursday night for the Redirect PRIDE! party alongside cotton, Scotia, and maenads |
Other Fun Stuff That's Worth The Trip |
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| Alison Kuo in Conversation at the New MuseumThu Jun 25, 6:30–8:30pKuo makes sculptures from found objects and creates performances about the Asian diaspora experience. She organizes community arts programs in Manhattan's Chinatown. Thursday's conversation at the New Museum, with art historian William Ma, covers her new performance work in development, her Cantonese Opera research, and her engagement with the material culture of Chinatown. |
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James Akers |
James Akers is a Brooklyn neon artist and co-founder of Nebula Neon, a fabrication studio he runs with his partner Ali Feeney. He treats neon as a sculptural material rather than a sign-making one, building objects from light, electronics, and glass. The work has an almost electrical urgency. His sculptures have been shown in galleries and museums internationally. |
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