Photo Credit: Anna Zelikova
For this week’s Listening Party we bring you a double treat in the form of: 1) great music for your ears, and 2) a raucous music video, filmed somewhere in Asia, definitely on the wrong side of the tracks. It features pole dancers, break dancers and some seriously heavy vibes from the artist called Dirty Beaches. Alex Zhang Hungtai, AKA Dirty Beaches, released his new double LP ‘Drifters/Love is the Devil’, yesterday on Zoo Music.
The colorful Secret Project Robot hosted this event. (All photos by Yaz Rosete)
Loud, vile, discordant, disgusting. These are few of the adjectives that characterized jazz in the ’20s and punk in the ’80s. During the week that Cannes celebrated the roaring ’20s and Manhattan exhibited the rebels of punk in galas of fine champagne, Bushwick was turning up the volume, pumping up the colors, upping the vibe and leveling up with some Banji glitter served with cheap beers and BBQ. The Secret Project Robot set up its colorful dance floor to welcome loud bands, vile performers, discordant freestylers and disgusting drags. Niches of fans came together on a dance floor that was eventually stained with sweat and (fake) blood, their steps stomping on the staleness of the ordinary.
Image by Wendy Pope
I Am A Negress of Noteworthy Talent will feature five short films whose topics range from African astronauts in Zambia to black women vampires. The common thread? All were created by emerging black women filmmakers, a demographic greatly underrepresented in the film world. When I asked lead organizer Wendy James why the focus is on black women filmmakers, she explained: “I feel like our voices are powerful and they can deconstruct our society…racial identity really influences our perspective and it creates a unique perspective.” Wendy feels that this event is about making a strong statement in a society where “there’s an effort to silence black women.”
Make sure you make your way out to Silent Barn next Wednesday because the creative house is hosting public meeting #8, and they will be talking about women in DIY.
photo by disneypictures.net
Dear Margot,
I met my boyfriend six months ago and I’m crazy about him but last week he told me that every once in a while he likes to get a BJ from a guy. Now he says he’s bisexual. I’m angry that he waited so long to tell me. I feel like he waited until I was in love with him. Is there such a thing as bisexuality or is he really, as all my friends are telling me, on the way to gay?
- Girlfriend Walking
Screen shot from AiB website.
Bushwick Open Studios is happening again this year and it feels even more real with the directory of 569 registrants which just went live! You can browse this historically highest number of the registered shows (551 in 2012) as long as you want to, check out your listings, the listings of your friends, conspire, plan, and start getting really excited!!!
In case you just realized you want to take part in Bushwick Open Studios, you should read the guidelines before you register. At this point your listing will appear only online, not in the printed directory but it’s still well worth it!
Natalie (All Photos by Renee Ligtvoet for Bushwick Daily)
In the next few days, you might encounter a piece of paper taped to a wall with the inscription “Take me, free piece of art inside” somewhere around Bushwick. Well, you should take it. Inside is artwork by Alex Trema, a French street artist who is in town for a few days.
New home of the numerous activities of Deborah Brown (all photos by Katarina Hybenova for Bushwick Daily)
It was bitter sweet to hear that Deborah Brown will be closing the little space on Wilson Avenue that has been a home to Storefront Bushwick for over three years. The gallery is, without a doubt, a staple in artsy Bushwick. It has become so popular that its openings have been so packed that the crowd would pour out from the space to the street, resembling a neighborhood block party. Long story short: The party is moving to 324 Ten Eyck because Deborah Brown just bought a huge building and has announced her epic plans for Storefront Ten Eyck - and gave us a tour!
Kings County Bar (photo by Arielle Sachar for Bushwick Daily)
Kings County, a small, dark dive bar on Seigel and Bogart, is organizing a rather unusual event - New York’s Smallest Penis Contest. Bar manager Aimee Arciuolo told the Post that “the small guy needs to be celebrated” because those guys have to work harder. The contest is planned for July 20, and here is how it will look…
All the Queens addresses appear as Brooklyn.
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