Historically, there has been a distinct separation between media and genres of art – the beaux arts tradition imported from the Grande Academie of Paris, from which American art institutions were derived, maintained clear boundaries between the plastic, performing, and literary arts – whoa, I’ll stop there before I go off on an art historical tangent! While these boundaries have been questioned, challenged and straight up abolished during multiple decades and artistic movements, no better example of the line being blurred could be found than in Bushwick’s art events this week. Maybe there’s something in the bright summer breeze that has inspired our artistic venues and galleries to branch out, cross boundaries and challenge the typical perspectives on these traditions, but it is clear that all these week’s top art picks are all about categorical transgression and presenting work that defies strict definition.
Always proponents of “living art,” Secret Project Robot’s most recent endeavor showcases the work of David Shull, an artist/musician who constantly challenges perceptions of “regular” reality, as he puts it. As part of a month-long series in June, Shull will present a set of curated, acoustically based performances that follow a similar vein to his own work by offering alternate realities that are based out of re-imagined histories, which in turn create a completely different concept of the future.
