It is the height of summer and the beaches are calling our names; we count down the seconds before we can leave work in the afternoon, and vainly try to resist the urge to remain two feet away from our window AC units in our apartments. In these doldrums of summer the active galleries present us with experimental and group shows, tempting us with their lively and edgy content. This is a week for performance art, group shows, and maybe venturing out to a couple of galleries that are a little bit off the beaten path!

#1 Doppler @ Parallel Art Space (SAT 6-9PM)

Featuring 22 artists living and working in the US, Doppler focuses on works that create an optical or relational effect on the viewer in order to promote a reactionary response. Based on an earlier iteration of a stop-motion program by artist Sarah Klein that travelled throughout Europe in a travelling suitcase. Now showing in Bushwick, the curator/organizer Mel Prest wishes to continue what the show started, crossing boundaries to encourage cultural exchange with the show. Conflating both the visual impact of the pieces with this concept of transgressing national boundaries, the exhibition should prove to cause both visual and physical reactions to the work, as well as interpersonal.