Sunday, September 13, 2009
"Power
Animal Challenge" performance @ East River State Park in the afternoon.
Expect animal people, drums, wrestling, militant wolves, mayhem.
Performances
all day and screenings at night, we go on early afternoon. But whole
day is hottt! Courtesy of Urban Art Projects.
more details:
http://www.uaprojects.org/current-projectsHeres basic scene:
1-5 pm Live performances in East River State Park including POWER ANIMAL CHALLENGE
(at Kent Ave. and North 8th in Williamsburg) IF RAIN, PERFORMANCES WILL BE IN URBAN ART PROJECTS...
6-9 pm Live performances and video program at Urban Art Projects (136 Wythe Ave. between North 8th & 9th in Williamsburg)
Featuring work by:
Urban
Voices United (D-Black, D-Cross, Jamica and Narubi Selah), Marthe Ramm
Fortun, Lydia Bell, Genevieve White, Jason Martin, Karen Azouley,
Andras Borocz, Damaris Drummond, Amelia Winger-Bearskin, Monika Weiss,
Jennie Hagevik Bringaker, Nadja Verena Marcin, and Amber Hawk Swanson.
From
press release: "PERFORM WILLIAMSBURG, a multi-disciplinary festival
celebrating alternative performing arts in New York. In advance of this
year's performance art biennial, Performa, Williamsburg-based Urban Art
Projects (UAP) will host a day of performances by urban poets, emerging
artists from Brooklyn, established New York performers, and an
outstanding roster of international artists. PERFORM WILLIAMSBURG will
commence in the beautiful setting of the East River State Park,
overlooking the East River, Manhattan, and the burgeoning Williamsburg
waterfront skyline. Later in the day, the festival will move into the
nearby UAP gallery for more performances and a one-hour video program,
featuring work by performance and interdisciplinary artists..."
