Ethan Crenson
May 2nd, 11 am
In nineteen hundred and forty-five,
the atom bomb it came alive…
From his impressive collection of 78 rpm records containing songs about the atomic bomb, Ethan Crenson will fill the cHURCH OF MONIKA with gospel and sacred music as it grapples with the reality of the new and massively destructive force–a force contained in the very atoms of God’s creation. The actual 78 rpm records from the era, 1945 to 1958, will be played right before the congregations ears.
Sara Bouchard
Sunday, April 25th, 11am
Artist and neighbor Sara Bouchard will present new work from her photography/video series “Worship.” The series consists of images captured from the Worship Channel as displayed on her home television set. Tuned in using a digital converter box to interpret a weak antenna signal, the TV images become garbled and infused with a strange, otherworldly quality.
Leslie Kuo
April 18th (11am)
Leslie Kuo will be giving a slide show presentation of Urban Plant Research, after she was invited to do the same at the opening reception for our friend Debbie Hesse’s exhibition, an installation involving living plants at Umbrella Arts in the East Village. Sara Buchard will be there as well to answer questions and contribute to discussion after the presentation.
Lily White and Todd Isler
Sunday April 11th, 11am
Drummer, teacher and author Todd Isler is based in New York City, where he has been active in the jazz and world music scenes for over 20 years. He has released two original CDs, Two Step: Duets and Beyond, and his current Soul Drums, as well as his book You Can Takadimi This, published by Gerard and Sarzin in 2005.
Saxophonist and composer Lily White has released 3 CDs under her own name: Somewhere Between Truth and Fiction, No Pork Long line, and Big Blue Line.
She and Todd have been friends for over 20 years.
Miscellaneous
March 28th, 11 am
This Sunday I am inviting everybody, artists, neighbors and other
creative thinkers to talk about Pateau & Brody’s show currently in
the gallery (they won’t be here but we will conference call them via
skype), a manifesto that is in the works and our new website/app idea
called wideopensource.
Hope you can make it! There will be coffee and other refreshments served!
Panel on the environment: Kids talk
March 21st, 11am
With Susan Weseen as moderator a panel of kids, eight to ten year old, share their thoughts and feelings about the environment and current environmental issues. After the panel discussion, the audience will be able to ask questions.
Susan Weseen is a teacher/librarian and avid gardener who is also the co-founder of grounded knowledge.
Idea by Charlotte Mendelaar
Ondrej Brody & Kristofer Paetau
March 14th, 11am
Discussion with Ondrej Brody & Kristofer Paetau about the current show “Wang Bin Torture in Commercial Quality, High Quality and Museum Quality” at Open Source.
Fell free to join the discussion also online http://brodypaetau.com/?page_id=79
THIS IS MY BODY
an exhibition and artist’s discussion of work by Emily Dickinson*
March 7th, 11am
Open Source Gallery recognizes this third Sunday of Lent with the work of Brooklyn artist Mark Brennan aka Emily Dickinson. His/her meticulously painted pictures of dead and decayed vegetation serve as elegies to the residents of nearby Greenwood Cemetery. This event is part of the ongoing cHURCH of MONIKA series, which features art with spiritual/religious content. Wine and other refreshments will be served.
Silence
Feb 20th, 11am
Silence followed by Coffee/Bloody Mary’s/Debate
Monika Wuhrer
Sunday 28th, 11am