OPEN SOURCE CARNIVAL
Come on down to the Open Source Carnival for a rollicking good time! Suit up in your favorite costume, bring a taste for the bizarre, the spontaneous, the sublime… and bring a little pocket change, too. A benefit to help Open Source Gallery rebuild after the fire last November, the Carnival will feature a festive variety of performances by a dozen local artists and musicians all day long.
It all takes place in a four-story wal…k-up rendered uninhabitable last November as firefighters fought the fire in the adjacent gallery building. Concurrent with the Carnival is a group exhibition throughout the vacant brownstone entitled ASSOCIATED, and together these events serve as something of a New Orleans style funeral and wake for the building. Come on out, join the spectacle and help us transform this disaster site into one of celebration!
ARTIST PERFORMANCES
Doors open at noon – $5 suggested donation
1pm: Tour of the exhibition ASSOCIATED
2:30pm – 5:30pm: ARTIST PERFORMANCES
James Leonard: Boardwalk Style Portraits
Jason Gaspar: Taco Hell
Sara Bouchard: Songline 1: Paper Wrinkle on melodica
Lily White on saxophone
Wendy Chu and Keiji Kubo: Libertango choreographed by Yuka Kawazu
6pm – 11pm: MUSICAL PERFORMANCES
Ethan Crenson: “disaster songs” on 78s
Hari Ganglberger: drums and percussion
Glen Einbinder: Carnevale music on 78s and more
Union Street Preservation Society: Americana string band
In The Loop: improvised electronic sound-scapes
Jeremy Slater and Ami Yamasaki: sound performance
11pm: FOOSBALL TOURNAMENT Finals hosted by Monika Wuhrer and Frank Scheiderbauer
Raffles will be held at 5:30pm and 9pm!
Beverages and snacks will be available for a suggested donation.
More about the Carnival:
more information
More about the exhibition ASSOCIATED:
http://mim.io/ff16f
The Final Feast
Flying Teeth (Aaron Diskin, William Haugh) in concert
Sat March 26th 7pm – midnight
174 Franklin Street, Brooklyn 11222 (G Train: Greenpoint Avenue)
In the OPEN SOURCE space on 174 Franklin Avenue in Greenpoint, Raphaela Riepl’s installation hosts “The Final Feast” with Flying Teeth in Concert, where not only the band will be integrated into the show, but also the show in the band.
Sara Bouchard
November 20th, 7pm
DUE TO FIRE THIS PERFORMANCE WILL HAPPEN AT KORZO [ 667 5th Avenue
NY 11215, (718) 285-3425 ]
“The News: Monday-Friday”
The News: Monday-Friday is a collection of five songs written one per day of a single work week, the lyrics being found poems compiled from each day’s newspaper. While rooted in words and phrases from the actual news, the songs build upon each other to tell their own “subconscious current events” story. It is a tale of a community struggling with its spirituality when faced with leaving home and transitioning towards a strange and unknown future. Sara will perform the entire song cycle on guitar, mandolin and autoharp as well as other recent work. She recently performed her last album Songs of Lewis & Clark at Open Source.
http://www.myspace.com/sarabouchardmusic
Open Source will Live Again
Adam Day
Saturday, Nov 13th, 8pm
This kid – he’s right off the farm, or maybe picked up from the side of the road, dirty hair and unshaven, mouth like a sailor, and manners like a distinguished gentleman. He can talk to you on anything from yesterday’s hangover to 20th century literary figures. He’ll tell you stories that will bust your gut laughing, and others that will shut you up and make you wonder where this kid is from. You listen to him, you think about where you grew up, who you’ve loved, who you might find, or where you might end up. You’re sad, excited, and can’t stop smiling all at once.
This is 25 year-old Adam Day, hailing from Baltimore, MD with a guitar in-hand and a story on his breath. In the vein of James Taylor, John Mayer, and, Ray LaMontagne Day has been stunning audiences with meticulously crafted songs and stories about the complexities of the human experience.
In every town that he resides, this quirky, at-times-awkward, and lovable fellow garners local celebrity and is loved by those with an appreciation for well-written and melodic folk rock tunes.
http://www.myspace.com/adamday
Nobuko – Origami Workshop
October 23rd and 24th, 2-4pm
ANIMALS AND MORE
For Adults as well as for Children.
Through NGO for cultural exchange, Nobuko has traveled to more than 20 countries promoting peace, human rights, equality, and sustainable development. She has exhibited her origami and taught the Japanese craft to the locals. Her ability to teach and share Origami connect her to people all ages.
Please RSVP , so we can have an idea. Just put the date and Number of people. We appreciate your $10 Donation.
Susie Asado: Hello Antenna
Sept. 18th, 7-10pm
Susie Asado is the poet and songwriter Josepha Conrad. She grew up in Frankfurt am Main and in Chicago and naturally geographic challenges and a life between countries are her main subjects. “Hello Antenna” is the title of her debut album released on the German independent label Lolila in 2008. These songs are about borders and crossing them, about falling in love with border patrol and with countries and that is more than one country. They are about the construction of home and the relationship to fictional characters and books. In many ways Susie Asado is a dialog with the writings of Gertrude Stein. You might know Josepha’s strange wordy songs from Crazy for Jane, the band that she has with her brother Philipp. You might have seen her in Uli M Schueppel’s film “Berlin Song”. You might have run into her along the Landwehrkanal in Berlin where she currently lives.
www.susieasado.com
www.myspace.com/susieasado
www.susieasado.com/video.html
The event is FREE.
About Second Saturday Events
Open Source announces an open call for submission of proposals for Second Saturday (of the Months) Events.
Open Source offers artists the opportunity to perform/view/sing/act/show/create. The Second Saturday Events are always happening within a show that is ongoing in the Gallery.
If you have an idea please contact us.
PAST EVENTS
Simon Joyner: May 26th, 8pm
Simon Joyner was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, but he’s lived in Omaha, Nebraska most of his life. The geography, mythology, and personal connection to both the South and the Midwest act as shadow characters throughout his large body of work–swallowing some characters, emboldening others, always reminding us that place is much more than mere scenery. Joyner’s songs and stories focus on struggling or haunted characters who confirm their humanity during moments of strength and weakness, disappointment, failure, and, of course, love. Here is the site to buy tickets in advance:
http://www.weeblackskelf.co.uk/tour/buy.html
Admission: $12
Deconstruction: by Anne Phelan
directed by Nicole A. Watson
April 10th: 7:30 and 8:30
image in the right bottom corner:
Parker Leventert, Jacob Grigolia-Rosenbaum, Cotton Wright and Director Nicole A. Watson
“Deconstruction” takes place a few years from now, after the U. S. has been defeated in World War III. In some major American city, Emma and Trudy are assigned to the same work detail to clean up the post-war rubble. Their very different pasts and personalities clash immediately.
The Play is written to be and will be performed during the opening reception of Rachel Youens show at Open Source called “Cornucopias”.
on view now
Patrick Cadenhead: Spring and RenewalOpening Reception: May 5th, 2012, 7-9pm May 6th – June 3rd With Spring and Renewal, artist Patrick Cadenhead seeks to create a multi-sensory meditation on religion, laundry, and our denial of decay. Large sculptures caked in common cleaning products make up this installation, as active fountains push water and soap over and through, constantly changing [...]
upcoming
MS 136
Koko
eL Paper
riepl & co marianas trench discoveries inc
Nick Kline
Kathleen Vance
Michael Poetschko
past
Felipe Mujica: One day this will NOT be yours
BETWEEN MOUNTAIN
Between Mountain – part 2
Peter Feigenbaum
The Meeting
Karl Spörk, Another Meeting
Leigh Davis: The Burrow (H.H.)
Evan Robarts and James Moore: the cave
Sara Bouchard: The News: Monday-Friday, Parts 1 & 2
Open Source 2011
Open Source Soup Kitchen
Borderland Collective
Jason Reppert: Parlor Tricks
Felipe Mujica: One Day This Will All Be Yours
Green Idea Pool
James Leonard – 927 Days at Sea
Soap Box Derby
Naoe Suzuki and Dramahound Productions: Mi Tigre, My Lover
Associated
Raphaela Riepl: adorable steamed sea urchin
Allison Read Smith: Thugs
Open Source Gallery 2008-2010
Soup Kitchen 2010
Pirmin Hagen: First
Nobuko: wa
ORFI nyc: live gig 2010
Peter Feigenbaum “Trainset Ghetto: Streetsmart”
Images NYC
make Soap Box Racers for the Soap Box Derby
ONE BIG WINDMILL
Open Source Residency w/Austrian Artists
Patricia Watwood: Portraits 20/10
Cornucopias: Paintings by Rachel Youens
Ondrej Brody & Kristofer Paetau: Wang Bin Torture in Commercial Quality, High Quality and Museum Quality
Akiyuki Ina: Emitting Evanescent Beauty
John Coburn: Fairlane Marauder
Soup Kitchen 12.1 – 12.24
Sara Ching-Yu Sun: Nov 7th- Nov 30
Victoria Stanton and Christian Richer: Sat Oct 10th
Patrick May: October 3 – november 2
