> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://hyperallergic.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Art Rx - URL: https://hyperallergic.com/art-rx-100/ - Published: 2014-02-04T12:10:58.000Z - Updated: 2025-11-24T16:33:56.000Z - Description: This week, New York has a lot of big names on tap. Catch tributes to Marina Abramović and William S. Burroughs, see a Jean-Luc Godard film on the big screen, or sit in on a talk with Isaac Julien. - Author: Hrag Vartanian - Tags: Art, Events, Weekly Art Rx, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:03 (2014, 2015, part 1) ![Isaac Julien, "Ten Thousand Waves" (2010), nine-channel video installation (color, sound), 49:41 min (photo by Jillian Steinhauer for Hyperallergic)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2014/02/julien-moma.jpg) Isaac Julien, “Ten Thousand Waves” (2010), nine-channel video installation (color, sound), 49:41 min (photo by Jillian Steinhauer for Hyperallergic) This week, New York has a lot of big names on tap. Catch tributes to Marina Abramović and William S. Burroughs, see a Jean-Luc Godard film on the big screen, or sit in on a talk with Isaac Julien. If you’re looking for something more offbeat, try a discussion of public art in East Williamsburg or a remake of *Robocop* on the Lower East Side. Put your snow boots on and go art trekking. ![](http://hyperallergic.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/hyperbullet.png) ## Public Art as Still Life When: Tuesday, February 4, 6:30pm Where: International Studio and Curatorial Program (1040 Metropolitan Avenue, East Williamsburg, Brooklyn) Sara Reisman, director of New York City’s [Percent for Art](http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcla/html/panyc/percent-for-art.shtml?ref=hyperallergic.com) program moderates, the ISCP’s latest salon, the subject of which is “[Public Art as Still Life](http://www.iscp-nyc.org/events/current/salon-kiril-kuzmanov-austin-thomas.html?ref=hyperallergic.com).” Artists Heather Hart, Kiril Kuzmanov, and Austin Thomas will discuss public art making in locations from Bulgaria to Brooklyn and beyond. ![](http://hyperallergic.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/hyperbullet.png) ## Marina Abramović Tribute When: Tuesday, February 4, 9pm ($7 suggested donation) Where: Bizarre Bushwick (12 Jefferson Street, Bushwick, Brooklyn) We have no idea how Just Scary’s burlesque/variety show [tribute to Marina Abramović](https://www.facebook.com/events/1524661534424940/) will turn out. Their synopsis states: > Don’t be fooled. This is no tongue in cheek send up or Roast, by any means. This will be a heavy handed show. We as performers intend to create and present a Critical Tribute to be added to the pantheon of conversations around art and it’s intrinsic value to society, and reality at large. And in a larger scope the entire evening is designed to be a site specific instillation with the stage show as one of the many components. We detect a whiff of the cultish institutional language associated with Abramović’s [MAI](http://www.marinaabramovicinstitute.org/?ref=hyperallergic.com), but if we had to guess, the evening should consist of fun, good-natured, cheeky irreverence. ![](http://hyperallergic.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/hyperbullet.png) ## William Burroughs Tribute ![Polaroid of William S. Burroughs by Andy Warhol (via realitystudio.org)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2014/02/andy_warhol-polaroid-william_burroughs.jpg) Andy Warhol’s polaroid of William S. Burroughs (via realitystudio.org) When: Wednesday, February 5, midnight–Thursday, February 6, midnight Where: Munch Gallery (245 Broome Street, Lower East Side, Manhattan) To celebrate the 100th birthday of writer William S. Burroughs, artist [Marshall Weber](https://www.facebook.com/events/208821175989240/?ref=3&ref%5Fnewsfeed%5Fstory%5Ftype=regular) will conduct a 24-hour nonstop recital of Burroughs’s *The Nova Trilogy* (which consists of *The Soft Machine* \[1961\], *The Ticket That Exploded* \[1962\], and *Nova Express* \[1964\]). Weber’s recital will be a “mash up” of the three works, which is appropriate considering Burroughs employed cut-up technique — a literary device that he popularized in the 1960s — to create them. ![](http://hyperallergic.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/hyperbullet.png) ## Robocop Remake When: Wednesday, Friday 5, 6pm & 8:30pm Where: Culture Fix (9 Clinton Street, Lower East Side, Manhattan) Sick to death of Hollywood reboots and remakes? Has the latest Robocop pushed you over the edge? Then [*Our Robocop Remake*](http://www.ourrobocopremake.com/trailer.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) should be perfect for you. This crowdsourced endeavor brings together 55 filmmakers to re-create 55 scenes. The resulting film is a more absurd and cheaper effort than this year’s $100 million remake. ![](http://hyperallergic.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/hyperbullet.png) ## Godard’s Alphaville When: Friday, February 7, various times ($13) Where: Film Forum (209 West Houston Street, West Village, Manhattan) Jean-Luc Godard once stated that “all you need to make a movie is a girl and a gun.” Regardless of whether or not he coined the phrase (he attributed it to DW Griffith), it has no truer application than to his 1965 film [*Alphaville*](http://www.filmforum.org/movies/more/alphaville?ref=hyperallergic.com#nowplaying), starring Eddie Constantine as the disillusioned, Bogartian agent Lemmy Caution. A blend of sci-fi and noir, the film follows Caution as he infiltrates the dystopian society known as Alphaville. Catch it on the big screen if you can. ![](http://hyperallergic.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/hyperbullet.png) ## Future/Past When: Friday, February 7, 7–9pm Where: Reverse (28 Frost Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn) *Sci-fi geeks rejoice!* This group show features the work of artists who have touched upon sci-fi or time travel in their work. Whether it’s dystopian and utopian scenarios, [*Future/Past*](http://reversespace.org/futurepast/?ref=hyperallergic.com) says it is “both a sentimental statement on science fiction, as well as a critical comment on politics and the science fiction genre as a whole.” The artists in this show, curated by Ginger Shulick, are Sam Burford, Don Edler, Daniela Kostova, Don Porcella, Larissa Sansour, and Josh Slater. ![](http://hyperallergic.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/hyperbullet.png) ## Greenpoint Gallery Night When: Friday, February 7, 6–9pm Where: Various locations throughout Greenpoint, Brooklyn [Sixteen Greenpoint galleries](http://www.greenpointgalleries.org/?ref=hyperallergic.com) will be opening their doors for this one-night affair that attracts art lovers from across the borough. Whether it is a show of San Francisco–based artists at Fowler, Andrew Guenther’s stark works at 106 Green, or Mike Taylor’s luscious book art at Booklyn, the night is a showcase for a wide range of spaces that are all very warm and welcoming. ![](http://hyperallergic.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/hyperbullet.png) ## An Evening with Isaac Julien When: Monday, February 10, 7pm ($12) Where: Museum of Modern Art (11 West 53rd Street, Midtown, Manhattan) If you haven’t seen Isaac Julien’s impressive “Ten Thousand Waves” installation in the Museum of Modern Art’s atrium, then I suggest you run and see it before it closes in two weeks. If you want more insight into this work, then [this event](http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/film%5Fscreenings/19832?ref=hyperallergic.com) is for you. I’m sure Julien will touch upon many of the issues involved in the work, including migration, globalization, and more.