> ## 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. # ArtRx NYC - URL: https://hyperallergic.com/artrx-nyc-104/ - Published: 2016-07-26T11:01:36.000Z - Updated: 2025-11-24T16:29:05.000Z - Description: This week, the city hosts an animation block party, a small press flea, and a poetry festival. Plus, don't miss Hyperallergic's panel on art and propaganda, a look at the latest projects in art and tech, and more. - Author: Jillian Steinhauer - Tags: Art, Events, Weekly Art Rx, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:17 (2016, 2017, part 1) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2016/07/1996_dam_scum_aj.jpg) Dyke Action Machine (Carrie Moyer and Sue Schaffner), “DAM S.C.U.M.” (1996) (image via dykeactionmachine.com) This week, the city hosts an animation block party, a small press flea, *and* a poetry festival. Plus, don’t miss Hyperallergic’s panel on art and propaganda, a look at the latest projects in art and tech, and more. ![](http://hyperallergic.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/hyperbullet.png) ## Is It Art or Propaganda? When: Wednesday, July 27, 7pm Where: Smack Mellon (92 Plymouth Street, DUMBO, Brooklyn) We live in the age of presidential candidate Donald Trump, which means we also live in the age of [anti-Trump art](https://hyperallergic.com/can-anti-trump-artists-make-protest-art-great-again/). With more artists making work about and in response to current political events — from the presidential race to police brutality — it’s an apt time to consider the age-old question of where art ends and propaganda begins. [This conversation](https://hyperallergic.com/hyperallergic-and-smack-mellon-present-art-and-propaganda-on-july-27-7pm/), moderated by Hyperallergic Editor-in-Chief Hrag Vartanian, will take up the query, looking at historical precedents and context along the way. ![](http://hyperallergic.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/hyperbullet.png) ## Robert Wilson’s Epic, Unfinished Work ![Still from Howard Brookner's 'Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars' (1987) (image via arthaps.com)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2016/07/1468877633138.jpg) Still from Howard Brookner’s ‘Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars’ (1987) (image via arthaps.com) When: Wednesday, July 27, 7pm (seats available on first-come, first-served basis) Where: The Artist’s Institute (132 East 65th Street, Upper East Side, Manhattan) In 1984, the American playwright Robert Wilson was commissioned to compose a piece of musical theater for the Los Angeles Olympics. While *The CIVIL warS: A Tree is Best Measured When it is Down* was never staged in its entirety, the filmmaker Howard Brookner documented the making of the performance, which featured Philip Glass and David Byrne, among others. This rarely circulated film is [screening](https://www.arthaps.com/show/robert-wilson-and-the-civil-wars-with-hilton-als-1?ref=hyperallergic.com) at the [Artist’s Institute](http://theartistsinstitute.org/hilton-als/?ref=hyperallergic.com) with what will likely be a thoughtful introduction by *New Yorker* theater critic Hilton Als, who is also currently [having an exhibition](https://hyperallergic.com/an-emotional-retrospective-for-hilton-als/) at the space. *—EWA* ![](http://hyperallergic.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/hyperbullet.png) ## Building a Black Art Incubator When: Thursday, July 28, 6–8pm Where: Recess (41 Grand Street, Soho, Manhattan) As part of their art world intervention, the women behind the [Black Art Incubator](http://www.recessart.org/blackartincubator/?ref=hyperallergic.com) — Taylor Renee Aldridge, Jessica Bell Brown, Kimberly Drew, and Jessica Lynne — have planned a stellar set of events over the next few weeks at Recess: discussions of [art and money](http://www.recessart.org/artandmoney/?ref=hyperallergic.com) with Lisa Dent of Creative Capital and Lise Soskolne of WAGE, sessions about [archiving](http://www.recessart.org/archiveclass/?ref=hyperallergic.com) with artists Kameelah Janan Rasheed and Pamela Council, and more. On Thursday, celebrate the official opening of the community-oriented project with a [reception and book swap](http://www.recessart.org/events/book-swap-and-reception/?ref=hyperallergic.com). ![](http://hyperallergic.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/hyperbullet.png) ## What’s New, INC? When: Thursday, July 28–Sunday, July 31 Where: The New Museum (235 Bowery, Lower East Side, Manhattan) Come [check out](http://www.newinc.org/showcase-2016?ref=hyperallergic.com) what the members of NEW INC — the New Museum’s incubator tank for thinking and starting up all manner of art, technology, and design projects — have been up to over the past year. The second weekend (August 4–7) will feature a series of sensual performances and installations, while the first weekend will showcase innovative uses of virtual reality in storytelling and a good, semi-old-fashioned market for art, gadgets, and design objects (so bring plenty of bitcoin). *—BS* !['Transformers: The Movie' in 35mm (image via animationblock.com)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2016/07/transformers.jpg) ‘Transformers: The Movie’ in 35mm (image via animationblock.com) ![](http://hyperallergic.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/hyperbullet.png) ## Animation Block Party When: Thursday, July 28–Sunday, July 31 (ticket prices vary; some events are free) Where: Various locations around NYC It’s time once more for the largest [animation festival](http://www.animationblock.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com) on the East Coast, hosted by Rooftop Films and BAMcinématek. If you’re into animation, plan to carve out a decent amount of time this weekend for the Animation Block Party, which presents a four-day schedule chock-full of shorts, experimental films, animated ads, a selection of the incredible Pink Panther Collection and, in what’s sure to be a big hit, a 30th-anniversary screening of the 1986 *Transformers* movie in 35mm. Find a full list of the programming [here](http://www.animationblock.com/summerfest2016?ref=hyperallergic.com), where you can also purchase advanced weekend passes. *—CV* ![](http://hyperallergic.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/hyperbullet.png) ## The Return of Jill Kroesen When: Friday, July 29–Sunday, July 31 ($22) Where: The Whitney Museum of American Art (99 Gansevoort Street, Meatpacking District, Manhattan) In the 1970s, Jill Kroesen wrote and staged a number of performances that [mashed up](http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/JillKroesen?ref=hyperallergic.com) “structuralist theater, graphically-scored musical composition, and cabaret.” The works dealt with political and societal systems by way of fable and parody; [in one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRROMhh3qCw&ref=hyperallergic.com), Kroesen played the USSR, another woman played the US, and the two fought over a boyfriend who represented “the underdeveloped country.” Kroesen [disappeared from the art world](http://www.litro.co.uk/2015/11/67237/?ref=hyperallergic.com) in the mid ’80s, and it’s only now that she’s making her return. Her new work, [*Collecting Injustices, Unnecessary Suffering*](http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/JillKroesen?ref=hyperallergic.com), debuts at the Whitney this weekend, tackling parenting and socialization with her trademark humor and allegory. ![](http://hyperallergic.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/hyperbullet.png) ## Small Press Flea When: Saturday, July 30, 10am–4pm Where: Brooklyn Public Library (10 Grand Army Plaza, Prospect Park, Brooklyn) Twenty-nine publishers, including Printed Matter, Ugly Duckling Presse, Litmus Press, and *Bomb* magazine will gather for this year’s [Small Press Flea](https://www.facebook.com/events/1582664612026514/?notif%5Ft=plan%5Fuser%5Finvited¬if%5Fid=1467302305404956) at the Brooklyn Public Library (come “rain or shine … unless \[there’s\] an absurd amount of rain”). Head over early, pick up some reading material, and find a shady spot to read in Prospect Park— a perfect way to spend a lazy Saturday.*—TM* ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2016/07/poetryproject05-768x512-1.jpg) “The Typewriter Project” in McCarren Park, Brooklyn (photo by Allison Meie/Hyperallergic) ![](http://hyperallergic.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/hyperbullet.png) ## New York City Poetry Festival When: Saturday, July 30–Sunday, July 31 Where: Colonels Row, Governors Island Over 250 poets will convene on Governors Island this weekend with the sixth annual [New York City Poetry Festival](https://govisland.com/events/the-6th-annual-new-york-city-poetry-festival?ref=hyperallergic.com), organized by the [Poetry Society of New York](https://poetrysocietyny.org/?ref=hyperallergic.com). Three stages will host readings, and there will be alternative interactions as well, such as the roving “[Typewriter Project](https://hyperallergic.com/a-roving-typewriter-records-the-subconscious-of-new-york-city/)” booth, where you can contribute to a collaborative epic poem. Meanwhile, the Poetry Brothel will take over one of the island’s historic military homes with sultry, candlelit literary readings. *—AM* \* \* \* *With contributions by Elisa Wouk Almino, Allison Meier, Tiernan Morgan, Benjamin Sutton, and Claire Voon*