The Drum Major Instinct, a performance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s final sermon, sought to evoke that feeling of being in church on a Sunday morning.
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BRIC Presents ‘Public Access/Open Networks,’ Featuring Over 20 Historic and Contemporary Artists
Public Access/Open Networks showcases the historical relationships between community-produced media and political action, documenting the potential for social change and creative reimagining through this technology.
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An Opera Revisits the Grisly Public Dissections of the 18th Century
An anatomical theater and its dissected murderess are the subjects of a bloody opera on the physical nature of evil.
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‘BRIC Biennial: Volume II’ Highlights 40-Plus Artists from Brooklyn’s Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights Neighborhoods
The BRIC Biennial highlights the significance of Brooklyn as the place where New York artists create work and develop their careers.
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A Dance that Moves to the Many Tongues of Brooklyn
In a musical and dance performance, a multilingual cast explores the polyphony of Brooklyn through language and movement.
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BRIC Presents ‘Material Cultures’ Textile Exhibition This Fall
Materials Cultures is a group exhibition featuring the work of eight contemporary visual artists who engage with and respond to essential elements of textile arts: weaving, pattern, draping, embellishing, and wearing.
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At a Concert, Floating Through Outer Space in Virtual Reality
On Saturday night, some 6,000 people gathered on the Prospect Park Bandshell’s grassy knoll and waited to be beamed up into space.
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Portraits of the Self as Tickets to Paradise
What does it mean to be “in heaven” in our moment in time?
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Performances that Probe the Potential of Being
When I was in graduate school, one of the ideas favored by feminist and queer scholars and students of continental philosophy was the notion of “becoming,” as conveyed by Gilles Deleuze.
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BRIC Presents Portrait Exhibition ‘Look up here, I’m in heaven’ This Summer
BRIC, a nonprofit arts and media organization located in Downtown Brooklyn, is gearing up for a busy summer full of innovative programming. BRIC will present Look up here, I’m in heaven, a group exhibition of four artists highlighting the use of unconventional portraiture to question how identity is constructed.
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Beat Nite 14: Downtown Brooklyn Art Spaces Stay Open Late Feb 26
Beat Nite Downtown will be held on Friday, February 26, 6–8pm and is presented in collaboration with BRIC. All participating spaces will be open 6–8pm.
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Museums Make Space for Public Programs on Stoops and in Parks
Examples of this trend can be seen at several major New York art institutions. Three in particular are exemplary: BRIC, Queens Museum, and the Whitney Museum.