Art
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.
BRIC
Announcement
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
Announcement
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.
Art
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.
Announcement
Clifford Ross Teams Up with Orchestra of St. Luke’s for Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival
In this mesmerizing world premiere, the artist Clifford Ross teams up with NYC-based chamber ensemble Orchestra of St. Luke's to bring a massive, site-specific, multiscreen installation with a varied and transportive suite of live music to BRIC’s Celebrate Brooklyn! festival in Prospect Park on July
Art
Navigating Brooklyn from the 17th to the 21st Centuries
Brooklyn has long touted its status as the unofficial fourth largest city in the United States, if not for the so-called "great mistake of 1898" — the consolidation of New York City.
Art
A Biennial Asks: Where Is Brooklyn?
“This exhibition series intends to demonstrate the rich wealth of talent to be found throughout Brooklyn.” This is the mission statement of the BRIC Biennial, which recently launched the first edition of the series in its new home in Fort Greene.
News
Brooklyn Gets a Neighborhood-Centric Biennial
Yesterday brought the news that Brooklyn is getting an art biennial.
Art
An International Stilt-Dancing Collaboration Stands Tall
Laura Anderson Barbata started her international stilt-dancing collaborations in 2001 in Trinidad and Tobago, and since then has forged links between communities in the United States and Mexico. A traveling exhibition focused on the precarious performance practice opened earlier this month at BRIC H
Art
A Look Inside BRIC House, a New Arts Center in the Booming Downtown Brooklyn Scene
This month, multidisciplinary nonprofit BRIC opened their 40,000-square-foot space in downtown Brooklyn that unites their programs in visual art, performance, and media under one roof.