Following a campaign by artists and anti-gentrification groups, the Brooklyn arts center is no longer endorsing the Astoria luxury tower project.
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An Artist’s Embroideries Reflect the Complexity and Interconnectedness of Queer New York
What struck me most about LJ Robert’s Carry You With Me is the way in which it depicts some of the complexity of queer New York.
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“The Bomb” Reimagines Discussions Around Nuclear Weapons
Filmmakers Smriti Keshari and Eric Schlosser call into question the very notions of “control” or “safety” when it comes to nuclear devices.
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The History of Atomic Warfare in a Sprawling Installation
Inspired by nuclear weapon control centers, the bomb at Pioneer Works begins with the first atom bomb tests and traces its story to the present day.
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Apply to the Pioneer Works Visual Arts, Technology, Music, and Narrative Arts Residency
Applications are open from September 2-30 and will be reviewed by a jury of Alumni Residents from each discipline and experts in their fields.
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The Transcendent Spirit of Haitian Contemporary Art
PÒTOPRENS is an exhibition about Haitian artists that rebels against stereotypes of Haitian art.
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Queering the Body Using Encasements of Color and Light
Photographer Matthew Morrocco dons a morphsuit, and pays homage to Ellsworth Kelly, in one segment of an ongoing series about the body.
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An Experimental Music Collective with Fluxus Undertones Comes to Brooklyn
Since it was formed in 1996 by former students of composer and Fluxus member Takehisa Kosugi, Marginal Consort has gathered once every year to perform without any planning or rehearsal.
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An Artist Borrows from Obscure Books for a Pop-Up Tattoo Shop
For her tattoo designs, Doreen Garner mined the Reanimation Library, a collection of obscure books, finding hand signals and “the occasional escalator going up into a vagina.”
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The Life of Kathleen White as Told Through Her Art and Nan Goldin’s Photographs
A pair of exhibitions at Pioneer Works showcases Kathleen White’s commemorative artworks incorporating the hair of deceased friends and Nan Goldin’s photographs of White, who died in 2014.
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Making Music Amid Anthony McCall’s Light Projections
A series of performances accompanying Pioneer Works’s Anthony McCall exhibition will find musicians soloing alongside his dramatic, dancing light art.
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Toppling the White Man on the Pedestal
Doreen Garner and Kenya (Robinson)’s two-person exhibition examines the bloody history of white male supremacy and evokes the notion of karmic retribution.