Art
Radio WPS1.org and Art Basel Miami Beach 2007
present:
(Long Island City, New York
– November 15, 2007) Art Radio WPS1.org is proud to present Concrete
Waves | Homage to Skate Culture a special project for Art Basel Miami
Beach 2007. This
exciting series of public programs will include artwork by Ryan McGinness,
video installations and performances by the
artist collective assume vivid astro focus, live radio broadcasts,
special skaters and guests, and an all star dance party featuring the
godfather of modern skating, Tony Alva. All events will unfold
at Art Positions (Collins Park at 21st Street and Collins Ave.) from
December 5 through December 9.
Special Performance &
Dance Party
Tony Alva, the godfather of
modern skateboarding, and assume vivid astro focus
will present a special performance featuring skateboarders, rollerskaters,
breakdancers, and voguers with costumes produced in collaboration with
Vava Dudu, VJ Bec Stupak from Honeygun Labs, and music by DADEaBASS.
Friday, Dec
7 | 8:30 p.m.
Concrete Waves: Homage to
Skate Culture
For Art Basel Miami Beach 2007,
the Art Positions container courtyard will explode with the actions
and images of skate culture and its corollary forms. Art Radio WPS1.org
has invited Ryan McGinness to create artwork for the Collins
Park welcome center, incorporating the central containers, radio/DJ
booth, dance floor, seating area, open air cinema, restaurant/bar, and
a 70-foot elongated skate-ramp designed specially for Art Basel Miami
Beach by Dutch architect Tom Postma. Displays by invited riders
and performers will transform Art Positions into a world-class skate
park and multimedia theatre.
Open Air Cinema
assume vivid astro focus
presents: Butch Queen Realness with a Twist in Pastel Colors Video
Show
A video montage over three
evenings, with non-stop, non-repeating footage drawn from a variety
of sources including classic skateboard films, YouTube clips of vogueing
and breakdancing, nightclub footage, music videos and television shows,
other artists' videos, dance performances, abstract designs, and animations.
The compilation reflects the open-ended, ever-evolving energy of renegade
sub-cultures and alternative communities. Often the material is obscure,
and part of avaf's working process is the quest to
track it down. Sources are blended together, fused, overlapping, contaminated,
and contaminating.
Dec 6 – Dec 8 |
9.30 p.m.–11 p.m.
DJs On The Beach
A daily soundtrack of dance
sets for the half-pipe from punk to hip-hop to techno featuring DJs
from the local Miami scene.
Wed., Dec. 5, 6-10 p.m. -
Rage Johnson (Inkheads), freestyle, house, breakbeats, Brazilian
beats
Thurs., Dec. 6, 6-8 p.m. - DJ Keen One,
old school flavors from Hip-Hop to Reggae
Fri., Dec 7, 6-8 p.m. -
DADEaBASS/Three Amigos, adventures in electro and Miami bass
Sat., Dec. 8, 6-8 p.m. - DJ Tanton, mixing
electro, breaks, & more.
Skater Performances
Miami-based skate teams and
special guest skaters and performers will entertain twice daily with
displays and performances on the skate ramp. Dec 6 – Dec 8 | 6 p.m.
and 8:30 p.m.
Art Radio WPS1.org live
broadcasts
Art Radio WPS1.org, the Web
radio station of P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, will streamcast and
broadcast on local WVUM 90.5 FM (University of Miami at Coral Gables)
radio each afternoon from December 5-9 from 2-5 p.m.. The Art Radio
station will operate out of its remote broadcast facility
at Art Positions. Programs will feature interviews with artists, gallerists,
collectors, critics, museum leaders, and others involved in both the
sanctioned and unsanctioned activities of Art Basel, and the surrounding
satellite fairs and community.
Art Sound Lounge
Decked Out: A History of
the Turntable, will include musical selections from Afrika
Bambaataa to John Cage and will offer visitors a chance to
wander the Botanical Gardens with a personal listening system provided
by ABMB07. Curated by David Weinstein of Art Radio WPS1.org.
Art Radio WPS1.org is
a listener-sponsored Web radio station. WPS1 gratefully acknowledges
support from the Lawton W. Fitt and James I. McLaren Foundation, Philip
E. and Shelley Fox Aarons, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, The
Cowles Charitable Trust, Harry Winston, School of Visual Arts, and public
funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the
New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.
Art Radio WPS1.org wishes
to express thanks to:
ACT Productions, AV Outsource,
City of Miami Beach, Jeffrey Deitch, M.I.A. Skate Shop, the Miami Garden
Conservancy, The Junior Associates of The Museum of Modern Art, Pelican
Café/Miami Beach, Tom Postma Design, Team Pain, and WVUM 90.5 FM (University
of Miami, Coral Gables).
Special thanks also to the
artists and galleries at Art Positions, the DJs, the performers, the
skaters, and the staff of Art Basel Miami Beach.
About
Art Radio WPS1.org
Art Radio WPS1.org is the Internet
radio station of P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center providing a 24-hour stream,
podcasts, and on-demand archive of over 2,000 hours of cultural programming.
The station operates out of the historic Clocktower Building in lower
Manhattan where a network of interlinked studios produce live and pre-recorded
talk, music, and historic recordings. This is Art Radio WPS1.org’s
fourth annual appearance at Art Basel Miami Beach as its official art
radio station.
Launched on April 19, 2004,
WPS1 was conceived by P.S.1 Founder and Director, Alanna Heiss, who
dreamed of creating an art radio station for more than twenty years.
She and Glenn Lowry, Director of The Museum of Modern Art, discussed
the vision of the radio station during the merger discussions between
MoMA and P.S.1 in 2000.
WPS1.org features talk radio
styled discussions and interviews with artists, authors, musicians,
actors, filmmakers, critics, curators, poets, educators, journalists,
media experts, and other cultural leaders, innovators, and challengers.
The station also carries a unique and important collection of music
assembled by a team of music curators. This material ranges from live
recordings of the widely acclaimed P.S.1 summer Warm Up series of DJ
dance sets to rare recordings and surveys of experimental and adventurous
music both new and old and from near and far. WPS1 also broadcasts historic
recordings from university and private collections and from the audio
archives of the Museum of Modern Art; presents live remote programs
from festivals including Art Basel Miami Beach, The Armory Show, Performa,
and the Venice Biennale; and frequently carries public events hosted
by partnering cultural institutions from New York and elsewhere.
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center
Background:
P.S.1 was founded in 1971 by
Alanna Heiss as The Institute of Art and Urban Resources Inc., a non-profit
organization dedicated to the organization of contemporary art exhibitions
in abandoned or underutilized buildings. P.S.1 became an affiliate of
The Museum of Modern Art in 2000 and now operates two internationally
acclaimed spaces for contemporary art: P.S.1 in Long Island City, featuring
museum-quality galleries, and The Clocktower Gallery, which now contains
the radio studio for P.S.1’s online radio station WPS1.
P.S.1 is one of the largest
and oldest arts organizations in the United States solely devoted to
contemporary art. Recognized as a defining force of the alternative
space movement, P.S.1 stands out from major arts institutions in its
cutting edge approach to exhibitions and direct involvement of artists
within a scholarly framework. P.S.1 acts as an intermediary between
the artist and its audience. Functioning as a living and active meeting
place for the general public, P.S.1 is a catalyst for ideas, discourses
and new trends in contemporary art. With its educational programs, P.S.1
assists the public in understanding art and provides the tools to appreciate
contemporary art and its practices.
Support:
Operations and programs of P.S.1
are supported by the P.S.1 Board of Directors, the New York City Department
of Cultural Affairs, The Office of the President of the Borough of Queens,
The Council of the City of New York, the National Endowment for the
Arts, and the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. Additional
funding is provided by individuals, foundations and corporate contributions.
Directions:
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center
is located at 22-25 Jackson Avenue at 46th Street in Long Island City,
Queens, across the Queensboro Bridge from midtown Manhattan. It is easily
accessible by bus and subway. Traveling by subway, visitors should take
either the E or V to 23 Street-Ely Avenue (note that the V does not run on weekends);
the 7 to 45 Road-Courthouse Square; or the G to Court Square or 21 Street-Van
Alst. Visitors may also take the Q67 bus to Jackson and 46th Avenues
or the B61 to Jackson Avenue.
Hours:
P.S.1 is open from 12:00 p.m.
to 6:00 p.m., Thursday through Monday. It is closed on Thanksgiving,
Christmas and New Years Day.
• artbook@PS1 is open from
1:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Thursday through Sunday.
• LeRosier Café is open
from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Thursday through Monday.
Admission:
Admission is a $5.00 suggested
donation; $2.00 for students and senior citizens; free for MoMA members
and MoMA admission ticket holders. The MoMA ticket must be presented
at P.S.1 within thirty days of date on ticket and is not valid during
Warm Up or other P.S.1 events or benefits.
Web
Sites:
www.ps1.org •
www.wps1.org • www.moma.org
Contact:
April Hunt, Marketing and Communications Coordinator,
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