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Apex Art
"291 Church Street - between Walker and White Streets, just two blocks south of Canal Street. The 1 and 9 trains stop at Franklin Station."
[New York, New York]

The (Self)Promotion Show
created and curated by you, the public

Opening reception:
Wednesday, January 9, 6-8pm
on view through February 16

* Do art and TV belong in the same sentence?
* Do people lie about watching TV?
* Are commercials better than programs?
* Can apexart get creative people to make a TV commercial about them?

Yes, yes, yes and yes!

Join us on Wednesday in the apexart living room as we gather around the television, forget the writers-strike worries, and watch nothing but ads. And if you can't join us here, make sure to watch the ads online and vote for your favorite: the winner gets $1,500 and their ad aired on network TV!


apexart recently held an open call, requesting submissions of a 30-second TV commercial about us from individuals and collaborative groups. In addition to being on view as part of the living-room-style installation, the commercials are available for viewing on our website, where viewers are encouraged to visit and cast votes for their favorite.

The exhibition was conceived to examine creative practices in contemporary culture and to reconsider the current promotional model of the art world.


Directions: A, C, E, N, R, W, Q, 6, J, M, Z to Canal or 1 to Franklin.

[graphic: first image from google search for 'televison ad.']

Bronx Museum First Fridays Holiday Party

Friday, December 7 – 6:00pm
Bronx Museum of the Arts

From Salsa & Bachata to Merengue & Son:
The Popular Music of Two Islands
South Wing—Lower Gallery
Admission: Free

A showcase with live band performances and DJs covering popular musical genres from Cuba and Dominican Republic.

Hosted by DJ Cato
Featuring Grupo Son Como Son with special guest David Oquendo.

[photograph of DJ Cato from Bronx Museum mailing.]

Delayed Patriotism

[follow-up to an earlier post on Performa 07]

Sunday, November 18, 12 - 2pm
Bronx Museum of the Arts

Tania Bruguera: Delayed Patriotism

$5. free for Bronx Museum members

The Bronx Museum of the Arts and Performa 07 are pleased to announce the launch of Delayed Patriotism, the debut New York City performance series by internationally renowned artist Tania Bruguera (Cuba/Chicago). Presented as part of PERFORMA07, the second biennial of new visual art performance, Delayed Patriotism explores the creation of the Party of Migrant People (PMP), an international institution with political aspirations, which defines displacement and migration as a new international culture.

The performance reflects on the idea of belonging while being an immigrant and the process of gaining the rights to be part of that new culture. Audience members will be given the opportunity to interact in Bruguera’s performance through photographic sessions that hope to capture the great American family portrait.

[image from a Bronx Museum press email.]

Performa 07

[in the spirit of better later than never, spotlighted mid-stream:]

Performa 07
Second visual art performance biennial in New York.

This edition features a "focus on several new themes, including the relationship between the avant-garde dance and art worlds, with visual art projects that include choreographic precepts as material for art."

Numerous events. Through November 20.

more

[image: participating Fluxus artist Alison Knowles, from the Performa 07 Web site. Ms. Knowles will premiere SNÖFRID #0 at Smith-Stewart Gallery, 53 Stanton Street, New York, Nov 16, 2007, 8 pm - 11 pm. Admission is free.]