2017.4.1 | 456 Forum | Performance Series ....more456 Forum @ Gallery 456
April 1, 2017, 7-9p 456 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10013
456 Forum at Gallery 456 presents Performance Series.
For the month of April, we would like to showcase performers who specialize in improvised music on strings. Each performer encompasses a wide range of influences, techniques and approaches that result in a fresh, dynamic perspective of the string family.
On April 2017, 456 Forum presents duos and trios of improvised music from Leila Bordreuil and Jake Sokolov, Sean Ali and Erica Decker, and Daniel Levin, Henry Fraser and Patricia Nicholson.
7pm Sean Ali, bass Erica Dicker, violin
7:45pm Leila Bordreuil, cello Jake Sokolov, cello
8:30pm Daniel Levin, cello Henry Fraser, bass Patricia Nicholson, dance
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2017.3.31 | Met | Concert on 3/31 & 4/1 Tan Dun—Symphony of Colors: Terracotta and Hero Concerto ....moreTan Dun—Symphony of Colors: Terracotta and Hero Concerto World Premiere Featuring The Juilliard Orchestra, conducted by Tan Dun Friday, March 31 at 7 pm Encore: Saturday, April 1 at 2pm
The exhibition Age of Empires: Chinese Art of the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 B.C.–A.D. 220), on view April 3–July 16, 2017, brings to The Met the terracotta warrior sculptures that were buried with the Emperor Qin Shi Huang to protect him in the afterlife. To celebrate this extraordinary exhibition, The Met commissioned a new work from composer Tan Dun—Terracotta Symphony, based on music from his opera, The First Emperor, featuring terracotta drums sourced specifically for this piece. Also on the program is Hero Concerto for violin and orchestra, with music drawn from Tan Dun’s film score for Zhang Yimou's Hero.
Above information was provided by:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10028 @metmuseum www.metmuseum.org
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2017.2.5 | 456 Forum | Pempa : Through the Lens ....more456 Forum @ Gallery 456
February 5, 2017, 6:30-9:30p 456 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10013
On February 5 2017, curated by Shulang Zou, 456 Forum will host a screening of Tibetan artist Pempa's video works, followed by panel talk between guest curator Shulang and East Asia Studies scholar Riga Shakya
Door will open at 18:30, screening starts at 7: 00
Open to Public, Free Admission,
Pempa was born in Doilungdêqên near Lhasa, Tibet in 1974. He graduated from Hefei Normal University in 1995 with a B.A in elementary education. Pempa went to Tibet University for a Master’s degree in Art from 1999-2003. He is a member of the Gendun Choepel Artists’ Guild. His paintings have been exhibited internationally, including in the Scorching Sun of Tibet, Transcending Tibet, Rogue Space, Chelsea, New York (2015); Songzhuang Art Center, Beijing (2010); Modern Art from the Roof of the World, Siebengesmuseum, Kongswinter(2006); and Classical to Contemporary Art from Tibet, Rossi & Rossi, London (2005) among other. Two of his most recent video work are presented first time here in the United States. Pempa now live and work in Lhasa Tibet.
Shulang Zou is an art historian and independent curator. Her research focuses in Chinese and Tibetan contemporary art. She co-curated exhibitions: Into View: an Exhibition of “Narcissists” at Gallery ‘Iolani, Windward Community College (January 30 - February 27, 2015) , Hawaii Future at the Box Jelly (April 25 - May 11, 2014) and Yuan at University of Hawaii at Manoa art gallery (March 9- April 11, 2014).
Riga Shakya is a translator of contemporary Tibetan fiction and currently a PhD candidate in the History-East Asia Program at Columbia University. His interests broadly span classical and contemporary Tibetan literature and the history of Sino-Tibetan relations. Riga’s doctoral research centers on lay writing traditions and the emergence of Tibetan political biography during the during the Qing period. He is currently working on the first English language translation of Reflections of a Cabinet Minister (Bka’ blon rtogs brjod), the autobiography of the 18th century Tibetan cabinet minister and polymath Dokhar Tsering Wangyal (Mdo mkhar tshe ring dbang rgyal). Riga previously studied at the University of Toronto and Tibet University.
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2017.1.28 | 456 Forum | Performance Series ....more456 Forum @ Gallery 456
January 28, 2017, 7-9p 456 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10013
456 Forum at Gallery 456 presents Performance Series.
For the month of January, we would like to focus on small ensemble performers whose improvisations embody ritualistic themes and practices. We are interested in artists who explore individual cultural histories in open dialogue with contemporary performance practice. We hope to provide a space for rich encounters between past and present, music and dance, voice and instrument, culture and individual.
Program Lin-up:
7p: Makoto Kawasima (alto), Michael Foster (tenor)
7:45p: Gerald Cleaver (drums), Brandon Lopez (bass)
8:30p: Chris Pitsiokos (alto), Philip White (electronics)
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2017.1.15 | 456 Forum | Performance Series ....more456 Forum @ Gallery 456
January 15, 2017, 7-9p 456 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10013
456 Forum at Gallery 456 presents Performance Series.
For the month of January, we would like to focus on small ensemble performers whose improvisations embody ritualistic themes and practices. We are interested in artists who explore individual cultural histories in open dialogue with contemporary performance practice. We hope to provide a space for rich encounters between past and present, music and dance, voice and instrument, culture and individual.
In this session of 456 Forum we presents performances by vocalist Audrey Chen, Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø and Carlo Costa, and an extended solo set by Aki Onda.
Program Lin-up:
7:30pm Audrey Chen, voice Henrik Munekby Norrstebo, trombone Carlo Costa, percussion http://www.audreychen.com/ http://www.henriknorstebo.com/ http://www.carlocostamusic.com/carlocostamusic/home.html
8:30pm Aki Onda, objects/cassettes http://www.akionda.net/
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2016.12.4 | 456 Forum ::: Performance Series ....more456 Forum @ Gallery 456
December 4, 2016, 7-10p 456 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10013
456 Forum at Gallery 456 presents Performance Series. With this forum we showcase new music cellist and improviser Lester St. Louis. Lester will present a specially curated program of works that explore the unique capabilities of the contemporary cello: harmonies tuned in extended Just Intonation, beating and other psychoacoustic phenomena, heightened extremes of register and dynamics, and the virtuosity of constant timbral flux.
Program Lin-up:
Lester St. Louis, solo cello
Catherine Lamb: Mirror
Chris Otto: untitled work
Ben Isaacs: I want to tell a story that...
Timothy McCormack: Drift Matter
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2016.11.20 | 456 Forum ::: Performance Series ....more456 Forum @ Gallery 456
November 20, 2016, 7:30 - 9p 456 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10013
456 Forum at Gallery 456 presents Performance Series. With this forum we focus on solo and duo performers whose improvisations embody ritualistic themes and practices. We are interested in artists who explore particular cultural histories in dialogue with contemporary performance practice. We hope to provide a space for rich encounters between past and present, music and dance, voice and instrument, culture and individual.
Program Lin-up:
7pm Brandon Lopez, double bass
7:45pm Nate Wooley, trumpet Charmaine Lee, voice
8:30pm Brandon Seabrook, guitar
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2016.11.11 | Pop-Up Show: Chinese Ink of Cheung Po Sing ....morePop-Up Show: Chinese Ink of Cheung Po Sing Venue: Gallery 456 Date: 11/11-11/14/2016 Reception: 11/11/2016, 6-8pm
張保聲, 廣東汕尾人,號:書藝懶人。早年移居香港,現客居美國紐約。香港書法恊會會員,香港書畫筆藝會會員,曾就讀於清華大學美術學院高研班,師從張大千再傳弟子現任大風堂會長施雲翔先生,以研習中國青綠山水墨韻。自幼浸淫在古建築之鄉的文化氛圍中,深受擅長及酷愛國畫及雙鈎書法的祖父、外祖父的熏陶和影響,痴迷於雙鈎書法藝術,几十年來孜孜以求,從未間斷對雙鈎書法藝術的研習和追求,由最初的正體雙鈎,到疊字雙鈎、草體雙鈎,到現今的漢字合體雙鈎,通過不斷的探索和創新,並吸收國畫墨韻的大美元素,來豐富雙鈎書法藝術的境界和美感⋯⋯ 雙鈎字書法家張保聲,曾於2009年在紐約皇后區法拉盛公共圖書館現場示範表演雙鈎字書法,觀眾反響熱烈。 在雙鈎字書法藝術的道路上,張保聲經過連續不斷的探索和努力,將於2016年11月11日至13日在美華藝術協會〈紐約百老匯街456號,三樓〉舉辦雙鈎字書法展。屆時,張保聲先生的雙鈎書法將以新的面貌,不同的風格呈現在各界朋友面前!歡迎大家的光臨和指導! 張保聲先生希望,通過傳媒及在世界各地展示雙鈎書法藝術的美,來傳承和發揚中國漢字書法的雙鈎造型國粹,並籍此令雙鈎書法作為一種中國獨有的造型書法藝術能永遠流傳於後世。
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2016.11.6 | 456 Forum ::: Performance Series ....more456 Forum @ Gallery 456
November 6, 2016, 7-9p 456 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10013
456 Forum at Gallery 456 presents Tamio Shiraishi, Azumi Oe/Sean Ali and Daniel Levin.
7pm Daniel Levin - solo cello
7:45pm Azumi Oe, butoh dance Sean Ali, double bass
8:30pm Tamio Shiraishi, saxophone + laptop
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2016.10.23 | Perking Opera Festival at NYU Skirball Center ....moreThe 2016 Annual Peking Opera Festival features the Wu Han Peking Opera Company of China, one of the top ten Peking opera companies in the world.
The Three Inch Lotus is a rarely-seen modern Peking opera production, debut in 2015 with a short version, This current production in full length and will premiere in New York City at the NYU Skirball Center.
Synopsis: The plot of this drama centers on a poor girl, who, at six years of age experiences the pain of having her feet bound; at eighteen, relyingon her "three-inch golden lotuses" (as her bound feet are euphemistically called), she marries into a wealthy family. In a competition with the other women in the family to see who has the prettiest and smallest fet, she wins and becomes the head of the household. The performance features twenty actors trained in the traditional technique of using specially desgined shoes to imitate bound feet. Great skill is required to perform with these shoes, and the effect is exquisite.
THE PERFORMANCE WILL BE IN CHINESE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES.
Peking Opera Festival is co-sponsored by Chinese American Arts Council.
Date: 10/23/2016, 2pm Place: NYU Skirball Center, 566 LaGuardia Pl, New York, NY 10012 Ticket Information: 212-992-8437
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2016.10.16 | 456 Forum ::: Cheng Ran, Video Screening & Artist Talk ....more456 Forum @ Gallery 456
October 16, 2016, 6:30-9:30p 456 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10013
on 10/16/2016, 456 Forum is proud to present internationally acclaimed video artist Cheng Ran for our coming event. Selected as the current artist in residency at New Museum in New York City, Cheng is working on his first US solo exhibition at New Museum which will open on October 19. The event at 456 Forum will screen a selection of Cheng’s early works, followed by an open conversation and Q&A with Cheng Ran in person.
As one of the most successful Chinese video artists, Cheng Ran’s has exhibited internationally.
His works not only has a unique aesthetic approach, but highly intuitive and poetic. To introduce Cheng Ran’s artistic research to New York’s audience, this event will showcase his early works and invite him for an art salon.
During this event, we’ll screen Cheng Ran’s works in the first half of the event, open the floor to engage the audience into a conversation about today’s video art in China, and what video can still achieve as an ubiquitous technical tool.
Cheng Ran’s artistic career is also worthy of shining light on, especially his residency experience all over the world. The salon will also focus on his career development, which will hopefully help all the young artists learn from his applying process.
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/188965758207759/
About Cheng Ran Born in 1981 in Inner Mongolia, China, Cheng Ran is living and working in Hangzhou, China. As one of the most promising Chinese artists in his generation, Cheng Ran career has been quite remarkable. His work has been shown at numerous venues that include: “SALTWATER: a Theory of Thought Forms,” the 14th Istanbul Biennial (2015); “When I Give, I Give Myself,” the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (2015); “Inside China – L’Intérieur du Géant,” chi K11 art museum, Shanghai (2015), K11 Art Foundation Pop-Up Space, Hong Kong (2015), and Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2014); the 8th Shenzhen Sculpture Biennial, China (2014); “ON|OFF: China’s Young Artists in Concept and Practice,” Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing (2013); Cheng Ran’s recent solo exhibitions include “In Course of the Miraculous” at the K11 Art Foundation, Hong Kong (2016), and “Cinematheque: Music is On, Band is Gone” at chi K11 art museum, Shanghai, and Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing and Lucerne, Switzerland (2015). His other solo shows have been presented at: Unlimited, Basel, Switzerland (2016); Qiao Space, Shanghai (2016); Armada, Milan (2015); and Leo Xu Projects, Shanghai (2014).
Artist Statement
“Literature, European Art House Cinema and Western Pop Culture are Cheng Ran’s (b. 1981 Inner Mongolia, China) main sources of inspiration. These influences refer to the many bootlegs and illegal versions of films, books and other manifestations of western pop culture in China, where they are often ‘enriched’ with new covers, added text and sometimes even entire chapters. This post-modern way of dealing with meaning, copyright and authenticity is the starting point for Cheng Ran’s practice, which consists mainly of video and film, as well as photography and installation. He dives into the gaps within existing plots, adding speculative stories, connections and perspectives to soundtracks of classical music. Combined they present a new narrative to the viewer.
Cheng’s work surpasses solely pointing out the exuberance and radical social change in contemporary China. He combines cinema, theatre and poetry in a loose but significant manner, bringing together free association, fragmentation of meaning and the appropriation of stories. Various cultures, social positions and existential questions coexist in a highly stylized scenography.”
By Leo Xu Project http://leoxuprojects.com/?page_id=260
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2016.10.2 | 456 Forum ::: Performance Series ....more456 Forum @ Gallery 456
October 2, 2016, 7-10pm 456 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10013
456 Forum is proud to present improvisations by artists working with amplification, distortion and other electronic media. Featuring cellist Leila Bordreuil and bassist Zach Rowden, vocalist Charmaine Lee, and Copenhagen electronics duo Bandi Andor and Madas Alkin.
7pm Leila Bordreuil, cello / amplifiers Zach Rowden, bass / objects www.leilabordreuil.com www.zachrowden.bandcamp.com
7:45pm Charmaine Lee, voice / amplifiers www.charmaineleemusic.com
8:15pm Bandi Andor, guitar / objects Madas Alkin, electronics www.soundcloud.com/bandi-madas
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