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On Another Ground Zero: “Hiroshima” ↬ 29 April-12 May 2019

1Future & Artrepeneurship × The Vanderbilt Republic invite you to experience On Another Ground Zero: “Hiroshima” — a sprawling curatorial immersion, performance art series, facilitated knowledge/awareness exchange, and pop-up 茶室 (chashitsu, “tea room”). Cannon Hersey & Taku Nishimae (directors, 1Future), Alexis & Franklyn Mena (co-founders, Artrepeneurship) and George Del Barrio (creative director × executive producer, The Vanderbilt Republic) will lead an international cohort of artists and NPOs to weave this tapestry of resilience & hope. This multifaceted encounter with the lasting consequences of atomic warfare happens 29 April–12 May 2019 at The Bellewether (222 East 46th Street 10017), an 8,000ft2 project space in Midtown Manhattan dedicated to site-responsive installation/performance immersions and photo/film production. This gathering and forum on the necessity of continued social innovation is designed to engage the NYC community (inclusive of urban professionals, young people, artists, students, educators & business/policy leaders) with the interconnected global concerns of our times through the emotional flashpoint that is the August 1945 catastrophe in Hiroshima, Japan. Participating visual/installation artists include Kenichi Asano, Peter Bill + Junchen Huang, Patrick Dougher, Akira Fujimoto, Cannon Hersey, Yugen Hirofumi, Mari Ishiko and Alexis Mena; performance artists include Junko Ichikawa, Kazuya Kato, Jill B-lovin + Scott Zoid, with more to come. Group & dyadic workshops facilitated by Alexis Mena & Taku Nishimae will foster dialogues to offer toolkits for positive change; the pop-up chashitsu will operate daily as a site-specific pop-up at the ClearLight Café with operations by Brooklyn's own Cassandre Davilmar (founder, Lakou café) and Mari Ishiko, (founder of Hiroshima’s legendary art space & café Gallery Intersection 611). Curation & lighting/projection design for this suite of interconnected experiences is by George Del Barrio. 1Future media director Taku Nishimae shared, “Ever since I saw an image of shadow people - those who were evaporated by the heat of atomic bombing - etched on the stones in Hiroshima, my journey to uncover these untold stories began. My partner Cannon Hersey and I founded 1Future to create a common ground of dialogue and awareness for our world’s most pressing challenges, including nuclear proliferation from a human rights and environmentalism perspective. We encourage people to learn, create, share and act together, and with these thoughtful artists from Japan and the USA, this is an opportunity to do exactly that.” Artrepeneurship co-founder Franklyn Mena concurs: “As the shadow people of Hiroshima remind us, it’s important to continue the fight against injustice - especially when dealing with human rights and environmental issues. It is time for us to organize and stand together as injustice in any place leads to injustice in all places. A global movement is upon us.”

ON ANOTHER GROUND ZERO: “HIROSHIMA”

Artworks, Installation & Performance by KENICHI ASANO, JILL B-LOVIN, PETER BILL, PATRICK DOUGHER, AKIRA FUJIMOTO, CANNON HERSEY, YUGEN HIROFUMI, JUNCHEN HUANG, JUNKO ICHIKAWA, MARI ISHIKO, KAZUYA KATO, ALEXIS MENA, PAUL D. MILLER & SCOTT ZOID Soundscape DJ SPOOKY Executive Producers GEORGE DEL BARRIO, CANNON HERSEY, FRANKLYN MENA & TAKU NISHIMAE Curation × Lighting/Projection Design GEORGE DEL BARRIO Production Assistant CAROLYN QIAN SU Communications & Strategy KATE HARVIE Project Space THE BELLEWETHER [ Open gallery 11a-7p daily from 29 April-12 May 2019 at The Bellewether (222 E 46 10017 NYC) — opening solo concerto by Junko Ichikawa 30 April 2019 7-10p: tickets ]

“María de Buenos Aires” ↬ 5-7 April 2019

Bare Opera × The Vanderbilt Republic invite you to experience an immersive re-imagining of María de Buenos Aires, revolutionary Argentine composer Astor Piazzola’s greatest musical and theatrical accomplishment. Performances happen 5-7 April 2019 at The Bellewether (222 East 46th Street 10017), an 8,000ft2 concatenation of project spaces in Midtown Manhattan dedicated to exquisite installation/performance immersions and photo/film production. This is Bare Opera’s 2nd production at The Bellewether. This “operetta” combines portions of the unmistakable Piazzola musical language with tango, jazz, & avant garde elements. The unusual libretto is comprised of poems in Spanish and lunfardo, the slang of Buenos Aires. With spoken word, vocals & orchestration, the work centers on María, a woman who explores her identity and darkness. Once she has experienced what is hidden in her soul, she gives birth to a new self.

Director and lead Malena Dayen shared, “From childhood in Buenos Aires, I’ve known the music of Piazzola and Ferrer; it was part of my childhood’s fabric. Since being cast to sing the role of María several years ago in New York, I’ve dreamt of a production that created a world where María is the woman she is: a soul going through a journey of discovery of power, fragility, darkness, and life’s drive.” Bare Opera co-founder and executive producer Kirsten Scott concurs, “This production reinforces our mission to offer fresh, relevant stories through operatic works. When Malena first approached us with her production concept, we recognized the unique and highly salient feminism. Maria is not a stereotypical woman; she is a being who encompasses several facets of humanity.”

“MARÍA DE BUENOS AIRES”

Executive Producer KIRSTEN SCOTT Stage Director MALENA DAYEN Choreographer TROY OGILVIE Conductor DAVID ROSENMEYER Music Director LAETITIA RUCCOLO Costume Design TAYLOR MILLS Lighting Design ANTHONY TORNAMBENE Projection Design SANGMIN CHAE Creative × Technical Director GEORGE DEL BARRIO PROJECT SPACE THE BELLEWETHER

[ Four performances only 5-7 April 2019 at The Bellewether (222 E 46 10017 NYC) — tickets ]

Circular City Week: “FLOW” ↬ 4-10 March 2019

In celebration of the landmark first staging of a vital economic forum, Circular City Week New York × The Vanderbilt Republic are pleased to unveil an immersive installation experience centered on the theme of FLOW. Circular economy is a global paradigm shift with the potential to transform industry and redesign urban living. The transformative potential of circularity is not specific to a single sector but can be linked to everything from digitization and the sharing economy, to the food industry and the built environment. Circular City Week (“CCW”) wants to give everyone a platform for knowledge and resource sharing, no matter whether you approach circularity from a design perspective, an environmental awareness standpoint, as a means to rethinking consumerism, or as an opportunity to generate new value and revenue. The aim of the week is to inspire industry professionals across sectors, showcase international pioneers and engage students to be the future of circularity. Different schools of thought arrive there by different means, but all agree with the core principle descibed by Janine Benyus’ Biomimicry philosophy — the idea is that a sustainable world already exists. If the end goal is a human society remade into a generative enterprise this requires, at minimum, a total transformation of our value structures. A truly creative mind can only recognize that right now is the most exhilarating time to be an innovator.

“FLOW”

AN INSTALLATION BY CYNTHIA ALBERTO, INKYOUNG BAE + CHANAN BEN SIMONE, PHILIPPE HALABURDA, IRENE MAMIYE, SANEM ODABAŞI, KLAUS PINTER, CLAUDIA SOHRENS, & UNIVERSE CITY FOOD HUB WITH CURATION × LIGHTING/PROJECTION/TECHNICAL DESIGN BY GEORGE DEL BARRIO PROJECT SPACE THE BELLEWETHER

[ Free public viewing hours daily 9a-6p 4-8 March 2019 and 11a-7p 9 & 10 March 2019. Cyclical performances by Cynthia Alberto & Inkyoung Bae/Chanan Ben Simone from 5-7p on the closing weekend at The Bellewether (222 E 46 10017 NYC) — full Circular City event listings here ]

Circular City Week 2019: The Open Call ↬ 29 January-15 February 2019

Circular City Week New York × The Vanderbilt Republic are pleased to announce an open call for immersive proposals centered on the theme of FLOW. Individual artists/entrepreneurs, collective groups, social/NGO enterprises and corporate change-makers working in the visual arts, dance, music/sound, performance art/theater, fashion/culture, poetry/the written word, landscape architecture, product/service design & international relations are encouraged to apply. In conceptual structure, proposals must include touchstones to circular economics; in execution, any viable form of human expression will be considered. Acceptable proposal formats include (and are not limited to): product launches, durational installation/performance landscapes, facilitated social explorations, oneiric voyages to a new humanism, as well as crucial, as-yet-unseen combinations of all of the above.

Selected concepts will activate a raw, exposed-brick 8,000ft2 project space in midtown Manhattan (The Bellewether) for the entirety of the first Circular City Week (4-10 March 2019), with comprehensive creative/technical/production consultancy by The Vanderbilt Republic. Visionary + innovative designers, producers, architects, curators & artists — APPLY NOW. Project space tech scout hours will happen from 10a-5p on 4, 6, 11 & 13 February 2019 by appointment only. To schedule a walkthrough please contact George Del Barrio, creative director × executive producer. The submission period will close at midnight 15 February. The selected design solution team(s) will be notified on 22 February; installation begins 25 February for public opening 4 March. Full program info & open call details follow below. Circular economy is a global paradigm shift with the potential to transform industry and redesign urban living. The transformative potential of circularity is not specific to a single sector but can be linked to everything from digitization and the sharing economy, to the food industry and the built environment.

Circular City Week (“CCW”) wants to give everyone a platform for knowledge and resource sharing, no matter whether you approach circularity from a design perspective, an environmental awareness standpoint, as a means to rethinking consumerism, or as an opportunity to generate new value and revenue. The aim of the week is to inspire industry professionals across sectors, showcase international pioneers and engage students to be the future of circularity. The Vanderbilt Republic (“VR”, est. 2008) is a boutique consultancy formed to advance creative production in all modes. Born in Brooklyn, VR knows archetype expansion and radical humanity to be forces for generative social reform. Through our work with pioneering artists, institutions, producers and brands, the agency offers bespoke solutions in immersive creative production, design & direction with innovative projection methodologies and best-in-class photo/film production. In celebration of this timely & inagural Circular City Week, CCW × VR are presenting this open call to embody the opportunity that lies before those invested in circular design. Different schools of thought arrive there by different means, but all agree with the core principle descibed by Janine Benyus’ Biomimicry philosophy — the idea is that a sustainable world already exists. If the end goal is a human society remade into a generative enterprise this requires, at minimum, a total transformation of our value structures. On a daily basis, global socio-economic concerns function to emphasize the breakpoints that already confront many of the social designs we have inherited. A truly creative mind can only recognize that right now is the most exhilarating time to be an innovator. This is an open call to those who know that a better world is ours for the making, and that in many cases the tools to do the job already exist. Selcted designs will have unlimited opportunity to comprehensively transform/adapt The Bellewether project spaces with collaborative VR production & design. And any all existing objects, props, equipment and lighting may be used to activate the environment. Approximately 15 focussable spotlights, 50 chairs and numerous props are available in-house. Production funding and crew/supply requirements are the sole responsibility of the design team(s). In the case of product showcases/commercial showroom/ticketed performance proposals, technical/production design fees may apply. Project space tech scout hours will happen from 10a-5p on 4, 6, 11 & 13 February 2019 by appointment only. To schedule a walkthrough please contact George Del Barrio, creative director × executive producer. The submission period will close at midnight 15 February. The selected design solution team(s) will be notified on 22 February; installation begins 25 February for public opening 4 March. Visionary + innovative designers, producers, architects, curators & artists — APPLY NOW.

#design #circularity #futurist #humanism #CCW19

“If — ”

IF you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or being hated, don't give way to hating, And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise: IF you can dream — and not make dreams your master; If you can think — and not make thoughts your aim; If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same; If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools: IF you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings And never breathe a word about your loss; If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says to them: “Hold on!” IF you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch, If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, If all men count with you, but none too much; If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run, Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And — which is more — you'll be a Man, my Son! —Rudyard Kipling

#2019

“Majorelle” ↬ 30 November-2 December 2018

To conclude our 10th year of production The Vanderbilt Republic proudly presents Majorelle, the third solo exhibition of Tom Lehman’s ceramic works at Gowanus Loft — a noted destination for immersive encounters in performance & visual/installation art since 2012. With curation & lighting design by George Del Barrio, this immersive installation will feature Lehman’s latest ceramic collection, designed and finished in close collaboration with noted ceramicist Danielle Clare Pomoroski. A visit to Marrakech was a great shock to me. This city taught me color. —Yves Saint Laurent Photographs by George Del Barrio New ceramic works by TOM LEHMAN Curation & Lighting Design GEORGE DEL BARRIO Technical Director MICHAEL ABBATIELLO Art Direction & Ceramic Assistance DANIELLE CLARE POMOROSKI Production Assistant BENEDICT KUPSTAS Project Space GOWANUS LOFT [ Exhibition opening 30 November from 8-11p with 11a-7p gallery hours 1 & 2 December 2018 at Gowanus Loft ]

Bare Opera: “POPPEA” ↬ 16—18 November 2018

Bare Opera × The Vanderbilt Republic proudly present a fresh, condensed take on Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea this November 16—18.

In the exposed brick warehouse space of The Bellewether (222 E 46th Street 10017), a cast of exceptional artists—most of whom will be making their Bare Opera debut—lead the audience into an all-too familiar world where an autocratic leader wields his power according to his own whims and desires, with no concern for consequences or morality. This two-hour version of Monteverdi’s baroque opera L’incoronazione di Poppea is a modern whirlwind of lust, sexual exploration, feminist power, politics, love, hate and everything human that will leave you wanting so much more. This production of Poppea marks a huge leap for Bare Opera. The content of Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea is visceral, dark, and overtly sexual. The audience will be immersed in these highly intimate - sometimes uncomfortable - moments. This is definitely a production that will leave people thinking about morality and humanity. — Executive Producer and Co-Founder of Bare Opera, Kirsten Scott

“POPPEA”

Executive Producer KIRSTEN SCOTT Stage Director DAVID PAUL Assistant Director ALISON POGORELC Conductor DAVID MOODY Music Director LAETITIA RUCCOLO Lighting Design ANTHONY TORNAMBENE Production Electrician MICHAEL ABBATIELLO Creative × Technical Director GEORGE DEL BARRIO Project Space THE BELLEWETHER

[ Performances daily 16—18 November 2018 at The Bellewether — tickets ]

Hyeseung Marriage-Song: “FRANKENSTEIN: KÖNFIDENTIAL” ↬ 15—18 November 2018

The Vanderbilt Republic very proudly presents “FRANKENSTEIN: KÖNFIDENTIAL”, an exhibition of new works from award-winning realist painter Hyeseung Marriage-Song. Co-created with author/educator Tommy Zurhellen, the experience — an immersive response to a manuscript, with curation & lighting design by George Del Barrio – opens at 6p Thursday 15 November 2018 and will be on view to the public through Sunday 18 November 2018 at Gowanus Loft, a project space dedicated to the conception and production of immersive creative encounters by commission, collaboration & special arrangement. FRANKENSTEIN: KÖNFIDENTIAL is Ms. Marriage-Song’s 1st solo exhibition at the Loft. Created over the past 10 months, these large-scale paintings and monoprints are inspired by Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” (1818) and Zurhellen’s own imaginative retelling of her classic tale, taking the age-old myth of the golem into the 21st century. This unique project goes beyond the dyadic collaboration between Zurhellen and Marriage-Song, harnessing the spirit of individuals who are mighty figures in the art world themselves, including: Sir John Richardson, Vin Ganapathy, Chris Rubino and Michael Gormley. Marriage-Song’s contemporization of the golem myth seizes also on the omnipresence of creativity, light and darkness in all humans. We know that Viktor Frankenstein is driven to create something out of nothing; at base, then, he is an artist, for that is the artist’s life — to form out of the raw what must ultimately go out in the world, making a life of its own. Though Boris Karloff’s interpretation of the monster lives still fresh in our minds, Marriage-Song in this project wanted to convey an image of the golem as beautifully complex, intelligent and tattooed — a modern play on the suturing together of the cemetery cadavers that Shelley’s scientist-artist was driven to. These paintings were not made as direct illustrations of the plot of Zurhellen’s or Shelley’s books. They are, instead, psychological and philosophical meditations of those texts and the myth of the golem. Zurhellen’s characters are portrayed psychologically, with the action of the story reflected in the visual idiom of unsettled and fractured forms, swirling circularity, brushwork that is at times resolved and at others broken. The manipulations of art convention serves Marriage-Song’s vision that every generation creates copies of themselves which are let loose upon the world, and then those, inevitably becoming artist-makers themselves, create again, and so on and so forth, thereby making us all a little bit monster, a little bit artist;

Who knows, and cares, which generation we are in this process?

FRANKENSTEIN: KÖNFIDENTIAL

A SOLO EXHIBITION OF NEW WORKS BY THE ARTIST

curation & lighting design GEORGE DEL BARRIO communications &strategy KATE HARVIE art advisory JOHN GAGNÉ project space GOWANUS LOFT

[ Opening reception 6—9p on 15 November 2018 with open gallery hours from 11a-7p on 16—18 November 2018 at Gowanus Loft. For catalogue information or to schedule a private gallery visit, please contact George Del Barrio ]

Dale Williams: “AMERICA NOW SUITE” ↬ 4 October — 11 November 2018

The Vanderbilt Republic very proudly presents “AMERICA NOW SUITE”, an exhibition of new works from Brooklyn-based painter & muralist Dale Williams. AMERICA NOW SUITE premieres Friday 12 October 2018 from 6-9p, and is open to the public Saturday 11a—6p / Sunday 12—5p & weekdays by appointment until 11 November 2018 at Gowanus Loft, a project space dedicated to the conception and production of immersive creative encounters by commission, collaboration & special arrangement. AMERICA NOW SUITE is Mr. Williams’ 3rd solo exhibition at the Loft.

This suite of five works is composed of elements designed to retrieve American history and provide, as Williams stated, “a re-mythologizing, a re-visioning of the American past, present, and future”. The exhibition’s title pays homage to jazz drummer Max Roach’s groundbreaking 1960 recording We Insist! – Freedom Now Suite. That work embodied the urgency of the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement. The exhibition, like Roach’s creation, consists of five sections. There are three major paintings and two series: Awareness Day Portraits, Edward Hicks’ Peaceable Kingdom, The Spirit of Manifest Humility, Democratic Vistas—wordscapes, and A Panoramic Fantasia of American History Centered on the Untimely Death of Robert F. Kennedy. The last is a gallery-spanning 11’ x 57’ mural in 7 panels, which relates the American present to the past and demonstrates the artist’s relationship to history. Williams asserts that he wants his art to create a felt connection to history so it can “aid us in rising above our helpless, struggling selves”. To celebrate the installation closing, join us at 4p Sunday 4 November for a curator-moderated artist talk led by Dale Williams, followed by a live auction of the Awareness Day Portraits. Bidding for all portraits begins at $400, with no reserve. Click to download a collection preview. To place a remote bid, please contact George Del Barrio.

AMERICA NOW SUITE

A LANDSCAPE OF NEW WORKS BY THE ARTIST

creative direction, curation & lighting design GEORGE DEL BARRIO communications &strategy KATE HARVIE project space GOWANUS LOFT

[ Opening reception 6—9p on 12 October 2018 || Arts Gowanus Open Studios 2018 Kick-off Party 6—10p on 19 October 2018 || curator-moderated artist talk & portrait auction 4—7p on 4 November 2018 || open gallery hours Saturday 11a—6p / Sunday 12—5p & weekdays by appointment at Gowanus Loft ]

TAC AIR Cycle 9: “THREE WALLS” ↬ 20-23 September 2018

Textile Arts Center (“TAC”) × The Vanderbilt Republic proudly present “THREE WALLS” — the final exhibition of the 9th annual Artist in Residence (“AIR”) cycle at TAC, on view from 20-23 September at Gowanus Loft. THREE WALLS explores the concepts of beauty, language, function, value, and protection. The installation by Jamie Boyle, Rhonda Khalifeh, Junyu Li, Lily Moebes, Meghan O'Sullivan, Cory Siegler, Hannah Whelan and Chang Yuchen — with curatorial consultancy, technical direction, and lighting design by George Del Barrio — will be an immersive experience in fiber arts. The collective body of work reflects the diversity of the artists’ creative backgrounds, and also communicates a sense of unity, an empathic identification. In concept, form, and process they are companions. TAC director Isa Rodrigues said, “That our studio spaces only have three walls is a part of our vision for the AIR program: we want the artists’ practice to be accessible, and to foster interaction with the public.”

FEATURING ARTWORKS & SITE-RESPONSIVE INSTALLATIONS BY

JAMIE BOYLE RHONDA KHALIFEH JUNYU LI LILY MOEBES MEGHAN O'SULLIVAN CORY SIEGLER HANNAH WHELAN CHANG YUCHEN

executive production, creative direction × curation ISA RODRIGUES / TEXTILE ARTS CENTER curatorial advisory, technical direction × projection/lighting design GEORGE DEL BARRIO production assistance DAVID BURTON communications &strategy KATE HARVIE project space GOWANUS LOFT

[ Opening reception 6-9p on 20 September 2018; performance 9p on 21 September 2018; artist talk 7p on 23 September 2018 at Gowanus Loft ]

Curious Jane Camera Obscura / Theatrical Workshop ↬ 23-28 July 2018

Curious Jane, The People Movers & The Vanderbilt Republic very proudly invite you to the first performances of the Curious Jane Camera Obscura / Theatrical Worksop, a blend of girls-only, hands-on STEM programming, modern choreographic practice and applied physics in theatrical design —

With choreography by Kate Ladenheim, Founder and Artistic Director of The People Movers, six girls entering 4th - 6th grades in Fall 2018 will experience an open-ended journey of self-expression via camera obscura, wrapping up with a weekend performance. The value of mentorship and inspiration from accomplished and established creative people is paramount to Curious Jane’s programming. Founder Samantha Razook shared, “Curious Jane builds a community of confident, inquisitive girls who like to make things. Our focus, in any capacity or collaboration, is the all-girls experience. Bringing female artists to work with a small group of girls creates a safe, strong, and supportive place for girls to share powerful ideas and try completely new things.” Photographs by George Del Barrio choreography & curriculum design KATE LADENHEIM program design SAMANTHA RAZOOK camera obscura projection design & technical direction GEORGE DEL BARRIO junior counselor SOPHIE WANG communications & strategy KATE HARVIE project space CURIOUS JANE [ Two free performances open to the public on 28 July 2018 at Curious Jane — tickets ]

“Elusive Bird” ↬ 12-15 July 2018

The Vanderbilt Republic very proudly invites you to experience “ELUSIVE BIRD”, the third evening length component in a trilogy spanning five years of creation at Gowanus Loft; an immersive dance/projection collaboration between the noted choreographer/dancer Rebecca Stenn and photographic artist George Del Barrio — This final chapter of a performance installation series utilizing immersive, room-filling projection design, dance, and live music happens 12-15 July 2018 exclusively at Gowanus Loft (est. 2012), a project space known for presenting the region’s most creative, original and technologically innovative work. Inspired by Rei Kowakuba’s recent exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, this performance explores the concept of a duet and how two people moving onstage hold between them a microcosm of the ways we interact, breathe, and love. Kowakuba’s art has led to questions about the concept of binaries, which are not opposites as much as they are two things together, sharing space and commenting on each other sometimes quietly, sometimes with rage.

choreography & performance REBECCA STENN, QUINN DIXON, TREBIEN POLLARD, MEGAN WILLIAMS camera obscura projection design GEORGE DEL BARRIO lighting design KATHY KAUFMANN costume design ELIE WEISSMAN soundscape WILLIAM BYRD’S MOTET “AVE VERUM CORPUS” IN LIVE CHOIR LED BY MATTHEW YOHN, JAY WEISSMAN (LIVE ELECTRIC BASS), MIKE VARGAS, JONAH WEISSMAN communications & strategy KATE HARVIE project space GOWANUS LOFT [ Performances 12-15 July 2018 at Gowanus Loft — tickets ]

“M {Xnha’We}” × “Self-Love Kinda Thing” ↬ 3-6 May 2018

The Vanderbilt Republic proudly presents ChristinaNoel & The Creature × Carlos Cruz Velázquez joining forces to stage an unforgettable performance art double feature at Gowanus Loft — M {Xnha’We} is a solo show in six parts that explores the complex relationship between a mother and a son. Xnha’We is Mamma in the Zapotec dialect, a group of indigenous languages spoken in the highlands of Mexico. Says Cruz Velázquez: “I intend for this piece to be an homage to my mother; she gave up many of her personal goals for her family. For me it is important to understand my parents’ sacrifices that allowed me to pursue my dreams.” Through movement, physical theater, costumes, and projections, Cruz Velázquez takes an in-depth personal journey that narrates (through abstract theatrical language), the past, present, and future of their relationship.

“Self-Love Kinda Thing (teaser)” Self-Love Kinda Thing is a timely dance and voice performance co-created by artistic director ChristinaNoel Reaves, visual director and composer/keyboardist Aeric Meredith-Goujon, and executive director/guitarist Cameron Mizell. This latest blend of artistic expressions, for which ChristinaNoel & The Creature is known, touches on intimacy, release, and truth. The May 4th and 6th performances include The Ephyras, singer-dancers 7- to 13-years in age whose work is instilled by their activism in and passion for our social and political climates. Reaves has worked with these young people for several years. The VIP reception, which precedes the production’s premiere, features musical guests Mara Mayer and Jason Anastasoff. technical direction GEORGE DEL BARRIO production assistance BRIAN GONZALEZ communications & strategy KATE HARVIE project space GOWANUS LOFT [ Performances 3-6 May 2018 at Gowanus Loft — “M {Xnha’We}” tickets here | “Self-Love Kinda Thing” tickets here ]

Obscura/Gowanus II ↬ 3 March - 10 June 2018

a PHOTOGRAPHIC MONUMENT in CAMERA OBSCURA by GEORGE DEL BARRIO × ASHTON WORTHINGTON

“Obscura / Gowanus II” (2018) production assistant JUSTIN HAMEL installation soundscape TAXIPLASM communications & strategy KATE HARVIE This 3,000 sq. ft. epistemic machine will evolve through a month of experimentation, capturing an ephemeral Brooklyn panorama and personal moment in time. Doors open to the installation every half hour - guests must be prepared to spend a full 30 minutes in deepest darkness. Children under 12 years old must be accompanied by an adult at all times. ADVANCE RESERVATION REQUIRED — RSVP HERE [ Admission by reservation only 3 March - 10 June 2018 at Gowanus Loft — tickets ]

Ripening: THE GATE ↬ 7 February 2018

The Vanderbilt Republic is pleased to invite you to experience THE GATE: A Ripening Incarnation, a collaboration between choreographer Vanessa Walters & Brian Gonzalez (TAXIPLASM). The journey of THE GATE pushes us to come to the edge, to experience a spiritual presence that calls for change. To pass through the threshold of our fears of the unknown in order to embody the life waiting for us on the other side. This is a journey of ultimate transformation. THE GATE was originally performed for the camera and captured in 360˚ video August 2017 at MANA Contemporary’s 30,000 ft2 Glass Gallery with a cast of 20 in full costume.

This most recent incarnation of the RIPENING series (original concept by Vanessa Walters), previews exclusively on February 7th at Norwood, a unique club for New York’s creative & arts communities. This site-specific, pop-up installation of THE GATE will feature a series of video diptychs designed by TAXIPLASM × George Del Barrio to create a threshold, or GATE, to physically traverse before arrival into VR space. From youth to old age, faces of all genders and races will be starkly projected in profile, a thin coat of white ash passing across one face to another in a spiritual dialogue through time.

Reservations are available now in extremely limited numbers: ripening.eventbrite.com. Creative Directors VANESSA WALTERS & BRIAN GONZALEZ / TAXIPLASM Director of Photography / Co-Director ADAM DONALD / HIDDEN CONTENT Installation Fabricator MIGUEL OVALLE / DIZMOLOGY Costumes KAREN YOUNG & DAVID QUINN Original Soundtrack RENZO VITALE & OMAR ZUBAIR Executive Producer GEORGE DEL BARRIO / THE VANDERBILT REPUBLIC [ THE GATE: A Ripening Incarnation opens on Wednesday, February 7th 2018 from 7p-11p at Norwood; There are a total of 48 viewings available, each lasting for just under ten minutes. This experience is exclusive, limited in duration, and will not occur in this form again. ]

The Second Best Time ↬ 15-17 December 2017

The Vanderbilt Republic is delighted to announce The Second Best Time, the second solo exhibition of Tom Lehman’s ceramic works at Gowanus Loft, a noted NYC destination for immersive encounters in performance & visual/installation art since 2012. Curated by George Del Barrio, Founder × Creative Director of The Vanderbilt Republic, this completely unique installation will feature Lehman’s latest collection of ceramic creations: cylindrical, custom-glazed 18” lamp bases resulting from a year of recursive practice. The Second Best Time will present 25+ creations, each a process step towards an ideal form. The title of Lehman’s latest showing (the second of 15, planned for the next 13 years) comes from a proverb: The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is now.

New ceramic works by TOM LEHMAN Curation & Lighting Design GEORGE DEL BARRIO Technical Director MICHAEL ABBATIELLO Art Direction & Ceramic Assistance ANA PISCUSKAS & NICKI ROSE Production Assistants RACHEL KOBER & JAYSON P. SMITH Project Space GOWANUS LOFT [ Exhibition opening 15 December from 8-11p with 11a-7p gallery hours 16 & 17 December 2017 at Gowanus Loft ]

Figaro × Figaro ↬ 1-3 × 8-10 December 2017

Bare Opera × The Vanderbilt Republic proudly present Figaro × Figaro — a never-before-seen adaptation by director Cecilia Ligorio and resident conductor Sesto Quatrini. Figaro × Figaro weaves Rossini’s The Barber of Seville into Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro as a series of flashbacks. Through the music of Rossini we glimpse the early lives of the characters from Beaumarchais’ famous trilogy, which gives greater perspective on the matured characters in Mozart’s story. With all memorable moments intact, this “marriage” of the most famous Italian operas clocks in at a speedy two hours. In close collaboration with our design partners at M A D E R A a panorama of stages will be carefully activated, firmly placing opera’s rising stars in command of this breakthrough comedic dyad. This exciting production promises to elevate contemporary DIY opera to an entirely new level.

FEATURING PAUL LA ROSA | Figaro LIANA GUBERMAN | Countess Almaviva SUCHAN KIM | Count Almaviva FRANCISCO CORREDOR | Basilio COLIN WHITEMAN | Don Bartolo KRISTINA BACHRACH | Susanna SOPHIE DELPHIS | Cherubino PAOLA MICHELINI | Marcellina Director CECILIA LIGORIO Conductor SESTO QUATRINI Musical Director LAETITIA RUCCOLO Creative × Technical Director GEORGE DEL BARRIO Scenic Illustration DALE WILLIAMS Lighting Designer ANTHONY TORNAMBENE Costume Designer RAXANN CHIN Production Electrician MICHAEL ABBATIELLO Executive Producer KIRSTEN SCOTT Project Space 22 WAVERLY

[ 8p performances Friday/Saturday (with Sunday matinees) from 1-3 × 8-10 December 2017 at 22 Waverly — tickets ]

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