Garment District Arts Festival 2015
The Garment District Alliance and chashama
Present Art Tents and Street Corner PerformancesOctober 22 - 24, 2015
Tents Activities: October 22 & 23, 12-2pm
On Broadway Plazas between West 37th & West 39th Streets
Tent A: near south-east corner of Broadway and 39th St.
"The Pandora Box" by Antonio Oliveira
A multimedia performance act based on the Pandora Box myth. Created in collaboration with artists Fernando Natalici, Jungle Barbiee Julia and Sonjja Baram, they are "free living imaginative beings" interacting with the people on the streets. Performances on the hour and half-hour.
Tent B: mid-block on Broadway between 39th and 38th St.
Hoop Dance Classes from The Hoop Movement
Learn how to hula hoop dance! These open-level hoop dance classes are taught by Amy Rogers of The Hoop Movement. NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED! If you have a hoop, bring it! Beginner hoops are provided; just bring a smile!
Classes at Noon and 1:00pm
Tent C: near south-east corner of Broadway and 38th St.
Cone Appreciation Station
Visitors encountering the booth will find three large posters mounted on easels, and a small table on which are stacked pamphlets. Two artists wearing orange vests will offer to give a quick overview of Traffic Cone Aesthetics. Images of cones spotted within a few blocks of the tent will be shown on an ipad as examples. A map on one easel will show the locations of the cones with pushpins. The pamphlet will provide instruction on how to take a self-guided Traffic Cone Viewing Tour.
artist: Erik Sanner
Tent D: mid-block on Broadway between 38th and 37th St.
Postcard Project
The public is invited to personalize and decorate postcards. Pre-printed DeaR postcards, colorful markers, pens, pencils and crayons will be provided. Suggested addressees may be NYC, The Mayor, The Garment District Alliance, etc. Connie Perry, the project organizer, encourages participants to express their thoughts and feelings about their experiences in The Garment District. After finishing their card they can chose to display it with the other cards, take it home, or even mail it to someone!
Tent E: near north-east corner of Broadway and 37th St.
1:1 please remove shoes
A performance installation that negotiates several levels of performance simultaneously, dance as visual, kinetic, situation-specific composition as well as dance as an encounter. One audience member is invited to enter at a time. A dance is created that the audience member is invited to participate in. The flexible score sources input from the room creating a circuit of different levels of participation that interrelate throughout the duration of the piece.
Performed by Despina Stamos and Toby Billowitz of The Modern Dance Awareness Society.
Street Corner Performances
October 24th, 1-5pm
Look for the hula hoopers on various street corners of the garment district.
Amy Rogers, Lauryn Yovino, Minty Atherton, Lena Shturman, and a mystery 5th hooper... they're all a part of The Hoop Movement!
The Hoop Movement is a collective of movement artists, performers, and students who use the hula hoop as a dance partner and fitness tool. Seamlessly moving from one trick to another while dancing, they create art through an experimental movement and meditation practice called hoop dance. They aim to engage, entertain, and inspire New Yorkers to bring PLAY back into their adult lives by offering custom handmade hoops,hooping classes, workshops, formal performances, fire dance, and community events in New York City.
Also check out ordinary paradise by Jihyun Hong at chashama's storefront gallery (266 W 37th Street).
The Garment District Art Fair is an three-day event sponsored by the Garment District Alliance
.For a full calendar of events, and information on the artist studios in the Garment District open to the public, visit their festival page: garmentdistrictnyc.com/arts/arts-festival-2015
