21-28 July 2014

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Special Clocktower Events & Radio Day Wednesday, July 23 from 6pm-Midnight!

6-9pm: Living Live Broadscast & Viewing Party: The I Love Vinyl crew takes command of the radio booth at Red Bull Studios New York as we continue our summer long series as part of Peter Coffin's exhibition. Free and open to the public.

10pm: After Hours, Ebe Oke: EVENT SOLD OUT, LISTEN ON THE RADIO! The poetic spirit of the Clocktower resident singer/songwriter and ensemble will hover over Times Square from another secret rooftop location. Tune in live for our radio streamcast at clocktower.org/listen.

Anxious Spaces Sounds & Photos: We have posted the first recordings and a photo gallery of our July 5 Performance Festival at Knockdown Center. Please like, tag, tweet, share!

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After Hours, Ebe Oke

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Wed, Jul 23, 2014 - 10:00pm - 11:30pm

Inspired by the songs of birds, Ebe Oke shares new compositions with his electroacoustic ensemble while soaring just above the Times Square epicenter on The Lodge roof deck of the Viacom building. The event is SOLD OUT, but streaming LIVE here.

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Andy Serkis, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Radio
Beyond the Subtitles

Andy Serkis's film reputation has not been defined by his delivery of prolific speeches, nor his onscreen charm or wit. Rather, he has become the leading CGI performance capture artist. He discusses his roles as Gollum, Tintin, and Caesar the chimp.

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Ebe Oke, OBID

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Clocktower Exhibits & Events

The composer, performer, poet, and Clocktower artist-in-residence premiered the first of four planned movements for OBID, his string quartet inspired by birds and synæsthesia, at Pioneeer Works in July 2014. An interview with the artist follows.

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Jacolby Satterwhite, Reifying Desire

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Clocktower Interviews

The artist discusses his own history and his video series exploring themes of desire, memory, and personal and public myth-making. His work incorporates elements as wide ranging as drawing, 3D, digitization, film, and performance.

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Michael Carroll & Zachary Lazar

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Channel 192

Edmund White chats with Michael Carroll about his debut collection of stories, Little Reef and Other Stories, as well as author Zachary Lazar about his book, I Pity the Poor Immigrant. Recorded at the 192 Books New York book store in June 2014.

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Living Live: I Love Vinyl

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Wed, Jul 23, 2014 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Clocktower Radio hosts the I Love Vinyl crew at Red Bull Studios New York as we continue the summer long Living Live streamcast and viewing party inside the Peter Coffin exhibit. Free and open to the public or tune in for the live radio stream.

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Bradley Pitts, Art & Aerospace

Radio
Pioneer Works Radio Channel

Pitts tests ideas of space, volume, and dimensions, by combining his expertise in aerospace engineering with visual arts. He discusses this crossover in interests as his flying vehicles become drawing tools that record their own path in the air.

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Anxious Spaces: Dutch E Germ

Radio
Clocktower Exhibits & Events

Electronic mix artist Dutch E Germ brings the beats in his performance with the Zero to 0 drum installation by Hisham Bharoocha and Ranjit Bhatnagar. Recorded live as part of the Anxious Spaces Performance Festival at Knockdown Center.

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After Hours: Bouquet

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Times Square Arts

Drift off into this memory of a dreamy summer night with the kaleidoscopic LA pop duo Bouquet performing live on the Hyatt rooftop as part of the 2014 After Hours music series. The pair's dark, sweet lyrics mix with the heavy air and mingling crowd.

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Submitted by mia.w on Wed, Jul 2, 2014 - 5:59pm

The Gospel of Oke from Noriko Okaku on Vimeo.

The Gospel of Oke

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video

Watch the premiere of Clocktower resident Ebe Oke's music video, The Gospel of Oke. Animated and directed by Noriko Okaku, the song narrates Oke's wild origins with fantastical vocals and imagery.

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Submitted by mia.w on Mon, Jul 14, 2014 - 3:21pm

Photos: After Hours, Bouquet

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Photos from the July 9, 2014 After Hours event featuring the California-based band, Bouquet. The event took place on the Times Square Hyatt's Bar 54 roof deck, and was organized in conjunction with the Times Square Arts Alliance.

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Christian Marclay: Graffiti Composition

Radio
Experimental Composers

Christian Marclay interview and music selections hosted by Elliott Sharp discussing his MoMA performance with an all guitar group in 2006. Plus musical tracks by Marclay featuring duos with Sharp and Otomo Yoshihide.

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Jonathan Kane's February

Radio
Warm Up

Drummer Jonathan Kane, co-founder of brutal punk band Swans, performs his album February in its entirety at MoMA P.S.1's Warm Up summer music series. Kane's blues-based songs fill the summer air.

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Reality Blows

Radio
Live Nude Radio Theatre

Edwin Torres knocks his noggin against the reality TV craze with an unreal mélange of talk, sound bites, music and live-action conversation with visual artists Elizabeth Castagna and Fawn Krieger—an interview with an interview.

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The Interview Show  Leslie Thornton

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