21-28 July 2014

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Anxious Spaces & After Hours, Sounds & Photos: We have posted recordings and photo galleries from our recent events at Knockdown Center and in Times Square.

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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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Andy Serkis, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

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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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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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Bradley Pitts, Art & Aerospace

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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

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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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Living Live, Peter Coffin

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Wed, Jun 25, 2014 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Wed, Jul 23, 2014 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Wed, Aug 6, 2014 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Wed, Aug 20, 2014 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Wed, Sep 3, 2014 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Wed, Sep 17, 2014 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Radio broadcast and viewing party from Red Bull Studios as part of Peter Coffin's multi-sensory Living exhibition in the Chelsea space. A summer long series of music, DJs, and interviews. Premieres Wednesday, June 23 from 6-9pm. Stop by or tune in!

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Submitted by mia.w on Fri, Jul 18, 2014 - 4:26pm

Photos: Anxious Spaces, Performance Festival II

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Photos from the July 5th, 2014 performance festival of Anxious Spaces: Installation as Catalyst, an exhibition presented at Knockdown Center. Photos by Marcela Pardo.

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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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Submitted by mia.w on Fri, Jul 25, 2014 - 3:31pm

Photos: Living Live: I Love Vinyl

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Clocktower Radio's Jeannie Hopper hosted the I Love Vinyl crew on July 23, 2014 at Red Bull Studios New York as we continued the summer long Living Live streamcast and viewing party as part of Peter Coffin's Living exhibition.

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Christian Marclay: Graffiti Composition

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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

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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

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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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Staff Favorites

Experimental Composers  Yuka Honda, Pink Freud
Warm Up  Tristan Perich
ISSUE Project Room  Mind Over Mirrors

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Historic Audio from the Archives of Charles Ruas  The Life, Death, and Works of Pablo Neruda
Historic Audio from the Archives of Charles Ruas  Jorge Luis Borges in New York
Clocktower Interviews   Jacolby Satterwhite, Reifying Desire

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photos Photos: Living Live: I Love Vinyl
photos Photos: After Hours, The Drums
photos Photos: Anxious Spaces, Performance Festival II
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