Events
Paradise of Projected Light
Saturday, April 23 at 7pm
A program of short films by Ernie Gehr, Stan Brakhage, Jeanne Liotta, Sam Green and Mark Street will be followed by a post-screening discussion with Gehr, Green and Street. The films, curated by Lynne Sachs, Mark Street and [continue reading…]
Here Is Where We Meet
By Appointment with the artist
In Here Is Where We Meet, artist Madhu Kaza will travel to individual participant’s homes by appointment to read to them at bedtime. This project is part of the artist’s ongoing Hospitality series, [continue reading…]
Bedevilment In Paradise
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 16, 7-9m
For our last exhibition of the Paradise year, we focus on Bedevilment, in collaboration with our friends at Curious Matter, who will install an exhibit within the exhibit entitled The Naming of the Animals. [continue reading…]
Teknotherapy with Cyborg Nation
Make an appointment or drop in on Saturday, April 16, 7-10pm; or
1-5pm on Sunday, April 17; Saturday, April 23; Saturday, April 30; & Sunday, May 1.
We all have a relationship with at least one special machine, and many of us may qualify as cyborgs. Do you need help accepting your cyborg nature? How are your relationships with your machines? Have you considered therapy? In Teknotherapy, a Cyborg interlocutor (or “teknotherapist”) leads group and individual sessions [continue reading…]
Paradise Sermons
Sunday, April 3rd at 4pm
Four lay scholars and artists preach from primary sources as they search for Paradise accompanied by the Baroque harp. Harpist Christa Patton joins Nicola Masciandaro, Amy Melson, Karl Steel and Dominic [continue reading…]
Proteus
A Film about Artist and Biologist Ernst Haeckel
Friday, April 1, 7 pm and 9 pm
A screening of the film, Proteus, followed by a Q and A with Director David Lebrun. [continue reading…]
John Burroughs On Film
Thursday, March 31, 8 pm
John Burroughs will be featured in two short films, one early 20th C early color film and one by James Walsh shot from hand-colored lantern slides.
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Utopian Strategies:
Artists Anticipate Their Audiences
Saturday, March 26 at 7 pm
Artists are increasingly engaged in dialogues about how artworks, performances, interventions, and events relate to their audiences and how their audiences interact with their work. [continue reading…]
The Cruise
A Documentary Film that Tours the Paradise/Inferno: NYC
Sunday, March 13 at 5pm
Kicking off our new partnership, Proteus Gowanus and The New Inquiry present a screening of the documentary film, The Cruise, by Bennett Miller. The film follows Timothy “Speed” Levitch on his unorthodox Gray Line [continue reading…]
Paradise and Destiny:
The Fate of Four Georgian Modern Artists
Thursday, March 10 at 7 pm
Artist Vladimir (Lado) Pochkhua will show rare images of Georgian art from his collection of slides, and discuss the Republic of Georgia’s utopian moment of freedom from May 1918 to February 1921 before the [continue reading…]
