Socrates Sculpture Park
Vernon Blvd. & Broadway, Long Island City
Sunday, August 7, free, 1:00 – 5:00
Continues August 12, 13, 14, 21, 28
718-956-1819
www.socratessculpturepark.org
Socrates Sculpture Park’s summer biennial, “Float: Field of Dreams,” begins today with a series of site-specific performances in the beautiful Long Island City space. Curated by Cleopatra’s, the six-day series features works by such artists as Martin Soto Climent, Jules Gimbrone, MGM Grand, Stephen Lichty, Erica Magrey, Rachel Mason, Baker Overstreet, Georgia Sagri, Chris Verene: The Self-Esteem Salon with Jessica Grable, J. Patrick Walsh III, and Geo Wyeth. Among Sunday’s special events are “Jar Jar Stinky & Patchez present ZINE BRUNCH!” at 1:00, in which visitors can trade newly made magazines with the artists; at 3:00, Wyeth and Gimbrone, with Karel Van Beekom and Reenat Pinchas, will perform Every Thing On Stage, which combines storytelling, Wyeth’s “Arguments and Meditations for Saxophone and Voice,” lip reading, and Joan of Arc; at 4:00, Overstreet, in his stage persona “June,” will perform a tribute to the moon with a junkyard band; and at 5:00, Walsh III will drive an aluminum backpack deep underground, evoking the park’s former life as a landfill. “Float” continues through the end of the month, with further performances scheduled for August 12, 13, 14, 21, and 28. Today is also the last day to see the spring show, “Vista”; also on view are “Broadway Billboard: COCO144, COKUN” and “Open Space: El Museo’s Bienial — The (S) Files.”