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CARSTEN NICOLAI: PIONIER

Carsten Nicolai, “Pionier,” parachute, wind machine, sound proof panels, timer, 2011 (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

The Pace Gallery
545 West 22nd St. between Tenth & Eleventh Aves.
Through October 22, free
www.thepacegallery.com
pionier slideshow

In such works as “thermic,” “polar,” and “rota,” Berlin-based audiovisual artist Carsten Nicolai melds the technical with the organic, the scientific with the conceptual, the artificial with the natural, delving into the creative process itself while also examining scale and proportion. He also doesn’t mind including a “wow” factor, which is a central part of his latest work, “pionier i,” on view at the Pace Gallery in Chelsea through October 22. Every four minutes, a large wind-machine, connected to a parachute, turns on, the parachute rising up horizontally, dominating the otherwise empty white gallery space. After reaching full size, it slowly crumples to the ground as the machine automatically turns off. “In my opinion the emphasis of self-generating processes is a reaction to the claim to plan everything,” Nicolai explains on his website. “Many of my works underlie a rule and introduce a model as organizing scheme to recognize chaotic movements. I am interested in both moments, they lie really close together.” An engaging work that delights visitors by placing a familiar object in an unusual location, “pionier i” can also be seen as representing the fleeting nature of life as well as that old saw, what goes up must come down.

DanceNOW 2011 JOE’S PUB FESTIVAL

Annual DanceNOW festival will take place in newly renovated Joe’s Pub

Joe’s Pub
425 Lafayette St. between East Fourth St. & Astor Pl.
October 19-22, $15-$20, 7:00
212-967-7555
www.joespub.com
www.dancenownyc.org

Encouraging innovative dance by giving companies five minutes on a tiny stage, DanceNOW returns to a newly redesigned Joe’s Pub this week for four nights of specially created presentations from some forty choreographers. The ninth season features new names as well as more familiar groups offering unique, intimate experiences; the lineup includes, among others, Camille A. Brown, Dash/Gregory Dolbashian, Sean Curran, and Sidra Bell Dance on Wednesday, Jamal Jackson Dance Company, Luke Murphy/Movement Underground, binbinFactory, and small apple co. on Thursday, Hilary Easton + Company, Gina Gibney Dance, Nicholas Leichter Dance, Amber Sloan, and TAKE Dance on Friday, and BANGdance, Jane Comfort and Company, Doug Elkins Choreography, Liberation Dance Theater, Ellis Wood Dance, and zvidance on Saturday. The companies will be competing in a nightly DanceNOW Challenge, complete with audience voting, with the winners receiving $1,000 for development, a week-long residency, and a twenty-hour space grant.

CMJ MUSIC & MOVIE MARATHON: DAY ONE

Like many performers, Eleanor Friedberger has several shows scheduled for this year’s CMJ Marathon (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

Planning how you are going to attack the annual CMJ Music Marathon is like figuring out your vacation itinerary, carefully plotting out when you want to be where to see what you want to see. With thousands of scheduled concerts, DJ sets, and movie premieres, it can be, well, more than a tad overwhelming. So we’ve narrowed down your choices, making our pick for the best bets each day of the festival, which runs October 18-22 primarily in Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn. And yes, we strongly suggest twi-ny’s own CMJ showcase, taking place October 21 at 12 noon at Fontana’s. Navigating CMJ is a skill that could take years to master; below are our picks for opening day.

Tuesday, October 18

Edelweiss, Studio at Webster Hall, 6:30

Hospitality, Bowery Ballroom, 8:30

Titus Andronicus, Glasslands, 9:00

Eleanor Friedberger, Bowery Ballroom, 9:30

Country Mice, Kenny’s Castaways, 10:00

The Twees, Studio at Webster Hall, 10:30

ANTÓNIO ZAMBUJO: PORTUGUESE FADO

António Zambujo will make his American debut October 18 at Elebash Hall

LIVE@365
CUNY Graduate Center, Elebash Hall
365 Fifth Ave. between 34th & 35th Sts.
Tuesday, October 18, $25, 7:00
www.liveat365.org
www.antoniozambujo.com

Portuguese fado master António Zambujo will be making his U.S. debut on October 18 at Elebash Hall, touring behind his most recent album, Guia (World Village, 2010). On the disc, Zambujo adds the rich sounds of his native Cante Alentejano region to the traditional bluesy soul of fado on such songs as “Apelo,” “Zorro,” and “Barroco tropical.” The concert is part of CUNY’s “Live@365: A New World Music Series,” which continues November 22 with Azam Ali: From Night to the Edge of Day.

CMJ MUSIC & MOVIE MARATHON

Like many performers, Eleanor Friedberger has several shows scheduled for this year’s CMJ Marathon (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

Multiple venues
October 18-22
www.cmj.com/marathon

Planning how you are going to attack the annual CMJ Music Marathon is like figuring out your vacation itinerary, carefully plotting out when you want to be where to see what you want to see. With thousands of scheduled concerts, DJ sets, and movie premieres, it can be, well, more than a tad overwhelming. So we’ve narrowed down your choices, making our pick for the best bets each day of the festival, which runs October 18-22 primarily in Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn. And yes, we strongly suggest twi-ny’s own CMJ showcase, taking place October 21 at 12 noon at Fontana’s.

Tuesday, October 18

Edelweiss, Studio at Webster Hall, 6:30

Hospitality, Bowery Ballroom, 8:30

Titus Andronicus, Glasslands, 9:00

Eleanor Friedberger, Bowery Ballroom, 9:30

Country Mice, Kenny’s Castaways, 10:00

The Twees, Studio at Webster Hall, 10:30

Puerto Rican punks Davila 666 will be at the Knitting Factory on Wednesday night (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

Wednesday, October 19

Duke Spirit, Puma Store, 2:30

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Ace Hotel, 4:30

Emmy the Great, Fat Baby, 8:00

Wallpaper, Studio at Webster Hall, 8:30

The Big Sleep, Santos Party House, 9:15

Fix: The Ministry Movie (Douglas Freel, 2011), Clearview Chelsea Cinema, 9:30

Parts & Labor, Union Pool, 10:00

Davila 666, Knitting Factory Brooklyn, 11:20

A Place to Bury Strangers, Union Pool, 12 midnight

Country Mice will be at Kenny’s Castaways on Tuesday night (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

Thursday, October 20

Class Actress, Puma Store, 2:30

Savoir Adore, Cake Shop, 5:00

Pearl and the Beard, the Woods, 6:15

Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest (Michael Rapaport, 2011), followed by a Q&A with director Michael Rapaport, Clearview Chelsea Cinema, 7:00

Alberta Cross, Terminal 5, 8:45

Psychic Ills, Cake Shop, 10:00

BNLX, Rebel, 11:30

Kid Savant will show their stuff at Studio at Webster Hall on Friday night (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

Friday, October 21

This Week in New York showcase, Fontana’s, 12 noon – 5:00

A Silent Disco at the Big Screen Plaza supporting Invisible Children, with Spirit Family Reunion and Hundred Visions, 6:00

Delicate Steve, DROM, 7:00

Freaks in Love (David Koslowski & Skizz Cyzyk, 2011), followed by a Q&A with directors David Koslowski and Skizz Cyzyk and members of Alice Donut, Soho House, free with RSVP, 7:00

Destry, Sullivan Hall, 8:50

Conversion Party, Union Hall, 9:15

Kid Savant, Studio at Webster Hall, 9:30

Eternal Summers, Cake Shop, 10:30

Lily & the Parlour Tricks, Sullivan Hall, 11:05

New Collisions should get CMJers parachuting across the dance floor Saturday night at Local 269 (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

Saturday, October 22

Nicole Atkins, Rockwood Music Hall, 3:30

The Front Bottoms, Highline Ballroom, 6:45

Radical Dads, Bruar Falls, 8:00

Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (Joann Sfar, 2011), Soho House, free with RSVP, 9:15

New Collisions, Local 269, 10:00

Turbo Fruits, Public Assembly, 11:00

Shinobi Ninja, Arlene’s Grocery, 12 midnight

Emil & Friends, the Delancey, 1:40

Titus Andronicus should go crazy at Glasslands on Tuesday night (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

AHAE: THROUGH MY WINDOW

Visitors can take a break from the maelstrom of Midtown Manhattan in Ahae exhibit in Grand Central (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

VIBRANCY AND SERENITY
Grand Central Terminal
Vanderbilt Hall
Through October 22, free
www.ahae.com
www.grandcentralterminal.com

Identified as an “inventor, entrepreneur, philanthropist, martial artist, painter, sculptor, poet, and photographer” in a pamphlet handout for his exhibition “Through My Window: Vibrancy and Serenity,” the Korean artist known only as Ahae has taken more than a million pictures from a window in his studio over the past two years. Several dozen of his works are on view through October 22 in Grand Central Terminal’s Vanderbilt Hall, offering commuters and other travelers time to step away from the daily grind and relax among shots of nature amid the maelstrom of Midtown Manhattan. Ahae captures colorful images of the organic world from his solitary spot, averaging between two and four thousand photographs every day, focusing on numerous birds, water deer, and the changing seasons, without any digital manipulation. An avid conservationist, Ahae has included some text with the exhibition: “If you could gather together all the froth and champagne bubbles that have flowed so abundantly at moments of celebration in the course of human history, it would be nothing compared with this sight, this tranquil eruption of white clouds, surging up vibrantly and spreading widely over the hills and beyond,” he writes, referring to the exhibition’s gorgeous large-scale photograph of a snow-covered landscape. A bench in front of the picture encourages people to sit down and contemplate its beauty as a soft soundtrack plays, an unusual experience in one of the world’s most famously busy places. “Would that human thoughts / In disarray, so troubled and confused,” Ahae adds, “Might also rest like gentle snow / In hushed serenity.”

CMJ SHOWCASE: THIS WEEK IN NEW YORK

Fontana’s
105 Eldridge St. between Grand & Broome Sts.
Friday, October 21, $5, 12 noon – 5:00
212-334-6740
www.cmj.com/marathon
www.fontanasnyc.com

Following on the success of This Week in New York’s blowout tenth anniversary party this past May at Fontana’s, we’ll be back at the Lower East Side club on October 21 sponsoring our first-ever official CMJ showcase. The festivities begin at 12:15 with a solo set by Jake Mehrmann of Tan Vampires, followed at 1:00 by Rubber Kiss Goodbye, 2:00 by Our Mountain, 3:00 by Hank & Cupcakes, and 4:00 by At War With the 60’s, Jamie Burke’s band formerly known as Delilah. Admission is only five bucks, so we strongly suggest you call in sick and spend the afternoon at Fontana’s, a great way to kick off the weekend.

4:00 At War With the 60’s

3:00 Hank & Cupcakes

2:00 Our Mountain

1:00 Rubber Kiss Goodbye

12:15 Jake Mehrmann (Tan Vampires)