1) RE-RUN, a contemporary installation that celebrates the renegade spirit and energy of running in the 1970s
What: Installation Unveiled Inspired By Vintage Nike Running Collection from 1970s Running Boom
When: July 7–22, 2007; Gallery Hours: Weekdays: 10am–7pm, Weekends: 11am–7pm
Where: The powerHouse Arena, 37 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
On July 7, 2007, The powerHouse Arena will present RE-RUN, a contemporary installation that celebrates the renegade spirit and energy of running in the 1970s.
The installation is set within the context of a three-dimensional wooden modular structure, and based on alternative architecture from the 70s. RE-RUN composes 77 panels featuring vintage Nike Running images juxtaposed with photography, graphics, and a series of specially commissioned artworks created by some of today’s leading young contemporary artists. Created to revisit an era gone by, but presented in a modern context, RE-RUN stimulates and inspires in an irreverent way, exploring the connection between running, sport lifestyle, and design. The installation encourages looking back in order to move forward, but never forgetting that sometimes the simplest actions can change the world for the better.
2) BOREDOMS Performance will create 77BOADRUM
What: Boredoms Come to Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park at Brooklyn Bridge Park
When: July 7, 2007, 4pm until dusk
Where: At the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park section of Brooklyn Bridge Park in DUMBO
The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy and the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation are pleased to host legendary Japanese iconoclasts BOREDOMS as part of their free summer programming in the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park section of Brooklyn Bridge Park.
BOREDOMS, a visionary band constantly pushing itself toward new frontiers, will celebrate their 20th anniversary with the most extraordinary performance of their career. A once-in-a-lifetime event of 77 drummers, which can only be performed once on the date of 7/7/07, BOREDOMS will create 77BOADRUM as a free show in the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park section of Brooklyn Bridge Park on Saturday, July 7, 2007.
brooklynbridgepark.org and viceland.com/77BOADRUM
Read Press Release.
3) Opening Reception: “FACING UP TO THE ARMS CHALLENGE” by Jude Kateete
When: Saturday, July 7th, 2007, 3-6pm
Where: Sankaranka Gallery Contemporary African Art, 111 Front St. suites 206 , 230, DUMBO, Brooklyn
“FACING UP TO THE ARMS CHALLENGE” is a very powerful series of works which Jude has dedicated the past year to. The importance of his exhibition can best be summed up in some of his own words: “There is one firearm for every twelve people on the planet. [Firearms] are wiping whole histories away. Can you change things for the better? If not you, then who? […] These artworks represent my stance.” By depicting the horror of conflict and the irreversible damage which often results, Jude has created masterpieces which will ensure that the much needed dialogue against armed conflict continues. As Jude states, “the lack of control of the arms trade is fuelling conflict, poverty and human rights abuses world-wide. Consequently, there is a need of FACING UP TO THE ARMS CHALLENGE.” Jude is a phenomenal artist who is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Fine Arts at Makerere University.
