SEEDY CITY

SEEDY CITY by Matt Pych

August 1 until…

 

Le Petit Versailles Garden

346 East Houston Street @ Avenue C

For more info 212 529 8815     http://www.lpvtv.blogspot.com

petitversailles@earthlink.net

 

Seedy City, an ephemeral installation by the artist Matt Pych, will be on view in the gardens of Le Petit Versailles beginning on Saturday, August 1^st. The installation will be composed of birdhouses that are made of birdseed presenting our feathered friends with the choice between food and shelter. These are two necessities that most would prefer not to choose between and the piece brings to mind ideas of overconsumption of one’s environment. Seedy City will remain in the gardens until all that remains are the skeletal frames of the houses that once stood.

 

Matt Pych is an interdisciplinary artist based in the neighborhood of Jackson Heights in Queens, NY. Temporary installations serve as a major component of his varied work as he believes that there is meaning in the transient. He also enjoys exhibiting his work outside of the expected environs for viewing artwork and creating pieces that are integrated into their surroundings in unexpected ways. More information about the artist and his work can be found at www.mattpych.com.

 

LPV events are made possible by Allied Productions, Inc.,

Green Thumb/NYC Dept. of Parks, Materials for the Arts; NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs, NYC Dept. of Sanitation & NYC Board of Education.

Film & Exhibition support from The New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.

Additional support, in part, by public funds from NYC Department of Cultural Affairs.

July 25 @ Le Petit Versailles

Le Petit Versailles

346 East Houston St.  <>

petitversailles@earthlink.net        http://www.lpvtv.blogspot.com       212 529 8815

Subway: F/V- Second Ave. -  J/M/F- Delancey/Essex

Saturday July 25 @ Le Petit Versailles

2-8 pm    Y'Art Sale -  Art, objet trouve, knick-knacks, wearables.

Help support the gardens public programs.

8 pm DAWN DRAKE and ZapOte

9 pm.- Video Screenings 

The Garden - Jason Stefaniak

In Complete World- Shelly Silver.

Dawn Drake & "ZapOte":   Female-fronted Funk Latin Afro-beat band.  

Original dance music simmering in a palate of serious Latin, African and Caribbean rhythms.  
Taking its name from a luscious fruit in Cuba also known as "mamey", "ZapOte" is an original Funk Latin Afro-Beat band lead by Dawn Drake, New York's female bassist/conguera/singer/songwriter and composer, who manages to wear several hats while setting the scene with her own brand of cool.
    Her original music takes the listener and dancer into a zone where House, Funk, Afro-beat, Samba, and Afro-Cuban rhythms are right at home. Her poetic lyrics spread messages of universal consciousness, love and are delivered with an occasional ironic twist.  She is joined by amazing musicians playing the irresistible grooves of Latin percussion, swinging hornlines and virtuosic improvisation. 

Arei Sekiguchi: drums
Cathy Harley: Keyboard
Sam Fenster: Guitar
Terry Dame: Saxophone
Jackie Coleman: Trumpet
Dawn Drake: Bass, vocals, percussion.
    Dawn's full-length album entitled "Cross-Crocodiles" is available for purchase at www.cdbaby.com/cd/dawndrake2.

FILM SCREENINGS @ 9PM.

The Garden- Jason Stefaniak

A young girl discovers the majestic qualities of nature in a fast-paced urban environment.

&

In Complete World- 

Shelly Silver
53 minutes, 2008
http://www.shellysilver.com/view.php?id=video&id2=incompletev

in complete world is a feature-length documentary made up of street interviews done throughout NYC. Mixing political questions (Are we responsible for the government we get?) with more broadly existential ones (Do you feel you have control over your life?), the film centers on the tension between individual and collective responsibility. 
The film can be seen as a user's manual for citizenship in the 21st century, as well as a glimpse into the opinions and self-perceptions of a diverse group of Americans. It is a testament to the people of NYC in this new millennium, who freely offer up thoughtful, provocative and at times tender revelations to a complete stranger, just because she asked.

LPV events are made possible by Allied Productions, Inc., Green Thumb/NYC Dept. of Parks, Materials for the Arts; NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs, NYC Dept. of Sanitation & NYC Board of Education.
Film & Exhibition support from The New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
Additional support, in part, by public funds from the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs.

Thursday & Friday @ Petit Versailles

THE NEW VISION CINEMA SERIES AT LE PETIT VERSAILLES

Thursday, July 9, 2009

8:30 PM

346 East Houston Street (Avenues B & C )

F / V trains to Second Ave. Walk east on HOUSTON St. or

J / M trains to Delancey. Walk northeast to HOUSTON St.

1.  I HAVE A DREAM (HANNA'S DREAM) by Hannah Reimann (3.5 min)

2.  SHE DREAMS THE WORLD by Lili White (5.5 min)

3.  JIM WHITE: THESE ARE MY TATTOOS  by Howard Better (4 min)

4.  KITTYPIE by Jennifer MacMillan (3 min)

5.  I WANNA BE FAMOUS by Jessica Delfino and Nick Fox-Gieg (3 min)

6.  THE TEAT BEAT OF SEX, PARTS 1-4 by Signe Baumane (4 min)

7.  HIGH VOLTAGE by Christina Soto (3 min)

8.  MOTHER DAUGHTER by Elle Burchill (10 min)

9.  VELVET PUSSY: IT'S A WOMAN'S WORLD, WEAR SPIKE HEELS by

     Kathryn Greenbaum (7.5 min)

10.  MR. FASHION: HOLD ON, I'M COMING by Jacob Burckhardt (4 

        min)

11.  TURBOTRONICS: CORPORATE LADY by Dumb Bunny (2 min)

12.  NEON MUSIC: FILTHY RICH by Nick Zedd (3 min)

13.  DREAM DATE by David Manis (11 min)

14.  THE DROWN: HOMAGE by Amy Leonard (4 min)

15.  THE WOUNDED AND THE SLAIN by Steven Gatti (29.5 min)

16.  DAME DARCY: A FILM PORTRAIT by Joel Schlemowitz (4.5 min)

17.  THE FIRE SUITE. PART 1: DANCE INTO THE FIRE by Mike Park (5 

       min)

18.  MILIEU by Dmitry Torgovitsky (17 min)

& 

FRIDAY- free Screening of ADTers' videos from 2006 to 2008

MIX NYC is proud to screen our ADT alumni's videos from 2006 to 2008.  Meet/Greet ADT alumni, 2009 ADT Participants, & and MIX NYC & Parks staff.

MIX NYC "A Different Take" is a video production workshop for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, & questioning (LGBTQ) youth & young adults.  This is our 4th year of mentoring a new generation of media-makers.

Friday July 10, 2009 
8pm-11pm
@ Le Petit Versailles Community Garden 
346 East Houston St at Avenue C 

mapquest:  http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=New+York&state=NY&address=128+Pitt+Street&zipcode=10002++   

Please RSVP:  himab@mixnyc.org