THE JESTER OF TONGA

PS122

Nov 13-23
Wed-Sat 8pm
Sun 6:30pm
$20, $15, $10

Silovsky and his robot Stanley tell the very true and complex story
of Jesse Bogdonoff, the sensational modern-day Court Jester to the
Tongan Royal Court. Twenty suitcases packed full with island lore spill
their secrets, scandals and adventures onto the stage.

Joe is a quintessential brilliant and quirky mad scientist type; who is constantly derailed from his story telling by the technology and his own exuberant interest in absolutely everything.  But the digressions are the fabulously interesting, and he's got Stanley the robot to keep him on track and tell you all about the woes cased by the last big financial bump on Wall Street.

I imaging there will be a few pore sole will be run out of town in the dead of night due to this financial crisis.  But I very much doubt they'll have as odd a story as Mr. Bogdonoff or as entertaining a chronicler as Mr. Silovsky.

T-Minus 2008 - time-art festival
Galapagos Art Space
Nov 25th
7PM 11PM $7

T-Minus is an annual screening of media art that focuses on the manipulation of time. 

What slows down when everything speeds up? Why do things that move fast demonstrate a unique inner peace when viewed from a different speed? What are the defining patterns in the world of motion? T-Minus is a film festival that gathers together audio and video pieces that address these questions.

What does that mean, probably really cool time-lapse and Slow Motion footage, both of which have always been extremely intriguing twist on ways of seeing things that I can't normally see.

31DOWN radio theater
ASSEMBER DILATOR
PERFORMANCE:  Oct 16th 8PM FREE!
THE ONTOLOGICAL THEATER at ST MARK'S CHURCH
131 E. 10th St.  at 2nd Ave.

Presented by free103point9 Transmission Arts, in association with The Ontological-Hysteric INCUBATOR

31DOWN's ASSEMBER DILATOR
Starring Caitlin McDonough-Thayer
Featuring the work of Ryan Holsopple, Shannon Sindelar, Mirit Tal, Jon Luton, Andreea Mincic, TaraFawn Marek.

also performing

DJ DIZZY
JAPANTHER Poppy Dance Punk!
KILLER DREAMER Raw LA Punk.

SEATING IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED--ARRIVE EARLY!

John Kelly & Dargelos The Escape Artist
PERFORMANCE: October 19th 10pm $20/$25
The Deluxe Tent, Pier 17, South Street Seaport

After years of globe traipsing Kelly returns to New York bringing with him Dargelos.
Dargelos: tragic beauty, narcissistic hero and a moniker for his music.
Dargelos: brother of Kelly’s alter ego Dagmar Onassis.
Dargelos: street hustler and altar boy; starred male dragged through some dark times.
An artist escaped, a weathered sage returned solid.

ReSiDeNt @ LEMUR: New Works, New Instruments, New Artists
PERFORMANCE: Oct 9nd 8PM $5

ReSiDeNt Submissions

Deadlines are rolling, allowing artists to submit applications to be

considered for future residencies throughout the year.

Nolan's Run

A feature documentary about the 2004 Libertarian Presidential race.

SCREENING: Sept. 22, 8PM $5

Galapagos Art Space

16 main street, Brooklyn (DUMBO)

93 minutes with a Q&A post-movie

Charles Hamilton, a Cinematographer at DPI's sister company Learning Worlds, has been quietly working on a mysterious film late at night here at the offices for some time. And we are now lucky enough to get to see it at Galapagos.

Even better news? There's a full bar, and consumption during screening is highly encouraged. In fact, it's part of the Galapagos biz model. Which means you can get all liquored up while watching the flick. And even if you hate the doc, at least the booze was top-shelf…

Chiptunes, what do you mean [...] what like laptop DJ's [...] ok it's Uber-Geek, but it is any good?

Now the easy way to get all your chiptunes questions answered without even having to haul yourself out to some really fun party at a cool and almost always cheap and welcoming venue.

How?  The Pitchfork Chiptune documentary.
Reformat the Planet: Chapter 01

sequencing 8-bit chipsets on Game Boys, but the Chiptune scene has now expanded well beyond game systems.

and if you think you might be able to haul yourself out to see that then keep your eye open for:

BLIP FESTIVAL 2008 "low-res cutting edge"

And even if you can't make it for the show, the blipfesival site provides you with plenty of links to fill your late night coding hours with suitably upbeat sharp waved tuneage.