PIER 52: Immersive Art Happening with Bordello Collective
Tue, May 16
|Brattleboro
An ongoing collaboration between Bordello Collective and the Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark, PIER 52 examines and recontextualise’s Matta-Clark’s 1975 work ‘Days End’ through a queer lens focusing on the social context of the Hudson River piers as a cruising site, a space of both connection and risk.
Time & Location
May 16, 2023, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Brattleboro, 190 Main St, Brattleboro, VT 05301, USA
About the event
About the Project:
Originally commissioned by Middlesbrough Art Weekender, England, ’Pier 52’ is an ongoing project and collaboration between Bordello Collective and the Estate of Gordon Matta-Clark. The project explores, examines and recontextualise’s Matta-Clark’s seminal work ‘Days End’ through a queer lens, placing a focus on the social context and history of the Hudson River piers as a cruising site, as a space of connection and as a space of risk. Beginning as a live art response to Matta-Clark’s ‘Days End’, editions of ’Pier 52’ fuse soundscape, video, physicality and installation into live art interventions.
About the Happening:
Building on the foundations presented in the original ‘Pier 52’ work Bordello Collective artists Vision-25c and DYAD present a special and unique edition of a ‘Pier 52’ live art happening for Epsilon Spires. Responding to their experiences in visiting the original site of Pier 52, David Hammond's 2021 sculpture ‘Days End’, the…
Tickets
Bordello Collective: PIER 52
Tickets to this immersive art happening are by donation. to make this program accessible for all. Taking equity and inclusion into account, please pay what you can to help support the artists.
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