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“Warm Up” at MoMA P.S.1
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After more than six months of cold weather, there’s no doubt that New Yorkers are ready to come out and play while the sun’s shining. Many of you will likely enjoy this season’s festivities at Central Park’s SummerStage or head to Coney Island for Siren Festival. But don’t forget about one weekly party in Long Island City that occurs throughout July and August: Warm Up at P.S.1 MoMA. What sets this summer concert series apart from the others, besides the fact that it’s held in one of the largest exhibition spaces in United States, is that there’s so much to do. It allows New Yorkers to enter the world of modern art and architecture.
Every year, the Museum of Modern Art and P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center hold a series of competitions to see who can best showcase their architectural vision, with the winner allowed to design the set for Warm Up. This year’s winner is New York-based firm Solid Objectives – Idenburg Liu (SO – IL), whose “Pole Dance” sounds naughtier than it actually is. In fact, the design is quite wholesome, focusing mainly on shade, water and seating (three things we can’t get enough of). The design consists of flexible pipes connected to a system of netting, with yoga balls covering the netting to protect the crowd from the sun. Both the poles and netting are connected to a speaker system, and when the poles sway, it creates a sound that emanate through the speakers. To incorporate water and seating, an abstract shaped swimming pool with raised edges have been placed in the courtyard.
P.S.1 is sparing no expense in making sure you’re comfortable during their events, as there also water stations throughout the courtyard and a café, which offers salads, sandwiches, beer, wine and other goodies at reasonable prices. Oh, and did I mention their homemade sorbets?
Let’s also not forget the real reason we’re attending: the music. Here’s a full schedule of performances:
July 10th
agnès b. presents:
Klement / Contre Coeur, France (live)
Acid Washed / Record Makers, France (live)
Veronica Vasika / Minimal Wave, New York (DJ set)
July 17th
Air France / Something In Construction/Sincerely Yours, Gothenburg, Sweden (DJ set)
Ratatat / XL Recordings, New York (DJ set)
ARP / Smalltown Supersound/RVNG Intl, USA (live)
July 24th
MoMA PS1 Greater New York presents:
JD Samson / New York (DJ set)
MEN / Brooklyn (live)
Kalup Linzy / Brooklyn (R&B, Soul, Disco DJ set)
Kalup Linzy and the Sweet, Sampled, and LeftOva / Brooklyn (live performance set)
DJ /rupture / Dutty Artz, Brooklyn (DJ set)
With surprise guests!
July 31st
Animal Collective / Domino (DJ set)
Blondes / Merok/RVNG Intl (live)
Oneohtrix Point Never / No Fun/Editions Mego, Brooklyn (live)
CFCF / Acéphale Records, Montreal (DJ set)
Babe Rainbow / Warp Records, Vancouver (live DJ set)
Prince Rama / Paw Tracks, Brooklyn (live)
August 7th
Gavin Russom / DFA Records, New York (DJ set)
Alden Tyrell / Clone Records, NL (live)
The Crystal Ark / DFA Records, New York (live)
Special Disco Version feat. James Murphy & Pat Mahoney / DFA Records, New York (DJ set)
August 14th
?uestlove (DJ set)
These Are Powers / RVNG Intl/ Dead Oceans, New York (live)
Kingdom / Fools Gold/Night Slugs, Brooklyn, New York (DJ set)
Treasure Fingers / Fools Gold, Brooklyn (DJ set)
August 21st
Peter Zummo Ensemble / New York (live)
Glissandro 70 / Constellation, Toronto, Canada (DJ set)
Peter Gordon & Love of Life Orchestra / DFA Records, New York (live)
Tim Sweeney / Beats In Space, New York (DJ set)
August 28th
Big Freedia / New Orleans Sissy Bounce, New Orleans (live)
DJ Rusty Lazer / New Orleans (DJ set)
DJ Rashad / Juke Trax/Movel Trax/Ghettophiles, Chicago (DJ set)
GHE20 GOTHIK DJs Venus X and Brenmar / Brooklyn, New York (DJ set)
September 4th
Holy Ghost! / DFA Records, New York (live)
House of House / Whatever We Want, New York (DJ set)
DJ Mehdi / Ed Banger Records (DJ set)
Plus Special Guests TBA
For $15, you have access to all of MoMA P.S.1’s exhibitions, along with their public programs and the Warm Up. The mayhem occurs every Saturday until September 4. Long Island City residents and MoMA members get to join the summer festivities for free. For more information, check out their website here.