quarta-feira, 10 de outubro de 2012

Two Events at Cabinet: Live Music and Film Screening / "Patchworks and String Bands," with John Cohen and the Downhill Strugglers + Discussion / "Knots and Unknots," with Philip Ording and Terry Winters






Dear friends of Cabinet,

We hope you can join us for one or both of the following events.

• Thursday, 11 October 2012, 7–9 pm: Live Music and Film Screening / "Patchworks and String Bands," with John Cohen and the Downhill Strugglers

• Thursday, 25 October 2012, 7–9 pm: Discussion / "Knots and Unknots," with Philip Ording and Terry Winters

See below for details.

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Live Music and Film Screening / "Patchworks and String Bands," with John Cohen and the Downhill Strugglers
Date: Thursday, 11 October 2012, 7–9 pm
Location: Cabinet, 300 Nevins Street, Brooklyn (map and directions here)
FREE. No RSVP necessary

Please join us for "Patchworks and String Bands," a program devised to accompany our current exhibition "Harry Smith: String Figures." The program, which features John Cohen and the Downhill Strugglers, will mix live music and film; two short documentaries about banjo player Tommy Jarrell and quilter Mary Jane Holcomb will be followed by a workshop exploring the connecting patterns of ballads, social music, and songs.



ABOUT JOHN COHEN
John Cohen is a photographer, filmmaker, and draftsman, as well as a musician and founding member of the New Lost City Ramblers. He is also known for his early research on and collection of Andean textiles.

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Discussion / "Knots and Unknots," with Philip Ording and Terry Winters
Date: Thursday, 25 October 2012, 7–9 pm
Location: Cabinet, 300 Nevins Street, Brooklyn (map and directions here)
FREE. No RSVP necessary

Please join us for "Knots and Unknots," a program devised to accompany our current exhibition "Harry Smith: String Figures," organized by Terry Winters. The evening begins with a presentation by mathematician Philip Ording on string figures and pictorial topology, and will be followed by discussion between Ording and painter Terry Winters.



ABOUT THE PARTICIPANTS
Philip Ording is assistant professor of mathematics at CUNY's Medgar Evers College. He received his PhD in 2006 from Columbia University. This summer, he and Helena Kauppila co-curated "Model Theories," an exhibition at Ford Project, New York, exploring the capacity of artworks to function as models.

Terry Winters is a painter based in New York. His most recent exhibition, "Cricket Music,Tessellation Figures & Notebook," was held this year at the Matthew Marks Gallery in New York.

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Beer for these events has been lovingly provided by Brooklyn Brewery.



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