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Radio, Exhibits, & Events 25 June - 2 July 2012

Welcome to our Beirut Bureau! Specifically, our newest host/producer, J. Namy aka Electric Kahraba, a Beirut-based artist (with Detroit roots) who operates across a range of media to investigate aspects of identity, memory, power and currents encoded in music. His first show for us debuts this week and it is a history of the synthesizer in the Middle East. Hear it HERE.

Now on View! Nervescape, a fantastical, towering creature installation by the Icelandic artist Shoplifter with sound by Kría Brekkan. Javelin's Canyon Candy soundtrack experience with its maze of dioramas and a film by Mike Anderson. Prisoner Fantasies: Photos from the Inside, self-portraits of and by inmates organized by artist Dave Adler. Plus project studios, long-term exhibits, and the thrill of the tower! Free and open to the public noon-5 pm., Tues.-Fri. all summer. 108 Leonard Street, NYC. 212-233-1096.

Programs For The Week

Radio Show

Indigenous Worlds

Push Button Synth Styles Change Up Arab Street Sounds

Hosted by J. Namy aka Electric Kahraba

Originally aired 6/25/12

This program dives into the electrified shape-shifting history of the synthesizer in contemporary music from the Middle East, from the mid-60s to the present. Featuring some of the earliest examples of keyboard music and modern shaabi instrumentals.

Radio Show

Teenage Kicks

Obsession

Hosted by Alec Hanley Bemis

Originally aired 6/25/12

Alec Hanley Bemis assembled this playlist containing what he considers perfect songs plus songs about place, songs about girls, peculiar songs, quiet songs, songs about family trees, and one about coincidence. With tracks by Burzum, Elvis, and more.

Radio Show

ARTonAIR Interviews

Reverend Billy

Hosted by Jeannie Hopper

Originally aired 6/25/12

Reverend Billy joins Jeannie Hopper in the "church of the Clocktower" to discuss the magic of mic checks, the Earthaluja movement, and the Occupy community, as well as share his musical methods for fighting consumer hypnosis and the climate crisis.

Radio Show

Clocktower Exhibits & Events

Shoplifter & Kría Brekkan Talk

Originally aired 6/25/12

The artist known as Shoplifter and composer/performer Kría Brekkan sit in the Clocktower upper gallery where their collaborative work, Nervescape, is on view for the summer of 2012. Monsters and hair, performance and technology.

Radio Show

Dialogues in Asian Contemporary Art

dOCUMENTA(13) Project: 100 Notes – 100 Thoughts

Hosted by Leeza Ahmady

Originally aired 6/25/12

Leeza Ahmady and artist Mariam Ghani discuss their contributions to dOCUMENTA(13)'s "100 Notes – 100 Thoughts" notebook series that consisted of observations, drawings, and essays that re-imagine thoughts on history, art, and other artists' ideas.

Radio Show

Experimental Intermedia Concerts

Kevin Norton & Morgan O'Hara

Originally aired 6/25/12

Composer Kevin Norton on vibraphone and percussion performs while multimedia artist Morgan O'Hara creates drawings in mutual sync. Vibraphone polished and shining... pencils sharpened to razor points... a dynamic duel with art, balance, and chaos.

Radio Show

Sonorama

The Music of Earle Brown

Hosted by Elliott Sharp

Originally aired 5/31/04

Directly influenced by the works of Alexander Calder and Pollock, Earle Brown was the pioneer of open forms, graphic scores, and improvisation. Listen in on this episode of Sonorama for tracks like Centering, December 1952, and more of Brown's best.

Radio Show

Emerging Underground

Calibro 35

Hosted by Jeannie Hopper

Originally aired 10/29/10

Members of the Italian psychedelic, neo-funk band Calibro 35 stop by the Clocktower to talk with host Jeannie Hopper as they introduce themselves to American audiences on their 2010 tour. These bandmates are so popular, even Bruce Willis loves them.

Radio Show

Warm Up

DJ Doc Martin

Originally aired 8/27/05

West Coast superstar DJ Doc Martin, a globetrotter whose residencies have included the finest dance clubs of the last two decades, brought his soulful beats that helped launch the rave-o-lution to MoMA PS1 on August 27, 2005.

Radio Show

DJ Culture

Lovebug Starski

Lovebug Starski is an Hip Hop originator and true legend, and is even rumored to have coined the phrase. In 2005 he reunited with Tha Veteranz and old cohorts DJ Hollywood and Butchie B at PS1's summer Warm Up music series.

show RADIO // Indigenous Worlds Push Button Synth Styles Change Up Arab Street Sounds Hosted by J. Namy aka Electric Kahraba Radio show This program dives into the electrified shape-shifting history of the synthesizer in contemporary music from the Middle East, from the mid-60s to the present. Featuring some of the earliest examples of keyboard music and modern shaabi instrumentals. Originally aired 6/25/12 Listen Read More »	show RADIO // Teenage Kicks Obsession Hosted by Alec Hanley Bemis Radio show Alec Hanley Bemis assembled this playlist containing what he considers perfect songs plus songs about place, songs about girls, peculiar songs, quiet songs, songs about family trees, and one about coincidence. With tracks by Burzum, Elvis, and more. Originally aired 6/25/12 Listen Read More »	show RADIO // ARTonAIR Interviews Reverend Billy Hosted by Jeannie Hopper Radio show Reverend Billy joins Jeannie Hopper in the "church of the Clocktower" to discuss the magic of mic checks, the Earthaluja movement, and the Occupy community, as well as share his musical methods for fighting consumer hypnosis and the climate crisis. Originally aired 6/25/12 Listen Read More »
show RADIO // Clocktower Exhibits & Events Shoplifter & Kría Brekkan Talk Radio show The artist known as Shoplifter and composer/performer Kría Brekkan sit in the Clocktower upper gallery where their collaborative work, Nervescape, is on view for the summer of 2012. Monsters and hair, performance and technology. Originally aired 6/25/12 Listen Read More »	show RADIO // Dialogues in Asian Contemporary Art dOCUMENTA(13) Project: 100 Notes – 100 Thoughts Hosted by Leeza Ahmady Radio show Leeza Ahmady and artist Mariam Ghani discuss their contributions to dOCUMENTA(13)'s "100 Notes – 100 Thoughts" notebook series that consisted of observations, drawings, and essays that re-imagine thoughts on history, art, and other artists' ideas. Originally aired 6/25/12 Listen Read More »	show RADIO // Experimental Intermedia Concerts Kevin Norton & Morgan O'Hara Radio show Composer Kevin Norton on vibraphone and percussion performs while multimedia artist Morgan O'Hara creates drawings in mutual sync. Vibraphone polished and shining... pencils sharpened to razor points... a dynamic duel with art, balance, and chaos. Originally aired 6/25/12 Listen Read More »
show RADIO // Sonorama The Music of Earle Brown Hosted by Elliott Sharp Radio show Directly influenced by the works of Alexander Calder and Pollock, Earle Brown was the pioneer of open forms, graphic scores, and improvisation. Listen in on this episode of Sonorama for tracks like Centering, December 1952, and more of Brown's best. Originally aired 5/31/04 Listen Read More »	show RADIO // Emerging Underground Calibro 35 Hosted by Jeannie Hopper Radio show Members of the Italian psychedelic, neo-funk band Calibro 35 stop by the Clocktower to talk with host Jeannie Hopper as they introduce themselves to American audiences on their 2010 tour. These bandmates are so popular, even Bruce Willis loves them. Originally aired 10/29/10 Listen Read More »	show RADIO // Warm Up DJ Doc Martin Radio show West Coast superstar DJ Doc Martin, a globetrotter whose residencies have included the finest dance clubs of the last two decades, brought his soulful beats that helped launch the rave-o-lution to MoMA PS1 on August 27, 2005. Originally aired 8/27/05 Listen Read More »
show RADIO // DJ Culture Lovebug Starski Radio show Lovebug Starski is an Hip Hop originator and true legend, and is even rumored to have coined the phrase. In 2005 he reunited with Tha Veteranz and old cohorts DJ Hollywood and Butchie B at PS1's summer Warm Up music series. Listen Read More »