New Museum June Events

Exhibitions On View The Generational: Younger Than Jesus through 7/5 Jeffrey Inaba: Donor Wall Ongoing

Music / Performance LEWIS FOREVER in Residence LEWIS FOREVER (LF) is a performance collective of four siblings: three sisters and a brother; a director, two dancers, and a musician. The content of LF's residency will focus on the simultaneous development of a series of a solo projects and a video/live performance project. Throughout, LF will employ a variety of different strategies for investigating and expanding this material in front of a live audience. Each presentation will offer new insights and alterations to the material, which will then inform the following week's rehearsals and presentation. Thursdays June 4, 11, 18, and 25 | 7 PM $15 Members, $18 General Public (for each of four events)

Music / Performance YTJ: Complain the Explanation In Complain The Explanation, Mariechen Danz activates her life-sized diorama, Fossilizing the Body Border Disorder (2008) through performance and song. Danz's performance, accompanied by Jackson Fledermaus, includes vocals that bridge indecipherable sounds and climaxes in a melodic pop song. Friday June 5 | 7:30 PM | FREE *

Family Programs YTJ: Art and Motion Awkwardness, humor, and bodies thrown into unpredictable timing are an important part of Loneliness by Faye Driscoll, a dance video flip book included in "Younger Than Jesus." Families will be invited to participate in movement workshops to explore what it means to be completely unpredictable. From 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., families are invited into our theater to view a 30-minute program of short films provided by Brooklyn International Film Festival's kidsfilmfest. Saturday June 6 | 10 AM-12 PM | FREE

Music / Performance BARR/Brendan Fowler + MEN To listen to BARR is to jump into Brendan Fowler's head, to enter a jumble of memory, laughter, fear and perseverance. MEN is a Brooklyn-based band and art/performance collective that focuses on the energy of live performance and radical potential of dance music. Comprised of JD Samson (Le Tigre), Johanna Fateman (Le Tigre), Michael O'Neill (Princess), Ginger Brooks Takahashi (The Ballet), and "Younger Than Jesus" artist Emily Roysdon, the group speaks to issues such as wartime economies, sexual compromise, and demanding liberties. Friday June 12 | 7:30 PM | Buy tickets now: $12 Members, $15 General Public Click here to become a Member

Discussions YTJ: Who Are Our Peers? A Conversation Across Creative Disciplines Rob Giampietro, Marco Roth, and Astra Taylor discuss generational coherence, generational self-consciousness, peer networks, and other themes related to the exhibition "The Generational: Younger Than Jesus." Do the definitions of "youth," "emerging," and other terms used in the contemporary art world translate to the worlds of graphic design, literary criticism, and independent filmmaking? Saturday June 13 | 3 PM | Buy tickets now: $6 Members, $8 General Public Click here to become a Member

Film / Video, Family Programs 5th annual Brooklyn International Film Festival's kidsfilmfest at the New Museum Join us for a showcase of exciting new films for kids. Brooklyn International Film Festival's kidsfilmfest and the New Museum present selected short animation and live-action films from around the world from this year's festival, including films from Italy, Mexico, and New York City. Sunday June 14 | 2-5:30 PM | Members and 18 and under FREE, $15 includes screening and New Museum admission, $10 for screening only

Music / Performance Silver & Gold: New Performance by Nao Bustamante An internationally renowned performance artist, Nao Bustamante produces spectacular and witty work that investigates and explodes stereotypes and fantasies about identity. In this ambitious new performance, Bustamante will combine live performance, original costumes, and video to evoke the muse of legendary filmmaker Jack Smith: 1940s Dominican movie starlet Maria Montez. Friday June 19 | 7 PM | Buy tickets now: $10 Members, $12 General Public Click here to become a Member

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