Join Brooklyn art blogazine Hyperallergic and UK’s unoffical speakeasy of the lecture world The Lost Lectures for the second installment of Lost Lectures NY on JUNE 5TH!
A secret venue in Brooklyn will be taken over for an immersive night of never-before-seen talks and performances. The evening includes:
Blonde Redhead‘s Kazu Makino will be surprising the crowd with never before seen material (it’s even a secret to us)
one of the world’s leading gonzo journalists Jon Ronson, who is best known for his investigation into public shaming, will be unveiling his new project
indie filmmaker Josephine Decker will be doing a top secret performance
NYC busker-turned-activist Andrew Kalleen will be bringing a troupe of street musicians for a show-stopping performance
internationally renowned visual artist Diana Al-Hadid will discuss her work and its visual influences
poet, novelist, and artist Tao Lin, who has just published a new book, Selected Tweets, with poet Mira Gonzalez, will surely generate discussion, and
urban explorer Steve Duncan will share the secrets of the city’s underground.
Some walked a mile through Bushwick’s industrial underbelly before crossing the Brooklyn-Queens border into Maspeth. Others exited outer borough taxis whose drivers looked hopelessly lost. Both groups converged at a gated three acre gravel lot tended by impeccably suited security guards. Their common destination: A 50,000 square foot factory made famous for building door frames in the 1950s. Within the hour nearly 1000 of them would fill this colossus of brick, steel and timber frame architecture. They hadn’t come for an emergency union meeting or an illegal warehouse rave. They had come to hear a lecture series. Continue reading →
Can you keep a secret? The Lost Lectures will be in New York City next Friday, April 25th. No, The Lost Lectures isn’t the Indiana Jones film that George Lucas left on the cutting room floor. It’s an emergent series of cutting edge speakers, performances, interactive demos and art installations. Originally from London, The Lost Lectures’s have partnered with Hyperallergic for its New York City debut. Continue reading →
If there is one place in the world to save during the apocalypse it’s Coney Island, Brooklyn. I know it’s corny to say, but it’s so real. Real New York. Real Brooklyn. Real characters. Real hot dogs! It’s where my father taught me how to take pictures, where I learned to muster the guts to walk right up to anyone, no matter how crazy they look, and ask for a portrait. Plus the Cyclone is there!
