New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center) - P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center is pleased to announce Warm Up 2007, the critically acclaimed curated series of live music and DJ acts that has become one of New York's most exciting and anticipated summer events. The backdrop of this year's Warm Up is Liquid Sky by Los Angeles-based firm Ball-Nogues, winner of the 2007 MoMA/P.S.1 Young
Architects Program.
Warm Up 2007 features a new curatorial team led by David Weinstein and Jason Drummond and promises a summer-long adventure into the wild, the unexpected, and the dangerously danceable. Each Saturday, music and performances will revolve around a theme or guest host. A sampling of themes include Punk revival, Psychedelic trends, Girl groups, and global fusion. Objektivity, Tummy Touch, Rong, DFA and other music labels have been invited to assemble six-hour programs featuring their most exhilarating artists. Added into the weekly mix is challenging new work from innovators in audio technology, new instruments, new media, and experimental sounds. New to the program is a special edition called Cool Down, a day dedicated to bands, DJs, and young sound artists from Scandinavia.
'Warm Up was born 11 years ago as a P.S.1 project fueled by a hunger for the new and adventurous music bubbling up around town,' said Warm Up organizer David Weinstein. 'This year we deliberately returned to that model by exploring the many new clubs, concert halls and media centers during one of the most active and exciting New York seasons in a decade. In order to bring a challenging, compelling, and entertaining program to P.S.1, we have consulted with the most original producers covering the whole musical spectrum in New York from noise and ambient, to hip hop and punk, to classical and non-western genres.'
Details of the lineup for Warm Up 2007 will be announced on June 4.
Past Warm Up live performances and DJ sets have included renowned international acts, such as Body & Soul, DJ Harvey, Groove Collective, Juan Atkins, Stacey Pullen, Lovebug Starski, MU, Monolake, Afrika Bambaataa, Mad Professor, Richie Hawtin, Trevor Jackson, DJ Craze, Charlie Dark, Vikter Duplaix, Fischerspooner, Frederic Galliano, Kid Koala, Arto Lindsay, Scissor Sisters, Jeannie Hopper, Ursula Rucker, Derrick May, Swayzak, Luke Vibert, X-Press 2, Danny Wang, and many more.
The music series, produced by P.S.1 Director of Operations Tony Guererro, was conceived in 1997 as a summer-long dance party to attract crowds to Long Island City, Queens, and P.S.1. It now draws thousands of locals and international visitors every Saturday for a merging of exciting music, contemporary art, and fascinating people-watching. It has received critical attention both stateside and worldwide. Time Out New York readers voted Warm Up the 'best club' in New York City, and The Observer (UK) ranked it No 10 of 'The 20 Hottest Beach Parties in the World.'
Warm Up will also be streamed live on Art Radio WPS1.org. Simply visit www.wps1.org every Saturday, June 30 through September 1, from 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. EST and enjoy full access to the music, along with on-the-spot artist and DJ interviews. The broadcasts will be archived on WPS1.org.
P.S.1's Warm Up 2007 music Series Kicks Off June 30
Every Saturday, 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. June 30 – September 1, 2007
Hours and Directions
Opening June 30, Warm Up 2007 will be held for ten consecutive weeks, each Saturday through September 1, from 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center is located at 22-25 Jackson Avenue at 46th Avenue in Long Island City, Queens, across the Queensboro Bridge from midtown Manhattan. It is easily accessible by bus and subway. Traveling by subway, visitors should take either the E or V to 23 Street-Ely Avenue (note that the V does not run on weekends); the 7 to 45 Road-Courthouse Square; or the G to Court Square or 21 Street-Van Alst. Visitors may also take the Q67 bus to Jackson and 46th Avenues or the B61 to Jackson Avenue. Visitors using public transportation are advised to check the MTA Weekend Service Advisory.
Admission
On Warm Up Saturdays, from 2:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., the admission fee to P.S.1 and Warm Up is $10. Included in this price is access to all exhibitions and Warm Up. During this time, P.S.1 does not offer the $5 suggested admission or any other discounted admission rate.
On Warm Up Saturdays, from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., museum admission is free.
Young Architects Program
2007 marks the eighth annual MoMA/P.S.1 Young Architects Program, a competition that gives emerging architects the opportunity to realize an outdoor environment designed to host the Warm Up series. This year's project, Liquid Sky, by the Los Angeles-based firm Ball-Nogues, features a canopy of tinted, Mylar petals that will immerse the viewer in kaleidoscopic patterns of colored light. Since 1998, artists and architects including Gelatin, Philip Johnson, SHoP, ROY, William Massie, EMERGENT/Tom Wiscombe, Xefirotarch, and OBRA have transformed P.S.1's courtyard into an urban beach with works of interactive architecture and sculpture that have inspired both critics and audiences alike.
Generous funding for Warm Up 2007 is provided by Riverhouse – One Rockefeller Park, Sheldrake Organization, agnes b., and Union Beer.
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center is one of the largest and oldest organizations in the United States solely devoted to contemporary art. Established in 1976 by Alanna Heiss, P.S.1 originated from The Institute for Art and Urban Resources, a not-for-profit organization founded five years prior with the mission of turning abandoned, underutilized buildings in New York City into artist studios and exhibition spaces. P.S.1 became an affiliate of The Museum of Modern Art in 2000. In 2004, P.S.1 launched the world's first Internet art radio station, Art Radio WPS1.org, which operates out of the historic Clocktower in Lower Manhattan.
Support:
Operations and programs of P.S.1 are supported by the P.S.1 Board of Directors, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, The Office of the President of the Borough of Queens, The Council of the City of New York, the National Endowment for the Arts, and public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency. Additional funding is provided by individuals, foundations and corporate contributions.
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