NEW YORK (Contemporary Art Center) - P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center is pleased to announce Warm Up 2006, the critically acclaimed music series that has become one of New York's most exciting and anticipated summer events. The series is a curated mix of live music and DJ acts, and has become an integral part of P.S.1's summer programming. The backdrop of this year's Warm Up is BEATFUSE! by the New York-based OBRA Architects, the winner of the 2006 MoMA/P.S.1 Young
Architects Program.
Warm Up 2006 opens with the ten-year reunion of Body & SOUL with Danny Krivit, François K. and Joe Claussell. The legendary New York-based group is known for putting on spirited - and spiritual - daytime dance parties. Other highlights from the 2006 series include The Idjut Boys, Rub-n-Tug, The Glimmers, Kudu, The Juan Maclean, DJ Loda, Carl Graig, and A Guy Called Gerald. On August 5, Warm Up will be organized by the designer agnès b. The lineup for this special program will be available on www.ps1.org.
"For this year's Warm Up we have brought together another groundbreaking lineup, including innovative and up-and-coming bands, pioneers of disco and house from the U.S. and abroad, along with some of the foremost electronic experimentalists in the world," said Warm Up Curator Jason Drummond.
Past Warm Up live performances and DJ sets have included renowned international acts, including DJ Harvey, Groove Collective, Juan Atkins, Stacey Pullen, Lovebug Starski, MU, Monolake, Afrika Bambaataa, Mad Professor, Richie Hawtin, Danny Krivit, Trevor Jackson, Francois K, DJ Craze, Charlie Dark, Vikter Duplaix, Fischerspooner, Frederic Galliano, Kid Koala, Arto Lindsay, Scissor Sisters, Ursula Rucker, Derrick May, Swayzak, Luke Vibert, X-Press 2, Danny Wang, and many more.
The music series, conceived in 1997 as a summer-long dance party to attract crowds to Long Island City, Queens and P.S.1, now draws thousands of locals and 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.'
Virtual visitors can stream live broadcasts of Warm Up via WPS1.org Art Radio. Simply visit www.wps1.org every Warm Up Saturday 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.
Warm Up 2006 Schedule
Every Saturday, 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. July 1 - September 2, 2006. Please check www.ps1.org for the latest information as the schedule is subject to change.
July 1
Body & SOUL Ten-Year Reunion with Danny Krivit, François K. and Joe Claussell
July 8
The Idjut Boys (U-Star, Cottage, Tirk, London)
Phil South (No Ordinary Monkey, NYC)
July 15
Todd Terje (Full Pupp, Oslo, Norway)
Kudu 'live' (Nublu, NYC)
Citizen Kane (APT, NYC)
July 22
A Guy Called Gerald 'live'(Sugoi, U.K. Berlin)
San Serac 'live' (Output, Boston)
Derek Plaslaiko (Ghostly, NYC)
July 29
The Juan Maclean 'live' (DFA)
Adam X 'live' (Sonic Groove, NYC)
Jeffrey Sfire (Ghostly, NYC)
Aug 5
agnès b. Presents...
Aug 12
Rub-N-Tug (Eskimo, aNYthing)
Escort 'live' (NYC)
Aug 19
Mathew Johnson 'live' (Wagon Repair, Vancouver B.C.)
Beppe Loda (Afro-Cosmic, Italy)
Lee Douglas (Rong Music)
Jeremy Campbell (Tropical Computer System)
Aug 26
The Glimmers (Eskimo, Belgium) + a special guest
Sept 2
Carl Craig (Planet E, Detroit)
Gamal Awad + a special guest
Hours
Opening July 1, Warm Up 2006 will be held for ten weeks, each Saturday through September 2, from 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Visitors using public transportation are advised to check the MTA Weekend Service Advisory [https://mta.nyc.ny.us/nyct/service/subsrvnweekend.htm].
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.
Warm Up Season Pass and Advance Tickets
For the aficionados, the Warm Up Season Pass is available for purchase until July 7, 2006. The Pass is $100 and valid for all ten Saturdays in 2006 and admits the cardholder plus one guest.
For the first time, advance tickets to Warm Up and the Season Pass are available on www.ps1.org beginning on June 5. Click 'Warm Up' and look for the TicketWeb icon. Tickets will also be available at the door on the day of the event.
Young Architects Program
2006 marks the seventh 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, BEATFUSE!, by the New York-based firm OBRA, features an installation that evokes a sense of interior space via curved, interconnected shells made of plywood and polypropylene mesh that ripple throughout the courtyard. Since 1998, artists and architects including Gelatin, Philip Johnson, SHoP, ROY, William Massie, EMERGENT/Tom Wiscombe, and Xefirotarch 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. BEATFUSE! opens June 22.
Generous funding for Warm Up 2006 is provided by agnès b. and Union Beer, with additional support by Glacéau.
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center
P.S.1 was founded in 1971 by Alanna Heiss as The Institute of Art and Urban Resources Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to the organization of contemporary art exhibitions in abandoned or underutilized buildings. P.S.1 became an affiliate of The Museum of Modern Art in 2000 and now operates two internationally acclaimed spaces for contemporary art: P.S.1 in Long Island City, featuring museum-quality galleries, and The Clocktower Gallery, which now contains the radio studio for P.S.1's online radio station WPS1.
P.S.1 is one of the largest and oldest arts organizations in the United States solely devoted to contemporary art. Recognized as a defining force of the alternative space movement, P.S.1 stands out from major arts institutions in its cutting edge approach to exhibitions and direct involvement of artists within a scholarly framework. P.S.1 acts as an intermediary between the artist and its audience. Functioning as a living and active meeting place for the general public, P.S.1 is a catalyst for ideas, discourses and new trends in contemporary art. With its educational programs, P.S.1 assists the public in understanding art and provides the tools to appreciate contemporary art and its practices.
Directions:
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center is located at 22-25 Jackson Avenue at 46th Street 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.
