The NYC Core Effigy Project

11th July 2011

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Come to our fundraiser, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn!

A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN:

A CLASSIC COCKTAIL & VAUDEVILLE SOIREE HONORING TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY WILLIAMSBURG

Tuesday, July 19th
7 pm – midnight
ACME Studios
63 N. 3rd St (enter via the loading dock)
Brooklyn, NY
$15 pre-sale, $20 at the door

Buy presale tickets at http://bit.ly/NYCore
All proceeds benefit the NYC C.O.R.E. Project

Step back in time to the Williamsburg of the early 1900s, an era of street
urchins and ragtime, grand ballrooms and blue-collar saloons. If you’ve ever dreamed of seeing your favorite borough as it’s portrayed in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, this is your chance!

Join the ghosts of Williamsburg past for new twists on classic cocktails, sultry and scandalous vaudeville acts, live ragtime, breathtaking ballroom dancing, crackerjack comedy and a secret photo booth to capture you as you would have looked in 1912, a sepia-toned urchin lit by flickering gaslight.

The space is a breathtaking 6,500 sf raw loft featuring period furniture, a taxidermy menagerie and a larger-than-life replica of Brooklyn’s infamous Tree of Heaven, bursting from a luminous subway map embedded in the floor.

FEATURING VAUDEVILLE ACTS:

* Live ragtime by The Moonlighters (http://www.blissblood.com/moon.html)

* High-flying hijinks by Kae Burke of House of Yes

* Tenemental musings by The Reverend Jen (www.revjen.com)

* Time-traveling tango by Adam & Ciko

* The gramophone stylings of Bob Berger

* Naughty dancehall divas Carly Leinheiser, Megan Fitzgerald, Marjorie Vera, Maria Kon, Evelyn Sullivan

* Tap-dancing street urchins Matt Wagner & XXXXX

*Gaslight twirlers Shalin Shulpin and Christine Geiger

Curated by Master of Ceremonies Liam McEaney (http://kidliam.blogspot.com/)

LIBATIONS & INSTALLATIONS:

* Custom cocktails by Milk & Honey

* The Filmcycle Photobooth by Joe & Kim O’Conner

Step back in time and see yourself as you would have appeared in 1912.

* Moving picture projections by Stefan Pildes

AND OF COURSE: The Tree of Heaven by the NYC C.O.R.E. Effigy Project (http://bit.ly/NYCore)

A ROLLICKING RAFFLE:

Fur jacket from Rags-A-Gogo Vintage Clothing (http://rags-a-gogo.com/)

Portrait by photographer Soobin Sunwoo (www.soobinsunwoo.com)

“Cocktail in a Cake” by Janine Herman

Jewelry by Liz K. (http://www.lizkin.com/)

Marion Bolognesi Print recently featured on the cover of Oprah Winfrey’s latest production “For Colored Girls” (www.marion-b.com)

Jen Sessions Ceramics

Herbal botanicals by Phoeniz Botanicals homemade (http://www.phoenixbotanicals.com/)

Jewelry by Kim Fraczek (http://kimfraczek.com/)

WHAT IS THE NYC C.O.R.E. PROJECT?

NYC is a proud participant in a global initiative called the Circle of Regional Effigies (C.O.R.E.) Project, which brings together 23 effigies representing cities around the world to be torched simultaneously at the annual Burning Man festival in the Nevada Desert.

The Tree of Heaven grows from a luminous subway map that appears to be embedded in the Playa floor. This circular representation of the city’s underground transit system anchors participants in an urban environment by day; by night, it glows with the vibrant energy of the city that never sleeps. From the center of the map a tree pushes its way towards the light, as if busting up through a crack in the cement. A captivating mash-up of organic tree-shapes and steel, concrete and chain-link textures, it erupts in thousands of leaves that are custom decorated by the entire New York City area Burning Man community to reflect our brilliant diversity.

Benches, each designed by a different New York City area artist or collective, surround the piece, offering participants an opportunity to relax and reflect on their relationships to NYC, BRC and the growing, changing world around them. 

Learn more about the Tree of Heaven and the CORE Project at http://bit.ly/NYCore.

19th June 2011

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Join us again today for another fun DPW (for Drink-Play-Work) Day full of bloody maries, adventurous rabbits and very sexy people using power tools.

When: TODAY! Sunday, June 19th 12 noon - 5 pm

Where: Acme Studios 63 N 3rd St @ Kent Brooklyn, NY

Why: Because making art as a community is awesome.