At Artists Space catch Circus Amok Saturday, August 13 Begins promptly at 2pm in Cortlandt Alley

	Circus Amok
	Saturday, August 13 Begins promptly at 2pm Cortlandt Alley  In conjunction with our current exhibition Attention Line, the radical New York City circus and theater troupe Circus Amok makes its triumphant return with its first new show since 2018 at Artists Space in Cortlandt Alley on Saturday, August 13th at 2pm. The show is free and open to the public. Witness as a beleaguered band of circus performers flee fire and flood, transphobia, misogyny and more, seeking refuge in the arms of New York City. But…will they find it?? Find out for yourself when you attend Circus Amok's back-alley political queer extravaganza! Expect stunning stilters, jaunty jugglers, astounding acrobats, drag queens, nerd bots and more...danger, glamour, glitter, beware!! The show's star-studded cast includes Becca Blackwell, Jules Skloot, Claire Dolan, Stephanie Woods, Pher Gleason, Lex Alston, Kym Bernazky, David Guzman, Zo Williams, and Kali Therrien, with the infamous Circus Amok band directed by Jenny Romaine and featuring Ben Meyers, Jessica Lurie, Mary Feaster, and Lee Free, and a set designed by Scotty Heron.
	Circus Amok, The Experimental Walking Tour, 2002. Performed in various parks across the five burroughs. [A color photograph of several figures marching in the middle of the street while holding up posters. One of the figures is wearing stilts, while others are pushing carts or instruments on wheels. From the sidewalk, various pedestrians look on.]
	Dedicated to confronting contemporary social justice issues since 1989, Circus Amok began presenting one-off performances at P.S.122 before inaugurating their annual free outdoor shows in 1994 in small neighborhood parks and well-traveled public squares in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. Their outlandishly funny, politically feisty, joyously queer one-ring spectacles combine traditional circus skills–tight rope walking, juggling, acrobatics, stilt walking, clowning–with experimental dance, lifesize puppetry, improvisational techniques and live music. Essential to their performances is a fervent, energetic addressing of timely political themes, which in recent years have included housing, health care, gentrification, gay marriage, immigration, the Department of Homeland Security, police brutality, police stop-and-frisk policies, and public education. Circus Amok’s gender-bending performance art expands the notion of what a circus can be for its public, and creates inimitable physical and verbal spectacles that invite the audience to envision a more empowered life of community interaction and equanimity. Jennifer Miller, the director and founder of Circus Amok, is an Obie, Bessie, and Ethyl Eichelberg award winning playwright and performer who has worked with alternative circus forms, theater, and dance for over thirty years. As a dancer, Miller has performed with Cathy Weis, Jeff Weis, Jennifer Monson, John Jasperse, Johanna Boyce, Doug Elkins, and They Won’t Shut-up among many others. Miller is a professor of performance at Pratt Institute. Accessibility Artists Space is fully accessible via a wheelchair lift and automated door in front of the entrance on 80 White Street. The cellar gallery can be accessed via the ground floor elevator. Artists Space welcomes assistance dogs, and has wheelchair accessible non-gender-segregated toilet facilities. If you have any further questions about access please email info@artistsspace.org. Supporters Support for Artists Space is provided by Lambent Foundation Fund of Tides Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation, The Cowles Charitable Trust, The Cy Twombly Foundation, The David Teiger Foundation, The Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, The New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, Imperfect Family Foundation, Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, The Stavros Niarchos Foundation, The Willem de Kooning Foundation, The Fox Aarons Foundation, Herman Goldman Foundation, The Destina Foundation, The Luce Foundation, May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Arison Arts Foundation, The David Rockefeller Fund, The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation, The Jill and Peter Kraus Foundation, The Richard Pousette-Dart Foundation.  #circusamokfun#fineartmagazine#summerartfun

The Artists Space:Pride Goes Before a Fall Beware of a Holy Whore an exhibition in two acts June 30 – August 25, 2013

The Artists Space 

Pride Goes Before a Fall Beware of a Holy Whore an exhibition in two acts June 30 – August 25, 2013

Opening: Saturday, June 29, 6 - 8pm  
Performance: No Bra


Then there’s the story of Wee Willy, the gangster.

Goofy wants to be a children’s nurse so he borrows some clothes from his Aunt Anna, a red-and-white checked calico dress and a big hat. And he tries his luck as a kindergarten teacher, not very successfully though, because the kids all say they’ve never seen such a queer old doll. Goofy gets beaten up by the kids and flings his gear in the trashcan.

At that moment, an escaped convict comes by, Wee Willy, the gangster. He’s no bigger than a 3-year-old girl. He finds Goofy’s gear in the trashcan and puts it on.

On his way home, Goofy bumps into Wee Willy wearing Aunt Anna’s dress. “Poor little homeless mite,” Goofy thinks and takes the little girl home. He dishes up pheasant and partridges and a whole goose, and Wee Willy stuffs himself full. Goofy’s pretty surprised at the little girl’s appetite. But he’s mighty pleased, too and thumps his fists on the table. Wee Willy behaves terribly, but at last Goofy finds joy looking after a child.

During the night the house is surrounded by gangsters. No, not by gangsters, by police. They storm the house and find Wee Willy. They recognize him, despite the gear he’s wearing. Goofy’s amazed and asks what they want of a poor little girl. “This is terrible! What has she done? Poor little orphan!” The police inform him that it’s Wee Willy, a wanted criminal. And as the police carry Willy out, explosive as a hand grenade, Goofy says: “Must have been a shock for the poor little girl to find out she’s a crook.”

– Opening monologue in Rainer Werner Fassbinder's Beware of a Holy Whore, 1971, spoken by Werner Schroeter


The exhibition takes place across Artists Space's two venues at 38 Greene Street and 55 Walker Street and includes: a sculpture by Duane Hanson; a replica of a hotel bar; and a series of protagonists who will appear throughout July and August on Thursday and Friday nights. On these occasions Cuba Libre will be served.

Protagonists:

No Bra
Loretta Fahrenholz
Marie Karlberg
Ken Okiishi and Nick Mauss
Emily Sundblad
Stewart Uoo
Peter Wächtler

This exhibition is supported by the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency, public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, and The Friends of Artists Space.

Artists Space likes to thank the Estate of Duane Hanson, and Van de Weghe Fine Art, New York; the Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation.

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