old-methods

 

Cabaret Series: Old Methods for New Wars

Tuesday, February 7th, 2017

7 – 9 pm

 

#oldmethodsnewwars    #cabaretseries   @storefrontnyc

 

With A.Bandit, Mahdi Gilbert, Matt Holtzclaw, Wally Ingram, Noah Levine, Prakash Puru, and special guests

 

We begin the year in a time of heightened crisis, a moment of contradiction during which our belief systems about the world are being challenged daily. Today, more than ever before, there is a need to explore the paradoxical, to be present while being invisible, and to escape while infiltrating.

 

Letters from Prison,” Antonio Gramsci’s seminal work, presented to the world an understanding of the conflicted and complex functions of cultural hegemony, and was a critical tool for freedom that was created in a moment of confinement.

 

Cabaret Series: Old Methods for New Wars will present several magical performances as metaphorical “letters from prison.” The performances demonstrate the power of magic as a tool to understand the nature of transformation, freedom, and ultimately, hope.

 

This special evening, conceived of by A.BANDIT, will bring together dialogue and magic, with performances from some of the most noteworthy magicians in the field.

 

About the Cabaret Series:

Each iteration of Storefront’s Cabaret Series develops modes of expression that engage with the social, political, and physical space of Storefront in a playful and humorous manner. The events aim to produce new modes of communication between speakers, performers, and spectators through provocation, seduction, and immediacy.

 

About A.Bandit:

A.Bandit is an experimental performance art group started by conceptual artist Glenn Kaino and conceptual magician Derek DelGaudio. Formed as an alliance with the intention of creating a new performative medium between the worlds of art and magic, A.Bandit has performed their spectacular psycho-spatial interventions at such venues as The Kitchen, NYC; The Geffen Playhouse, Los Angeles; Pershing Square Signature Center, NYC; Soho House, Los Angeles; Art LA Contemporary in Santa Monica; and LAXART Annex in Hollywood, where they have taken residence for six months opening up what they called a conceptual magic shop called ‘The Space Between.” Their first artist monogram will come out this year from Prestel/Delmonico, and their most recent production “In & Of Itself” just finished a 16-week sold out run at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles and is coming to New York in Spring 2017.

 

Follow the links below for more information about the participants:

A.Bandit

Mahdi Gilbert

 

Support

Storefront’s programming is made possible through general support from Arup; DS+R; F.J. Sciame Construction Co., Inc.; Gaggenau; Knippers Helbig; KPF; MADWORKSHOP; ODA; Rockwell Group; Roger Ferris + Partners; the Foundation for Contemporary Arts; The Greenwich Collection Ltd.; the Lily Auchincloss Foundation; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; The Peter T. Joseph Foundation; and by Storefront’s Board of Directors, members, and individual donors.