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BASETRACK Live—Virtually Home
The Afghanistan war, started after 9/11, is one of the costliest and longest wars our country has seen. While there has been no lack of coverage, unfiltered reports from people directly affected by the...
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The Source source material
Material for The Source (Oct 22—25, BAM Fisher) was drawn from primary source texts by librettist Mark Doten and set to music by composer Ted Hearne. Four singers housed in a visual and sonic...
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The Source: An Interview with Director Daniel Fish
by Morgan GreenThe first time I worked with Daniel Fish, I was an intern on his production at the now defunct Incubator Arts Space. The full title of the piece was: Tom Ryan Thinks He’s James Mason...
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Pina Bausch's Kontakthof—Innocence Regained
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch performsKontakthof from Oct 23 to Nov 2 in the Opera House. BAMcinématek will screen a documentary called Dancing Dreams on Oct 27, including a Q&A with one of...
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My Sweet Memories of Angels in America
by Louie FleckLouie Fleck in the early 90s.In 1993, I was making music in my little West Village home studio and producing multi-image slides for Fortune 500 companies. A good friend of mine told me I...
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On Pina Bausch and Killer Heels
Kontakthof at BAM, 2014. Photo: Julieta CervantesPina Bausch's Kontakthof is at the Howard Gilman Opera House through Nov 2. We asked Brooklyn Museum's chief designer, who designed the exhibition...
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In Context: Salt of the Earth
Salt of the Earth runs at BAM from October 28—31. Context is everything, so get even closer to the show with this curated selection of original blog pieces, articles, interviews, and videos related to...
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In Context: Six Characters in Search of an Author
Six Characters in Search of an Author runs at BAM from October 29—November 2. Context is everything, so get even closer to the show with this curated selection of original blog pieces, articles,...
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BAM Blog Questionnaire: Zvi Sahar of Salt of the Earth
Zvi Sahar is an actor, director, and puppeteer living and working in Israel. He comes to the BAM Fisher Oct 28—Nov 1 with Salt of the Earth, a story told with puppetry and hand-painted miniature sets...
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Birds With Skymirrors—The Last Dance on Earth
by Brian McCormickMAU in Birds With Skymirrors. Photo: Sebastian BoleschVisionary and provocative, fearless, endless, and beautiful: the work of Lemi Ponifasio requires a letting go of expectations,...
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Gabriel Kahane on Sunshine Noir
“Los Angeles understands its past... through a robust fiction called noir.”—Mike Davis, City of QuartzChinatown (Paramount Pictures/Photofest) by Gabriel KahaneA great deal of ink has been spilled...
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The Object Lesson—an interview with director David Neumann
by Morgan Green Where making art is concerned, David Neumann believes that “the free flow of ideas should always be encouraged rather than obeying some hierarchical relationship that supersedes...
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In Context: The Object Lesson
The Object Lesson runs at BAM from October 5—8. Context is everything, so get even closer to the show with this curated selection of articles, interviews, and videos related to the production. Once...
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Last-minute BAM-inspired Halloween Costume Ideas
by Chris TylerWe’re throwing a FREE Halloween party this Friday and costumes are highly encouraged (there will be prizes!). Still haven’t planned yours? Take your inspiration from recent BAM...
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Things To Do With 1,000 Pounds of Salt
Zvi Sahar and PuppetCinema’s show Salt of the Earth uses 1,000 pounds of salt to create a mini dystopian desert for its puppet protagonist to traverse. To better wrap our heads around that improbable...
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Andy Warhol’s Brooklyn: A Tour
Andy Warhol is synonymous with the downtown scene of 1960s and '70s New York, but his escapades in Brooklyn are somewhat less chronicled. In anticipation of the upcoming Exposed: Songs for Unseen...
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In Context: Exposed: Songs for Unseen Warhol Films
Exposed: Songs for Unseen Warhol Films runs at BAM from November 6—8. Context is everything, so get even closer to the show with this curated selection of articles, interviews, and videos related to...
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BAM Illustrated: The Making of Dean Wareham
This week, Dean Wareham and The Andy Warhol Museum's Exposed: Songs for Unseen Warhol Films comes to BAM. Wareham curated the musical lineup, and he and Eleanor Friedberger (The Fiery Furnaces), Martin...
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Proceed At Your Own Risk—The Ecstatic Rage of Derek Jarman
BAMcinématek just kicked off the most comprehensive New York City retrospective of pioneering British queer filmmaker Derek Jarman in nearly two decades. From his collaborations with a young Tilda...
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Who's Who of Warhol’s Unseen Films?
Warhol may be the 20th century’s greatest schmoozer. He actively befriended and connected with the NYC and international art world elite. Many of his mainstay muses are now household names, but Andy’s...
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