While many see clubbing as a murky night out in a sweaty nightclub, an abandoned warehouse, or at an open-air rave with no connection to more wholesome things that happen during the day, club culture has long been an important incubator of cultural movements and continues to provide spaces for connection, creativity, and personal expression.
This afternoon salon brings together scholars, writers, artists, and nightlife makers to enlighten nightlife as an art form, and discover the ways social and performative dance have intertwined in recent years. Participants include indomitable force in the worlds of drag, music, fashion, and nightlife Kevin Aviance (he/him); drag icon, artist-scholar, DJ, and Assistant Professor of Modern Culture and Media at Brown University madison moore (he/they); scholar-practitioner of dance performance Ariel Osterweis (she/they) whose teaching practice includes the exploration of clubbing; and artist, performer, and event planner at The Spectrum BK Gage Spex (they/he/she); with others to be confirmed.
Schedule
3:00pm: Music and Deejaying
With madison moore, Kevin Aviance, Xander C. Gaines Aviance
In 1982, New York electro funk group Indeep made club headlines with their song “Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life,” setting the tone for the intimate relationships between DJs, dancers, and the music that continues to shape club culture today. Join New York nightlife legends Kevin Aviance and Xander C. Gaines Aviance, moderated by madison moore, for a musical journey and conversation about the music, clubs, and DJs that shaped them.
4:00pm: Dance and Club Culture
With Ariel Osterweis and MX Oops
Through a blend of critical memoir, conversation, and multimedia, this session will engage dance moves in and out of nightlife.
5:00pm: The Art of Queer Worldmaking
With Gage Spex, Raúl de Nieves, Dosha, Jacolby Satterwhite
The day ends with a conversation between Gage Spex, Dosha (House of Ladosha), Jacolby Satterwhite and Raul De Nieves about performance in nightlife, particularly in relation to the underground art and club spaces The Spectrum and The Dreamhouse (2011-2019).
Presented in conjunction with R.O.S.E., the Armory’s new commission by Sharon Eyal, Gai Behar, Caius Pawson of Young, and DJ Ben UFO that sits at the intersection of arts and nightlife.
Making Space at the Armory is made possible with support from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF).
Public support is provided by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature as well as the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council under the leadership of Speaker Adrienne Adams.
Photo: Hagop Kalaidjian, BFA
September 8, 2024
Sunday, September 8, 3:00pm–6:00pm
Performance Details
Various Spaces
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