====== EVENTS ====== JULY 24TH - FIELD OF DREAMS IN PROSPECT PARK VISIT: http://www.bricartsmedia.org/events/field-of-dreams-un-mundo-nuevo FOR MORE INFORMATION ===== DEMATERIALIZE! (Beyond the Zero) ===== ==== March 5, 2010 6-10pm ==== **at RECESS (41 Grand St)** A one-night event exploring the role of human behavior in the construction of meaning in art. This collaborative performance will attempt to replicate an early study on human behavior. The experiment brings together the work of John Watson, Thomas Pynchon and Barnett Newman to establish a theory of behavioral relations. By examining the structure of behavior we can foster an understanding of our own internal order. The event builds on **[[http://march1904.blogspot.com|an online investigation]]** that considers behavior modification as a form of social sculpture. The project was initiated by Stephen Wuensch. ===== EDIFYING ===== **//Edifying//** is a series of performative lectures organized by Beatrice Gross. In the lineage of Robert Morris’s 1964 performance entitled //21.3// where the artist lip-synched a film of art historian Erwin Panofsky’s 1939 lecture, this series presents a selection of contemporary performance-lectures concerned with the dramatization of knowledge and its dissemination. So far, //Edifying// has featured performative works by Ellie Ga, Pablo Helguera, Christine Rebet, and collaborative Slavs and Tatars. For further information, please visit: [[http://web.me.com/edifying/Edifying/Welcome.html]] Contact: ****. ====== COURSES ====== =====YOGA-OPEN LEVEL===== **Sundays from 7:15pm to 8:45pm.** **Starting October 3rd** This class explores yoga on and off the mat. Yogis will learn to harmonize mind, body, and spirit moving to higher levels of complete wellness. Everyone welcome. Come dressed to move. ===== BHQFU WRITING GROUP ===== **Sundays from 12-3pm.** The BHQFU Writing Group reads and discusses each others' written work. All figuring of speech permitted. To participate, email ****. ===== THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE: INTRO ITALIAN ===== **Mondays from 7pm - 8:30pm starting Monday June 14th** Location: 225, Mezzanine or Upstairs (depending on NASA) This summer course (6 to 8 weeks long) will teach the basics of the Italian language, focusing on speaking more than writing or grammar. The goal is to be able to have a conversation in Italian by the end of the summer and to provide a base for further improvement if desired. Wine, food, and film might also be included! Syllabus and assignments (in the works but click below). [[https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AVk6vcJ_vFhbZGd4Z2R6d3RfMTBtMmdxejZmYg&hl=en|Syllabus]] [[http://docs.google.com/View?id=dgxgdzwt_11vwfmqgg5|Homework]] **Contact: Melissa Turoff at [[meturoff@gmail.com]]** ===== IRONY AND UTOPIA: HISTORY OF COMPUTER ART ===== **Tuesdays from 7-9pm**, except for the first class, which will be on **Wednesday June 23rd from 7-9pm**. Each week we will look at and talk about computer art, whatever that means. Class topics include: cybernetics, randomness, algorithms, early computer music, Cybernetic Serendipity and E.A.T., video art, cheesy computer graphics from the 80s, fractals, virtual reality, net.art, and kittens and people hurting themselves on YouTube. Course materials are on **[[http://beausievers.com/bhqfu/computer_art/|the Irony and Utopia: History of Computer Art website.]]** To enroll, email **** ===== THE ARTIST AT WORK ===== **[[http://www.sophynaess.com/artist_at_work.html|WEBSITE]]** ===== NASA ===== {{:images.jpg|}} **Mondays from 6-10pm** NASA (The Natural Association of Students of Art) is a space program. We investigate the private and public spaces of art education. We conduct interviews, document classes, and visit sites of education. To participate or invite us to your school contact ****. ===== WHAT'S A METAPHOR? ===== **[[http://sites.google.com/site/whatisametaphor/|WEBSITE]]** ===== BHQFU DETECTIVE AGENCY ===== No case too small. **[[http://www.bhqfuda.org|WEBSITE]]** Email **** for more information. ===== BYOU ===== **BUILD YOUR OWN UNIVERSITY** is the throbbing, gristling heart of BHQFU. Find out what's going on. Proposes new classes and projects. **All are welcome. Starts at 7pm. BYOB.** ---- == BYOU SUMMER SCHEDULE == * JULY 6 - CANCELED No Meeting in August Schedule will be posted for future BYOU events soon; stay tuned... ===== PHILOSOPHY OF MOTION PICTURES II ===== **Wednesdays from 7:30 – 10:30pm** This course investigates the content and structure of films, using methodologies and concepts culled from linguistics, psychoanalysis, semiotics, anthropology, and continental philosophy. We familiarize ourselves with, and evaluate the major issues and debates within film theory while critically engaging with films from a socio-historical context that rigorously confronts the heterogeneity of meaning, interpretation, and authorship. Along the way, we also consider relevant issues in narrative theory and literary texts. **[[https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ASPZe55ZuSCyZGZtcTZ2bV8xMTVoY3hod21nYg&hl=en|SYLLABUS]]** For more information contact Michael Brent **** and Peter H. Duhon Jr. **** ===== TO BE CONTINUED (THE POINT OF ABANDON) ===== A collaborative workshop exploring the abandoned creative project and possibilities for continuation Course meets monthly on Thursdays at 7pm Next session: JUNE 24 contact: sally.o.szwed@gmail.com **[[https://sites.google.com/site/pointofabandon/|WEBSITE]]** ===== FIENDS DE SIECLE! ===== **Fridays at 4pm** **FIENDS DE SIECLE!** is a collaborative drama workshop organized by Adrea Teasdale. To get involved contact **** ===== MUSIC IN SPACE ===== **Saturdays from 3-6pm** **[[http://bhqfumusic.org/|WEBSITE]]** ===== PLAY ===== {{:finpro2.jpeg|}} **Every Saturday from 4-6pm - on hiatus for summer. Go Outside.** Recess usually happens during the in-between time. Interest in the ambiguous, the immediate, and fortbuilding. The course is organized by Haley Mellin. For further information contact ****. ===== COBRACLASS ===== **Cobraclass** is a multi-part program that considers aesthetic principles and philosophies relating to deskilling, repetition, excess, mimicry, censured gestures, fragmentation and ritual. The main goal of this open structure is to nourish the terrain for an event. The project will involve group work with clay, actions and films, bringing together a series of seemingly un-related concepts and ideas. The duration of the bulk of the event itself can be undetermined like a Lacanian session. It could result in a series of sculptures and a film. How the end result could be made public should be discussed by the participants before and after the end of the interactive session. Organized by Sarina Basta, Simone Leigh, and Karin Schneider. For more information, contact ****. =====COMMUNITY COOKING CLUB===== ** Wednesday, August 25th from 7:00pm to 9:00pm ** Last Wed of every month! Next class is Wed, Sept 29 with guest Mark Gravel of Black & Cream Combining the concept of the potluck, where individuals privately prepare dishes and then share them with the group; and the environment of the critical classroom, where the collective whole actively engages in observation, analysis and examination, the Community Cooking Club acts as a site of working, tasting, talking and eating together. The Community Cooking Club features seasonal recipes that participants can make over and over again to bring to community events like potlucks, parties, picnics, etc. Participants receive the collection of recipes via email after the CCC event. Sometimes we feature guest chefs! $8 to participate. Bring an apron if you've got one. Organized by Tracy Candido. For more information, visit: http://cargocollective.com/Community-Cooking-Club and contact ****. ====== CLUBS ====== ===== THE ARISTOCRATS ===== **The Official Athletics Team of BHQFU** Contact **** to get involved. ===== THE GLEE CLUB ===== **It's karaoke, bitch.** Contact **** to get involved.