WE ARE
TURNING
50 YEARS OLD
Free
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Please specify which day(s) you plan to attend when sending RSVP
TURNING
50 YEARS OLD
Free
RSVP required
Space is limited
Please specify which day(s) you plan to attend when sending RSVP
September 17,
September 18,
and September 19, 2024
A three-day celebration that includes:
a screening
a panel discussion
a guided tour
a PARTY
and announcing The Bookcase
Details below.
September 18,
and September 19, 2024
A three-day celebration that includes:
a screening
a panel discussion
a guided tour
a PARTY
and announcing The Bookcase
Details below.
There is a letter, in the archive, where GPS founder John Giorno writes to GPS board member (and legendary MoMA curator) Kynaston McShine. It reads:
“Dear Kynaston,
We're in business.
Love,
John”
“Dear Kynaston,
We're in business.
Love,
John”
It's dated September 1974, which corresponds to when the IRS informed GPS that it had approved its application for 501(c)3 status as a public charity.
In September 2024, GPS turns 50 years old.
To mark this occasion are three events across three days.
In September 2024, GPS turns 50 years old.
To mark this occasion are three events across three days.
Tuesday,
September 17
7pm
A screening of Peter Ungerleider's Loving Kindness (1995). This rarely-screened short film is a portrait of John Giorno that focuses on the AIDS Treatment Project, a Giorno Poetry Systems initiative giving grants to artists and poets with HIV/AIDS.
September 17
7pm
A screening of Peter Ungerleider's Loving Kindness (1995). This rarely-screened short film is a portrait of John Giorno that focuses on the AIDS Treatment Project, a Giorno Poetry Systems initiative giving grants to artists and poets with HIV/AIDS.
7:30pm
An open forum about artist-led forms of mutual aid and peer support, both past and present. How do artists show up for each other? How can small arts organizations show up for their communities in meaningful ways?
Featuring Shawn Escarciga (Visual AIDS), and Lia Gangitano (Participant Inc / Coalition of Small Arts NYC), moderated by Bonnie Whitehouse (GPS).
RSVP required
An open forum about artist-led forms of mutual aid and peer support, both past and present. How do artists show up for each other? How can small arts organizations show up for their communities in meaningful ways?
Featuring Shawn Escarciga (Visual AIDS), and Lia Gangitano (Participant Inc / Coalition of Small Arts NYC), moderated by Bonnie Whitehouse (GPS).
RSVP required
Wednesday,
September 18
12:30 - 1:30pm
GPS archivist Bonnie Whitehouse leads a guided tour of the archive, with correspondence, posters, ephemera, photographs, board minutes, ledgers, and more.
September 18
12:30 - 1:30pm
GPS archivist Bonnie Whitehouse leads a guided tour of the archive, with correspondence, posters, ephemera, photographs, board minutes, ledgers, and more.
Thursday,
September 19
8 - 11pm
A 50th birthday party!
DJ sets by Wilbert Gavin (D.O.T. Audio Arts) and Adrian Rew (Ergot Records)
Co-hosted by Laura Hoptman, Bob Holman, Les Levine, Ugo Rondinone, and Ilka Scobie.
September 19
8 - 11pm
A 50th birthday party!
DJ sets by Wilbert Gavin (D.O.T. Audio Arts) and Adrian Rew (Ergot Records)
Co-hosted by Laura Hoptman, Bob Holman, Les Levine, Ugo Rondinone, and Ilka Scobie.
Also launching is The Bookcase, a new shop of books and LPs where the entire inventory is selected by artists, poets, and musicians
(including Penny Arcade, Raven Chacon, Nicole Eisenman, Peter Fischli, Renee Gladman, Philip Glass, Kim Gordon, Ikue Mori, Amy Sillman, Rosemarie Trockel, Simone White, among many others).
RSVP required
(including Penny Arcade, Raven Chacon, Nicole Eisenman, Peter Fischli, Renee Gladman, Philip Glass, Kim Gordon, Ikue Mori, Amy Sillman, Rosemarie Trockel, Simone White, among many others).
RSVP required
With thanks to Brad Kronz for donating this letter to the GPS archive
Peter Ungerleider's (1947–1997) film and video projects was concerned with the mechanics of the built environment and the tools used to document or illustrate that environment. His archive is held at the Harvard Film Archives.
Shawn Escarciga is the Development Director at Visual AIDS and also a multidisciplinary maker, administrator, and connector existing somewhere between performance, comedy, and community-engaged work. They think on what non-oppressive, anti-capitalistic structures of art-making/valuing might look like, calling in humor and absurdity to keep it spicy.
Shawn Escarciga is the Development Director at Visual AIDS and also a multidisciplinary maker, administrator, and connector existing somewhere between performance, comedy, and community-engaged work. They think on what non-oppressive, anti-capitalistic structures of art-making/valuing might look like, calling in humor and absurdity to keep it spicy.
Lia Gangitano is the Founding Director of PARTICIPANT INC, NY, a not-for-profit art space she founded in 2001. She also co-initiated Coalition of Small Arts NYC (CoSA NYC) in 2020, a partnerships between thirty-two New York City arts organizations modeled on research into non-hierarchical, cooperative decision-making. Funds raised through CoSA NYC are divided equally among all organizations.
Bonnie Whitehouse is the Archivist of Giorno Poetry Systems.
Bonnie Whitehouse is the Archivist of Giorno Poetry Systems.
Due to the age and character of the building, the space is not optimized for ADA accessibility and is located up a single flight of 20 stairs with handrails. If you have questions about access, please contact us in advance of the event, and we will make every effort to accommodate you.
