What's Happening in New York on November 4th, 2006

Chuck Statler: Before MTV

8:15pm — Saturday November 4

WHERE:MoMA, 11 West 53rd St between 5th and 6th Ave
COST:$10 without museum admission (but ticket stub can be presented for $10 off museum admission within 30 days) or FREE with museum admission
SUMMARY:”Chuck Statler, arguably the godfather of the music video, is a pioneer who directed music films for upstart record labels and emerging superstars like Elvis Costello, Madness, and DEVO before MTV’s existence.”
TODAY:”Music Film Clips: A retrospective screening of Statler’s New Wave film clips, including Graham Parker, Protection (1979); City Boy, The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1979); The Time, Cool (1981); DEVO, Love Without Anger (1981); Pere Ubu, Love, Love, Love (1989); Tiny Tim, Paddle Your Own Canoe (1993); and The Wipeouters, Twist ‘n’ Launch (2001).”

Noon — Saturday November 4 (goes until Noon — Sunday November 5)

WHERE:3rd Ward, 195 Morgan Ave between Stagg and Meadow, East Williamsburg
COST:$15 in advance, there will be no tickets available at the door
SUMMARY:”We will amass at the 3rd Ward on November 4, 2006 with ticker tape flying and cannons blazing for 24 hours of wild and rousing celebration of our Communal Identity. We will be entertained by Great Artists of our Republic performing astounding acts of Skill and Finesse, by interactive displays culled from every thread of our Fine Cultural Fabric, and by Fantastic and Talented DJs with whom each body will March and Throb in Tune to the Drumbeat of our Collective Heart.”

Related:
Review: Psyche’s Sideshow for Decompression 2005

10am-6pm — Tuesday-Saturday

Closes November 4

WHERE:Team Gallery, 83 Grand Street, between Wooster and Greene
COST:FREE
SUMMARY:”For his second solo show at Team, Cory Arcangel continues his practice of tweaking old data. Gone, however, are the Nintendo and Atari Game systems — replaced instead by Richard Linklater’s stoner classic Dazed and Confused, Guns and Roses’ tune Sweet Child O’ Mine, the Beatles’ vaunted appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show, Bruce Springsteen’s legendary Born to Run LP and Dennis Hopper’s 80s cop drama Colors. What Arcangel has done with each of these texts focuses our attention not on the replaceability of contemporary cultural production, but on its adaptability, fertility, and resilience.”