DUMBO Art Under the Bridge Festival
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Country and Region | United States — New York |
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Type of Festival | Drama, Music |
Location of Festival | Brooklyn, New York, USA |
Festival Contact Information | Art Under the Bridge Festival |
Festival Description | Art Under the Bridge is a multi-site happening unique to Dumbo since 1997, the historic post-industrial neighborhood spanning the East River waterfront between the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges. The event’s enduring magic is the transformation of an entire neighborhood into a vibrant platform for self-expression over 3 days once a year. New artworks by young visual artists are created on-the-spot everywhere and anywhere: they may be specific to a particular site or they may wander. They may be projected or afloat. They may be performed or make sound, they may glow in the dark or ride an elevator, they may occupy a corporate lobby or beg your interaction, or they may just sit there and demand your attention. In essence, you experience the visual arts while discovering Dumbo and experience Dumbo while finding the art: your map will take you to facades, streets, sidewalks, storefronts, elevators, lobbies, water, waterfront, parks, nooks, crannnies, aboard the NY Water Taxi, and more. Art Under the Bridge celebrates the untamed, art that deliberately breaks the white cube, art that is touchable, accessible and interactive. And in addition to the 60+ new outdoor projects, you can visit over 100 local open studios as well as video_dumbo, a non-stop indoor program of cutting edge video art from NYC and around the world. The appeal is universal: for many of the anticipated 100,000 visitors, Art Under the Bridge is their first encounter with art and artists. What’s more: it’s FREE, inclusive and open to all. The Dumbo Arts Center (DAC) has been the Festival’s exclusive producer since 1997. DAC is a big impact, small non-profit, committed to preserving Dumbo as a site in New York City where emerging visual artists can experiment in the public domain while having unprecedented freedom and access to normally off-limit locations. Art Under the Bridge is where serendipity and the haphazard thrive, where the unpredictable, the spontaneous and the downright weird can still happen - all against the stunning backdrop of iconic architecture and the Manhattan skyline. |
Festival Dates | September 27 - 29, 2013 |
Festival Links | http://dumboartsfestival.com/ |
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Podcast interviews:
- If you like this festival — listen to…
- Tajna Tanovic, Theater TAS
http://kadmusarts.com/podcasts/?p=1643 - Susan Feldman, artistic director of St. Ann’s Warehouse
http://kadmusarts.com/blog/?p=632
- Tajna Tanovic, Theater TAS
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Practical Info:
Slideshow photo credits in order of appearance:
- Antonia Wright, Pick Me
- 2008, D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival®, Brooklyn, NY. Photo by Allison Compton.
- Catherine Baÿ, The Snow White Project
- 2008, D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival®, Brooklyn, NY. Photo by Caslon Photography.
- Chris Kinsler, Persona non Grata
- 2008, D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival®, Brooklyn, NY. Photo by Jane Kratochvil.
- John Bonafede, Sustenance
- 2008, D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival®, Brooklyn, NY. Photo by Allison Compton.
- Reina Kubota, City of Light
- 2008, D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival®, Brooklyn, NY. Photo by Caslon Photography.
- Teng Chao-Ming, In One Minute, Dumbo
- 2008, D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival®, Brooklyn, NY. Photo by Caslon Photography.
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