LUMEN

Saturday, June 15, 2013 | 6pm-midnight | Lyons Pool

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Image: Migration of the Arthopods, Dominique Paul 2012
 

LUMEN is not a traditional film festival or gallery art experience. It is a one-day, 6-hour festival that features video and performance art by emerging artists and more established artists at the forefront of their media.

LUMEN begins before the sun sets and continues until midnight. Videos, performances, and installations occur simultaneously. There is no “main stage” or center focus, instead visitors are invited to safely and organically discover art scattered throughout the site.
LUMEN 2013 will be Saturday, June 15th, 2013; 6pm to midnight. Stay up to date on LUMEN by:

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–liking LUMEN on Facebook

–signing up for LUMEN e-updates.
LUMEN 2013 will be held at Lyons Pool, a publicly-owned NYC Department of Parks and Recreation site that is named after Joseph H. Lyons.

  • FAQ

    Where is the event and how can I get there?

    Lyons Pool is located at 6 Victory Blvd (at Murray Hulbert Ave.) Staten Island, NY 10301, about a 5 minute bus or train ride via public transportation from downtown Manhattan. It is also a 8 minute bike ride or 15 minute walk from the St. George Ferry Terminal in downtown Staten Island. The ferry ride is approximately 30 minutes, and its schedule can be found here.

    Is there parking onsite?

    No. THERE IS NO PARKING ON SITE. If you are planning on driving to the event, you MUST park at one of the following:
    • Central Avenue Parking Garage
    • The Ferry Terminal Lots
    • Street parking

    There is more information about parking here.

    Is there a rain date?

    LUMEN is an outdoor event. Light rain will be handled with tarps, heavy rain will cancel the event. There is no rain date.

  • About Lyons Pool

    Lyons Pool is the largest public pool on Staten Island and was built in 1936. The pool is designed to accommodate 2,800 bathers at a time; during the first summer, crowds averaged 5,707 people each day. Constructed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), the Lyons Pool was one of eleven pools that opened throughout New York City in a single summer during the Great Depression. The influence of the WPA pools extended throughout entire communities, attracting aspiring athletes and neighborhood children, and changing the way millions of New Yorkers spent their leisure time.

  • LUMEN 2013 Curators

    David C. Terry (curating LUMEN 2013′s video and installation work) is the Director of Programs/Curator at the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) where he oversees the Fellowships, Curatorial, Sponsorship and Professional Development Programs.

    Prior to NYFA, Mr. Terry was Assistant Director at the Pelham Art Center, where he directed the exhibition, educational and outreach programs. His professional career covers a wide range of curatorial, artistic, arts administrative and academic experience. He earned his BA at the College of William and Mary, and while earning his MFA in Sculpture from the University of Pennsylvania, Mr. Terry began his administrative and teaching career. Since that time he has taught a variety of classes including objective and figurative drawing, abstract and figurative sculpture, portraiture and environmental and site-specific sculpture to students of all age ranges. Mr. Terry is a working artist, curator, juror, and a panelist for the New York State Council on the Arts, Bronx Council on the Arts, Westchester Biennale, the Alexander Rutsch Award in Painting, the Woodstock Byrdcliffe Artist in Residence Program, and a member of the GIA Support for Individual Artists Group Steering Committee.

    Mr. Terry’s awards include Artists in the Marketplace Program, The Bronx Museum of the Arts; BRIO, Bronx Council on the Arts; The Puffin Foundation; New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Sculpture, and the Arts and Business Council’s Arts Leadership Institute Award and the Elizabeth Foundation’s Residency Grant.

    Esther Neff (curating LUMEN 2013′s performance art) is an artist, curator, and theorist based in Brooklyn, NY. She is the founder of the Panoply Performance Laboratory (PPL), which is a performance space in Bushwick, a flexible collective, and the moniker for her collaborative performance work with Brian McCorkle.

    Curatorial projects are often in the form of performative institutional critique and have included two conferences, exhibitions at Grace Exhibition Space, Vaudeville Park, BOB the Pavilion at Columbia University, SUPERFRONT at Industry City, tours to Chicago and Berlin, four years of PERFORMANCY FORUM, a monthly platform for performance art, social performance practices, and critical dialogue, and collaborative curation with IV Soldiers Gallery, The Super Coda/Valerie Kuehne, and the No Wave Performance Task Force. She is a lead organizer of the upcoming Brooklyn International Performance Art Festival (July 2013). Her own work has been supported through Swing Space from LMCC and Ind-Tier from BAC, residencies at University Settlement, chashama, and LPAC, and performed around the world.

    Staten Island Arts, New York City Parks Department, along with Mr. Terry & Ms. Neff, will transform the waterfront property into a luminous playground, equipped with empty Olympic size pools that have been turned into video screening areas, and roof top access to allow for a view of the Manhattan skyline alongside installation pieces.

  • Volunteer Opportunities

    Staten Island Arts is looking for energetic and outgoing volunteers to help make another LUMEN a success. Your help is vital to this event! If you like: contemporary art, alternative art spaces, waterfront views of NYC, and volunteering, this is a great opportunity for you!

    If you are interested in getting more experience with Event production, Production Management (Projectors, DVD players, Screens), Art installation, and Customer Service this is the place for you. If you already have that kind of experience, consider it a mega-plus! Its also great way to network and meet other artists and art-lovers.

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    We hope you will join us at the Volunteer Meeting/Party on Tuesday, May 21st at The Curiosity Project on 143 Beach Street at 7pm for briefing and details for the event, as well as getting a chance to meet your fellow volunteers.

    Can’t make it to the meeting? Please send your name, phone number, email address, and area of interest to rchavez@statenislandarts.org!

  • Vendors & Sponsors

    Sponsors:
    Brooklyn Brewery
    NYC Department of Cultural Affairs
    PepperJack Grill

    Vendors:
    Brooklyn Brewery
    CoolHaus
    Desi Food Truck
    Killmeyer’s Old Bavarian Inn
    Morris Grilled Cheese Truck
    PepperJack Grill
    Phil’s Steaks
    Tip the Wagon