Saturday, June 04 12pm to 03pm
Queens Museum
New York City Building, Flushing Meadows, Corona Park, Queens, NY 11368
- Janks Archive conducts an investigation of insult humor—an ancient oral tradition—from cultures around the world. While intentions appear, at first, to be cruel, “janks” are in fact an integral aspect of human interaction, used as much to strengthen camaraderie as to establish dominance. The project documents this tradition through crowdsourcing and field recording, in which participants recite “janks” from memory and the collective gathers contextual information in an attempt to trace origins.
They have recorded people telling “janks” on video in 10 cities in 7 countries, and will be interviewing Queens residents as part of the Queens International 2016.
- Las Reinas Open Rehearsal by Jesus Benavente and Felipe Castelblanco
For Las Reinas, Benavente and Castelblanco collaborate with two Mariachi bands, one in Queens and the other based in Bogotá, Colombia, to write a new song in real-time, via online video chat. Working across cultural, social, and economic borders, the collaborating bands and artists will reveal the pervasiveness of the Mariachi genre, a Mexican musical tradition that is steeped in poverty, pride, protest, and community, but has been widely adapted to the needs of a globalized tourist economy.
- Trouble’s The Stood Maze, featuring musical performance by Patrick Higgins and visuals by E.S.P. TV
As part of their Action Fortress installation, Trans-Pecos’ presents The Stood Maze, a pop-up labyrinth by the artist duo Trouble (Sam Hillmer and Laura Paris). The fabric structure is held up by 33 stationary performers in the Queens Museum’s atrium for the duration of a sonic composition by experimental guitarist Patrick Higgins, with live visuals by E.S.P. TV. Visitors are encouraged to walk through the maze throughout the performance!
For more information visit: www.queensmuseum.org/