{"id":201,"date":"2006-10-26T23:59:40","date_gmt":"2006-10-27T06:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/2006\/10\/26\/queens-collectives\/"},"modified":"2009-03-17T07:19:56","modified_gmt":"2009-03-17T14:19:56","slug":"queens-collectives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/queens-collectives\/","title":{"rendered":"queens collectives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is more a plug for the collectives involved than anything else but tonight I went to a presentation by five (i saw four) Queens-based arts collectives sponsored by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.queenscouncilarts.org\/\">Queens Council on the Arts<\/a>. The event took place at Hell Gate Social, a space whose <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=hell+gate+social\">google search<\/a> turns up their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/hellgatesocial\">myspace profile<\/a> before their <a href=\"http:\/\/hellgatesocial.com\/\">official website<\/a>; a plain but beautiful space with a great backyard-projection area (where I found out they screen B movies and the like during the spring-summer-fall seasons, weather permitting).<\/p>\n<p>The presentations went in the order: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzerthirty.com\/\">Buzzer Thirty<\/a><\/strong> (I missed theirs, which I wanted to know most about &#8211; but I was told it was short and without any presentation media)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fluxfactory.org\/\">Flux Factory<\/a><\/strong> (Presented by our own Stefany Goldberg, the presentation focused mostly on two or three distinct projects, including the oldest and the more-recent collaborations, using a DVD to show moving images and sound)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.localproject.org\/\">Local Project<\/a><\/strong> (The next-best collective after Flux Factory, another LIC-based Queens collective, focussing especially on under-represented minorities and Latino &#038; Black artists)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rockawayartistsalliance.org\/\">Rockaway Artists Alliance<\/a><\/strong> (An &#8216;older&#8217; collective; no feel for what they exhibit because they didn&#8217;t have any slides, DVD, etc.; but very officially organized, including an extensive membership which they boasted about)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freestyleart.org\/\">Free Style Arts<\/a><\/strong> (Never heard of them, but would like to stumble upon their social-situational art on the streets; perhaps a spoiler to see their images, but good Midwestern folk making interesting social-public art)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And that was that! I didn&#8217;t stay long because Game 4 of the World Series was on; it was raining in St. Louis and was 1-0 in favor of the Tigers by the time I left; walking past a pub on the way home I peeked in and it was 3-0 Tigers with Miles on 2nd; I said to myself (and to those in company) it would be 3-1 by the time I got home; as soon as I got home the Cardinals started a comeback; that night we won 5-4!!<\/p>\n<div class='ctx-module-container ctx_default_placement ctx-clearfix'><\/div><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is more a plug for the collectives involved than anything else but tonight I went to a presentation by five (i saw four) Queens-based arts collectives sponsored by the Queens Council on the Arts. 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