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The Hut Institute

Registration is open for:

The Hut Institute
An intensive laboratory-workshop for emerging artists working on borders
June 25—July 1;  10AM-6PM
Arts@Renaissance
2 Kingsland Avenue (corner of Maspeth)
L to Graham Avenue

Hut #7 at Arts@Renaissance, in the basement of a restored Greenpoint Hospital building

“The Hut Institute” is an exploratory and learning space for emerging artists whose work explores boundaries— boundaries between artistic forms and boundaries between the “art world” and the “real world”. Are there even such boundaries? What is it to make live art in this historical moment? How can we be responsive to the impulses to hybridize, to be inclusive, to reach out, to leave the gallery or theater, while also being respectful of forms, people, and places? The institute will take place at Hut #7, a hut built out of found and re-purposed materials on the site of a restored Greenpoint Hospital building. The hut will directly and indirectly influence our inquiry.

Participants will engage in a series of workshops each day including daily morning movement, and additional sessions with musicians, visual artists, and community organizers. Participants will be invited to work on an independent solo or group project in the neighborhood, exploring what “community interaction” can mean. Projects will be shared with the public (optional) at the Open Hut Day on July 1st. Faculty will include:

Jill Sigman, choreographer

Janine Antoni, visual artist

Kristin Norderval, composer/vocalist; certified Deep Listening instructor

Chloe Bass, artist, activist, co-founder of Arts In Bushwick

Gustavo Aguilar (composer/percussionist) & Gaelyn Aguilar (anthropologist), TUG Collective

Courtney Renken, community organizer

Laura Hofmann, activist and member of OUTRAGE (Organizations United for Trash Reduction & Garbage Equity)

Eric Bruzaitis, activist and member of OUTRAGE

Participants need not have longstanding training in a discipline, but should be open-minded, thoughtful, eager to move, and curious and respectful about how to temporarily enter a North Brooklyn community.

PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED.

This workshop is subsidized by jill sigman/thinkdance and Arts@Renaissance.

$250 for 6 days (10am-6pm).

July 1 Open Hut Day free.

Contact thinkdance@attglobal.net for questions or registration.

 

Daily Schedule:

10am-11:45am  MOVEMENT

11:45am-12pm  BREAK

12pm-1:30pm  SOUND, VISUAL INSTALLATION, RELATIONAL AESTHETICS

1:30-2:30 LUNCH

2:30-4PM COMMUNITY ACTIVIST OR ORGANIZER GUEST

4PM-6PM INDIVIDUAL PROJECT WORKTIME (with 30 min overlap with guest)

Hut #7 EVENT LISTING

Hut #7 was built by choreographer and multi-media artist Jill Sigman; it is made of trash found on and around the site of Arts@Renaissance at the Greenpoint Renaissance Center in Williamsburg-Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The hut is simultaneously a sculpture, a dwelling, and a stage, allowing various activities to happen in and around it. It is part of “The Hut Project”, a series of site-specific huts made of found and re-purposed materials, raising issues around waste, sustainability, housing, and home. Hut #7 is accompanied by an exhibition, “jill, why do you build huts?”, created by BRUNO and providing context for the project.

Performances and events at Hut #7 include:

FRIDAY, May 11  7PM

Music in the Construction Zone: New Music on Found Instruments and Environmental Themes

Gustavo Aguilar, Cristian Amigo, and Miguel Frasconi play in the construction site of Hut #7

http://www.gustavoaguilar.com/

http://cristianamigo.com/

http://frasconimusic.com/

THURSDAY, May 17  7PM

Have a sneak preview of Hut #7 at:

Syttende Mai   A performance art exploration of home and national identity by emerging Norwegian artist Elisabeth Faerøy Lund in honor of the Norwegian National Day.

http://www.ellaferoy.com/

FRIDAY, May 18  6:30PM- Late

*******HUT #7 OPENING CELEBRATION ******

Opening of “Jill, why do you build huts?, an exhibition about The Hut Project by BRUNO

Cheese tasting by Saxelby Cheesemongers (6:30PM)

A Little Hut Music:  New Music for Recycled Instruments by composer/musicians Eve Beglarian and Eleonor Sandresky (7PM)

After-party by BRUNO (9PM)

http://www.evbvd.com/

http://www.esandresky.com/

http://www.bruno-design.com>

http://www.saxelbycheese.com/

THURSDAY, May 24  7PM

Kathy Westwater—choreographer and performer presents her work at Fresh Kills Landfill through movement and video

http://www.kathywestwater.org/

THURSDAY, May 31  7PM

A Little Hut Music:  New Music for Home-Made Instruments by composer/vocalist Anne Hege and Matt Marble

Opening by Sweet Soubrette and puppeteer Leat Klingman

http://www.annehege.com/

http://mattmarble.com

http://www.sweetsoubrette.com/

http://www.leat.klingman.org/

SATURDAY, June 2  2-6PM

Bushwick Open Studios: Hut #7 Open Hut Day. Tea and talk with Jill Sigman. Music by Chrome Gnats.

SUNDAY, June 3  2-6PM

Bushwick Open Studios: Hut #7 Open Hut Day. Tea and talk with Jill Sigman. Music by Chrome Gnats.

FRI-SAT, June 15 & 16  8-11PM

Sowing Circles–  Premiere of a new solo dance made for Hut #7 by Jill Sigman

June 25—July 1;  10AM-6PM

The Hut Institute

An intensive laboratory-workshop for emerging artists working on the borders between disciplines.

“The Hut Institute” will be a space to nurture emerging artists whose work explores boundaries—boundaries between forms and boundaries between the concert stage or gallery and the “real world”. Participants will engage in a series of workshops each day including daily morning movement, and additional sessions with musicians, visual artists, and community organizers. Participants will be invited to work on a project in the neighborhood, exploring what “community interaction” can mean.

PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Contact thinkdance@attglobal.net regarding registration and fees.

SUNDAY, July 1, 1-6PM

Open Hut Day:  An afternoon of DIY workshops, conversation, home-cooked food, music, and other surprises. ALL ACTIVITIES FREE!

“jill, why do you build huts?”  EXHIBITION GALLERY HOURS (May 15-June 30):

Thursdays and Saturdays 2-7PM

Come visit this new exhibition by BRUNO Design and have tea with the docent inside Hut #7.

All activities take place at:

Arts@Renaissance

2 Kingsland Avenue (corner of Maspeth), Brooklyn

Subway: L train to Graham Avenue

http://www.renaissancenbk.org/

Hut #5

Hut #5 is coming! I started building this weekend…

Hut #5 is part of my ongoing The Hut Project, a series of site-specific huts made from found and re-purposed materials. Each hut is at the same time a structure, a sculpture, and an emergency preparedness kit in which themes of sustainability, shelter, real estate, and apocalypse intersect. Hut #5 will be made of trash and will incorporate a living permaculture plant system designed by Jesse Sachs.

Hut #5 will be the site of a mini-festival of activities. Here’s what’s coming up:

Hut Art: I set off to seek my fortune and I got a little lost and then I remembered what you said
A live performance installation made for Hut #5, “I set off…” is a slow motion landscape of movement rituals, definitions, and actual edibles. Performance by Jill Sigman; original musical score by Kristin Norderval. The piece runs for 3 hour blocks; viewers enter and exit freely.
Friday and Saturday, December 3 & 4
Friday and Saturday, December 10 & 11
8-11PM Enter any time
Suggested donation: $20 (no one will be turned away for lack of funds)

Hut Flix: Two Video Nights in Hut #5  (Co-Sponsored by Moviehouse)
Two video nights showing shorts made from previous Huts and a thematically related feature. Hot drinks and good company.
Thursday, December 2– feature “Garbage Warrior”
Thursday, December 9— feature “Dark Days”
7PM FREE ADMISSION

Hut Talk: Two Afternoons of Discussion (Co-Sponsored by Arts in Bushwick)
Join us for tea and community discussion about related themes such as permaculture and sustainability
Sunday, December 5—2pm  Jesse Sachs and Rachel Budde on permaculture; 3:30pm Laura Braslow of Arts in Bushwick on sustainable housing
Sunday December 12— art historian Rachel Eisley on The Hut Project in context; environmental communicator Douglas Williamson on water
2-5PM FREE ADMISSION

HutCracker Holiday Dance Party
Dance late to yurt-inspired beats by DJs Joro Boro and Poodle Cannon
December 17— 10PM-3AM  $5

All activities take place at The Border:
1 Grattan Street (corner of Bogart), 2nd floor, Studio #221
Bushwick, Brooklyn

Directions by subway:
Take the L train to the Morgan Avenue stop (6th stop in Brooklyn). If you are coming from Manhattan stay in the rear of the train. When you exit at Morgan Avenue, take the stairs labelled “Bogart Street & Harrison Place” (near the back end of the train). When you exit the subway onto Bogart Street, you will see a large yellow brick building in front of you; this is the building the studio is in. Walk to your right on Bogart half a block toward Brooklyn Natural health food store, and make a left onto Grattan. The entrance (1 Grattan Street) is the first door in from the corner.