Things Were Different Then
A Laboratory for Experimentation, Venice was a cultural stew of innovators and risk takers.
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SSB Celebrates 50 Years
SSB Celebrates 50 Years with an Oral History of the 70s Art Scene in LA
A Sonic Architecture of Experimental Performance and Sound
As an Igbo-American sound and video artist, kelechi’s work recalibrates, dismantles, and animates the conventions of performance spaces, culminating in amplifies it, doubles, trebles it.
Some Serious Business and Site Santa Fe Present: amplifies it, doubles, trebles it
kelechi agwuncha envisions and constructs a new framework for restaging sound artists through public activations—drawing on experimental spatial approaches found in genres like experimental music, disco, punk, and Jamaican dub
SSB and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Present “We Started a Nightclub”
Windy City residents take a deep dive into the birth of New York’s iconic Pyramid Cocktail Lounge
Save the Ugly Music Festival
SAVE THE UGLY MUSIC FESTIVAL, features music, raffles, murals, a clothing swap, games, and lots of other wacky, experimental art activities and people.
Incentivizing Humans to Think More Critically About Our Relationship With the Environment
Whether transforming textile waste into beautiful handmade paper and journals or walking across the US collecting litter and connecting with people and communities, Chauncey Foster, co-founder of We Grow Eco, is a visionary—facilitating interactive science, art, and community programs built upon small, unified actions that lead to habitual, social, and systemic change.
BOOK TALK: Village Preservation
July 25th Zoom Webinar: “We Started a Nightclub” with Susan Martin and Kestutis Nakas moderated by Yael Friedman and hosted by Village Preservation.
Finale of Lisa Mezzacappa and Beth Lisick’s “The Electronic Lover” Premieres
The finale of Lisa Mezzacappa and Beth Lisick’s audio opera set in chatrooms at the dawn of the internet airs on June 1st.
Pyramid People Podcasts
In honor of the publication of “We Started a Nightclub”: The Birth of the Pyramid Cocktail Lounge as Told by Those Who Lived It, co-author Kestutis Nakas talks with key players in the book who tell their stories recalling their friends and collaborators and the culture of the East Village in the early 80s.
SSB is delighted to support the Premiere in New Mexico of The Spirit Coalescent, a multi-dimensional performance featuring indigenous artists.
On View at the Denver Botanical Garden January 15 – April 3, 2022. Hilary Lorenz’s immersive installations highlight the capacity of artmaking to forge powerful and unexpected connections between people.
On December lst, SSB Joins with all those we mourn the loss of friends, colleagues, role models and beloved citizens of the world to commemorate those who succumbed to AIDS.
Yael Friedman of the Economist captures the spirit of Howl! and the East Village as SSB creative partners celebrate the opening of Howl Arts/Howl Archive.
Street Heroines: The First Documentary to Capture the Collective Voices of Female Street Artists screens Friday, Oct 15 and Sat, October 16
On the occasion of the publication of his highly praised first novel, Jacket Weather, SSB is delighted to present Mike’s thoughts on his creative process in our signature #FiftyQuestions series. Mike will be reading at a publication party at Howl! Happening on October 10th.
Grand Opening of Howl! Arts/Howl! Achive Sunday, September 19th / 11 AM–6 PM. Some Serious business congratulates our partners at Howl! Arts on the launch of their new space at 250 Bowery with an exhibition that presents works by artists, writers, musicians, scenesters, performers, icons, iconoclasts, and outsiders from the permanent collection.
DREAMERS: An Outdoor Video Installation Featuring Works by 40 International Artists Projected on the Urban Landscape of New York. On the night of September 10th at 9 PM, DREAMERS, video projections by artists from around the world will light up the City. Simultaneously screened on dozens of buildings and outdoor spaces around the city they will create a dazzling moment of shared experience and community.
Cultivating The Next Generation of Storytellers & Audiences for Their Stories: Elijah McKinnon at Beastly Books
Some Serious Business welcomes Elijah McKinnon to Abiquiu as part of its SSB Away artist residency project. In our signature #FiftyQuestions series, he gives us insights into his vision, influences, and dreams.