July Art Calendar SOCRATES SCULPTURE CENTER 32-01 Vernon Boulevard (718)-956-1819 “International Film Festival” On view through August 24 Socrates Sculpture Park and Film Forum, in collaboration with Rooftop Films, present this annual international film festival, which features a different country or culture each Wednesday evening between July 6 and August 24. This year’s series examines the theme of The River, either literally or metaphorically, as we celebrate our 30th anniversary and LANDMARK exhibition. Each week throughout the summer series, the film is paired with live international music and local food vendors representing each week’s featured country of origin, making for a diverse array of films, food, and music. SCULPTURE CENTER 44-19 Purves Street 718-361-1750 “Mika Tajima: Meridian (Gold)” On view through Sept. 25 Meridian (Gold) is an illuminated plume of water vapor whose color shifts between magenta and pale cyan. The color of the vapor corresponds in real-time to the global sentiment for gold, reflected in the price fluctuation of the commodity. Gold is a peculiar material that derives its value from the social perception of its qualities and collective “moods” toward geopolitical and economic events. MoMA PS1 22-25 Jackson Ave. (718) 784-2084 “A Japanese Constellation: Toyo Ito, SANAA, and Beyond” On view through July 31 A Japanese Constellation: Toyo Ito, SANAA, and Beyond focuses on the work of architects and designers orbiting Pritzker Prize winners Toyo Ito and SANAA. MoMA’s first presentation dedicated solely to Japanese practitioners, the exhibition spotlights a small cluster of contemporary Japanese architects working within the larger field, exploring their formal inventiveness and close professional relationships to frame a radical model of practice in the 21st century. MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE 35-01 35th Avenue 718-777-6888 “The Reaction GIF: Moving Image as Gesture” On view through July 31 In February 2014, the Museum invited members of the popular social news website Reddit to identify the most frequently deployed reaction GIFs and their commonly understood translations. The 37 GIFs selected for exhibition in The Reaction GIF: Moving Image as Gesture represent the broad range of the reaction GIF: animated GIFs used not for artistic expression but as an element of nonverbal communication, as performed language. Photo courtesy Naoya Hatakeyama
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