Current Exhibition:

Friese Undine "Substructure Superstructure" Ink and enamel on aluminum, 2007

Substructure Superstructure
An Art Exhibit by Friese Undine
Opening Party: Friday, August 20th, 9:30 PM
(Following the Angels, Animals and Cyborgs event)
ON VIEW: August 2 - September 5
HOURS: Saturday and Sunday, 12-6 or by appointment; please email frieseundine@hotmail.com to make appointment.
PLEASE NOTE: Enter via Proteus Gowanus

Upcoming Events:

AUGUST

August 5: Nature as Miniaturist: An Illustrated Survey of the Bogs of Southern New Jersey: An illustrated lecture and specimen demonstration with author, artist, and Gentleman Naturalist Lord Breaulove Swells Whimsy
August 6: The Pornographic Arcades Project: Adaptation, Automation, and the Evolution of Times Square (1965-1975): An illustrated lecture with Amy Herzog, professor of media studies and film studies program coordinator at Queens College, CUNY
August 13: Surrealism and Women Artists with Prof. Susan Aberth
August 15: Consider the Werewolf: A History and Defense of a Necessary Monster: An illustrated lecture by Stephen Aubrey
August 16: Get Animated! The History, Future and Techniques of Animation: An illustrated lecture with Trilby Schreiber, SVA Professor and Oxberry Pegs Co-Organizer
August 20: Angels, Animals and Cyborgs: Visions of Human Enhancement: An illustrated lecture by Salvador Olguin followed by the free Substructure Superstructure exhibition opening party.
August 23: Manga Kamishibai: The Art of Japanese Paper Theater, 1930 to 1960: An illustrated lecture and artifact demonstration by Eric P. Nash, author of Manga Kamishibai: The Art of Japanese Paper Theater
August 24: Hermaphrodites: Sex Undetermined: An illustrated lecture by Artist and Animator Halli Gomberg
August 26: Exquisite Bodies: or the Curious and Grotesque History of the Anatomical Model: An illustrated lecture by Wellcome Collection Curator Kate Forde
August 27: It’s Scotland Jim, But Not As We Know it: The W.D. Trotter Anatomy Museum - A Brief History: An illustrated lecture and virtual tour by Chris Smith, Curator of the W.D. Trotter Anatomy Museum, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
August 30: *** Cancelled; Stay Tuned for New Date ***Animators The Brothers Quays Have Watched and Other Likely Things: A collection of short films presented by Thyrza Nichols Goodeve of the School of Visual Arts
August 31: Documenting the Invisible: Spiritualism, Lily Dale, and Talking to the Dead: An illustrated lecture by photographer Shannon Taggart

SEPTEMBER

September 7: “Behind the Scenes and Under the Skin” or, “The Body at Blythe”: An illustrated talk by Lisa O’Sullivan, Senior Curator of Medicine at the Science Museum, London
September 12: Occult New York: A Manhattan walking tour with Mitch Horowitz - SOLD OUT - please email phantasmaphile [at] gmail.com if you’d like to be added to the waitlist
September 13: The Cube of Space: Container of Creation: An evening with Kevin Townley, author of Cube of Space
September 17: BEYOND BIBA: A PORTRAIT OF BARBARA HULANICKI Film Screening
September 23: Masterpiece Comics: Looking at Literature through Cartoons, An Illustrated Lecture with Cartoonist R. Sikoryak
September 25: Nomad Codes: Adventures in Modern Esoterica with Erik Davis
September 30: (Un)Natural Histories: Animation and Automata Influenced by Nature, Science, and Technology

OCTOBER

October 24: Tall Tales of the Totem Pole: The Intercultural Biography of an Icon: An illustrated talk by anthropologist Aaron Glass
October 29: Seducing Spiders: An illustrated lecture exploring methods of spider seduction by artist and researcher Eleanor Morgan