{"id":11974,"date":"2013-10-17T00:58:47","date_gmt":"2013-10-17T04:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/?page_id=11974"},"modified":"2013-10-18T16:11:34","modified_gmt":"2013-10-18T20:11:34","slug":"11974-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/?page_id=11974","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Saturday October 26, 2-5pm<\/strong><\/span>
\n“Singin’ Rain”: Ajax’s 2nd Birthday Party<\/strong><\/span>
\nlive interactive performance event by Marni Kotak<\/span>
\nw\/ Ajax Kotak Bell & family<\/span>
\npresented by Microscope Gallery<\/span>
\nat Running Rebel Studios (6 Charles Place, Brooklyn NY 11221)<\/span>
\nadmission is free<\/span><\/em><\/h1>\n

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\nPhoto credit: Jason Robert Bell
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\nMicroscope is pleased to present \u201cSingin\u2019 Rain: Ajax\u2019s 2nd\u00a0Birthday Party\u201d a new live interactive performance event by Marni Kotak along with her son\u00a0Ajax, family and friends. The event, like many of the artist\u2019s previous works, positions actual real life occasions \u2013 in this case the actual 2nd\u00a0birthday of her son \u2013 as performances in which the public is invited to participate. Kotak gave birth to Ajax on October 25, 2011 at Microscope as part of her month-long performance exhibition \u201c<\/span>The Birth of Baby X<\/span><\/a>\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

For \u201cSingin\u2019 Rain\u2026\u201d, Kotak debuts an interactive and immersive video and sound rainstorm installation (umbrellas provided). Videos from Kotak\u2019s “Raising Baby X: Little Brother”, a collaboration with Ajax who wears the camera, will also be screened, including the premier of a 2-channel work of last year\u2019s party.<\/span><\/p>\n

The event also features live music by Niko van Egten, with jazz trio The Brooklyn Players, instruments for others to join in, a ball pit for toddlers, as well as pizza, cupcakes, drinks, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n

With \u201cSingin\u2019 Rain: Ajax\u2019s 2nd\u00a0Birthday Party\u201d Birthday\u201d, Kotak continues to emphasize the performative nature involved in our everyday lives, blur the boundary between performer and audience member, and create a wider sense of community through interpersonal interaction. Kotak\u2019s work also addresses a core premise behind the prevalence of our virtual sharing culture, the possibility that people we do not know are interested in our lives, by inviting strangers into her inner circle to experience face-to-face significant moments of her life.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nMarni Kotak is a performance artist who makes multimedia works in which she presents everyday life being lived. She is recognized for her \u201cFound Performances\u201d, or works based on daily activities, experiences, or accomplishments, such as the recent\u00a0\u201cCalorie Countdown\u201d\u00a0(2013),\u00a0\u201cPostpartum Depression\u201d\u00a0(2012), \u201cRaising Baby X (2011-ongoing), \u201cBirth of Baby X\u201d (2011) and the staged re-enactments of her own birth, attending her grandfather\u2019s funeral and losing her virginity in a blue Plymouth.\u00a0Kotak has also exhibited and performed at Performa, Momenta Art, Radiator Arts, English Kills Art Gallery, The\u00a0New York Center of Photography and The Moving Image, \u00a0Alice Chilton Gallery, Grace Exhibition Space,\u00a0Thomas Robertello Gallery (Chicago),\u00a0The Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art\u00a0(Peekskill),\u00a0Sama Tower, Abu Dabi, and Open Realization Contemporary Art Center, Beijing,\u00a0among many others.\u00a0In 2011, Kotak was named one of Blouin Artinfo\u2019s \u201cWomen Who Shook Up The Art World.\u201d She is a 2012-2013 Franklin Furnace Fund award and a Brooklyn Arts Council grant recipient. Kotak received a BA from Bard College and an MFA from Brooklyn College.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Program<\/strong><\/p>\n

2pm<\/strong>
\nImmersive rain installation w\/ balloons and small umbrellas for kids
\nProjection of “Little Brother” videos
\nChildren can play in ball pool<\/span><\/p>\n

3:00<\/strong>
\nBand plays first set as pizza is served<\/p>\n

3:30pm<\/strong>
\n\u201cSingin\u2019 in the rain\u201d with Marni & Ajax<\/p>\n

3:45pm<\/strong>
\n\u201cHappy Birthday\u201d plays
\nCupcakes are served<\/p>\n

4:15pm – 5pm<\/strong>
\nBand plays final set
\ninstruments\u00a0are available for kids and adults to play along<\/p>\n

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Running Rebel Studios<\/strong> is located at:<\/span><\/p>\n

6 Charles Place<\/span>
\nBrooklyn NY 11221<\/span>
\nwww.runningrebelstudios.com<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Saturday October 26, 2-5pm “Singin’ Rain”: Ajax’s 2nd Birthday Party live interactive performance event by Marni Kotak w\/ Ajax Kotak Bell & family presented by Microscope Gallery at Running Rebel Studios (6 Charles Place, Brooklyn NY 11221) admission is free Photo credit: Jason Robert Bell Microscope is pleased to present \u201cSingin\u2019 Rain: Ajax\u2019s 2nd\u00a0Birthday Party\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11974","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11974"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11977,"href":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11974\/revisions\/11977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microscopegallery.com\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}