October 2005 Event

SCHEDULE CHANGE: The next Synthetic Zero event will be Wednesday, October 5, 6pm - 10pm and Saturday, October 8, 5pm - 9pm. Also, on Saturday, October 8, Laura Napier is curating an art show at the Mott Haven Branch of the New York Public Library (half a block away at Alexander Ave. and 140th); the opening is from 1pm - 5pm, so you can stop by there first then come to the loft event. This event will be part of the Bronx Council on the Arts Culture Trolley and is also part of the CONVERSIONs series.

Performance:

Lea Cetera - life-sized puppet performance

Visual Art:

Allison Kaufman - photography
Amy Sinclair - installation
Amy Elkins - photographs
Lea Cetera - sculpture
Katharine Tillman - photography
Jiyoung Kim - drawings
Frank Yi - photography

Experimental film:

Mac McKean - "Head Up" (New York, NY)
Ross Moreno - "1,752 Ways to Say I'm Sorry" (Chicago, IL)
Sietske Tjallinga - "The General" (The Netherlands)
Glenn Gear - "Resettlement - Floating Home" (Montreal, QC, Canada)
Slobodanka Stevceska and Denis Saraginovski - "Red Chief 4016" (Skopje, Macedonia)
Guido'Lu - experimental video (Belgium)
Eddie Lanieri - "Empire" (Queens, NY)
Barbara Doser & Hofstetter Kurt - "You Breathe Life Into My Bosom" (Vienna, Austria)
Elizabeth Henry - "It Could Happen To You" (Colorado)
Meg Duguid - "Lick It" (New York, NY)
Kate Balsley - "balance, rhythm, repetition" (New York, NY)
Gene Greger - "NYC Trip(ping)" (Troy, NY)

IF YOU HAVE ARTWORK, WRITING, A PERFORMANCE, MUSIC, OR SOMETHING ELSE you would like to submit to a future event, please contact us at events at syntheticzero dot com. Send submissions to:

DC: Mitsu Hadeishi
347 W 36th Street, Suite 503
New York, NY 10018
718 401-9347

Preferred formats for video are DVD (NTSC or PAL) or VHS (NTSC only). DV tape is also acceptable, but not preferred.

The Synthetic Zero loft is located at 305 E. 140th Street, 4th Floor.

We're just 20 minutes from Union Square. Please tell your friends about it!

DIRECTIONS TO SYNTHETICZERO LOFT:

Mapquest map.

The loft is 20 minutes from Union Square. From Manhattan, 4-5 train to 125th, transfer to 6, one stop to 3rd Ave/138th. Go 2 blocks north on Alexander Ave, left on 140th to 305, 4th Floor. Note, the bell does not always work, so try calling! If you end up at 138th and Grand Concourse by mistake, walk east, past the KFC, left on 3rd Avenue, north to 140th, then turn right to 305, 4th Floor. You can also take the 2 train to 149th and 3rd Avenue (one stop PAST 149th/Grand Concourse!) and walk 9 blocks south to 140th, turn left and it's half a block to 305.

By car:
From Manhattan: FDR to Willis Avenue bridge, left at fork, left on 138th. Go right on 3rd Ave, right on 140th, it is on the left, 4th Floor. From I-87 (Major Deegan): Madison Avenue/138th exit, left on 138th, take an oblique left onto 3rd Ave, right on 140th, park anywhere. From I-278 (Bruckner): get on I-87N (Major Deegan), off at Willis Ave, stay on 135th (go straight), right on Lincoln, veer right onto 3rd, turn right on 140th, park.

305 is spray painted on the door and above the door. Ring doorbell marked 4th Floor, to the left of the door. You may have to ring the bell more than once, especially if it is cold, or call:

718-401-9347.

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