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177 Livingston Street, a 5,000-square-foot storefront space in downtown Brooklyn, is the home of the organizations Triple Canopy, Light Industry, and The Public School New York. Independently and collaboratively, the three groups present screenings, lectures, classes, artist talks, readings, and performances, all of which are open to the public. See the calendar at right for upcoming events; scroll further for more information about each organization. 177 Livingston also hosts a library of books, magazines, artist publications, and film, video, and sound work, which is open during weekly office hours Thursday through Sunday, from noon until six o'clock (subject to change without notice).
The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, which works in part to enhance the area's cultural activity, has made 177 Livingston Street available to the above organizations on a temporary basis. Special thanks to Gabriel Fries-Briggs and Rachel Himmelfarb (with the support of Common Room) for designing the interior space; Sebastien Venuat for acting as master contractor; and Louis Abelman, Emma Brenner-Malin, Anne Callahan, Benjamin Cohen and Angela Conant of Gowanus Studio Space, Jeanne Dreskin, Billy Gomberg, John Gruen, Summer Guthery, Egill Kalevi Karlsson, Adam Katz, Kris Latocha, Sarah Resnick, Nathan Schneider, Nolan Simon, Stephen Squibb, Matt Wiegle, and Edward Williams for their labor. 177 Livingston is generously supported by:
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Triple Canopy works collectively with writers, artists, researchers and other collaborators on projects that deal critically with culture and politics, and the ways people engage them, both online and in the world at large. These investigations are realized in an online magazine as well as in public programs and print publications encompassing various fields and locales. We aim to present work and advance ideas informed by a multitude of disciplines and perspectives, and to disseminate them among a broad and diverse audience. Triple Canopy, a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization, was founded in late 2007; our first issue was published on March 17, 2008. Contact | Support | canopycanopycanopy.com |
Light Industry is a venue for film and electronic art in Brooklyn, New York. Developed and overseen by Thomas Beard and Ed Halter, the project has evolved into a series of weekly events, each organized by a different artist, critic, or curator. Conceptually, Light Industry draws equal inspiration from the long history of alternative art spaces in New York as well its storied tradition of cinematheques and other intrepid film exhibitors. Through a regular program of screenings, performances, and lectures, its goal is to explore new models for the presentation of time-based media. Bringing together the worlds of contemporary art, experimental cinema, new media, documentary film, and the academy (to name only a few), Light Industry looks to foster an ongoing dialogue among a wide range of artists and audiences within the city. Contact | Support | lightindustry.org |
The Public School is a school with no curriculum. It has chapters in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Brussels, Paris, Puerto Rico, and other cities around the world. Via the Public School New York website and its discussion boards, members collaboratively generate ideas for free reading groups, skill-based workshops, seminar-style discussions, lecture-driven classes, and participatory projects. The Public School is not accredited, it does not give out degrees, and it has no affiliation with the public school system. It is a framework that supports autodidactic activities, operating under the assumption that everything is in everything. The Public School is a project of Telic Arts Exchange. Contact | Support | nyc.thepublicschool.org |
