We are excited to announce our 2025 Season, kicking off our outdoor season with an evening of music, dance, and performance!

According to quantum theory, stillness doesn’t exist. A particle can never be at complete rest. And vacuum is by no means empty space but contains fleeting particles that continuously pop in and out of existence. Our 2025 outdoor season programming will offer a reflection on the fast, indiscernible dynamics that underpin the microscopic world that makes up every component of nature. This year’s theme, WE ARE NATURE: The Microcosmic Dance, is part of the global celebrations of the UN’s International Year of Science and Technology marking the centenary of quantum physics. Through art, music, dance and other performances, our featured talent will interpret some of the scientific, philosophical, and human aspects related to the quantum nature of the world. Uncertainty, entanglement, and delocalization are keywords of quantum jargon but also qualities of our lives. The season will explore creative intersections of quantum and human nature in a unique blend of art and science, allowing the public to reflect on the beauty and mystery of our universe, and harnessing the contemplation of microscopic frenzy to deliver inner peace.

May 25th Season Opening event will include:

- A dance duet performance called Someone I Used to Know, performed by the dancers Toni Owens (she/her) and Arthur “Trace” Yeames (he/him), and created by our Choreographer in Residence, Petra Zanki.

Petra Zanki (she/her) is a Croatian-American award-winning immigrant choreographer living in Brooklyn, New York. Petra graduated from MFA Choreography program at CODARTS University in Rotterdam in 2023, and is a current Brooklyn Arts Fund Award 2024 recipient. She was nominated as the best upcoming choreographer on Zagreb Dance Platform, and granted multiple residencies across Europe among which two-year choreographic scholarship from ICK-Amsterdam/Emio Greco and Croatian HIPP-TSP. Her works have been shown across Europe, US, Canada, the UK, and Australia. In NYC she presented her works at Estrogenius Festival NYC, PRELUDE Festival/ Segal Center Cuny, DanceFest-Dance Parade, Mark Morris Dance Center, Movement Research/Judson Church, PS122/Dixon place, ChaShaMa/Gambit Works, and Pen & Brush. The texts about her works have been published in magazines Tanz, Performance Art Journal-MIT, Performance Research Journal, and The Bomb. Growing up in Croatia during the war, Petra’s main interest remains the transformation of pain into landscapes of beauty for the benefit of humanity.

This residency invites Petra Zanki to engage deeply with NOoSPHERE Arts’ rooftop spaces and seasonal programming, creating and presenting new or evolving site-specific choreographic work inspired by our annual theme and the surrounding urban ecology. Throughout the WE ARE NATURE season, Petra will activate our rooftop gardens and open-air environments as both stage and source, drawing from the rhythms, climate, and community of the space. Her residency will culminate in public performances that explore the intersection of movement, place, and ecological awareness.

Someone I Used to Know is a dance duet of memory and identity, where two bodies move like voices in conversation: exploring the lingering presence of someone once loved or known, how that person’s essence imprints and echoes inside you, and how fragments of others: past relationships, past selves, layer into your search for who you are now. The choreography unfolds like a memory surfacing: intimate, seeking, sometimes tender, sometimes distant. Movements loop and break, gestures repeat with variation, like echoes trying to return to their source. This is a duet you think of while gazing into a Brooklyn sunset: soft light grazing rooftops, the hum of the city below, the warmth of the day slipping away. It lives in that space between presence and absence where nostalgia feels almost physical, and the body becomes a vessel for everything unsaid.

- A Live Set by Lulada Club: a NYC's premier all-women salsa orchestra, a groundbreaking ensemble that showcases the incredible talent and creativity of female musicians at the forefront of the city's music scene. These powerhouse performers bring their unique voices and energy to every note. Lulada Club creates a dynamic, unforgettable experience that resonates with audiences from all walks of life. Each performance is not just a concert but an invitation to dance, connect, and celebrate the vibrant, inclusive community they’ve built—a celebration of culture, rhythm, and the strength of women in music.

Doors: 6:15PM

Show:  6:45PM

Sunset: 8:15PM

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Our programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

IN SCENA! ITALIAN THEATER FESTIVAL NY is the first Italian theater Festival to take place in all five NYC boroughs. It was created by KIT - Kairos Italy Theater – and KIT Italia together with Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo’ at NYU in 2013, the official Year of Italian Culture in the United States. In Scena! presents – each year – a survey of the best Italian Theater, from Italy, in New York. It features full productions that have already toured in Italy as well as readings of Italian plays in translation, workshops, lectures and exchanges between Italian and International artists. Its goal is to promote greater awareness of Italian theater and Italian artists among New York theatergoers, and to build a bridge between the artistic scenes in Italy and New York, so that they may each support and inspire the other. Over the years, In Scena! has been supported by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Embassy of Italy in Washington D.C., the Italian Cultural Institute in New York, in Los Angeles, in Toronto, The Consulate General of Italy in Detroit, Bernie Wohl Community Center at Goddard Riverside, the Calandra Institute for Italian American Studies, BAAD-Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, Culture Lab LIC, Casa Belvedere Italian Cultural Foundation, Snug Harbor Cultural Center and the College of Staten Island – among many other partners and institutions.

• Six Characters in Search of an Author

by Luigi Pirandello

Adapted and Directed by Nick Gabriel, Stage Manager Kevin Wang, 

With Meridian Anastasia, Sophia Chacon, Feras Halabi, Finn Mackimmie, Isabella Kaplan, Michael Reese Shald, Sam Trott, Kevin Wang 

This original adaptation of Luigi Pirandello’s Six Characters in Search of an Author was originally conceived by author and director Nick Gabriel at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and further developed in response to the # MeToo movement. Gabriel has recreated a version of this metatheatrical, Existentialist classic that is faithful to Pirandello’s original vision, while contemporizing the circumstances to reflect the current cultural zeitgeist.

SYNOPSIS 

SSix Characters in Search of an Author is populated with a group of actors and a director who are rehearsing a play called The Rules Of The Game Just as their rehearsal gets underway, six characters appear at the stage door. The characters that appear at the stage door are not characters in The Rules Of The Game They are characters in a different, unnamed, unfinished dramatic narrative and they demand that their stories be heard.

-In English

Running Time: 75 min

• Like an Octopus in a Guitar (Come un Polpo nella Chitarra)

Written by Marco Ziello, Directed by Licia Amarante and Marco Ziello

Performed by Annachiara Castorino, Gerardo D’Amato, Francesco Del Gaudio, Sabrina La Regina, Paola Santamaria & Marco Ziello

Presented by ON Teatro Formazione Cultura

Best Drama 2024 at Roma Comic OFF

SYNOPSIS 

When the protagonist of Like an Octopus in a Guitar decides he no longer wants to leave the house, he develops an obsession with Death and begins to spend his days imagining his funeral. A funny and absurd journey inside the mind of an individual who is slowly losing his memories, where the actors’ bodies become a metaphor and instrument for remembering. In this suspended world, in which even the names of the characters have been forgotten, dream and reality merge to tell the story of a man’s internal battle. A battle between the desire to heal and the temptation to remain, forever, playing with Death. 

-In Italian with English Supertitles

Running Time: 70 min

NOoSPHERE Arts will host two of the festival performances @ Last Frontier NYC:

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Contemporary Composition + Performance Art + Freedom & Feminism!

The current sailors onboard our international seacraft have plenty of goodies to share! Come join us for Sound in Peace: spoken voice & electronics and presented by composer Sarah Weaver (US); 1000 Tears: a performance art dance by interdisciplinary artist Alexa Wilson (New Zealand); and a video presentation by artist/vocalist Arghavan Agida (Iran/Sweden) on her international Artdom project. Plus, as a warm-up two days prior to the salon, a screening with Q&A by Filmmaker/Conceptual Artist/DADA Gallerist Allison Beda (Canada).

There is no cover charge, but please bring some cash to make it rain on our fabulous presenting artists — tipping the talent is part of the fun!

This monthly salon series, which aims to nurture artists and our local community, is part of an ongoing collaboration between NOoSPHERE Arts and the nearby artist residency platform Mothership NYC.

Physical Theater + Performance Art + Sculpture + Singing Mushrooms + Live Music with Attitude 

The March Crew of our international seacraft is ready to share its prodigious talents: Come join us for an artist talk by sculptor Miriam Lenk (Germany) and performances by multihyphenate creator Lucy Livingston (US) & interdisciplinary artist Alexa Wilson (New Zealand)! Plus, live acts by some amazing local creatives: Symbiotic symphony by storyteller Willow Gatewood (US) and hilarious tunes by Las Melinas (Colombia)!

There is no cover charge, but please bring some cash to make it rain on our fabulous presenting artists — tipping the talent is part of the fun!

This monthly salon series, which aims to nurture artists and our local community, is part of an ongoing collaboration between NOoSPHERE Arts and the nearby artist residency platform Mothership NYC.

NOoSPHERE Arts presents the US premiere of A Place Called Music, featuring an Indigenous ceremonial opening and a showcase of Wixárika & Tepehuano arts.

A Place Called Music is a documentary exploring the unlikely musical collaboration between Daniel Medina, a traditional Wixarika violinist from the mountains of Jalisco, Mexico, and Philip Glass, a renowned composer from New York City.

The film takes audiences on a journey through rehearsals and performances in Mexico and New York, where the ancient sounds of Wixárika ceremonial music meet the grand piano in a unique fusion of tradition and modernity. Despite their vastly different backgrounds and language barriers, Daniel and Philip have found a shared space where their spirits connect through music.

Directed by Enrique M. Rizo | Produced by Cath Cuevas, Leo Heiblum and Marion d’Ornano

Length: 87 minutes (TRAILER)

The Film will be followed by a Q&A with the director Enrique M. Rizo & Daisy “Tutu” Bugarin Avila, moderated by our Director of Music & Science, Matteo Rini

In addition:

Opening Ceremony by Daisy “Tutu” Bugarin Avila of the Semillas Collective
*Assisted by her Semillas sisters, Daisy invites us all to celebrate with music, ceremony and art the resistance, resilience and imagination of indigenous peoples from Mexico.

Original yarn paintings and crafts from the Wixárika and Tepehuano tribes will be featured; mountain-made Zapatista coffee also available for sale.

*All proceeds from the sales go to these communities.

Doors: 3:30 PM, Film: 4 PM, Q&A & Discussion: 5:30 PM

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OHNY: Tours & Open Hours! (Oct. 19)

Join us this Saturday for the last public outdoor event of the season as we say goodbye to our rooftop gardens and gatherings. Free and open to all!

Open Hours 12-6pm (Open to public, Free, NO SIGNUP Required)

Throughout the open hours, we’ll activate our indoor and outdoor spaces with live music appearances, a pop-up exhibit in the secret Sky Box space and a brand-new site-specific sculpture on Lower Meadow!

What to expect:

~ Musical appearances by Katy Gunn, US  (violin, loops and voice); Melissa Guardiola Bijur, Colombia (voice and percussion), Matteo Rini, Italy (guitar).

~ Site-specific sculpture - High Line Park Is a Good Place to Cry, 2023, on Sunset Stage by Fanny Spång (Sweden)

~ Pop-up exhibition in Sky Box by Krista Autio (Finland)
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Special Tours at 1PM, 3PM & 4PM (Sold Out)

PART OF THE ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE NY WEEKEND, this tour will explore the array of NOoSPHERE Arts’ exhibition and performance spaces, from the expansive indoor artist studio Last Frontier NYC to the captivating rooftop stages crowned with Kingsland Wildflowers’ urban meadows and Resonant Nature, an outdoor site-specific art installation made of vertical sculptural pieces resembling vibration patterns emanating and echoing from nature.

The first part of the tour will be led by Sol Kjok & Daniela Holban of NOoSPHERE Arts, and the second part will be led by Marni Majorelle, founder of Alive Structures and the visionary behind Kingsland Wildflowers.

Event: Rooftop Screening of Mimic (1997)
Time: Rooftop opens at 5:30 PM | Sunset at 6:00 PM | Film at 7:00 PM, followed by a discussion
Location: Noosphere Arts Rooftop

Join us for a special free rooftop screening of Mimic (1997), directed by Guillermo del Toro, followed by a thought-provoking discussion on themes of ecology, horror, human-ness, science, nature, and finding hope amidst social and environmental decay.

Discussion Panel (moderated by our own Director of Music & Science, Matteo Rini)

Panelists:

• Oscar Salguero, @interspecieslibrary

• Li Murphy, Entomologist of Nonhuman Teachers/NSF Fellow at Yale School of the Environment (@li.murphy)

• Alex A. Jones, writer and artist on ecology and the occult (@infowarzz)

• Chrissandra Andra, LCSW and founder at Queer Behaviors and MA in Creative Process

What to Bring & Notes

• BYOB and snacks + blankets and warm clothes

• Rooftop access requires climbing two flights of stairs and some light clambering.

• In the event of poor weather, we will move the screening indoors.

• Free and Open to Public (RSVP)

Arrive early for sunset views over Newtown Creek & Kingsland Wildflowers!

Part of Climate Week NYC 2024, the event weaves together live performances by musicians, dancers, and multimedia artists to create a tapestry of expression and reflection on our relationship with the Earth.

Climate Changes by Emmanuelle Zagoria  (Voice, Harp, and Cello)
The Department NYC presents Climate Changes, a stirring song cycle performance that blends voice, harp, and cello to create an anthem for the planet.

Wildflower Suite by Lia Pikus (Cello Performance)
Composed during her residency at Shenandoah National Park, this suite of pieces is inspired by the flora of the park, each movement a dialogue with the natural world.

Site Specific Dance Performances by Hivewild (Excerpts from: with your sweet fragrance). Guided by the question, “how do we become tender with the Earth?" This work aims to underscore how human relationships reflect human treatment of the Earth and its resources, by integrating a multi-species and multidisciplinary perspective.

Site Specific Art Installation by Seema Lisa Pandya the recipient of the 2024 Broadway Stages’ Arts Residency Award. Pandya's installation, Resonant Nature, is a striking series of vertical sculptures designed using the Golden Ratio and Fibonacci Sequence.

Special Projections & DJ Set by Forager & Winslow Porter

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NOoSPHERE Arts’programs are made possible in part with public support from the New York State Council on the Arts, with support from Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, by the Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC) Creative Equation’s Fund supported by Howard Gilman Foundation, and Broadway Stages.

NOoSPHERE Arts is also part of Bloomberg Connects, a free culture mobile app featuring guides to hundreds of museums, galleries, sculpture parks, gardens, and cultural spaces.  

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NOoSPHERE Arts presents WE ARE NATURE: A Vibrant Tapestry - Resonant Nature, curated by Seema Lisa Pandya

Sat, August 24, 6 pm - 8:30 pm | 520 Kingsland Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11222

This event, which takes place at the Kingsland Wildflowers rooftop in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, will be centered around the art installation by artist Seema Lisa Pandya, recipient of the 2024 Broadway Stages’ Arts Residency Award.

The evening will begin with an opening ritual led by Pandya, setting the tone for the immersive experience that follows. The installation will be activated through a dance performance by Veronica Simas DeSouza, titled Radiant Resonant Nature. The performance will be followed by live music from Camila Celin and video projections by Pandya, enhancing the event’s thematic exploration of nature as a resonant force.

Doors: 6PM, Event Running time: 6:30-8:30 PM

• Opening ritual by Seema Lisa Pandya

• Dance performance by Veronica Simas de Souza Rosas

• Music performance by Camila Celin

• Video projections by Seema Lisa Pandya

The event has a tiered pricing structure

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NOoSPHERE Arts’programs are made possible in part with public support from the New York State Council on the Arts, with support from Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, by the Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC) Creative Equation’s Fund supported by Howard Gilman Foundation, and Broadway Stages.

NOoSPHERE Arts is also part of Bloomberg Connects, a free culture mobile app featuring guides to hundreds of museums, galleries, sculpture parks, gardens, and cultural spaces.

WE ARE NATURE: A Vibrant Tapestry I Kingsland Wildflower Festival

Saturday, July 27th, 2:00 PM - 8:00 PM

520 Kingsland Ave, Brooklyn

As a Kingsland Wildflowers partner, NOoSPHERE Arts is proud to present visual arts, dance, music, performance, and more across and below the rooftops!

ART PROGRAMMING: 3:30 PM-8 PM (Free & Open to All)
DANCE: Hivewild
ROOFTOP CONCERT: LaManga
AERIALIST PERFORMANCE: John Trufio
VIDEO PROJECTIONS: Marita Isobel Solberg
SPOKEN WORD AND LIVE PERCUSSION: The Bongo Brothers
SITE-SPECIFIC INTERACTIVE ART INSTALLATION: Cal Fish
ART WORKSHOP FOR KIDS: Asia Sztencel
PAINTINGS IN LAST FRONTIER NYC

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Co-Hosts: Broadway Stages, Newtown Creek Alliance, and Alive Structures

NOoSPHERE Arts’programs are made possible in part with public support from the New York State Council on the Arts, with support from Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, by the Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC) Creative Equation’s Fund supported by Howard Gilman Foundation, and Broadway Stages.

NOoSPHERE Arts is also part of Bloomberg Connects, a free culture mobile app featuring guides to hundreds of museums, galleries, sculpture parks, gardens, and cultural spaces.

@Last Frontier NYC + roofs

Theater + Airborne Acrobatics + Paintings + Fabulous Music

The July Crew of our international seacraft is ready to share its talents! Come join us for a spoken word/theater piece by performance duo Dave Houston & Mitch King  (Australia) and presentation by visual artist Luisa Ramires (Portugal). Plus, live acts by our very own local creatives: contortionist hair-hanger Shipra 'Shipwreck' Saraogi (India) and one-woman musical powerhouse, Katy Gunn (US).

There is no cover charge, but please bring some cash to make it rain on our talented presenters — tipping the performers is part of the fun! 

This monthly salon series, which aims to nurture artists and our local community, is part of an ongoing collaboration between NOoSPHERE Arts and the nearby artist residency platform Mothership NYC.

WE ARE NATURE: A Vibrant Tapestry I Solstice Celebration

Saturday, June 22nd, 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

520 Kingsland Ave, Brooklyn

Season Opening Event & Celebration

Doors Open: 6:45 PM
OPENING CEREMONY: Dra. T’Karima Ticitl
DANCE: Artichoke Dance Company SITE-SPECIFIC ART & TALK: Seema Lisa Pandya
PERFORMANCE: Fantasy Grandma
LIVE MUSIC DJ Set: Assylay Zhamkenova

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NOoSPHERE Arts’programs are made possible in part with public support from the New York State Council on the Arts, with support from Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, by the Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC) Creative Equation’s Fund supported by Howard Gilman Foundation, and Broadway Stages.

NOoSPHERE Arts is also part of Bloomberg Connects, a free culture mobile app featuring guides to hundreds of museums, galleries, sculpture parks, gardens, and cultural spaces.  

Take a performance journey through the Newtown Creek Nature Walk, presented by the Segal Center as part of Prelude in the Parks: performances for the planet.

Meet us at the Kingsland Avenue entrance to the Nature Walk by 3pm and we’ll take you on a performance adventure with the dance Water Rises.

No reservations are necessary. This event is free.

Find out more about Newtown Creek Nature Walk here.

Check out all the performances in all 5 boroughs of New York City happening with Prelude in the Parks here.

IN SCENA! ITALIAN THEATER FESTIVAL NY is the first Italian theater Festival to take place in all five NYC boroughs. It was created by KIT - Kairos Italy Theater – and KIT Italia together with Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo’ at NYU in 2013, the official Year of Italian Culture in the United States. In Scena! presents – each year – a survey of the best Italian Theater, from Italy, in New York. It features full productions that have already toured in Italy as well as readings of Italian plays in translation, workshops, lectures and exchanges between Italian and International artists. Its goal is to promote greater awareness of Italian theater and Italian artists among New York theatergoers, and to build a bridge between the artistic scenes in Italy and New York, so that they may each support and inspire the other. Over the years, In Scena! has been supported by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Embassy of Italy in Washington D.C., the Italian Cultural Institute in New York, in Los Angeles, in Toronto, The Consulate General of Italy in Detroit, Bernie Wohl Community Center at Goddard Riverside, the Calandra Institute for Italian American Studies, BAAD-Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, Culture Lab LIC, Casa Belvedere Italian Cultural Foundation, Snug Harbor Cultural Center and the College of Staten Island – among many other partners and institutions.

NOoSPHERE Arts will host two of the festival performances @ Last Frontier NYC:

6-7 pm: Persona Metropolitana

In Italian with English supertitles – running time: 60 min
7:15-8:15 pm: Live Music by Matteo Rini & Melissa Bijur

8:30-9:45pm: The Second Coming of Joan of Arc
In Italian with English supertitles – running time: 75 min

FREE ADMISSION, DONATIONS WELCOME!

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NOoSPHERE Arts X The Strother School of Radical Attention

Presents: ATTENTION LAB

FEBRUARY 17, 1-4PM, @Last Frontier NYC

The Attention Lab is a workshop on collective strategies for the liberation of human attention. Through group attention practices and guided discussions, we explore collective responses to our shifting attention ecology, with a curriculum that draws on a wide range of visual arts, performance, scholarly, political and spiritual traditions. Since 2022, we have facilitated Attention Labs for over a thousand participants in the United States, Spain and Brazil.

Labs are free, but require registration.

Learn More: Attention Lab Feedback & The Strother School of Radical Attention

Season Closing Event & Fundraiser (for the conservation and restoration of the Amazon rainforest through the Boa Foundation)

DANCE: Becoming by Alexandre Barranco: a solo act inspired by the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly
LIVE MUSIC: Denise Reis SITE SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE: Ezra Campelli and Jeremy Clemente PERFORMANCE: Bottlecap by Fantasy Grandma POETRY: Reading by Honeychild Coleman
SOUND HEALING: Inner Sanctuary Activation with Boshko Boskovic
WISE WORDS: Fritjof Capra & Benki Piyako

+ Vegan Bites by Mariana Tamiozzy + Herbal elixirs by Crystal Drip Elixirs

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Our programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and by Council Member Lincoln Restler of District 33.

Sat, Oct 21 @NOoSPHERE Arts | @Last Frontier NYC | @Kingsland Wildflowers

Open House New York promotes unparalleled access to the city—to the places, people, projects, systems, and ideas that define New York and its future.

GUIDED TOURS:
~ Sign up through OHNY (12 PM & 1 PM)

OPEN ACCESS: ~ Our spaces will be open to the public between 2 PM-4 PM

VISIT HIGHLIGHTS:
~ Artist studio & Paintings at Last Frontier NYC
~ Site-Specific Installation: Westerlies by the 2023 season's KWBS Residency Award winners: Ezra Campelli and Jeremy Clemente (Upper Meadow)

Our programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and by Council Member Lincoln Restler of District 33.

We are very pleased to present this year’s NOoSPHERE Arts’ Residency Award Winner @MothershipNYC: Faith XLVII, a multidisciplinary street artist from South Africa. Complementing the unveiling of her winning proposal, we’ll also feature the current batch of Mothershippers: Clown provocateur Anna Thomson (Australia) on the roofs; a second live painting performance by Michel Platnic (France/Israel) and his team of local painters; and a solo act by singing cellist and visual artist Syngja (Canada) in an as-of-yet unexplored nook of our outdoor domain.

There is no cover charge, but do bring some cash to make it rain on our talented artists — tipping the performers is part of the fun! Delicious herbal concoctions by Crystal Drip Elixirs will be on hand!

@NOoSPHERE Arts | @Last Frontier NYC | @Kingsland Wildflowers
As a Kingsland Wildflowers partner, NOoSPHERE Arts is proud to present visual arts, dance, music, performance, and more across and below the rooftops! (Free & Open to All ) VISUAL ARTS:
~ Small-Works Exhibition: Nature’s Cycles (KWBS Community Room)
~ Paintings (Last Frontier NYC)
~ Site-Specific Installation: Westerlies by KWBS Residency Award winners: Ezra Campelli and Jeremy Clemente.
DANCE:
~ It’s Showtime New York! (Stage Roof and more)
LIVE MUSIC:
~ MOMENTUM + Dance Improvi by Matlakas & Gabrielle (Stage Roof)

~ Tyr Jami aka Syngja (Last Frontier NYC)
PERFORMANCE:
~Live painting by  Michel Platnic  (Last Frontier NYC)
~Puppetry: “Movement Dreaming with Soils” with Marina ‘heron’ Tsaplina and Moira Williams (Upper Meadow & Back Field)
WISE WORDS:
~ Fritjof Capra on the essential characteristics of life (Teepee)
WORKSHOP:
~ Nature painting for kids by Asia Sztencel - (CreekSide) 

Co-Hosts: Broadway Stages, Newtown Creek Alliance, and Alive Structures

Our programming is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and Broadway Stages.

We will take on the path of the mystics, a journey of discovery, in space and time, reconnecting with our ancient ancestors and the origin of Sema (Sufi Whirling) and traditions of Ancient Iran, Greater Khorasan, Kurdistan, Central Asia, and the Indus Valley. We will study the sacred rituals, whirling, mystic teachings, music, and prayers of our ancient past from great masters such as Attar, Shams, Rudaki, Khayyám, Khwarizmi, and Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhī (Rumi).

Join world renowned scholar and Master of Yarsani Order, Dr. Farima Berenji for a day/evening of sacred gathering to learn the Sufi traditions of Greater Khorasan, Qaderi, and Yarsani order or Iran. We will take on the path of the mystics, a journey of discovery, in space and time, reconnecting with our ancient ancestors. We will sing, dance in prayer, and immerse ourselves in the Soul of the Sema.

Beginning Level | 12-1:30pm | $45
Advanced Level | 2-2:30pm | $45
Love is Calling - Sema Gathering | 2:30 pm (free and open to all/ by donation)

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An Ecstatic Solstice Celebration
ROOFTOP SEASON-OPENING EVENT
Sat, Jun 24 @NOoSPHERE Arts

We will kick off our outdoor season with a music, dance, and performing arts event celebrating the summer solstice. Held in the spectacular, one-of-a-kind setting of wildflower meadows stretching across the roofs of an industrial plant against the iconic backdrop of the NYC skyline, the event will be centered around a Sufi opening ritual honoring nature's cycles, performed by Whirling Dervish Farima Berenji. Farima—a Sufi Master and Magi from the bloodline of Iranian Zoroastrian Magi—and her sacred dancers will be accompanied by the klezmer music and Sephardic folk melodies of The Shul Band.

The ceremony has been designed as a unique blend of Muslim and Jewish elements—epitomizing the possibility of interfaith collaboration.

In addition, don’t miss the unveiling of Westerlies (a sonic and sculptural installation devised for the Kingsland Wildflowers Green Roof) by the 2023 season's KWBS Residency Award winners: Ezra Campelli and Jeremy Clemente

Our programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

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@Mothership's Main Deck

Performance, Picture Books, Puppetry, Poetry & Pop
presented by our current sailors: Visual/Performance Artist Matlakas (Italy/UK); Illustrators Niels Blaesi & Till Lauer (Switzerland); and Filmmaker Louis Detroit (UK). Finally, a musical dessert by the brand new Brooklyn band Mad Nice under the night sky – bring your dancing shoes!

There is no cover charge, but please bring some cash to make it rain on our talented presenters — tipping the performers is part of the fun! This event is generously supported by The Consulate General of Switzerland in New York.

The monthly salon series, which aims to nurture artists and our local community, is part of an ongoing collaboration with nearby artist residency platform Mothership NYC.

Come join us for an eclectic lineup of Visual Arts, High-Wire Acts, Poetry & Prose + Live Music courtesy of our current sailors,: painter Lars Fredriksson (Sweden) and Illustrator Arbnore Toska (Switzerland); along with guest appearances by a motley, international crew: Contortionist Shipra Shipwreck Saraogi (India); Performance Artist Kokou Ferdinand Makouvia (Togo); Novelist Ian Singleton (US) & Poet Eugene Ostashevsky (US); as well as our very favorite NYC-based Italian-Latino band, Tinto Frio.

There is no cover charge, but please bring some cash to make it rain on our talented presenters — tipping the performers is part of the fun! 

Conceptual Art, Spoken Word, Live Music & Animal Sounds,
courtesy of our current sailors: Berlin-based Contemporary Artist Hulda Rós Gudnadóttir (Iceland), as well as Curator Natalia Ivanova (Mount) (Bulgaria) & her Leipzig-based Artist/Writer/Activist collaborator Marc Herbst (US). Guest appearances by Scientist/Writer/Guitarist Matteo Rini (Italy)
and Brooklyn’s very own Singer/Songwriter/Poet Honeychild Coleman with her magic guitar!

Resident artist's Hulda's participation in this upcoming event is generously sponsored by The Consulate General of Iceland.

More info available here !!!

Live performances, art exhibits, film, theater & artist presentations courtesy of current sailors onboard @mothershipnyc:
Visual Artists Mary Naylor (UK)  & Chantal deFelice (US), Curator Natalia Ivanova (Mount) (Bulgaria),
Actress Giselle Barcasi (Brazil)
Percussionist/Conductor/Composer Marshall Trammell (US)

Plus, visiting multidisciplinary duo Patera+Perego (Italy)
as well as our near neighbour from down the street,
Contortionist Shipra 'Shipwreck' Saraogi (India).

More info available here !!!

Don’t have family in town and looking to spend the holidays in good company? Come join Mothership’s crew & friends at Last Frontier NYC to celebrate our tribe of international artists, our wonderful city, and life in general!

Our Friendsgiving gathering comes in three acts:
6–8:30 pm: A scrumptious multicourse vegan dinner by our favorite Brazilian super chef, the legendary Mariana Tamiozzy! In compensation for her tremendous efforts, expenses, and culinary creativity, we suggest a donation of $35.00 for everyone who wants to partake in this delicious meal – please sign up at Mariana’s EventBrite here. (If you are a starving artist, you pay what you can.)
9-10:00 pm: Live performances by our very own superstars, fabulous ONE-MAN-CIRCUS Michael Saab of Modern Gypsies, and newcomer Shipra Shipwreck Saraogi, an amazing CONTORTIONIST!
10 pm onwards: Everybody getting down on the floor underneath the disco ball – feel free to bring your own highly danceable play list to share with us all!

Saturday, October 22 @ NOoSPHERE Arts | Kingsland Wildflowers
12:00-6:00pm | OPEN HOUSE NYC
6:-8:00pm | Closing Reception for REPOPULATIONS: New Horizons
+ After-hours Concert

Come join us this Saturday for Open House NYC across our unique site on the bank of Newtown Creek!
@Last Frontier NYC on the M1 floor:
Musical performances by NOoSPHERE Arts very own in-house musicians, Katy Gunn and Matteo Rini throughout the day.
Art Performance: Vital Cloak by Cristina Canepa: 5 PM & 7 PM
as part of REPOPULATIONS: New Horizons exhibition
curated by Daniela Holban. RSVP here!
On 2nd flr: Pop-up art show by Mothership NYC resident 'BAD SaNdY'
And finally, musical desserts by these fine acts:
Romanian duo MARTA POPOVICI & BOGDAN TĂNASE
+ MATTEO RINI & THE TIZZI

Site-specific dances across the urban meadows
Rooftop Concert by Duo Livia & Fred
Wise words by Fritjof Capra: Earth Ethics
DANCE (Curated by CreateART):
~ Solo by Princess Lockeroo: Lotus
~ Choreography by Thryn Saxon: Mother Tongue | Performers: Maggie Costales and Jamie Klienschnitz; Live Music by Bre Short
LIVE MUSIC: ~ Visiting from Brazil, Livia Nestrovski & Fred Ferreira form a dynamic duo of voice and electric guitar that is both subtle and virtuosic, experimental and elegant: the potency of a minimal set in a journey through old and new songs from Brazil and the World.

WE ARE NATURE 2022 is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC). Our programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

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