This Saturday at Eyebeam, Benton-C and Dan Winckler are performing in Brother Islands, a multimedia show about…the Brother Islands and all the terrible stuff that happened there.
November 17, 8–11PM: MIXER performance and party
Eyebeam, 540 W 21st St (between 10th Ave and 11th Ave), New York
Brother Islands (Places to Lose People) Cost: $10 After 9PM: $5
Limited tickets now available online
MIXER, Eyebeam’s new quarterly series showcasing live audio and video performance, launches with Brother Islands, a haunting tableau integrating audio and video recordings, stereographic photos and live theater. Eyebeam Education Fellow Benton-C Bainbridge creates an expanded documentary of North Brother Island half a century since its abandonment, as it fades from New York City’s map and its bleak buildings succumb to nature.
This tiny South Bronx Island was once notorious as a harsh quarantine and locus of misfortunate legends like Typhoid Mary and the General Slocum ferry disaster.
Stick around at 9PM for drinks and an exclusive A/V performance by The Jesse Stiles 3000, Bill Etra and vade.
Brother Islands performance ensemble: Benton-C Bainbridge, Minou Maguna, Ross Goldstein, Ryder Cooley, Dan Winckler, Matthew Schlanger, Jesse Stiles.