Saturday, June 15, 6pm-Midnight

The 4^th annual Lumen Festival returns to Staten Island on Saturday. This year it takes place at the Lyons Pool, built during the Great Depression, by the WPA, to cool off 5,700 people each day during the summer months.

Curated by David C. Terry and Esther Neff, LUMEN 2012 will feature video installations, new media projections, performance art, animation, light and sound art from internationally acclaimed artists including Malin Abrahamsson, Lisa Crafts, Cornelia Eichorn, Dominique Paul, and Chin Chih Yong, among others.

The free festival of light and motion will transform the site into a luminous playground, equipped with empty Olympic size pools that have been turned into video screening areas, and roof top access to allow for a view of the Manhattan skyline alongside installation pieces. Videos, performances, and installations will occur simultaneously. There is no “main stage” or center focus, instead visitors are invited to discover art scattered throughout the site. LUMEN Video & Performance Festival, Lyons Pool; 20 Victory Blvd., Staten Island, NY. Information.

 Above: Dominique Paul, Migration of the Arthopods, LUMEN 2012.

Live from LOOK

LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph is a celebration of photography held annually in Charlottesville, Va., for those who share a passion for the still image. This year, Aperture brings LOOK3 to New York with a weekend of the festival’s INsight Conversations livestreamed at Aperture Gallery.

Stop by to catch this highly anticipated series with other photographers and enthusiasts, and even submit live questions to the presenters in Charlottesville. Meet Carrie Mae Weems and Deborah Willis; Richard Misrach and Alex Chadwick; Susan Meiselas and David Levi Strauss; Michael Nichols and with David Quammen; MarthaRosler; Gregory Crewdson and Alex Chadwick. Thursday, June 13–Saturday, June 15, 2013. Schedule. Aperture Gallery and Bookstore, 547 West 27^th Street, 4^thFloor, NY, NY. Editor’s note: DART is a media sponsor of Look 3 Festival.

This just in from Photo Center NW

Sign up for Long Shot 2013 is up and running. Long Shot is a 24-hour marathon for photographers across the globe. Every photographer is guaranteed a place in the exhibition opening July 27 at PCNW in Seattle.
The event is open to everyone, using any camera, anywhere. Information.

Above: Elliot Lazarus, Open, 9:46 PM, from Long Shot 2010.

This just in from United Photo Industries

The Tokyo International Photography Competition is an initiative created by the Tokyo Institute of Photography—an educational photography center and celebrated photo publisher based in Tokyo—to provide an opportunity for American and Japanese photographers to present their artistic visions beyond their country’s borders and open up the possibilities for cross-pollination and cross-border collaborations through the generous support of Fujifilm Japan.

Seven internationally renowned jurors split between Tokyo and New York will review the work submitted and curate an exhibition featuring work by a group of 8 American and Japanese photographers. The exhibition will be inaugurated at 72 Gallery in Tokyo, before traveling to the United Photo Industries Gallery in Brooklyn in September 2013.

The submission deadline is June 30, 2013. Information.



And don't forget: It's not too late to enter the first 2013 DART Book Prize Contest!
If you Love Art Books, take a stab at guessing Where In New York Am I. Lots of readers have entered but so far, there's isn't a 100% accurate reply. Keep 'em coming, the more information you provide, the better [WWW, just like a grade school quiz. Google maps are also good.] I love hearing from DART readers! Deadline is midnight Monday June 17. Information.