PLAYVISION: Fusing Sound, Video, Art & Music

World Financial Center Inaugurates New Performance Space
with Cutting Edge Installation-Performance Series Fusing Sound, Video, Art &
Music
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PLAYVISION

NEW YORK - The World Financial Center Arts & Events is inaugurating a new
200-seat performance space in its Courtyard Gallery, 220 Vesey Street, that
will be dedicated to innovative and experimental visual art, performance art
and music.

"The new performance space opens with an installation-performance series
with artists who fuse sound, visual art and musical performance entitled
PlayVision," said Debra Simon, Artistic Director of World Financial Center
Arts & Events, the largest arts program in Lower Manhattan. "The inaugural
series is curated by composer/performer Ben Neill and features a roster of
leading international artists who are working in this exciting field."

Composer Ben Neill and video artist Bill Jones launch the new space
Wednesday, May 3, at 8:00pm; video artist Christian Marclay and the trios of
Elliott Sharp and Okkyung Lee Wednesday, May 17, at 8:00pm; The Books
Wednesday, May 24, at 8:00pm; and Tmema (Golan Levin and Zachary Lieberman)
Wednesday, May 31, at 8:00pm.

PlayVision performances are free, ticketed events. Tickets will be
distributed two per person on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at
5pm in the Winter Garden on day of show. Seating is limited.

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May 3
MUSIC CONCERT
BEN NEILL + BILL JONES
Ben Neill is a composer/performer and designer of the mutantrumpet, a unique
acoustic/electronic instrument. Along with his visual collaborator Bill
Jones, Neill has developed a "playable" form of cinema in which he plays
video images live. For this show Neill presents XIX, a new series of
music/interactive video pieces based on samples of 19th century music and
art, featuring bassist John Conte and drummer Jim Mussen.

May 4 - May 27
VISUAL ARTS
RODNEY GRAHAM
REVERIE INTERUPTED BY THE POLICE
Thursday