NY MUSIC MONTH 2018
Interlude+ 2018
In INTERLUDE+’s 2nd year in partnership with NY Music Month, we expanded the LGBTQ+ music & art program across four venues with eight influential queer artists in the music & art industry.
In the second annual New York Music Month, we partnered with the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment for another edition of INTERLUDE+: Offline’s music and art program for and by LGBTQ+.
Curating four sessions with eight influential speakers, we uniquely designed each of the four venues to reflect the sensibilities of each speaker, which included electronic producer BATHS, rapper Cakes Da Killa, and digital artist Andrew Thomas Huang.
Programs included a livestream BBQ, a panel on identity and artistry, a masterclass in musical production, and a lecture on 3D digital cinema & VR.
For each session, we also collaborated with four local organizations including the Lot Radio, The LGBT Center, Splice, and A/D/O to bring the one-of-a-kind curriculum to life. Registration went through a bespoke interactive microsite we created specifically for INTERLUDE+.
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WAVEFORMZ
We returned to the Russian Turkish Bathhouse to transform it into WAVEFORMZ: a night of absolute hardcore inspired by 2000s rhythm games, with 3 floors of lighting installations and an accompanying livestream rhythm game PULSELIVE OP.
We transformed the Russian Turkish Bathhouse into WAVEFORMZ: an eden of euphoria inspired by early 2000s dance games.
We brought acclaimed producer Hudson Mohawke under his alias DJ Mayhem: Mohawke’s self-titled “younger brother who loves hardcore music”. As support, we invited Rabit with his MC LEDEF, as well as Debit and Vapordog – all performing variations of hardcore.
Nitemind and Adrian Yu created lighting installations throughout all three floors of the bathhouse with rainbow-colored neon washes.
To amplify the WAVEFORMZ experience, we launched an alpha of PULSELIVE OP: a livestream rhythm game. Using the livestream on your browser, audiences online could play the rhythm game in real time with the performances during the event.
The event completely sold out in two hours.
MINI LIVING
Cabin Fever
We activated MINI Living’s Urban Cabin exhibit with a 6-week charitable program, with artists and musicians transforming the modular living space into an interactive playground.
Using the Urban Cabin as a canvas, we brought designers to create existing and bespoke pieces to transform the space each week – while touring and local experimental musicians soundtracked the environment. Over 20+ artists in total.
All proceeds and donations went to Immigration Justice Corps, providing legal assistance to immigrants.
Each artist was interviewed exclusively for OPx, our weekly newsletter.