Arts In The City

ADVENTURE same. “There have WEEKLY PICKS

THEATER been a million crazy
This spring, there is a misunderstand- Romanian artist Dan
production sure to sur- ings,” said Salamon. Perjovschi comes to
prise theater veterans “Somebody wound MoMA for “Project 85:
and seasoned New York- up at an apartment Dan Perjovschi,” an
ers alike. And it’s way in Chinatown get- exhibition in which the
off-Broadway. In fact, ting a massage. The artist will draw his po-
the warm-weather pro- guy was just weird litically-charged images
duction “Accomplice: enough” for the par- on the museum’s walls
– live. Through Aug. 27.
New York” takes the- ticipants to think he
moma.org

art
ater to the street, using was part of the show.
lower Manhattan as a But don’t worry – if Björk brings her oth-
stage for a combina- you find yourself in a erworldly mix of music

tion of crime drama,
improv, whodunit and
walking tour. It all
starts with a phone
call, when the top-secret meet-
ing spot is revealed over the phone.
Then, unsuspecting groups are lead
on a hunt through the city, uncover-
James Feuer in Accomplic
e: New Yor k
realized how weird
[the city] is until you look around.”
Salamon and his sister, Betsy Sal-
amon-Sufott, came up with the
Melissa Stern
similar station the folks and performance art
at the “Accomplice” to a series of concerts
command center are throughout the city,
stopping at Radio City
just a phone call away.
And besides, it’s all part Music Hall, the United
of the fun. —Heather Corcoran Palace Theater and the
Apollo, May 2, 5 and
8. Her latest album,
HIGHLINE ROCKS “Volta” hits stores May

ing the story as they go along. They
stop for clues and some improvi-
sational theater at landmarks and
out-of-the-way spaces along the way,
and even make pit stops for cocktails
at the bar. But to add to the sus-
pense, the whole thing is hush-hush,
music
idea after going on a traditional tour Lou Reed rocked the opening 7. bjork.com
of the city. “[We] were on a walking night of the HighLine Ballroom this
tour of some of these neighbor- Monday, but that doesn’t mean the The Los Angeles Phil-
hoods a couple of years ago, and grand opening festivities are over. harmonic and video art-
we were completely at the mercy of Progressive rockers moe. have an- ist Bill Viola team up
the tour guide,” he said. But as the nounced that they will extend their for the “Tristan Project”
pair discovered, “There was all this stay at the new venue, adding a fifth an epic adaptation of

and participants don’t know what
to expect, and never know who is a
part of the show and who isn’t. “It
makes you hyperaware of your sur-
roundings,” Tom Salamon, half
of the brother-sister duo behind the
show told the Resident. “You never
SPOTLIGHT
Get a double dose of Frank Stella at the Met
cool stuff that we’d never seen, even
living here for years.” Now entering
its third season, some of the real-life smoother sounds, the soulful British
locations on the tour have gotten
into the act, adding their own twist
to the action. So while there is a
storyline, no two shows are ever the
performance
night to promote their new album Wagner’s famous opera
“The Conch.” For those who prefer “Tristan and Isolde.”
May 2 and 5.
lincolncenter.org
songstress Amy Winehouse is sched-
uled for two performances the follow-
Subtly modified photo-
ing week. —H.C. graphs of landscapes and
interiors by Andreas
Gursky play tricks on
the eyes and challenge
ideas of perception. His
latest exhibition at Mat-
photography

with two exhibitions of the iconic artist’s work. thew Marks Gallery in-
“Frank Stella: Painting into Architecture” is the cludes his largest works to
date. Through June 30.
Photo/Steven Sloman, New York ©2007

museum’s latest investigation into the connec-

matthewmarks.com
tion between contemporary art and architecture,
while the installation “Frank Stella on the Roof ”
allows for some al fresco art appreciation. “Frank Children can get their
first taste of interna-
Stella: Painting into Architecture” runs through
tional culture with the
July 29, “Frank Stella on the Roof,” through Danish Festival at the
October 28. The exhibitions mark the abstract New Victory Theater.
artist’s first solo presentation at the museum and Five short plays created
feature recent work including sculpture and ar- for young audiences will
chitectural models. —H.C. Frank Stella’s “Gate House,” model, view 5 be making their stateside
theater

debut. May 3. DF42.org

10 • Resident The Week Of April 30, 2007