The Drop: youtubed

Our friends Fred and Denny have posted some footage of the show opening on youtube!
This is a 10 min version excerpt, more videos are available in the side bar…
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A Special Thanks to all our Helpers, Volunteers and Supporters

The exhibit 2012+, the party under the High Line, the entire event would never have been possible and such a huge success without you — Thanks so much for all your time and sweat!

Agata Prochniewicz-Parrott
Joel Tompkins
Noah Shepard

Arianne Johnson
Joseph McClellan
Sarah Krokey

Britney Hart
Justin Capuco
Sean Parrott

Caine Budelman
Kate Feighery
Shannon Han

Can Bingol
Larry Shea
Sophia Moreno-Bunge

Cassandra Ruff
Leanne Wong
Stacy Han

Chris the wine pourer [...]

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Join The Drop Flickr Group

If you took photos of the event and would like to contribute to our Flickr group, please post them here:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/thedrop/

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Thank You!

Thank you for everyone who came out and supported THE DROP and Exhibition 2012+. It was a fantastic Chelsea opening – perhaps one of the best ever. Hundreds of people filled W25th street on Saturday despite early afternoon rain. The sun came out as the Party Under The High Line went underway with Truth and [...]

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Food Trucks Confirmed

The following food truck vendors are confirmed for THE DROP.
UPDATE: the crepe escape is on too!
Calexico

 
The Bistro Truck

 
Jiannetto’s Pizza

 
Kyotofu

 
Rickshaw Dumplings

 
Van Leeuwen Ice Cream Truck

Thanks to our good friend Stacy Han for organizing!

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Truth and Soul’s Jeff Dynamite and El Michels, and Halcyon to Provide the Soundtrack to THE DROP

Big up! to Truth and Soul’s Jeff Dynamite and El Michels, and Halcyon, who will be providing the soundtrack to THE DROP.
 
Truth and Soul, a Brooklyn-based DJ and music collective, recently released “Enter the 37th Chamber” – full instrumental reinterpretations of classic tracks by the Wu-Tang Clan.
   
 
Halcyon, a music collective and record store based in [...]

They heart “The Drop”

Kudos to our friends at artwelove.com and Flavorpill for spreading the word about our event!
ADDITION: artlog loves us too…

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Exhibition 2012+

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Installation Day 2

on installation Day 2: one of the artworks already started destroying itself, as intended.

while a third of the art work was being installed, the remainder was still named tagged on floors, walls and columns.

experimenting with lighting initially yielded more album cover like results than otherwise

not sure what is going on here?  that’s exactly why you [...]

2012+ Exhibition Layout and Design by Ceren Bingol

The DROP NYC, 2012+ art exhibition layout and themes are now online. Designer and Co-organizer Ceren Bingol collaborated with curators Alexandra Chang and Mie Iwatsuki to create a Noguchi garden-esque environment inside the 4,000 sf raw warehouse space. Use of sensuous fabrics and delicate plants play into the theme of the exhibition, providing a minimal [...]

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Mie Iwatsuki and The Drop NYC
featured in MySpace magazine Japan

MySpace Japan Magazine did an entire double spread about The Drop’s very own Mie Iwatsuki in their recent September issue. A photographer followed Mie around for a day documenting her busy buzzing NYC life… amongst others meeting up with the The Drop crew at the SUPERMETRIC office in the fashion district.

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Latest Contribution to 2012+:
Ryuichi Sakamoto Sound Installation

You can now make a donation and win two signed CD’s by Ryuchi Sakamoto  “out of noise.” The CD will be available in the U.S. in 2010.  Ryuichi Sakamoto will be part of the show, “2012+” creating Sound Installation, “Glacier” for this exhibition.
With the theme of environment and city,  (See the 2012+ press release) the [...]

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