In 1977, NASA sent the Voyager Golden Records into space: two phonographic records carrying images of human anatomy, Solar System diagrams, and architectural designs, alongside music by Beethoven, Stravinsky, Louis Armstrong, and more. The discs functioned as a kind of time capsule for the sounds and sights that made up planet Earth—something for the aliens to find and use to figure us out.
n Gooey’s Disneyfication of Gowanus, we see a version of our culture that is so preoccupied with delight and distraction that it refuses to find the value in the grosser gunk underneath.
On a frigid Saturday in February, we three—Esmé, Ashley, and Citlali—gathered to see Gooey’s Toxic Aquatic Adventure at The Bushwick Starr, presented in partnership with ¡Oye! Group. After a two-hour-and-twenty-minute whirlwind of puppets, pizza boxes, and neon paint, we exited the theater dazed but refreshed—dizzy from both the cold and a wild and wondrous theatrical fever dream.
We love the phrase “new year, new me” as much as the next beloved independent arts publication, but we also have to ask, “if it ain’t broke, why fix it?”
Gallatin student Nik Wesson shares some thoughts on 'Oratorio for Living Things' as part of the inaugural NYU Gallatin Criticism Lab.
Gallatin student Mike Premo shares some thoughts on 'Oratorio for Living Things' as part of the inaugural NYU Gallatin Criticism Lab.
Gallatin student Lydia Morrison shares some thoughts on 'Oratorio for Living Things' as part of the inaugural NYU Gallatin Criticism Lab.
Gallatin student Leilani Wizner shares some thoughts on 'Oratorio for Living Things' as part of the inaugural NYU Gallatin Criticism Lab.
Gallatin student Lauren Aragon shares some thoughts on 'Oratorio for Living Things' as part of the inaugural NYU Gallatin Criticism Lab.
Gallatin student Julianne Tawara shares some thoughts on 'Oratorio for Living Things' as part of the inaugural NYU Gallatin Criticism Lab.
