𝑫𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒅𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝑪𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑩𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒊𝒈𝒓𝒊𝒅 𝑳𝒂𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒏, this performance art piece—oddly billed as a theater adaptation of Brache's book of poems—is an exploration of power dynamics, mortality, and the female psyche. Starring Emily Allan, Betsey Brown, and Joshua Weidenmiller with a live score by Ryan Woodhall, the 30-minute live performance will captivate and challenge its audience long after the final curtain falls.

✩✩✩𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘚𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨✩✩ ✩𝑫𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 & 𝒂𝒅𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 Cristine Brache & Sigrid Lauren ✩𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 Emily Allan, Betsey Brown & Joshua Weidenmiller ✩𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 Olivia West Lloyd & Metalabel ✩𝑴𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 anonymous gallery & Blade Study ✩𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏 & 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒚 Ryan Woodhall ✩𝑭𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒅𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 & 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒖𝒑 𝒃𝒚 Bunny Lampert ✩𝑪𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒎𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝒃𝒚 Bunny Lampert & Destroyer of Worlds ✩𝑯𝒂𝒊𝒓 𝒃𝒚 Atinka Anderson ✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩✩

𝑫𝑨𝑻𝑬 → May 11, 2024 𝑻𝑰𝑴𝑬 → 8:00PM 𝑳𝑶𝑪𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵 → 42n, 120 E Broadway, NY, NY 10002 𝑰𝑵𝑸𝑼𝑰𝑹𝑰𝑬𝑺 → goodnightsweetthing@gmail.com

𝑫𝑰𝑹𝑬𝑪𝑻𝑶𝑹𝑺

𝑪𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑩𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆 is a multidisciplinary artist, writer, and filmmaker based in New York City. Her work, which spans encaustic painting, sculpture, and film, often explores constructs of the female body and psyche, mortality, nostalgia, and solitude. Select solo exhibitions include those held at anonymous gallery (New York); Locust Projects (Miami); and Anat Ebgi (Los Angeles). She has exhibited internationally at galleries and institutions like Berlinische Galerie, Perez Art Museum Miami, and ICA Miami. Her films have screened in festivals like the Miami Film Festival (Miami); and Slamdance (Park City). Her work has been critically reviewed in places like Artforum, The New York Times, and The New Yorker.

𝑺𝒊𝒈𝒓𝒊𝒅 𝑳𝒂𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒏 is a New York-based performance artist whose work has been presented at renowned institutions and events worldwide. She is known for her exploration of control, consumerism, and societal conditioning through live performance and collaborative workshops. Her performance works have been presented at places like The Broad Museum, Guggenheim, Andrea Rosen Gallery, SIGNAL, Performa, Queens Museum, Miami Art Basel, and Frieze NYC. Her movement direction & choreography have expanded into collaborations with Mugler, Peter Do, CFGNY, SOPHIE, Drew McDowell amongst others. She is one half of performance art duo FlucT with Monica Mirabile. Sigrid hosts a monthly workshop in NYC entitled, how to throw a body away.

𝑷𝑬𝑹𝑭𝑶𝑹𝑴𝑬𝑹𝑺

𝑬𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝑨𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒏 is a writer and performer from the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Her two woman show 𝘚𝘓𝘈𝘚𝘏, written and performed with Leah Hennessey, was a hit at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival and called “quite possibly the end of civilization” (LB y The Guardian). They have also collaborated on the site specific play 𝘚𝘛𝘈𝘙 𝘖𝘋𝘠𝘚𝘚𝘌𝘠 at MoMa Ps1, and the film 𝘉𝘠𝘙𝘖𝘕 𝘈𝘕𝘋 𝘚𝘏𝘌𝘓𝘓𝘌𝘠: 𝘐𝘓𝘓𝘜𝘔𝘐𝘕𝘈𝘛𝘐 𝘋𝘌𝘛𝘌𝘊𝘛𝘐𝘝𝘌𝘚, for the Biennale de l'image en mouvement 2021 at the Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève. Most recently they co-directed 𝘑𝘖𝘏𝘕 𝘌𝘈𝘙𝘓𝘠: 𝘕𝘖𝘞 𝘔𝘖𝘙𝘌 𝘛𝘏𝘈𝘕 𝘌𝘝𝘌𝘙 for HBO. Emily’s album 𝘊𝘓𝘈𝘕𝘎𝘐𝘕𝘎 will be released on all platforms in 2024.

𝑩𝒆𝒕𝒔𝒆𝒚 𝑩𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒏 is an actor/filmmaker born, raised, and based in Manhattan. She stars in 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘚𝘊𝘈𝘙𝘠 𝘖𝘍 61𝘚𝘛 (dir. Dasha Nekrasova) which won the GWFF Best First Feature Award at Berlinale. She also stars in 𝘈𝘚𝘚𝘏𝘖𝘓𝘌𝘚 (dir. Peter Vack) which won the inaugural Adam Yauch Hornblower Award at SXSW, and plays the title role in Vack’s upcoming sophomore feature, 𝘞𝘞𝘞.𝘙𝘈𝘊𝘏𝘌𝘓𝘖𝘙𝘔𝘖𝘕𝘛.𝘊𝘖𝘔 (http://www.rachelormont.com/). She's been on television shows such as 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 (THE CW), and 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 (ABC). She also stars in Lilliya Scarlett Reid’s short film debut, 𝘉𝘐𝘛𝘚, which premiered at SXSW this year. Her debut short film as a writer/director/actor, 𝘚𝘏𝘌𝘎𝘌𝘛𝘚𝘌𝘠 𝘉𝘌𝘛𝘚𝘌𝘠 won the Audience Award for Best Experimental Short at the New Orleans Film Festival. Her feature directorial debut, 𝘈𝘊𝘛𝘖𝘙𝘚, won the audience award at Fantastic Film Festival Australia, and played to sold out audiences in movie theaters internationally. It is available to stream at http://actors.movie

𝑱𝒐𝒔𝒉𝒖𝒂 𝑾𝒆𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓 has traveled the world performing in musicals, on cruise ships and with internationally celebrated recording artists. Since moving to NYC he has worked with Mabou Mines, Ryan McNamara, CHERYL art collective and was part of comedic dance group Varsity Interpretive Dance Squad. Most recently he performed the role Blue in Ryan McNamara’s 𝘒𝘐𝘕𝘌𝘛𝘐𝘊 𝘎𝘙𝘈𝘊𝘌 at the Guggenheim through their Works and Process program. This summer he will be on tour in the UK with recording artist Bright Light Bright Light.

𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑫𝑼𝑪𝑬𝑹𝑺

𝑶𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒂 𝑾𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑳𝒍𝒐𝒚𝒅 is a filmmaker based in New York. Her debut feature film 𝘚𝘖𝘔𝘌𝘞𝘏𝘌𝘙𝘌 𝘘𝘜𝘐𝘌𝘛, premiered in competition at Tribeca Film Festival 2023 and was acquired by Vertical. Her short film, 𝘋𝘌𝘈𝘋 𝘔𝘈𝘓𝘓, screened at festivals internationally and before being released online by Alter. In addition to her work as a writer and director, Olivia works as an independent producer and production manager. Her production credits include 𝘚𝘏𝘐𝘙𝘓𝘌𝘠 (Sundance), and 𝘔𝘈𝘋𝘌𝘓𝘐𝘕𝘌’𝘚 𝘔𝘈𝘋𝘌𝘓𝘐𝘕𝘌 (Sundance/Berlin). Olivia graduated with highest honors from Princeton University with a degree in Art History and Creative Writing.

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𝑪𝑶𝑴𝑷𝑶𝑺𝑬𝑹

𝑹𝒚𝒂𝒏 𝑾𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 is a New York City based sound designer working across music, film, performance, and podcasts. His compositions incorporate a mix of custom audio software, handmade controllers, and digital synthesis to create immersive & emotive sonic environments. For over a decade Ryan has worked on a diverse array of content for clients including Supreme, Nike, ADIDAS, and Red Bull. He makes music as SPARQL, is a member of the band Yellow Tears, and is a founder of the Red Light District venue in Far Rockaway, NY.

𝑭𝑨𝑺𝑯𝑰𝑶𝑵 𝑫𝑰𝑹𝑬𝑪𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵

𝑩𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒚 𝑳𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒕 is a New York-based artist and filmmaker with a BFA in Photography and Media from Cal Arts. She has worked in the New York fashion industry as a wardrobe stylist with a strong sense of personal style and continues to collaborate closely with artists including Susan Cianciolo, Avena Gallagher, and Jessi Reaves. She directed the short film, 𝘈𝘕 𝘐𝘕𝘝𝘐𝘛𝘈𝘛𝘐𝘖𝘕.

𝑷𝑨𝑹𝑻𝑵𝑬𝑹𝑺

𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒏𝒚𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒔 is a platform for contemporary art, public art, and community involvement. The gallery is committed to presenting ambitious projects featuring international emerging, mid-career, and historically significant artists.

The gallery operates between New York City and Mexico City with the goal of developing alternative networks for creative discourse between Latin America, the United States, and the international community. The gallery is devoted to artists experimenting in a variety of media, poetry and performance, and will continue a mission of giving voice to those marginalized; showcasing a variety of artists from different generations, genres and backgrounds.

𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒚 is a contemporary art gallery in New York's Lower East Side, founded in 2020 by Brooke Nicholas and Ian Glover.

𝑽𝑬𝑵𝑼𝑬

𝟒𝟐𝒏 is a studio and creative space in Chinatown, NYC. It aims to be a nexus for artists of all kinds to meet, grow, learn, conduct business, and more. Founded in 2021, it is already home to a diverse group of multidisciplinary artists who collaborate on both commercial and personal projects.

𝑨𝑩𝑶𝑼𝑻 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑩𝑶𝑶𝑲

𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘚𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 brings together a compelling second collection of poetry by artist and filmmaker Cristine Brache. Through concise, powerful lyricism, Brache unapologetically reconstructs her inner life. With poems about mortality, power dynamics, and constructs of the female body and psyche, 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘚𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 introduces a fresh and distinctive voice to contemporary poetry, offering readers a complex portrait of Brache's core and vision. The book also includes her out of print debut poetry collection, Poems, previously published by Codette.

✩✩𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘚𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 will be available for purchase at the event.✩✩

𝑷𝑼𝑩𝑳𝑰𝑺𝑯𝑬𝑹'𝑺 𝑵𝑶𝑻𝑬

𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒏𝒚𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝑷𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 (𝒂𝑷) is a newly established independent publishing initiative from anonymous gallery. With the goal of furthering dialogue, discovery and documentation, aP will work with gallery artists and collaborators to produce distinctive editions. aP endeavors to create editions that transcend classification, evolving into immersive experiences that invite the public to engage deeply with the content.

𝑷𝑹𝑨𝑰𝑺𝑬 𝑭𝑶𝑹 𝑮𝑶𝑶𝑫𝑵𝑰𝑮𝑯𝑻 𝑺𝑾𝑬𝑬𝑻 𝑻𝑯𝑰𝑵𝑮

“Like problems that end up solving themselves, Cristine Brache’s poems feel torn out of old diaries, ripped from the headlines, plucked from obscurity and pushed into the spotlight—at once familiar and refreshing to read. ”

—Natasha Stagg, author of 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴

"Cristine Brache’s poems are like a phone call with a long lost friend, their flow and rhythm attuned, so that what’s left in the end is a feeling of once again moving in accordance with things."

—Rachel Rabbit White, author of 𝘗𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭

“Underneath the surface of Brache’s tautly constructed verse are a series of propositions that examine the contracted distance between wanting and ambivalence, between running away and staying, and between disappointment and pleasure. Central to the artist’s practice is the concept that the present is just a waiting room in which we consider what we’ve had and what we will inevitably lose; lodged between regret and longing are these poems, shimmering with the doomed glamor of the now.”

—Alissa Bennett, author of 𝘛𝘢𝘹𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵’𝘴 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬

“The specter surrounding us finds an extraordinary poet holding the backdoor open so we can climb through. “But who are these gods that replay my life and question it? All along I thought I was safe.” Cristine Brache has given us a brilliant, haunting page-turner with 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘚𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨.”

—CAConrad, author of 𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯

𝑷𝑹𝑨𝑰𝑺𝑬 𝑭𝑶𝑹 𝑪𝑹𝑰𝑺𝑻𝑰𝑵𝑬 𝑩𝑹𝑨𝑪𝑯𝑬

“Cristine Brache works dually as a visual artist and poet, and this gives her writing a particular charge. Poetry, for Brache, becomes the default, the last resort, and a means of covert assault in matters of living where language has led. Brache’s poems are wide-ranging, intellectually accomplished and deeply shocking. She’s doing something very original here.”

—Chris Kraus, author of 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘒𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘈𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘳

“The violence women endure is met head-on with the fearless poetry of Cristine Brache, giving us all the courage to embrace the strength of poetry. Her life, her love, her unapologetic and direct care for the female body and voice can change whatever needs changing in the coldest ignorance our hostile and judgmental world can dish.”

—CAConrad, author of 𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯

"These poems are like dares from the writer to the reader—I dare you to look at me, to define me, to unravel me. The body is amorphous here and hard to pin down—both alluring and defiant, stoic and vulnerable. These contradictions open up a world of possibility that Cristine Brache writes within, and no word is wasted."

—Chelsea Hodson, author of 𝘛𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘐'𝘮 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘌𝘭𝘴𝘦

"Testing the air with confidence and austere beauty and wisdom, Cristine Brache manages to rework the language of a female body. Each poem, creating a new form unsparing and deeply transformative, this book is a magical marvel."

—Precious Okoyomon, author of 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘋𝘪𝘦?

“The figures evoked in Cristine Brache’s Poems—cam girls, housewives, daughters—often find themselves topping from the bottom, locating power in the positions, sexual and gendered, designed to disempower them. But this role play is not wholly triumphant: Brache, a cunning satirist in the tradition of Dorothy Parker, never loses sight of the larger culture in which women are not ‘paid / seen, heard, or understood,’ only looked at. ‘[Y]ou are the one who disgusts her,’ she charges the voyeur her reader becomes, ‘she is laughing at you while you hold your phone to record her.’”

—Jameson Fitzpatrick, author of 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺

“Poems deals carefully, tenderly, cleverly, and, at times, bitingly with pain, beauty, and struggle, both internal and external, personal and societal. This is a book I’ll revisit again and again.”

—Jordan Castro, author of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵