Museum of Arts and Design presents Vibrant Space: Environments of Cultural Production

Museum of Arts and Design, NYC

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Marshall McLuhan is credited with quipping, "The environments that shape any group are invisible to those within them. We don't know who discovered water, but we know it wasn't the fish." Throughout winter and spring of 2011, the Museum of Arts and Design presents the series Vibrant Space, an exploration into how physical, digital, and physiological environments have both formed and informed the concepts and production of cultural identity throughout the globe. From new and unexpected re-appropriations of architecture, to Ganguro (a Japanese subculture where young woman weave their hair into cornrows and tan to look like their favorite hip-hop stars), to an oral history of New York City nightlife, Vibrant Space utilizes discussion as both forum and tool to make visible that which surrounds and form us. Programs include: Harlem's Future: A Town Hall on the Role of the Arts and Development in Harlem January 27th, 2011 7:00pm A New Order: Case Studies in Re-appropriations of Space Life February 24th, 2011 7:00pm Nightlife: An Oral History of New York's Club Culture March 17th, 2011, 7:00pm The New Black: Fashion and Design on Branding Culture April 7th, 2011, 7:00pm Ecstatic Skin: The Evolution of Subcultures in a Global World May 5th, 2011, 7:00pm All programs are to be held at Museum of Arts and Design, 2 Columbus Circle, New York, NY 10019 For tickets and additional information please visit http://vibrant.madmuseum.org, or call 212.299.7740