THIRTYDAYSNY is a temporary free and public exhibition and performance space located at 70 Franklin St. in Tribeca. Hosting music, performance, comedy, scholarly symposia, screenings, and workshops, the space is truly interdisciplinary and dynamic in its approach.

I have been thinking about the idea of temporary exhibition structures ever since X-Initiative closed in February. For me, it was a central part of last summer. Whether it served as a spot for meeting after work, hearing talks, seeing screenings, or chilling on the roof with a beer; the space was a magnet that will be sorely missed.

Though THIRTYDAYSNY only lasts a month, it is similar in the fact that here we have this presence of a (kind of) institution (in which people tend to invest varying levels of trust) and then it just vanishes. In this regard, the structure becomes ephemeral in the same way as a work of art, which has the capacity to change the way in which people think about, and the very concept of “the institution.” The more temporary exhibition sites become manifest in our cultural vernacular, the more people will begin to question what exhibition sites are, what its purpose should be, and what it means for ideas/performances/artistic practice to manifest within physical space de-markated as temporary “site.”

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I digress. This post was supposed to be about how THIRTYDAYSNY’s website posted a video on Ed Halter and Thomas Beard of Light Industry, but I got carried away. Check out the site and the video.

From the THIRTYDAYSNY website:

“THIRTYDAYSNY is a celebration of the merger of arts and culture. The challenge was building out, organizing, managing, and presenting a live gallery space open to the public for one month in the heart of New York City. The gallery is curated by Family Bookstore, and the accompanying Thirty Days NY website is headed by Dallas Clayton. The completed Thirty Days Gallery, located at 70 Franklin Street, Tribeca, will feature weekly performances, symposiums, and showcases from contemporary artists, musicians, writers, filmmakers from all over the world.”

Thirty Days Artist Series: Thomas Beard + Ed Halter from Thirty Days NY on Vimeo.