Upcoming Events

Spend an afternoon with artist Timothy Brewer for a live, improvisational jazz session in the gallery.

A performing jazz guitarist as well as a painter, Brewer will play throughout the afternoon in an informal jam session. Audience members are encouraged to bring their own instruments and join in.

The music will unfold alongside Brewer's exhibition, American Carnage and Other Concerns: Twenty Paintings Across Four Series, currently on view at Gallery 198.

Come to listen, play, wander through the exhibition, or stay awhile.

**Saturday, September 19, 4–7pm
Musicians are encouraged to bring instruments.**

A puppet play by Seán Taggart

This is a time of monsters. So what's one more?

In Rise Mangorr Rise!, mad scientist Dr. Necrosis offers humanity what sounds like a great boon: an opportunity to throw off the shackles of oppression.

There's only one catch.

We have to support him. And accept his leadership. And trust that this is how we will finally be made free.

Or so it would seem…

Written specifically for puppet theatre, Rise Mangorr Rise! is a new play by cartoonist and painter Seán Taggart, whose work is closely associated with the New York Hardcore punk scene of the 1980s.

Come for the monsters. Stay for the mad science.

Thursday, September 24, 7–8pm

Doors: 6pm

A one-night poetry reading conceived as a structural film.

Falling Upon the Correspondence, by Samuel Budin and collaborator Miguel Gallego, brings poetry and projected images together in a live experiment in coincidence, timing, and association.

A group of poets will read their work alongside a remotely controlled 35mm slide projection. The carousel contains slides submitted by a select group of contributors, largely visual artists. Rather than following a predetermined sequence, the “edit” of the work happens live through the coincidental interaction between speaker and image.

The project takes its cue from what film theorist Michel Chion calls synchresis: the phenomenon in which two separately occurring elements are perceived as belonging together when they happen simultaneously.

The result is part poetry reading, part projection, and part live structural film—an encounter between words and images that can never happen in quite the same way twice.

The first installment was presented at La Plaza Cultural in Alphabet City, where it brought together approximately 40 people.

Free and open to the public. NOTAFLOF!

**Schedule
6pm — Doors
7pm — Program (approximately 60min)**

Note that the general closing event with Artist Walkthrough will follow, 3–4pm (no registration required)

Join Nicholas Rynearson for an artist-led walkthrough of what difference, exploring the two series represented in the exhibition and the compositional ideas behind the work.

We recognize that traditional openings can be difficult to access for many members of our community. In response, we’re holding a limited-capacity preview ahead of the public opening. It’s a small shift, but an important one—making space for more people to enter the room on their own terms.

This session is designed to support visitors with health considerations, or anyone who prefers a more controlled viewing environment. To maximize air flow, the gate of the gallery will be raised (weather permitting). Limited to 15 visitors (registration required). Face masks will be required for entry, and will be available onsite.

Note: If you prefer a solo viewing experience, that is easy for us to arrange. Please send a note to hello@gallery198.com to schedule a private viewing of this show.

Note that the general closing event with Artist Walkthrough will follow, 3–4pm (no registration required)

Join Nicholas Rynearson for an artist-led walkthrough of what difference, exploring the two series represented in the exhibition and the compositional ideas behind the work.

We recognize that traditional openings can be difficult to access for many members of our community. In response, we’re holding a limited-capacity preview ahead of the public opening. It’s a small shift, but an important one—making space for more people to enter the room on their own terms.

This session is designed to support visitors with sensory sensitivities, or anyone who prefers a more controlled viewing environment. Limited to 10 visitors (registration required). Expect a quieter, limited-interaction experience ahead of the crowd.

Face masks are optional for this session, and will be available onsite.

Note: If you prefer a solo viewing experience, that is easy for us to arrange. Please send a note to hello@gallery198.com to schedule a private viewing of this show.