- Art
SuRan Song & William M. Weis III: You’re Soaking in It!
When
All Day
Where
Glyndor Terrace Garden
The outdoor sculpture and live performance, You’re Soaking in It!, by SuRan Song & William M. Weis III, explores how culture is shaped by our shared biological experiences of sleeping and dreaming. Designed as an interactive space on Glyndor Terrace Garden for a collaborative, on-site dream experience, You’re Soaking in It! examines the ethics of the prohibition of sleeping and dreaming in public spaces, inviting visitors to take siestas on the sculpture and share their dreams of garden reveries using a QR code. Visitor contributions will shape the artist’s songwriting and movement research into programs on Sun, Jul 13 and Sat, Aug 2, that will take place as the sculpture is transformed from a daybed into to a platform stage. In addition, photo-based experiments in the Tropical House at Wave Hill will be transformed into video paintings with audio collages sourced from locations nearby including Spuyten Duyvil Creek, the Hudson River, and the Harlem River, which will also be available via QR code.
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Suran Song
Suran Song
SuRan Song is a Riverdale, Bronx-based artist of Korean and Greek descent. Her multidisciplinary performance practice explores how justice relates to love, the ancient roots of Greek hospitality, Sanskrit, audience engagement and accessibility, among other themes. Inspired by post-punk songwriters and Early Dada artists, she also leads a performance art rock band that has toured widely. Song’s work has been featured in exhibitions at the Katonah Museum of Art and Queens Museum, both in NY, and the Villa Terrace Arts Museum in Milwaukee, WI. She earned an MFA in Sculpture from Parsons School of Design, NY. Learn more about the artist at https://suransong.com/narrative-bio/.
Photo: Anastasia Song.
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William M. Weis III
William M. Weis III
William M. Weis III is a multidisciplinary artist born in New Jersey and based in Riverdale, Bronx. His love for hip-hop, punk rock, surfing, and freestyle BMX led him to explore realistic styles in his art, however, he transitioned later to more expressive modes of painting, drawing and collage. Throughout the 1990s, Weis collaborated with various bands, briefly attracting major label attention from American Recordings with the band Nomen Nudum. In 1995, he joined forces with kindred spirit SuRan Song in her performance art rock band, which has toured extensively and released four studio albums. The band gained recognition on the CMJ Charts and performed live on numerous radio stations across the United States, including WBAI, WFMU and KEXP. Weis majored in Fine Arts at School of Visual Arts, NY, before pursuing his passion for music.
Photo courtesy of the artist
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