Come back out to the island this weekend—and catch the end of the New Island Festival! FIGMENT’s City of Dreams will be open with music and art from 12-11pm Saturday and 12-6pm Sunday. Saturday is your last chance to see the City of Dreams at night in 2009!

See the HiveMind, Temple of Truth and other sculpture illuminated, groove to our DJs and musical acts, and see the work of guest artists such as Conscious Cycle 451, Glass Bead Collective, and Chris Jordan and Zuvuya Collective.

Plus, also on the island this weekend are the New Island Festival of Dutch site-specific performance, the Archeological Dig exploring the island’s history, the Pioneers of Change exhibition of Dutch Design, and the Governors Island Art Fair curated by 4Heads.

FIGMENT AT THE NEW ISLAND FESTIVAL—AND THE CITY OF DREAMS AT NIGHT!

FIGMENT will be activating the City of Dreams Sculpture Garden and Mini-Golf Course this weekend with FREE music, light art and projections, and performance. Follow this link for the latest on FIGMENT at the New Island Festival: http://figmentnyc.org/newisland.

SATURDAY SEPT. 19th : noon – 11 pm
SPINNER RUNNER CUTTER, hosted by Jason BLAKKAT
The story of the heavy beat in four parts

Chapter One : Roots : DUB then and now, with DJs FURY8 & DRIVER (Outback Nexus) and special guest JOSEPH SWEENY

Chapter Two: The FUTURE of the Heavy Beat, with WARPER, including HEAVYW8BIT CHAMPIONCHIP – Music using Atari2600, Commodore64, Nintendo; ATOM - sonic painting of music, sounds, dialogue, and whatever else ; THE MATERIALIZER - Dance Stomp Rock with Live Bass Looping; !INCLUDE – No respect for Audio Signals; ATTN: – Live Electro Freak Out band

Chapter Three : The Heavy BREAK, with DJs ODI (Digital Konfusion, Konkrete Jungle, Methods NYC), CX KIDTRONIK (Krak Attack, Saul Williams band)

Chapter Four : The Big BOOM, with DJs LENNY DEE (Industrial Strength, Third Movement), MARK VERBOS (Djax-Up-Beats, Drop Bass Network), JASON BLACKKAT (Spinner Runner Cutter, Summer Campers)

With incredible video and arts projects by Conscious Cycle 451, Glass Bead Collective, Chris Jordan, Zuvuya Collective, Low-Key, Jeanne Angel, Ad Hoc Arts, Yung and Simone, Ricardo, and more.

SUNDAY SEPT. 20th :  NOON – 6 pm
UNDERandABOVE PRESENTS: RITME RIVIER
Curated by Rhiannon (Subatomic Sound / Dankfunk Records / UnderandAbove)

A day tracing many of the deepest rhythms inspired by NYC and the Hudson River bioregion, from indigenous to dub to house and old school hip hop, along with live art, green education, and more. On the last day of the New Island Festival and Figment’s NewCity in the City of Dreams, bring your kids, drums, bubbles, and dancing shoes for a day in the park celebrating our artistic and rhythmic heritage and natural resources, which include vast amounts of talent and vision along with the river that gave rise to this creative and economic crossroads.

Featuring Subatomic Sound System (with Rhiannon on vocals and Amon on percussion), a Traditional Lenape Indian Drum and Dance Ceremony, DJ MKL (3 Generations Walking / Spiritual Life Music), DJ Still Life (Sleeping Giant), and Emch (Subatomic Sound), and a surprise SECRET musical guest! PLUS green education, live art, facepainting, performance art among the sculptures including Dream Gathering in Deborah Yoon’s HiveMind sculpture, and much more…

THE NEW ISLAND FESTIVAL
created by Dutch artists 

400 years ago, the Dutch arrived on Governors Island. Through September 20, they’re back, bringing mind-blowing theater, music, and art from The Netherlands. The entire island is the stage for site-specific performances. Visit http://newislandfestival.com for the full program and more info.

FIGMENT is pleased to be a co-presenter of the festival. While some of the performances are free, others will require a modest admission fee. If you’re interested in checking out a number of performances in one day, it’s best to buy a passport. Through FIGMENT, you can get a $35 one-day passport for $28 here: https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/682495/prm/NIFCOPRES

THE ARCHEOLOGICAL DIG
a fascinating archaeological site uncovered last winter during reconstruction on Governors Island.

Join a team of archaeologists and explore the remnants of one of the oldest settlements in New York City. Dating back nearly four centuries, this small village was the only civilian community on the military island. Its few remaining inhabitants were forced to evacuate in the 1950s and the town had since been forgotten, until demolition workers accidentally stumbled onto the site. http://www.newislandfestival.com/event/862/archeological-dig

PIONEERS OF CHANGE
a festival of Dutch design, fashion, and architecture

Also on the island, in eleven houses in Nolan Park, is Pioneers of Change, a festival of Dutch design, fashion and architecture on New York’s Governors Island to celebrate 400 years of Dutch-American friendship. Visitors can listen and debate, watch and participate, relax and think, eat and drink, play their music, be inspired, connect and, simply, enjoy. http://www.pioneersofchange.com/

GOVERNORS ISLAND ART FAIR
presented by 4Heads

The Governors Island Art Fair presented by the 4heads Collective, is a different type of art fair – an event organized entirely by artists. Believing that artists know how their work looks best, the 4heads Collective provides space to independent artists and galleries who may then exhibit their work as they see fit. http://www.4heads.org