DURATIONS aims to connect sensation with experience. Presented by Public Records in collaboration with Pioneer Works and Whitney Museum of American Art the festival brings together a diasporic lineup of electronic and experimental artists and guest speakers for a series of live and club performances and presentations that push boundaries in music and philosophy.
Festival FAQs
Festival passes and tickets to individual events are available for purchase by Public Records via Dice. Festival passes will grant attendees access to all shows for $150 + fees, while à la carte tickets grant access to single shows and events.
Durations is co-presented at Public Records, a multifunctional music and social space in Gowanus, Brooklyn, Pioneer Works, a nonprofit cultural arts center in Red Hook, Brooklyn, and the Whitney Museum, a modern and contemporary American art museum located in the Meatpacking District of Manhattan.
Public Records
233 Butler St.Brooklyn, NY 2117
Nearby transit: F/G Bergen St. Station; Atlantic Ave/Barclays Center
Pioneer Works
159 Pioneer Brooklyn NY 11231
Nearby transit: F/G Subway [Smith-9th Street Station] or B61 Bus [King Street stop]
Whitney Museum of American Art99 Gansevoort St, New York, NY 10014
Nearby transit: A/C/E Subway [14th Street Station], 1/2/3 Subway [14th Street Station], L Subway [8th Ave Station]
For this year's festival, Durations presents "In Conversation," a series of philosophical discussions led by acclaimed philosophers, writers, and academics to explore the worlds of thought, magic, technology, and the future.
FRI 11.7 - Join us as we shine light on potential sites of exploration at the interstice of thought and magic with esoteric thinkers Mitch Horowitz [author, historian], Phil Ford [Weird Studies], and Meg Keane [Third Sister Astrology]. Moderated by Meredith Graves.
SAT 11.8 - Philosophical podcast, Acid Horizon, joins the festival for its second year, this time with The New Centre for Research + Practice, with guests Jason Mohoghegh and Reza Negarestani to explore five philosophies of strangeness over our techno-existential future.
Tickets the programs are linked above, as well as included in the festival pass.
Contact hello@publicrecords.nyc for all inquiries and press pass requests.