Clocktower Productions is a

non-profit A nonprofit organization (NPO) or non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in co ...

art institution working in the visual arts, performance, music, and

radio Radio is the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 30 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transm ...

. It was founded in 1972 as The Clocktower Gallery by

Alanna Heiss Alanna Heiss (born May 13, 1943, in Louisville, Kentucky) is the Founder and Director of Clocktower Productions, a non profit arts organization, online radio station, and program partnership with six cultural institutions in three boroughs in ...

, the Founder and former Director of

MoMA PS1 MoMA PS1 is a contemporary art institution located in Court Square in the Long Island City neighborhood in the borough of Queens, New York City. In addition to its exhibitions, the institution organizes the Sunday Sessions performance series, the ...

(formerly P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center) under the aegis of the Institute for Art and Urban Resources. From 1972 until 2013, the institution operated out of a building at

346 Broadway 108 Leonard, formerly known as 346 Broadway, the New York Life Insurance Company Building, and the Clock Tower Building, is a residential structure in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, United States. Built from 1894 to 189 ...

, between Catherine Lane and Leonard Street, owned by the New York City government in

Tribeca Tribeca (), originally written as TriBeCa, is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan in New York City. Its name is a syllabic abbreviation of "Triangle Below Canal Street". The "triangle" (more accurately a quadrilateral) is bounded by Canal Stre ...

, Manhattan. In 2013, the City of New York sold 346 Broadway to a private developer, and the organization relocated its operations through program partnerships with other arts institutions around the city, including Pioneer Works in

Red Hook, Brooklyn Red Hook is a neighborhood in northwestern Brooklyn, New York City, New York, within the area once known as South Brooklyn. It is located on a peninsula projecting into the Upper New York Bay and is bounded by the Gowanus Expressway and the ...

, Knockdown Center in

Queens Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York. Located on Long Island, it is the largest New York City borough by area. It is bordered by the borough of Brooklyn at the western tip of Long ...

, and

Times Square Times Square is a major commercial intersection, tourist destination, entertainment hub, and neighborhood in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It is formed by the junction of Broadway, Seventh Avenue, and 42nd Street. Together with adjacent ...

Arts, among others.

History

Clocktower Productions is the organization formerly known as The Clocktower Gallery and ARTonAIR.org. Opening in 1972 with inaugural shows. The Clocktower presented work in the visual arts, performance, and music by artists including Gordon Matta-Clark and

Dennis Oppenheim Dennis Oppenheim (September 6, 1938 – January 21, 2011) was an American conceptual artist, performance artist, earth artist, sculptor and photographer. Dennis Oppenheim's early artistic practice is an epistemological questioning about the natu ...

After

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, security procedures in the organization’s City-owned building suspended ongoing activity and exhibitions in the Clocktower. From 2004 until 2008, the Clocktower space operated as a satellite of P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center (now MoMA PS1), housing the headquarters of Art Radio WPS1.org, the museum’s all-art Web-based radio station. In December 2008, Alanna Heiss left P.S.1 and returned to the Clocktower Gallery in order to run the radio station full-time, renaming the organization AIR, Art International Radio. From 2009 until 2013, the Clocktower Gallery produced exhibitions, residencies, and performances by artists including

James Franco James Edward Franco (born April 19, 1978) is an American actor and filmmaker. For his role in '' 127 Hours'' (2010), he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. Franco is known for his roles in films, such as Sam Raimi's ''Spider- ...

, In December 2013, after the sale of the Clocktower Gallery building to a private developer, the organization relocated its offices and activities through a network of program partnerships with other institutions around the city: Pioneer Works in Red Hook, Knockdown Center and Playland Motel in Queens, Times Square Arts, Jones Day, and Red Bull Studios in Manhattan.

Clocktower Radio

The online radio station of Clocktower Productions was founded in 2004 as WPS1.org. In 2009, it was renamed AIR (Art International Radio) after Director

left P.S.1, and in 2014 it was renamed again after Clocktower’s relocation from its City building. The collected online archives at clocktower.org contain over 7,000 programs of interviews, DJ sets, concert recordings, and music surveys covering literary figures, contemporary music, restored historic broadcasts, and artist profiles.

References

External links

Clocktower Productions (formerly The Clocktower Gallery & ARTonAIR.org)MoMA PS1 (formerly P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center)Managed Public Buildings, Clock Tower
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