Head Hi Events + News
Beach Sessions Film Screening
Monday, April 29, 6:30pm
Join us for the premiere screening of Beach Birds, A New Arrangement, a short film documenting the 2023 performance of one of Merce Cunningham’s iconic choreographic works. Originally created in 1991 for an indoor stage setting, this new adaptation of Beach Birds, commissioned and produced by Beach Sessions, was performed by 11 dancers last summer on the shoreline at Rockaway Beach, New York.
Pahua Habita Remixes Record Listening Session
Wednesday, April 17, 6-10pm
Head Hi and New York record label Razor-N-Tape are teaming up to present Pahua, a producer/musician from Mexico City who will be playing tracks from her new album Habita - Remixes released this year by Razor-N-Tape. Records will be available for sale, get your copy signed!
Food will be served by the highly acclaimed Taquería Ramírez, a phenomenal taquería located in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Founder Giovanni C. will be with us providing the authentic flavors from Mexico City paired with refreshments served by Head Hi.
Two fantastic Latino NY DJs will be playing on Head Hi beautiful hi-fi system that includes a pair of vintage La Scala Klipsch-horn speakers and a Taula rotary mixer. Mickey Perez will start off the evening 6-8, followed by the Record Listening with Pahua, and M:sco Disco will close the night. Get ready to immerse yourself in sound and acivate your senses at Head Hi!
Doors open at 6pm.
Food and drinks will be served 6-8pm.
Record Listening starts at 8pm, followed by record signing
while M:sco Disco spins.
Drinks will be served until the event ends at 10pm.
Free with RSVP.
See you then!
Art Applied Inside Outside / Petra Blaisse
Book Launch + Conversation
Monday, March 18, 6:30-8:30pm
Art Applied is a vast and comprehensive survey of the work of Dutch designer and architect Petra Blaisse and her studio Inside Outside, presenting a kaleidoscopic overview of their work across landscape, interior and exhibition design.
Join us and the publisher MACK for an intimate celebration to mark the launch of the book, where Petra Blaisse will be discussing her new retrospective in conversation Cecily Brown, Nicolai Ouroussoff, Fredi Fischli, and Niels Olsen. The conversation will be followed by drinks and a book signing.
So Good Magazine
Issue #2 Launch Celebration
Saturday, March 9, 3-5pm
A publication about sellers, stores & designers. Issue #02 is on New York featuring Head Hi. Come meet the so good founder Tina Lasonidis get your copy of the design issue, strike a conversation & celebrate independent publishing!
Razor N Tape Head Hi
IN THE SHOP
Sunday, March 3, 3-6pm
Join us at our friends' Razor N Tape record shop in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Razor N Tape, a New York based record label with an international following of both DJs and music enthusiasts. They have been releasing beautiful music since 2012! From melodic tunes to bangers shaking dance-floors around the globe. We're thrilled to take part of their IN THE SHOP music series and bring some publications, and have our Head Hi's co-founder M:sco Disco and friend Roman Martinez play records from 3-6pm.
Head Hi also curates a book shelf at the RNT shop where you can find our latest music related titles for sale. Support your small local businesses, the spaces that provide a hub for gatherings to nurture ideas, creativity and music. For those that can't make it to the event, the DJ sets will be live-streamed on the Razor N Tape Mixcloud Stream.
Bé Bếp and Kim Anh After Dark Remixed
Thursday, February 29, 6-10pm
We’re teaming up with incredible chef Phoebe Tran, founder of Bé Bếp, and New York-based DJ and producer Kim Anh, a staple of the queer dance music underground for over a decade, to present a night of cuisine and listening on the occasion of Kim Anh’s newest album release, ‘After Dark EP’ launched by her very own Can U Not Talk Records and available for sale at the event. This event is co-produced by artist and designer Tina Snow Le.
Food available from 6-9pm
Listening session starts at 8:30pm
RSVP Required
See you there!
Available Works Book Fair
February 9 - 11, 2024
Available Works is a fair for books—and more. Join us and over 30 vendors from February 9-11 at 161 Water Street in NYC.
Opening Party: 2/9, 6-9pm
Book Fair: 2/10-2/11, 12-6pm
Hope to see you there!
Book Clubbing at Nightmoves
Sunday, January 28, 9pm-2am
Head Hi is proud to present Book Clubbing the party! Our fifth year anniversary celebration at Nightmoves was so much fun that we're going back for more! Sunday, January 28. 9pm - 2am. Free. 21+
As many of you know, Head Hi is not your typical book shop. Music is an integral part of the Head Hi community and our contemporary book events are notable for both the publications we discuss as well as the incredible diversity of guests that join us. What we create are very memorable and, perhaps, transformative communal experiences. We're serious folks that love art and design publications, but we also like to throw parties and celebrate! So why not combine the two into a new type of experience!
Come discover Book Clubbing. M:sco Disco will take us on a musical journey joined by guest DJ JSoultrain. Bring that HHi-Energy & good vibes. Explore the cozy reading nook. Meet a Book Babe. Grab a delicious drink from the friendly bartender. Please no phones and no talking on the dancefloor, be in the moment with the music. Enjoy one of the best sound systems in NYC.
See you there, we're going Book Clubbing!
Let's Talk About Retreat
Wednesday, January 24, 6-8pm
Landscapes of Retreat are portraits of climate adaptation. Retreat is found in the land that is left behind as settlement patterns shift due to a changing climate. The term landscape refers to the earth animated by the aliveness of creatures and organisms, and the term retreat suggests that human patterns are not fixed but might also be enlivened. Taken together, the stories in this book suggest that communities are more likely to adapt to change when the landscape is appreciated, so that retreat can be valued. The results cutacross history, fieldwork, citizenship, and geography in order to rethink and rework “change” as a means toward shared climate futures.
Participating in the discussion:
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Rosetta S. Elkin, author of Landscapes of Retreat and landscape architect dedicated to expanding the relationship between people and plants. She is the Principle of Practice Landscape, academic director of Pratt Institute’s School of Architecture Master’s in Landscape Architecture (MLA) program.
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Matthew Battles, writer, artist, and editor of Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum magazine, Arnoldia.
Head Hi Reading Materials Pop-Up
Assembly New York
Sunday, January 21, 2-7pm
Head Hi is pleased to announce our next Reading Materials pop-up in Manhattan at Assembly New York in the Lower East Side Sunday, January 21st 2-7pm.
Founded in 2008, Assembly New York has been a destination, forward thinking retail environment and eponymous modern fashion collection for men, women & everyone. They focus on international independent or rare designers who maintain an emphasis on craft and design as an ethos, regardless of trend. Their approach resonates with what Head Hi does in our selection of reading materials and we’re super excited to invite you to our happening with them next week.
Thanks to Ale, Greg & the Assembly team for opening their doors (and hearts) to us. We’re looking forward to this, see you there!
Head Hi Offsite - 2023 Holiday Markets
December 10 - 17
Join us across the city as we pop up at various holiday markets initiated by independent businesses. Great gifts and amazing people involved. We will have books and wares at all. See images above for dates, times and locations. Happy holidays to all!
Books, Records, HiFi
Saturday, December 9, 4-8pm
We’re thrilled to invite you to this fun event with some of our favorite Brooklyn record shops: SECOND HAND RECORDS in Bushwick, RECORD CITY in Lefferts Gardens & 360 RECORD SHOP in Red Hook. They’re bringing a special vinyl selection for sale & will be spinning tunes on our Klipsch sound system 4-8pm.
Plus, we'll have a fabulous selection of HHi books & other surprise objects will be for sale. Whether you’re new or an expert collector we sure have something for everyone! Come discover 4 amazing shops in one place, music is going to be pumpin, drinks will be served & our bodies will be grooving to the beat.
Shop Brooklyn Smalls is our initiative to highlight other wonderful small businesses in Brooklyn that provide a space for culture, music & much needed connection with others IRL. Alternative spaces such as ours (book shops & record stores) are fundamental part of our city vibrancy, but it is extremely hard to keep open in NYC due to the increasing cost of rent, shipping, taxes, and all sorts of bills… forget about profitability! When you shop local, you’re supporting our community, you’re a patron of the arts, music & culture. You help us continue keep our doors open inspiring many people. Thank you!
Head Hi at Second Hand Records
November 25, 3-7pm
On Saturday, Nov. 25, we’ll be at our friend’s cool space Secondhand Records, a Bushwick based record store. We'll be selling books, serving cozy drinks & spinning records on their fabulous Hi-Fi sound system. Come discover another great small business with lots of new releases & classics on vinyl. Books & records, one cannot have enough!
This is a two part series, next week is part two, stay tuned.
Head Hi 5 Year Anniversary!
November 19, 7pm - Late
Yes, we made it through another year, and we want to celebrate with all of you! Mark your calendars for Sunday, November 19. We will be at Nightmoves (Williamsburg) with a great DJ line-up including Head Hi fam members Butter, PK.KID, Dirtyfinger, Shawn Dub, Sasha Crush, & M:sco Disco on a Hi-Fi sound system & fun dance floor.
AS OF SAT 11/18, WE ARE NOW AT CAPACITY AND HAVE CLOSED THE RSVP LIST.
THANK YOU FOR THE HUGE RESPONSE!
LITT Magazine Launch
November 11, 3-5pm
We are excited to host the launch of the inaugural issue of LITT Magazine. Conceived and created in Callicoon, New York, made by amigas Mariana Barrera Pieck and Anais La Rocca, and designed and art directed by Pablo Delcan, this biannual literary magazine highlights the work of writers and artists based in the upstate region.
Come by to get your copy, grab a drink, and celebrate on Saturday, Nov. 11 from 3-5pm. See you there.
Giovanna Silva: Three Cities, Three Books (& A Film)
November 1, 6-8pm
We have long followed the work of photographer Giovanna Silva, an Italian photographer and bibliophile, and are pleased to present an evening program featuring three of her latest architectural photography books on three Italian cities:
Silva will present three titles from her journeys through Italy:
City, I Listen to Your Heart – Milan;
Black Coffee No Sugar. Genoa;
and the newly released Napoli
Join us for this special evening, get your books signed by Giovanna and catch the New York premier of Desertions, a short documentary film of an American road trip with renowned Italian designer Enzo Mari. Wednesday, Nov. 1, 6-8pm. Film will start at 7:30pm.
Field Guide to the Future
Emerging Ecologies Book Launch + Talk
Wednesday, October 25, 6:30pm
Join us for a discussion on architecture's ecological histories, presents, and possible futures, as well as the launch of Emerging Ecologies: Architecture and the Rise of Environmentalism, the newly published book and catalog by authors and curators Carson Chan and Matthew Wagstaffe made to accompany the first expansive survey of the history of environmental thinking in architecture currently at the Museum of Modern Art.
Participating in the discussion:
Carson Chan, Director of the Emilio Ambasz Institute, MoMA
Matthew Wagstaffe, Research Assistant at the Emilio Ambasz Institute, MoMA
Co-hosted by Head Hi and New York Review of Architecure
Head Hi Book Kiosk at the
2023 Architecture & Design Film Festival
October 12-14
The Head Hi Book Kiosk is back again for this year's Architecture & Design Film Festival from October 12-14! Join us at Angelika Cinemas in the East Village for one of our favorite annual events. We made a special selection of books based on this year's film topics including artificial forests, Soviet bus stops, countryside architecture, 1960's Italy, Women architects, health buildings and much, much more.
Learn more about the Head Hi Book Kiosk here and click below to check out the films. Use code HEADHI upon check out for a discount : )
Gui Marcondes Photo Book Launch
Wed Oct 12, 6-8pm
I know I exist because you imagine me explores the idea of the dissolution of the self and the collective unconscious. The atmospheric narrative invokes the experience of a transitional event. It is about life in the afterglow of a world that no longer exists—a last glimpse fading away from your vision, distorted through the lens of the media-scape that immerses us. The book has two main influences: post-war Japanese photography and late 70's post-punk culture. In both cases, they are a reaction to traumatic events.
Gui Marcondes is a visual artist from Brazil, living between New York and São Paulo. I know I exist because you imagine me is published by Nearest Truth Editions.
Brotherland Book Launch
Thursday, October 5, 6-8pm
Brotherland, a new photography book by Ben Sklar, is an examination of masculinity and male relationships through the lens of an isolated group of men living in an unidentified location. The subjective documentary style of the work asks viewers to question the ideals, traditions and framework of raising boys in the United States. It holds up a critical mirror to what defines a man asking for self awareness and reflection. In correspondence with the physicality of the imagery, viewers must physically re-orient the book from horizontal to vertical while engaging. The work includes 16 essays and 35 duotone photographs bound with a double clove-hitch tied cord. Each book has its own unique hand screen printed 4-flap canvas case showing a wave under full moonlight and is supported with a printed hard backing board.
Sklar has photographed for the New York Times and been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, He has recently expanded his practice into hand painting, bookmaking, gallery exhibitions, creative writing, apparel making, motion filming, and mixed media work. He will graduate from the University of Hartford international low residency Masters of Fine Art program in 2024.
Join us for the launch, get your book signed, and check out a corresponding series of prints!
Temperatures Contemporary Ceramics
Magazine Launch
Wednesday, Oct 4, 6-8pm
Let's celebrate the latest issue of TEMPERATURES, a contemporary ceramics magazine and occasional publication about artists using clay. TEMPERATURES Vol. 3 features Espalier, a series of ceramic works made by Rocio Olivares in 2021. Designed to resemble a seed catalog, this publication reimagines her work as part of a multi-level-marketing scheme, a social phenomenon that was very visible to her in Santiago during the pandemic lockdowns.
Together Apart Book Launch
Saturday, September 16, 4-6pm
Together Apart Book Launch
by the Ritsch Sisters
Saturday September 16, 4-6pm
Published by POOL publishing, Berlin.
Join us to celebrate this gorgeous book, meet the photographers Anna + Maria Ritsch, and get your book signed! A special limited edition of photo prints from the publication will also be shown and available for sale.
Together Apart is an ongoing series of new photography that reflects the ever-changing nature of our society. The Ritsch sisters started working together while living apart, Anna in New York and Maria in Vienna. The essence of the series lies in the development of a method that revolves around duality and dialogue showing intimate portrayals of the experience of photographing together despite being physically separated. Their shared upbringing forms the foundation of their collaborative photographic and artistic practice unveiling the layers of their interconnected lives, visually narrating tales of growth, introspection, sisterhood, conscious and subconscious connections, intuition and gender dynamics.
We’re looking forward to seeing you all at Head Hi as we resume our cultural programs with this fantastic book-launch exhibition!
Listening Session - Open Decks
Saturday, August 26, 12-5pm
BYOVinyl records and play 3 songs on our beautiful vintage Klipsch La Scala speakers in celebration of Hip Hop’s 50th anniversary.
Jazz, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Latin rhythms, R&B, Electronic, Afrobeat or whatever rarities you may find in your record collection that traces to the invention of Hip Hop
back in the 70s in the Bronx, NYC 🎶🔊🗽
Delicious Churros freshly made on site 3-5pm. Yes yes yo… let’s have a p-a-r-ty!
Head Hi is NY’s only indie bookshop / gallery specialized in art, design & architecture books with a Hi-Fi sound system + a espresso bar. Come join us!
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This Listening Session is a moment to share music we love, feel the energy of what we hear & let the vibrations run through our bodies. It’s not a DJ set, anyone can participate, no beat-matching or mixing is required, just put the needle on the record and let it playyy…
Head Hi Book Kiosk at NADA FORELAND
July 21-23, 2023, 11am-6pm
For all our upstate friends and followers, catch us July 21-23 at this year’s expanded edition of NADA Foreland located in Catskill, NY which will feature over 40 participating galleries and over 60 exhibiting artists in a collaborative exhibition cascading through the historic building and waterfront; a community market featuring books by yours truly, art objects and more; a selection of premier food by Lil Debs Oasis (a Head Hi fave), and beverage vendors across our sprawling waterfront lawn; and robust series of live music, discussions, guided tours, and other performances throughout the weekend. Click button below for more info and full schedule of events.
SUMMER SHORTS
an evening of short surf films, food, drinks & DJs
July 15, 6-11pm
We're pleased to announce Summer Shorts as part of the Head Hi Summer 2023 season of cultural programming and are excited to bring it back to the Rockaways (where Head Hi began in an un-used garage space in 2017). Join us for an evening of short surf films, food, drinks & DJs at the Arverne Cinema, a wonderful outdoor space by the Jamaica Bay, in Rockaway Queens, NYC.
The independent films we selected showcase the raddest surfing by the best and stylish free-riders of our time including: In Search of Balance by Alex Partick, México; The Rolling East by Benjamin Potter, US; Natural High by Jack Coleman, Australia + US; and A New Wave by Sandra Winther Denmark + South Africa.
Click below for more info on the films, tickets, djs, location and food. Sea you there!
Universal Lessons Weekender at Glen Falls House
June 30 - July 2, 2023
We'll be selling books at another year of Good Room's 'Summer Of Joy' at their sister hotel in the Catskills, Glen Falls House! This is a magical weekend of nature, poolside chilling and music curated by Love Injection and Musclecars. The event is free to attend, however you can help support the featured Djs by picking up a suggested donation ticket here. Rooms are very limited and you can only reserve via this link.
This year's Universal Lessons weekender will feature:
~ 3 nights of parties in the tavern: Friday BDA with Toribio & Photay, Saturday Coloring Lessons with Musclecars, Sunday Universal Love with Love Injection
~ Daytime poolside sets by Beewack, Butter, Dope Jams, Honey Bun, Lovie, Marco Weibel, Sweet Kicks, Peer Pressure
~ Books and wares by Head Hi!!
~ Records by The Mixtape Shop
~ Merch and more
Sounds of Sunshine
in Celebration of the 2023 Summer Solstice
June 21, 6-10pm
Join the 2023 Summer Solstice celebration with Head Hi at Ace Hotel Brooklyn. Sounds of Sunshine provided by Hyanna, DJ Bianca and Mösco Disco mixing beats that will make us all shake and sweat as we’ll be dancing closer to the sun.
For this shiny occasion, we invite guests to wear yellow, white or gold.
PUBLIC ACCESS Exhibition for NYCxDesign
May 18 - June 3, 2023
Furnishing Utopia returns to NYCxDesign this May, 2023 to pose a foundational question to the design world: How can we expand our creative practices through acts of care and empathy? This debut installment of ‘PUBLIC ACCESS’ features works from 37 international designers, from 19 cities, 12 countries exploring ways in which design can inspire communal acts of sharing. The resulting work is an evolving array of offerings designed and built in situ - some sharing community resources, some connecting with nature, or others igniting a sense of wonderment. All respond to their unique locations with an invitation for the public to engage freely.
The two-part exhibition of PUBLIC ACCESS will be showcased at two distinct locations by the Brooklyn Navy Yard neighborhood. Head Hi is the first location where we will serve as the hub showing all 37 PUBLIC ACCESS projects photo-documented in their chosen environment from various parts of the world. The visual exhibit will be displayed alongside reference materials and open source instructions, as well as a curation of related books for viewers to congregate and take part in engaging programming of talks and events. The second location is the Naval Cemetery Landscape in Brooklyn Navy Yard, a 200-year-old historical site that serves as a sacred grove and a memorial meadow for public use.
Accompanying the exhibition, we are hosting two events with curator Jean Lee (Ladies & Gentlemen Studio). Click below for more info and to sign up. See you there!
Apartamento + Misha Kahn Book Launch
Saturday, May 13, 3-5pm
Apartamento Magazine & Head Hi are delighted to present an exhibition of works by artist Misha Kahn who’s featured in the new issue of the magazine & has a new book out!
Following on from his expo at Milan Design Week, Misha has made a limited edition of dust jackets to be shown back home in New York City, and to continue celebrating his brand-new book, Casually Sauntering the Perimeter of Now! This collection experiments with even more techniques and materials-casting, carving, sewing, and welding, to create dust jackets in resin, wood, fabric, metal, and more.
Join us this Saturday for drinks, music by Head Hi, lots of goodies, books and the exclusive opportunity to get your hands on a Misha sculpture! May 13th 3-5pm.
A selection of books & publications by Apartamento will be available exclusively at HHi, perfect to build your collection!
Head Hi at the ICP Photobook Fest
Saturday - Sunday, May 13 - 14
Pratt University's Other Islands Book Fair
Saturday - Sunday, April 1-2, 12-6pm
Dope from Hope Fundraiser
Tuesday, Feb 7, 7-9pm
Join us for the New York Dope From Hope Book Kickstarter Campaign launch event.
Dope from Hope is a collection of influential cult audio papers authored by Paul W. Klipsch dating back to 1960. The name refers to the town of Hope, Arkansas where Paul lived, founded the company, and where the Klipsch Heritage family of speakers are still produced today. We are setting out to independently publish the first-ever full collection in book form exclusively via Kickstarter.
This edition of the Dope From Hope book will only be available for preorder on Kickstarter from January 31 through March 2, 2023.
These papers, originally intended for insiders like dealers and Klipsch-owners, deserve a wider audience. PWK’s honest, plain language and sharp wit will be inspiring to the next generation of audio enthusiasts. For the well acquainted, these historic documents scanned in high resolution in all of their original glory make a must-have for the Klipsch fans collection.
The campaign is being run by Barbie Bertisch and Paul Raffaele, founders of Love Injection Fanzine & Records, DJs, producers, audio enthusiasts, and archivists residing in New York City. The project wouldn’t be possible without the guidance and support of Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy and the Klipsch Museum of Audio History, especially Jim Hunter, Matt Sommers, Richard Groves, Travis Williamson and the Museum board.
Digesting Metabolism Book Conversation
Thursday, Feb 2 6:30pm
Come celebrate and learn more about the new book Digesting Metabolism: Artificial Land in Japan 1954–2202. We are hosting a book talk on Thursday February 2 at 6:30pm with New York Review of Architecture in person at the shop in Brooklyn and on zoom. Please join author Casey Mack, and discussants Ken Oshima, Daniel Abramson and Nader Vossoughian to discuss artificial land, flexibility, housing, polyvalency, obsolescence and metabolism in Japan.
“Artificial land,” a term first coined by Le Corbusier, is one of those pivotal concepts in architecture known by just about nobody. Long buried by the term “megastructure” that it inspired, artificial land joins the individual and collective, envisioning housing as stacked platforms of plots for building freestanding homes of all variety.
How can housing better meet people’s diverse and changing needs? Moving away from the focus on capsule architecture that dominates so many studies of Japan’s Metabolist architects, Digesting Metabolism investigates artificial land's impact on Japanese housing.
Also! To help raise some money to support the event - and give people an opportunity to spend time with the speakers - for $30 you can join us at Head Hi afterwards for dinner: pizza and wine.
Razor N Tape Head Hi Take Over
Sunday, January 22, 2-6pm
Join us for a day of music, books and delicious coffee at our friends' Razor N Tape record shop in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Razor N Tape is a New York based record label with an international following of both disc jockeys and music enthusiasts. They have been releasing beautiful music since 2012! From melodic tunes to bangers shaking dance-floors around the globe. We're thrilled to take part of their IN THE SHOP music series and bring some publications, make pour-over coffee and have our Head Hi friends PK.Kid, Butter, Mösco, Dominika Mazurová and KG play records from 2-6pm.
Come enjoy our friends' DJ sets, browse through the book selection, Razor N Tape records + merch and enjoy our delicious coffee! Event is all ages & free. Support your small local businesses, the spaces that provide a hub for gatherings to nurture ideas, creativity and music.
For those that can't make it to the event, the DJ sets will be live-streamed on the Razor N Tape Mixcloud Stream and Head Hi will be curating a rotating selection of books for RNT shop shelves, stay tuned for more.
Balcony Magazine Issue 3 Release Party
Saturday, January 21, 3-6pm
Balcony is a bi-annual collection of conversations with artists situated in the everyday. Each issue contains a selection of dialogues as well as visual stories and original artworks. Sidestepping conventions of both art criticism and the artist profile, Balcony presents the artist’s voice as its primary source, blurring the boundaries between the art world and the everyday. Founded in 2020 by Head Hi friends Audrey Rose Smith and Vicente Muñoz, Balcony elevates the quotidian over the monumental to put forward a new voice in art journalism.
Join us for the release celebration with drinks and churros next weekend!
Book Talk with NYRA
Wednesday, January 11 6:30pm
Who are publicists, what do they do, and where did they come from? Is a famous architect a good architect? Is a good architect famous? Should there be a line between the personal and the professional?
Join us together with New York Review Architecture and publicist Elizabeth Kubany with author and Head Hi regular Eva Hagberg speaking on her new book, "When Eero Met His Match," a biography of Aline Louchheim Saarinen and her story as architecture's first publicist.
Please join us to discuss love, narrative and architecture. Doors will open at 6:30pm, the talk will begin at 7:00pm.
The Daily Mirror 1976/2022
Tuesday, December 13, 7:30pm
Head Hi is thrilled to present a live performance at Ace Hotel Brooklyn featuring the choreography of Wendy Perron and Morgan Griffin with film and photography by Babette Mangolte. Join us for this event, a collaboration developed over the past year, followed by drinks and music by Beewack in the lounge.
In 1976, downtown New York dancer/choreographer Wendy Perron began an accumulating project, creating movement every day that reflected the interior and exterior landscape of that day. She titled it The Daily Mirror. In 2021, upon recently uncovering the only documentation of this practice, five pages of photos by French cinematographer Babette Mangolte, Perron asked dancer Morgan Griffin to re-create the work with these images as source material and provide it a new life through another dancing body. As intended, the work will be passed on to this next generation and the living archive continued through Mangolte’s photographic documentation.
A limited-edition artist book has been published for the occasion and will be available for purchase at the event. Please purchase tickets in advance as they are very limited and we expect to sell out.
Stephen Burks Shelter in Place Book Launch
Thursday, December 8, 6-8pm
We are thrilled to host the launch party and signing for the new book by Stephen Burks Man Made! This book is both a mid-career survey and catalogue to Burks' current exhibition at the High Museum in Atlanta. It presents the last decade of his studio's professional practice alongside new expressions of radical domesticity through craft and reflections on being an African American industrial designer. Through essays, photographs, and a conversation with the late cultural critic bell hooks, this book contextualizes Burks’ wide-ranging work while exploring design’s influence on politics, society, and culture. Stephen and his team happen to be our Navy Yard neighbors. Join all of us to celebrate with drinks and get your book signed!
Chicago native, Stephen Burks is one of the most recognized American industrial designers of his generation. He has worked as a product development consultant in close collaboration with artisans and craftspeople in over ten countries on six continents. Stephen and his Brooklyn-based studio Stephen Burks Man Made have been commissioned by many of the world’s leading design-driven brands to develop collections that engage hand production as a strategy for innovation including Cappellini, Dedon, Mass Design Group, Missoni, & Roche Bobois. His work has been exhibited internationally, including the Studio Museum in Harlem, the High Museum of Art, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Stephen is the only African-American to win the Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt National Design Award in Product Design and the only industrial designer to be awarded the prestigious Loeb Fellowship at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.
Every Pill I Took, Michael Lorenzini
Saturday, November 19, 4-7pm
Saturday, Nov. 19th, take a trip back a couple decades as we celebrate a book documenting the design of pills. They are of course not just any pills, as discussed in the book by the photographer Michael Lorenzini and cultural critic Carlo McCormick.
For the event, Carlo will be doing a live reading. Limited edition prints will be available and rumor has it DB will be spinning some tracks in the spirit of the book, too ;) Join us!
Dark Moon 1961: An Expired Archive
Wednesday, November 2, 6-8pm
Dark Moon 1961: An Expired Archive comprises 31 photographs of the far side of the moon. The images are facsimile reproductions of actual photographs printed traditionally on Kodak Kodabromide E-2 paper (Batch 11807-1041) that expired from recommended usage in February 1961.
The first human-made images of the far side of the moon were produced in 1968, when the Apollo 8 astronauts orbited the moon for the first time. Since the far side of the moon is locked in synchronous orbit with Earth, no one could have seen or photographed it before the Apollo 8 mission. This means the photographs represented in this book are, in essence, impossible artifacts.
Photography has long been a tool we use to understand the visible universe and create a record of time. We trust photographs because we understand the process. When that process is upended, we start to question not only the images, but what they represent.
Mother Tongue Magazine Issue 3 Launch Party
Thursday, October 27, 6-9pm
We are thrilled to host the Mother Tongue Issue 3 Launch Party! Mother Tongue is a biannual print magazine that interrogates (and celebrates) modern motherhood through inclusive stories about art, sex, pop culture, politics, food and a few things in between. It’s not about kids or how to parent them: it’s about the nuanced lives we are living—as mothers, and much more.
The evening festivities include a video installation by artist Aki Goto featured in this issue, delicious drinks, snacks and a big toast to the remarkable co-founders and contributors of this important, refreshing and very contemporary publication. Join us!
SOLITAIRE Book Launch & Exhibition
Saturday, October 22, 3-5pm
Join us this Saturday afternoon to celebrate the release of SOLITAIRE, a new book featuring the work of Henri Paul Broyard, a New York based painter who splits his time between Canaan and Brooklyn. His work, often of colorful still life settings, is informed by a combination of his own images, collected photos and personal memories from his upbringing in South Central, Los Angeles and daily encounters in New York.
Published by Last & Least Studio, SOLITAIRE is Broyard’s first publication, a limited edition of 250, and focuses on recent work accompanied by small reference paintings and photography, a selection of which will be for sale at Head Hi for the launch! Congrats and thank you to our friend Matt Borgia for partnering with us on this.
Desired Landscapes Walking Tour
Saturday, October 15, 12-2pm
Come wander with us!! When we first opened Head Hi, we set out to carry international publications featuring the most contemporary conversations on art, design and photography and discovered Desired Landscapes, an annual magazine published out of Athens, Greece. This pocket-sized magazine reading into a diverse mix of cities explores the sense of place through visual culture. A collection of person-to-place bonds, critical texts, archival material, maps and poetic snapshots, all seen through the eyes of people shaping today's cities.
We are thrilled that after four years of keeping in touch across the pond, the Editor-in-Chief Natassa Pappa is coming to New York! On Saturday, October 15th we will host a presentation of the magazine and a special neighborhood walking tour designed by Pappa herself.
Join us for this free program, RSVP below. We will meet at Head Hi at noon. Various Desired Landscapes publications will be available onsite for purchase.
Head Hi Book Kiosk at the
2022 Architecture & Design Film Festival
Sept. 28 - Oct. 2
The Head Hi Book Kiosk is BACK from September 28 - October 2! Join us at Cinépolis Cinemas in Chelsea for the Architecture & Design Film Festival. This is one of our favorite annual events with its return to in-person film screenings. We have made a special selection of books based on this year's film topics including eco-friendly fashion, segregation in design, modern Athens, Mexican concrete architecture, Danish porcelain, Finnish textiles, architectural photography and much, much more. Learn more about the Head Hi Book Kiosk here and click below to check out the films.
POSTPONED
Book Talk with NYRA
Wednesday, Sept 21 6:30pm
Due to unforeseen circumstances, one of our speakers is not able to come tonight so we are postponing our previously scheduled book talk. Will keep you all posted with a new date soon. Apologies for any inconvenience and you can still get a copy of this amazing book at the shop or on our webshop here!
SUMMER IS MY FAVORITE FLAVOR Launch Party
Saturday, Sept 10 3-6pm
IS MY FAVORITE FLAVOR is a new quarterly food zine by Olivia Sammons. For the first edition, titled SUMMER! IS MY FAVORITE FLAVOR, creator Olivia Sammons captures the fleeting bounty of summer and all its magic. In this self-published, lo-fi magazine, Sammons celebrates the poetry of food, friends, beauty and love. With every launch, Sammons will debut a limited-edition t-shirt from which all of the profits will be donated to an organization working in the realm of food insecurity and the climate. The SUMMER! issue honors the efforts and success of One Love Community Fridge. Food can be poetry and a powerful conduit for connection, nourishment and love.
EMOCEAN Magazine Issue 3 Launch Party Weekend
Friday, Aug 12 6-9pm & Saturday, Aug 13 in Rockaway
Launch party at HHi Friday 8/12
Refreshing drinks, Justus Dj & surfy beach vibes 🌊
6-9pm. Free. 146 Flushing Ave Brooklyn
Then, Saturday 8/13 we’ll hang in the Rockaways!
At Beach 90 3-6pm 🏖 Followed by a dance party at the Moon Lot at 189 Beach 96. Join us for drinks, Thai food & music by Head Hi 🎶 6:00-10:30pm.
Co-Hosted by Emocean & Locus of Occult.
Both events are free & open to everyone 🌈
Join the summer fun!
It is our pleasure to host the upcoming release party for EMOCEAN Issue 3 "Connection" August 12,
6 - 9pm at our new location, 146 Flushing Ave. Join us to celebrate this fantastic publication founded by Thembi Hanify and Mariah Ernst, who are bringing a fresh perspective and more inclusive representation to surfing. Sounds by Justus (live DJ Set).
Issue 3 includes contributors Ryan Struck, Nicol Rodriguez Chaves, Thalia Forbes, Brie Lakin, Soraya Simi, Joanie Cappetta, Elizabeth Sine, Margaret Seelie and Chelsea Slater. Featuring conversations with Saada Ahmed & Gage Crismond, Puerto Rico Locals (non male), free surfer Holly Wawn, Selema Maseleka, Art by Scott Massey, Otis Hope Carey, a fantastic story about the recording of Humpback Whales, and lots of radness.
Come celebrate Ace Hotel Brooklyn's One Year
Saturday, July 23 12-4pm
Come join us at our neighborhood hotel Ace Hotel Brooklyn as they celebrate their first year anniversary! Head Hi has teamed up with The Mixtape Club to bring you some fabulous NYC Djs throughout the day including DJ Mihoko, Mister Cam-Run and Love Injection. Dance, eat and shop books, records, flowers and textiles with the community.
First Book Launch at Our New Location
Friday, July 15th 6-8pm
In the United States, there are many cities called Rome. These pictures document the photographer’s journey from Rome to Rome across North America. Fueled by a curiosity for these parallel ‘eternal’ cities, this body of work subtly mixes genres. Here, the American road trip meets the postcards of imperial Rome. Both subjects have been overly photographed; with their essence exhausted by representation, the allure of the American Dream and a never-ending fascination with the remnants of history. Join us to celebrate the launch of this beautiful publication and the New York introduction Veii, a new not-for-profit publishing imprint established in Rome in 2020.
Good Room Summer of Joy July 4th Weekender
with our friends Love Injection & Musclecars
Good Room's 'Summer Of Joy' series is back at their sister hotel in the Catskills, Glen Falls House! A full weekend of festivities with swimming, hiking, campfires, and music curated by Love Injection and Musclecars. The event is free to attend, however you can help support the artists playing by picking up a suggested donation ticket here. Rooms are very limited and you can only reserve via this link.
This year's Universal Lessons weekender will feature:
~ 3 nights of parties in the tavern: Friday @bringdatassbda with @toribious_monk, @beewack and @lovie.world / Saturday #universallove with @loveinjection.nyc / Sunday @coloringlessons with @musclecars.nyc
~ Daytime poolside sets by @marcoweibel, @thatmattjacobs, @misschiefcollective, @shawndub365 B2B Butter, @sweetkicksnyc
~ Live performances by @photay and @magnoliarocketship
~ Books and wares by Head Hi!!
~ Records by @the_mixtape_shop @humanheadnyc
~ Custom earplug fittings by @crystal__guardian
~ Yoga & meditation by @spiritsup215
~ Beverages by @matchabar
~ Merch and more
Launch Party for New Book by Photographer Rich Gilligan
Friday June 3rd, 7-9pm
All Sorts of Impossible Things is a personal body of work exploring the static hum and unique rhythm of everyday life in the city of Newburgh, New York. These photographs are an observation of the collective anxiety of a city caught between a wave of intense regeneration and a long history of economic struggle. Gilligan’s almost forensic and fictional approach creates an ambiguous space where the viewer is left to navigate their own personal journey through a landscape of uncertainty and confusion. This sense of disorientation and fleeting physical beauty produces an atmosphere that is as familiar and comforting as it is out of reach.
Photographer Rich Gilligan began his career photographing skateboarding in his hometown of Dublin, Ireland. These roots set the groundwork for his loose, documentary approach. He began making his own zines as a teenager and worked as a skate photographer for a variety of publications worldwide. His images are often elegant and uncluttered, yet energetic and raw, stripping away the facade and capturing real and intimate moments with his subjects and their environments. He now shoots a wide range of commissioned projects worldwide while continuing to pursue his personal work. Rich has had solo exhibitions in Belfast, Melbourne, Switzerland, Inis Oirr, Kilkenny, Galway, Munich, Dusseldorf, London, Dublin. Previous photographic publications include Time/Line (Self Published) 2008, DIY (1980 Editions) 2012, Rituals (AAD) 2014, Burnside (Driftwood) 2014, DIY (Prestel) 2014, Town (The Salvage Press) 2018 and Collapsing Distance (South Wind Blows) 2021. He is currently based in Wicklow, Ireland.
NYC Design Week Event
Take a Seat is an exhibition of furniture and objects by emerging designer Brianna Nichole Love. Inspired by historic hair combs from cultures across Africa, each chair is distinct in design but is connected to the rest of the collection through the repetition of shape and motifs, creating a collection of cousins instead of twins or siblings. The chairs shown draw inspiration primarily from combs made by the Benin and Ashanti people of Nigeria and Ghana, and the care cultivated in designing something so ornate for the maintenance of oneself.
The designer, originally from San Antonio TX, and based in NYC, was inspired by her grandmother’s den which is filled with souvenirs from her travels in West Africa and served as a way for her to connect to an ancestral home. This collection serves as a love letter to her late grandmother as well as a conversation between the artworks and sculptures in her home and in museums. Currently, three of twelve chairs have been made and will be on view together with the research and drawings by the designer along with a selection of books curated by Head Hi on the key topics in Love's work.
Brianna Nichole Love is an emerging furniture designer. Having always loved designing furniture because of the scale and freedom she decided to launch her own company fern to be an exploration and experiment in form and materiality. In addition to running fern she is enrolled in the Masters of Architecture program at GSAPP. She studied Architecture and applied environmental science at Wellesley College.
Join us! Many thanks to NYCxDesign for including Take a Seat as an event promoting diversity and inclusivity within the design sector and organized by minority-owned businesses.
Head Hi & NYRA Book Launch
We are thrilled to be launching The People’s Trust, a study of the changing financial institution, specifically the repurposed remains of 19th and 20th century banks across the United States. The monumentality of these neo-classical facades stands in contrast with their new roles as liquor stores, pawn shops, churches, department stores and pharmacies. The work is in keeping with photographer Michael Vahrenwald’s investigation of locations where landscape, politics, and economics intersect, and poses questions as to what value can be derived from photographing the built world. In the case of ‘The People’s Trust,’ layers of history and time are inscribed onto false fronts of capitalistic glory. This book includes an essay by Wolfgang Scheppe and a poem by Richard Brautigan.
For the launch we, together with one of our fave publications New York Review of Architecture, will host a brief conversation with Vahrenwald (the photographer), Christopher Neville (a historical preservation expert), and Marianela D'Aprile (NYRA's new Deputy Editor). Starts at 7pm in our outdoor terrace. Join us!
Dobbin Street Music Fair
Join us and 30+ vendors selling all audio formats including LPs, 45s, CDs, Cassette and VHS Tapes, Audio Electronics, Instruments, Books, Memorabilia, Ephemera and more!
Live DJs sets throughout the day from Sasha Crush, Warrior Prince, Palto Flats, Casey Block, DJ Smaoke and Range Music NYC + 3,000 sq ft roof terrace for all your dancing needs.
Cuisine by La Sandwicherie and OF COURSE coffee, tea and books by Head Hi!
Dobbin Street is located in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Flyer by Allison Busch.
Head Hi Presents: ON
A collection of innovative lamps on view at the
Ace Hotel New York Gallery and Lounge
Head Hi presents: ON, a collection of innovative lamps on view at the Ace Hotel New York
Head Hi presents: ON, a collection of innovative lamps on view at the Ace Hotel New York
Head Hi presents: ON, a collection of innovative lamps on view at the Ace Hotel New York
RECEPTION PARTY:
Thursday, April 14, 2022, 7-10pm
ON VIEW:
April 5-29, 2022
ON is an exhibition of 28 unique lamps, each made by a different designer, curated by Head Hi, a Brooklyn based hybrid bookshop and arts space. The show’s lighted objects have been selected from an international open call. Each year since 2019, Head Hi hosts a Lamp Show which celebrates collective participation and experimentation with light, design, and materials. This year, having received over 100 submissions from around the world, Head Hi has made a special selection from the submissions to display at the Ace Hotel New York from April 5 - 29. Please join us as we turn this collection of luminaires ON. A reception party with drinks and DJs will take place on Thursday, April 14th. See you then!
Head Hi 2022 Third Annual Lamp Show
Join us for the exhibition!
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, February 26, 7-9pm (more details soon)
EXHIBITION:
February 26 - March 26, 2022
LAMP SHOW TOUR:
Thursday, March 17, 2022, 7pm
Register Here
Join us for the opening and exhibition of the third annual Head Hi Lamp Show. This tradition which began in 2019 is an exhibition that celebrates the joy of light with a special presentation of unique lamps selected through an international open call encouraging collective participation and experimentation with light, design, and materials.
For the openings, we'll be taking Covid19 precautions to celebrate safely. The gathering will mainly be outside so please dress accordingly for the weather. Masks are required inside. Small groups will be let in to view the show for a set amount of time to allow for everyone to enjoy.
We’d like to thank all the participants for sharing their work with us, the Head Hi community and all visitors for the next month!
Head Hi 2022 Third Annual Lamp Show
Open Call for Artists, Designers, Collectors & Creators
Head Hi invites artists, designers, collectors, craftspeople of all levels, everyone and anyone to submit a lamp for the third annual Head Hi Lamp Show. The exhibition celebrates the joy of light with a special presentation of handmade and unique lamps that celebrate design, experimentation and collective participation.
This Head Hi tradition which began in 2019, is an exhibition of lamps, lamps made and selected by YOU. We encourage everyone to participate, all ages, professional designers, or not, to submit a lamp! It can be a lamp you created, personalized or just a funky lamp that you found. Last year, we had submissions from France, Canada and all over the US!
People of all ages are welcome to submit one lamp per participant. No submission fee. Organizers are looking for creativity, functionality, uniqueness, and funkiness, with a particular interest in “non-standard” materials and objects. Lamps can be any size up to a maximum of approximately 2 ft x 2 ft. Although it is not a competition, throughout the exhibition, visitors can vote for their favorite lamp. The winner will receive a special gift.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE HAS NOW PASSED
(deadline was February 6, 2022)
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, February 26, 7-9pm (more details soon)
EXHIBITION:
February 26 - March 26, 2022
OTHER IMPORTANT DATES:
All accepted will be notified via email by:
Thursday, February 10, 2022
Thanks for your patience, we received so many incredible submissions!
All selected lamps must be delivered to Head Hi by:
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
(we will be scheduling drop-offs via email)
Head Hi 3 Year Anniversary Party
Saturday, November 20, 7pm - Midnight
Head Hi is turning 3 years old! Come celebrate with us at the brand new Ace Hotel Brooklyn.
Thank you for being a part of our community, you are all a huge part of Head Hi and we look forward to dancing and toasting on this special occasion.
P.NINA Installation + Celebration
Friday, November 12, 7 - 9pm
Head Hi invites you to experience a sound and video installation featuring P.NINA Venus Descent, a collection of jewelry and objects made of cast silver shells by designer Peyton Sandler. P.NINA Venus Descent explores themes of transformation, shedding and rebuilding in relation to the goddess of the ocean and the descent-ascent orbit of the planet Venus. They were created during this special planetary cycle window, an orbital cycle which began in the spring of 2020. Informed by astronomy, ancient mythology, conchology and meditation, this study parallels the planetary orbit of Venus with the spiraling growth patterns of shells. Pieces from this collection are formed from recycled sterling silver. The use of shell forms and precious metals merges the stars and the water.
The patterns of a planet's orbit and the spiral of a shell symbolize the cycles of nature. A shell's growth patterns reflect the environment it grew in, providing information on climate, tidal and moon cycles. Each P.NINA Venus Descent object holds an environmental record preserved within its layers and spirals and unique textural codes. Enjoy this study of shell, planet and myth, and the homage to the goddess and planet Venus.
The installation will be open for one night only! Please dress warmly as the celebration will mainly be outside. Can't make it to the event? The P.NINA Venus Descent collection will be available at the shop through the end of December.
Smallhold Cookbook Launch Party
Saturday, November 13, 1 - 4pm
Mushrooms in the Middle: A Smallhold Cookbook, is a small collection of recipes from our dear friends and neighbors Smallhold. Featuring recipes from the mushroom community, including Royal Trumpet Chorizo Hash from Tara Thomas, Salted Caramel Shiitake Mousse from Natasha Pickowicz, and a Mushroom Bloody Mary from our editor, Aliza Abarbanel. All net profits will be donated to the Fungi Foundation, so we can continue to learn about, protect, and collaborate with our fungi friends.
We will be slinging freshly printed books from 1-4pm! Grab a treat (hint hint, they're red and white and filled with mushrooms), a drink (secret spicy drinks in the back) and hang around for a while.
BAUHAUS AROUND YOU
CARD DECK LAUNCH PARTY
Thursday, October 7, 7 - 9pm
Come celebrate design and independently published material! Bauhaus Around You is a card deck that challenges users to find classic design styles and ideas in their everyday environments. Cards are divided into three categories of participation: explore, think, and create and are color coded for their categories and paired with prompts for creative exercises. Prompts are crafted so that each user’s findings will be unique to them. The deck contains 36 playing cards, each showcasing a different Bauhaus design or idea.
Form and Function Bauhaus Around You is produced by Form Function Studio in partnership with Goethe-Institut Washington and with special thanks to DC Public Library. Illustrations by Klasja Habjan. Founded by Alison Beshai, Form Function Studio is a creative studio producing design projects focused on impact and access. Through their projects they aim to help lower the barrier for entry to design ideas, information, and education; and emphasize the impact of design on our everyday lives. In rejecting the idea that form follows function, they believe the two principles should always be linked.
BROOKLYN BRIEF - GUS POWELL
BOOK CELEBRATION & SIGNING
Wednesday, September 8, 7-9pm
The images in Brooklyn Brief depict the flow of documents photographed in downtown Brooklyn by American photographer Gus Powell. The book, a unique publication inside a manila envelope, includes 36 pages of photos saddle-stitched next to the type written text “Directions to Downtown Brooklyn” by Robert Sullivan, a contributing editor to Vogue and a frequent contributor to The New Yorker. In his text, Sullivan maps out the streets, businesses and flow of people as well as its changes. In the photos, one can glimpse into the daily movement and business as usual in present day Downtown Brooklyn, a neighborhood that includes courts, schools, subway stations and shops.
Gus Powell was born in New York City in 1974. He is the author of The Company of Strangers (J&L Books, 2003), The Lonely Ones (J&L Books, 2015), FAMILY CAR TROUBLE (TBW Books, 2019), and Brooklyn BREIF (RN 2020). His work has appeared in Aperture, The New Yorker, A Public Space, and Vogue. He is on the MFA Faculty of the School of Visual Arts and currently lives and works in New York.
ROMAN NVMERALS is a Brooklyn-based publisher, founded in MMXV by photographers Michael Vahrenwald and David La Spina that produces small, high quality editions. They print using local presses and locally sourced papers.
COLORING LESSONS & UNIVERSAL LOVE
UPSTATE WEEKENDER
Presented by Good Room, Love Injection + Musclecars
Come groove with us for 'Summer Of Joy' in the Catskills. At this very special weekender, we will be selling books and wares poolside during the day then dancing and hanging out with a whole crew of friends for a full weekend of festivities with swimming, hiking, campfires, and music provided by Love Injection & musclecars plus guests.
This event is presented by our favorite club Good Room and located at Glen Falls House, their sister hotel. Check out the FAQ above (click right arrow to scroll).
NEW YORK REVIEW OF ARCHITECTURE BOOK DISCUSSION
PRIVATE VIEWS: A HIGHRISE PANORAMA OF MANHATTAN
The proliferation of ultra-luxurious supertalls in Midtown has morphed the New York City skyline into an array of stalactites. Funded by an opaque web of global capital, many of the towers remain under occupied as safety deposit boxes for elites both near and far. While visible from afar, the towers remain off limits to most city residents. That is until visual artist and architect Andi Schmied posed as an apartment-hunting Hungarian billionaire to document the inner workings of Manhattan’s exclusive high-rise properties.
This talk, hosted in partnership with the New York Review of Architecture, will include Andi Schmied (beaming in over Zoom), and architects Lane Rick and Harvard GSD Assistant Professor Jacob Reidel, in discussion of Private Views: A High-Rise Panorama of Manhattan.
HEAD Hi AT THE CORRIDOR BACKYARD
Saturday - Sunday, July 10-11 & 17-18, 12-5pm
DEREK DUNFEE PHOTO SHOW & BOOK RELEASE
Friday, June 25, 7-9pm
Big wave surfer and photographer Derek Dunfee will be in New York City promoting his newly self-published book Waking Up in the Sea in which he shares incredible stories of chasing monster waves around the globe and the dangers of riding these waves. His book takes readers to heart of some of the most challenging breaks and heavy conditions, and features some of the most respected big wave surfers of our time. Dunfee open's up about the risks, injuries and traumas he has endured from surfing, a perspective we hardly hear about.
Dunfee's photography is beyond remarkable. His choice of the locations, the conditions and the colors have given him a special place in professional surfing photography. His iconic photos were featured in The Surfer's Journal where he got the cover photo in March/April 2020 of this highly regarded publication.
To celebrate the book release, we will be showing a selection of photos from the book and Derek will be with us! Limited quantities of the book and his prints will be available for sale at the shop. You don't want to miss this, join us! Thanks to our friends at Pilgrim NY for their support and contribution
HEAD HI PHOTO SWAP
Friday, June 18 at 7pm
Calling all photographers – aspiring or hobbyists. Everyone is welcome! Please join us for the first Head Hi Photo Swap of the summer. Bring a selection of your photos, we’ll help you set up a space outside to show your work and enjoy the evening.
Swap a photo for a photo, buy a drink in exchange for a photo, or just purchase a photo directly and support local artists – or just hang out! The idea behind this is to showcase local art, hang out and enjoy the evening looking at and exchanging local photography!
*Please note this is a first come first serve limited space so try to arrive early so we can make sure everyone fits. We don’t want anyone left out.
This event is co-organized by Cheyne Bluhm.
BOOK CELEBRATION & SIGNING
Signos de Cuba by Jon Bocksel
Friday, May 14 at 7pm at Head Hi
The second event in our Head Hi Spring Selections program is an outdoor book presentation and signing with New York based hand painted sign maker and artist Jon Bocksel. Jon will be signing fresh copies of his newly launched book Signos de Cuba which features photos of hand painted signs taken throughout Cuba in 2017. Order your copy now, you don't want to miss out on a custom signature at the event.
BOOK LAUNCH CONVERSATION
I'm This I'm That I'm In The World by Rahill Jamalifard
Wednesday, April 14 at 6pm on Zoom
Our first Head Hi Spring Selections program is a virtual conversation with Rahill Jamalifard, artist, musician and creator of the book I'm This I'm That I'm In The World and Sasha Alcocer founder of CRUSH, a curatorial project. Join Rahill and Sasha as they speak about the book and Rahill's work as a musician (she is the frontwoman of NYC based band Habibi!).
About the book, Rahill states "During quarantine I started a series called 'primitive portraits,' drawings done in crayon and pencil of artists who’ve had influence in my life. Just as Covid began its pillage in the United States, I was coming off a west coast tour and had plans of spending time upstate to relax and decompress. Then boom—Covid went full throttle and I found myself up here, no reception, no internet, no books, no records, no instruments. So I picked up a pack of crayons at the supermarket as a saving grace to connect me back into avenues of remedial creation. Crazy how a thirty minute daily routine can bring you solace and healing as powerful as meditation. Not only was that inspiring... reconnecting to my deepest roots in art, drawing, the place where creating began for me, and using the same medium (crayon) was kind of wild. Anyway, that’s a long enough description for sharing these crude drawings, but ya know what, who cares."
WATCH THE EVENT
Spring Selections Book Launch with Rahill Jamalifard & Sasha Alcocer
Head Hi 2021 Annual Lamp Show
Join Us for a Two-Part Exhibition
Participants List
Photo by Jonathan Hökklo
Photo by Jonathan Hökklo
Participants List
Our 2nd Annual Lamp Show is happening! Due to the amazing amount of submissions, this year we'll be hosting two consecutive shows. Please join us!
This Head Hi tradition which began in 2019, invites artists, designers, collectors, craftspeople of all levels, everyone and anyone to submit a lamp for an exhibition celebrating the joy of light in a special presentation of handmade and unique lamps by participants of all ages, professional designers or not. On display are illuminated objects either uniquely created, crafted and personalized and funky treasures previously owned or found. As always, we’ve made a selection of publications on the topic of light and design for purchase at the shop.
Lamp Show Part 1
Opening celebration: Saturday, February 20th, 7-9pm
Exhibition on view through March 3rd
Lamp Show Part 2
Opening celebration: Friday, March 5th, 7-9pm
Exhibition on view through March 20th
We've made a limited edition t-shirt to commemorate the 2021 Lamp Show available for purchase on our webshop. Remember this special event with this shirt and support Head Hi.
For the openings, we'll be taking Covid19 precautions to celebrate safely. The gatherings will be outside so please dress accordingly for the weather. Masks are required. Small groups will be let in to view the show for a set amount of time to allow for everyone to enjoy.
We’d like to thank all the participants for sharing their work with us, the Head Hi community and all visitors for the next month!
Lamp Show in the Press
Desmoiselles
A short dance film by Morgan Griffin
Desmoiselles, a film made by contemporary dancer Morgan Griffin, is both a multiplication and a fracture of self. A fragmentation of the body into a puzzle. Each square becoming a vignette of a larger story. A rubix cube, which can never be reset or resolved. Tension, humor, flirtation, eeriness, regality revealed in bite size angles of perception. Set to Handel’s Sarabande, and filmed exclusively using TikTok filters.
Morgan Griffin graduated Suma Cum Laude from Connecticut College in 2012 where she studied dance and performed in works choreographed by David Dorfman, Robyne Watkins, Heidi Henderson, Lisa Race, Adele Myers, and Shani Collins-Achille, as well as guest artists Nicholas Leichter, Kyle Abraham, work by Laura Dean, and Kendra Portier. Morgan has trained at several professional training programs, including the Bates Professional Training Program (where she studied with Michael Foleyand performed in a work by Adam Barruch), David Dorfman Summer Intensive, and the Body Traffic Summer Intensive (where she studied with Chris Evans of Hofesh Shechter). Morgan has presented her own work at RAW Artists in Brooklyn, The Figment Festival on Governor’s Island, the International Festival of Arts and Ideas, Tedx Connecticut College, and The Dance Complex in Boston to name a few. Morgan danced and performed with bandPortier as well as with Adele Myers and Dancers in their tour of “Einstein’s Happiest Thought”. Morgan then moved to Italy to work in fashion for several years with 1017 ALYX 9SM. She has now returned to the world of dance
and is currently getting her MFA at NYU Tisch.
Head Hi 2021 Annual Lamp Show
Open Call for Artists, Designers, Collectors & Creators
Head Hi invites artists, designers, collectors, craftspeople of all levels, everyone and anyone to submit a lamp for the second annual Head Hi Lamp Show. The exhibition celebrates the joy of light with a special presentation of handmade and unique lamps to celebrate the new year!
The Lamp Show is an exhibition of lamps, lamps made by YOU. We encourage everyone to participate, all ages, professional designers, or not, to submit a lamp! It can be a lamp you created, personalized or just a funky lamp that you found. Throughout the exhibition, visitors can vote for their favorite lamp. The winner will receive a special gift.
People of all ages are welcome to submit one lamp per participant. No submission fee.
Organizers are looking for creativity, functionality, uniqueness, and funkiness, with a particular interest in “non-standard” materials and objects. Lamps can be any size up to a maximum of approximately 2 ft x 2 ft.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE HAS NOW PASSED (it was Jan. 29)
JOIN US FOR THE OPENING CELEBRATIONS! (dates listed above)
Peripheral photographs by Adam Bernstein
Join us for our latest exhibition
Being at a concert with a crowd of people right on top of each other feels like something from the past. Most of us are longing to be at a show, in the presence of energy, spontaneously responding to live music, friends and other humans around us.
The exhibition, Peripheral, features a selection of photographs taken at a concert in the historic Tompkins Square Park, the heart of the East Village, in New York City. The concert took place on July 23, 2016, a year very unlike where we are now; the beginning, shall we say, of the distrust, disgust and fatigue we now know too well.
The event shown in the photos was a free outdoor benefit show put on by several bands to help the guitarist Dr. Know from legendary punk rock band Bad Brains. Fans were not only supporting the cause but supporting each other in feeling the power of collective human energy and freedom. In the chaos of the mosh pit, fans pick each other up, something we feel is important to highlight, when one goes down there are others to lift us up.
Photographer Adam Bernstein explains the feeling of unity that day: “The atmosphere was positive and upbeat and the fans were having an amazing time. Unity was in the air. The crowd was one giant family supporting each other and feeding off of each other’s collective energy. It was the summer of 2016 and as always in our country there was an anti-government sentiment which was mentioned on stage a few times. Despite the anti-government sentiment, the crowd was mindful of each other and took caution to keep the event's positive atmosphere peaceful and safe.”
A series of photos will be on display from the concert including one large photographic wall covering that takes the viewer to the "pit" with all its energy, albeit from the periphery of our shop. A selection of 16 x 24 inch photos are for sale for $75. Head Hi has made a special selection of books for sale documenting music and photography. Also on display, is a promotional poster made for the 2016 event.
Contemporaries: A Radical Window
New Storefront Studio Project Featuring
a Curated Library by Head Hi
Contemporaries is a storefront studio project space curated by industrial design studio Stephen Burks Man Made and Director Malika Leiper. Conceived during self-imposed isolation, Contemporaries is about being of our time, about collaboration, our community, and the limitless field of imagination.
On October 15, Contemporaries launched its inaugural show A Radical Window, a selection of vintage art, design, and political provocations from Archiviste XX featuring a curated library by Head Hi.
Visit in person:192 Water Street in Dumbo, Brooklyn
HEAD HI VIRTUAL CINEMA PRESENTS:
MARTIN MARGIELA IN HIS OWN WORDS
Premiering Friday, August 14, 2020
Few names in fashion are as respected as Martin Margiela. For the first time, the iconic designer opens up about his life, work & legacy. Watch at home exclusively available through select screening partners like Head Hi for $12. The film cannot be found on Apple, Amazon, or any other mass market platform. Small businesses are facing unprecedented challenges at this time. By purchasing the film via our link, you are directly supporting Head Hi and our pals at Oscilloscope, New York's independent film experts.
One of the most revolutionary and influential fashion designers of his time, Martin Margiela has remained an elusive figure the entirety of his decades-long career. From Jean Paul Gaultier's assistant to creative director at Hermès to leading his own House, Margiela never showed his face publicly and avoided interviews, but reinvented fashion with his radical style through forty-one provocative collections. Now, for the first time, the "Banksy of fashion" reveals his drawings, notes, and personal items in this exclusive, intimate profile of his vision. The film features interviews with, among others, Margiela himself, Jean Paul Gaultier, Carine Roitfeld, trend forecaster Lidewij Edelkoort, fashion critic Cathy Horyn, and fashion historian Olivier Saillard. The score has been composed by the Belgian rock band dEUS.
PADDLE OUT AGAINST POLICE INJUSTICE
ROCKAWAY BEACH, NY
Local Rockaway surfers united against injustice.
Kwame and Lou gave a speech before going in the water.
Head Hi coffee at the beach in support of the community. We love New York City. We love the Rockaways!
Local Rockaway surfers united against injustice.
Paddle Out Against Police Injustice
Saturday June 20th.
Beach 109th St Rockaway Beach.
Organized by Lou Harris @black_surfing_rockaway a non-profit group that provides
free surfing and skateboarding lessons to local youth.
Head Hi was there providing donation based coffee for @colorofchange the largest online racial justice organization in the US.
It was a beautiful and meaningful gathering attended by hundreds of people, activists, surfers, beach enthusiasts and nature lovers of all ages and backgrounds.
Rolling Stone wrote a story of the event, our own Mosco is in it, check it out here!
Thanks Ryan Struck for the coverage.
HEAD HI SUNDAY SOUNDS
Head Hi Sunday Sounds
Every Sunday at 8pm, April - May 2020
Music is an important element of who we are, it inspires us & gets us going. Our Brooklyn shop has always played great tunes.
In March, NYC was ordered to "stay in" to slow the spread of COVID19. That was the beginning of our collective lock down & Head Hi's new virtual presence Sunday Sounds. We want to stay connected & support our community in isolation; music is a fantastic channel to do just that.
Sunday Sounds features a live feed of our view of the one & only Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (located footsteps from our shop) with music by DJ Mösco Disco (a Head Hi co-founder) who has been collecting records for over two decades. Mösco started playing records in 1997 while living on a sail-boat in San Francisco, CA & has performed at art spaces, hotels, bars & underground parties.
DOBBIN STREET MUSIC FAIR
Saturday, February 22, 12pm
Come visit HEAD HI at the Dobbin St Music Fair where we will feature a curated selection of vanguard and diverse publications from around the globe, including music, art and photography books & magazines. We will also be serving up the Parlor Coffee and Masha Teas (only the best!). Join us!
HEAD HI BOOK KIOSK
Saturday, January 25, 2020
JOIN US AT THE WORLD AROUND
10:30am - 6:30pm
The TimesCenter NYC
242 West 41st Street
Come visit the HEAD HI BOOK KIOSK featuring a curated selection of vanguard and diverse publications from around the globe, including architecture, art and design books, magazines and self-published materials specially selected for The World Around visitors. A new global forum, The World Around, will host its first edition in New York City on January 25, 2020. The day-long event uses quick-fire presentations, conversations and discussions to present the ‘now, near and next’ in architecture today.
Designed to be accessible and engaging for anyone interested in the culture of architecture, the event brings together leading international practitioners and thinkers who operate in and around the wider spatial environment. Invited speakers will present landscapes, urban and rural planning projects, art, activism, environmental research, space studies, sculpture, film and game design. We will hear far-reaching discussions about the most vital current and upcoming building projects, the most significant developments in technology and the environment, and the most promising new ideas that are shaping our world to come.
Key Topics:
Architecture, Design, Art, Landscape,
Photography, Lifestyle, Graphic Design,
Industrial Design, Transportation, Technology
HEAD HI INVITES YOU TO THE FIRST EXHIBITION OF ATLAS OF MEMORIES
Opening Reception:
Sunday, January 12, 2020, 3-5pm
Exhibition and Videos on View:
January 12 - January 26, 2020
ATLAS OF MEMORIES´ is a submission-based archive of material culture and memory in NYC founded by Anika Schroter. It serves as a tactile encyclopedia of immaterial moments and hidden stories. Collecting personal objects that express aspects of who we are – our identity, our values, our statements and choices. It's an ongoing project that travels to different cities, countries and cultures - continuously expanding its archive.
Anika Schroter is a German born, Brooklyn based creative producer who works in film and exhibitions. Her fascination for the everyday object, its texture and its emotive value has long been under her very own investigation; a long-term research project culminating now in the first show of the ATLAS OF MEMORIES at Head Hi.
HEAD HI INVITES YOU TO OUR INAUGURAL LAMP SHOW. THE EXHIBITION CELEBRATES THE JOY OF LIGHT THIS HOLIDAY SEASON WITH A SPECIAL PRESENTATION OF HANDMADE LAMPS.
It is Head Hi's first year anniversary and we are so thankful to have you on this journey. Our doors opened on November 23, 2018 not knowing who would come in or whether or not people still buy books. Now, a year later, people line up to get our coffee and we pack the house during the events we host. We have met so many people that inspire us with their stories. And yes, people still read books! It’s our pleasure to be our community's bookshop cafe.
For our last event of 2019, we decided to do an "open call" encouraging everyone to participate.
All ages, professional designers, or not, to submit a lamp, yes a lamp, and the response was fantastic!
The word spread nationwide and we received so many incredible submissions. We can't wait to open this special exhibition and celebrate with all of you.
Lamp Show / Anniversary Party Saturday, December 14, 6-9 PM.
Music by Mogollon Sonidero
Exhibition on view through January 5, 2020. Sea you there!
Keep your Head Hi!
Devra Freelander &
Michael Yarinsky
Myranda Gillies
Matthew Greeley
Walsh Hansen
Jeremy Jams
Nozomi Kato
Lights Up Studio
Cara Marie Lynch
Eva Mantell
Participating Lamp Makers:
Austin Ballard
Jason Bauer
James Barber
Chris Beeston
Alyssa Block
Robert Burch
Benjamin Chadwick
Elliot Chaffer
Dandy Farmers
Eric Forman
Sam Effler
Theresa Marchetta
Kathryn Robinson Millen
Michael Miyahira
Harry Moritz
Vicente Muñoz
Navy Wine
Justin Pollmann
Emma Rossoff
Jon Santos
Val Shamma
Miles Rees Spear
Wilt Stewart
Studio Nordic
Stephanie Tran
John Trembly
Adam Tyson
Andy Tyson
Carly Yuenger
Antonia Young
Head Hi Book Launch - Join Us
Thursday, December 5th , 6:00-8:00 PM
PIPE compiles photographs by Joey Trisolini taken on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, where he grew up.
Pipe and other tales from the Seven Mile Miracle is an ongoing photography project documenting the waves and characters on the North Shore of Oahu, home of some of the most powerful, beautiful, famous and dangerous breaks in the world where waves reach heights up to 40 ft over sharp reefs and volcanic rocks.
Banzai Pipeline aka "Pipe" is perhaps the most well-known break in the world, the mecca of surfing, attracting the top surfers on the planet. This is where John John Florence grew up, an all time ruler of line ups who has won the Pipe Pro event 4 times, the Eddie Aikau Big Wave invitational at Waimea Bay and the WSL title in 2016. The board from this title and one of John's jerseys along with some prints will be exhibited at Head Hi!
*Thanks to Ryley at Pyzel surfboards.
Joseph "Joey" Trisolini grew up in a small town named Ka'a'awa, Oahu. Joey got into skateboarding as a teen and used disposable cameras to document his friends. He now lives in New York and works with some of the world's leading fashion and advertising photographers as well as shooting his own projects for many brands and clients. Joey continues surfing in New York, traveling and photo-documenting. "Pipe" is Volume 1 of this series and his fourth photography book. We're stoked to release it, yeah boy!
Join us for the book launch / exhibition. December 5th, 6-8 PM. At Head Hi,
14 Clermont Ave, Brooklyn.
Exhibition December 5th - 11th 2019.
PIPE is a limited edition. Books available for sale while supplies last.
Sea you there!
Head Hi Book Launch - Join Us
Wednesday, November 20, 6:00-8:00pm
Space Cadet is a book comprised of photographs taken while wandering between August 2018 and April 2019 in New York, Scotland, England, Japan, Colorado, California, and Texas. The photos in this book trace an interest in subtle contradictions, finding noise and distortion in seemingly quiet spaces while finding glimpses of the natural world within our built environments.
Trees, rocks, grass, and snow make a lot of appearances in Space Cadet, as do reflections.
Scott Ferguson (b. 1989, Glasgow, Scotland) is an interdisciplinary artist living and working in Brooklyn, New York. Using photography, performance, video, sound, and sculpture, he creates works that explore ideas of landscape, the mundane, and otherworldliness.
Scott received a BFA in Interdisciplinary Media Arts Practices from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2013 and an MFA in Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts in 2017. Since 2012 he has been an active member of the Flinching Eye Collective, whose work explores the possibilities of sound and performance.
Head Hi Book Launch - Join Us
Friday, October 25, 6:00-9:00pm
We are excited to release Volume 2 of the Forgotten Lands biannual series. This issue explores the theme of ‘The Next Wave’ by way of showcasing new stories of art, culture, & resiliency today in the Caribbean. Rashad Martinez’s (St. Croix, USVI) ‘Dreams of Self’ graces our cover with the hands of an elder creating a path for future generations.
The second issue features 180 pages from Caribbean based and raised artists Rashad Martinez / Pablo Serrano / Don Brodie / Leah Bernhardt / Jo Cosme / Ben Lebovitz / Ivar Wigan / Mike Spearz / Ade Ra / Stephanie Chalana Brown / Geron Richards / Camille Rouzaud / Jorly Flores.
Head Hi Book Kiosk at the
2019 NY Architecture & Design Film Festival
featuring a special selection of new and vintage titles based on this year's films
Cinépolis Chelsea
260 West 23rd Street
New York, NY 10011
Check out the ADFF film schedule
Buy tickets
Join us at the HEAD HI BOOK KIOSK during this year's New York Architecture & Design Film Festival where we will will feature a curated selection of vanguard and diverse publications from around the globe specially selected for ADFF visitors.
Displaying and selling the publications on a mobile stand, the kiosk will be a hub for inspiration, dialogue and reference. Visitors can purchase the publications or just simply browse, find something new, and conversate about the offering which bridges the topics of architecture, design, art and film including titles selected on topics featured in this year's films including:
Mario Botta: The Space Beyond
A Poetics of Living
Architecture of Infinity w/ James Turrell: You Who Look
Masters of Modern Design: The Art of the Japanese American Experience
Gateways to New York
The New Bauhaus
PUSH
Brian Kauppi Paintings
September 28 - October 20, 2019
Exhibition Opening on September 28, 4-7pm
More info on the artist:
@kitbarrio
In his artworks, Brian Kauppi, a nomadic artist who paints plein aire landscapes, bends and reconfigures the horizon in response to inner dialogue or distraction. Routinely drawing straight lines led him to make his horizontal brushstrokes diverge and intersect as if in conversation or competition with his own mind. Embracing chaos, hardship and nature in transition as part of life, we are left with the notion that even the worst moments will eventually pass. Brian is currently based in Chile.
Missing / Bodies poetry & prose
Sunday, October 6, 2019
Readings begin at 2:30pm
Join us for an afternoon of readings by:
danilo machado
pamela brown
grégory pierrot
sean frederick forbes
valeria ochoa
Head Hi & Aventures Ltd Invite You to
a NEW YORK ART BOOK FAIR Celebration
Saturday, September 21, doors at 8:00pm
featuring performance by Oakland based artist Chris Duncan
MARK YOUR CALENDARS: PERFORMANCE BY CHRIS DUNCAN
accompanied with readings by Jen Fisher, Rachelle Rahmé and
Megan Snowe brought to you by Aventures Ltd
Suggested donation $5
CHRIS DUNCAN is an Oakland-based artist who employs repetition and accumulation as a basis for experiments in visual and sound based media. An overriding theme in current works is the use of natural forces, such as the sun and the moon, as conceptual and compositional prompts for both sonic and visual efforts. Outside of his studio practice he organizes events and runs a small artist book press and record label called
LAND AND SEA with his wife, Maria Otero.
AVENTURES LTD is a limited edition press based in New York City focused on expanded forms of sound and visual arts founded by
Rose Lazar and Rob Lowe.
HEAD ON OVER AFTER THE NYABF ON THE G TRAIN,
GET OFF AT CLINTON WASHINGTON AND THEN DOWN TO THE NAVY YARD. SEA YOU THERE!!
Bunny Elizabeth Leopard
Installation & Publication Release
July 10 - August 31, 2019
More info on the artist:
@bunnix
Book info:
Are You In Pain? 2019
Bunny Elizabeth Leopard & Vivan Weidman
Book printed with risograph by The Circadian Press
$23.00, contact us for purchase inquiries
Wednesday, July 10, 7:30pm (performance starts 8pm sharp)
Publications available from:
more TBA...
BOOK LAUNCH
THURSDAY, JUNE 27th, 7:00-9:00pm
BRIAN BLOMERTH'S BICYCLE DAY, the debut graphic novel from frequent Anthology Editions collaborator, illustrator, musician and self-described "comic stripper" Brian Blomerth came out June 25th. To celebrate the release, we're throwing a party at Head Hi, on June 27th from 7-9pm, with an "expanded reading" from Brian, limited edition prints, and a live performance from Adult Moan featuring Lil Ugly Mane and Pickles. The event is free to attend, so if you're in New York and want to have your copy signed, listen to some tunes or have a drink, come on down.
Illustrator, musician and self-described “comic stripper” Brian Blomerth has spent years combining classic underground art styles with his bitingly irreverent visual wit in zines, comics, and album covers. With Brian Blomerth’s Bicycle Day, the artist has produced his most ambitious work to date: a historical account of the events of April 19, 1943, when Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann ingested an experimental dose of a new compound known as lysergic acid diethylamide and embarked on the world’s first acid trip.
Featuring an introduction from renowned ethnopharmacologist, Dennis McKenna, Brian Blomerth’s Bicycle Day combines an extraordinary true story told in journalistic detail with the artist’s gritty, timelessly Technicolor comix style that is a testament to mind expansion, and a stunningly original visual history.
More Info:
The Head Hi Book Kiosk will feature a curated selection of vanguard and diverse publications from around the globe, including magazines, limited edition art and design books, artist publications and self-published materials specially selected for Brooklyn Designs visitors.
Displaying and selling the publications on a mobile stand, the kiosk will be a hub for inspiration, dialogue and reference. Visitors can purchase the publications or just simply browse, find something new, and conversate about the offering.
The Head Hi Book Kiosk for Brooklyn Designs 2019 takes form using our signature, minimalist bookshelves originally made for our shop located just across from the Navy Yard. We like to refer to them as ladders of knowledge.
BROOKLYN DESIGNS is Brooklyn’s premier design event showcasing a cross section of design, architecture and art.
P.S. Join us on Mother's Day for a Head Hi High Tea from 11am-2pm featuring Masha Tea and cookies!
a primeira palavra
featuring photographs by Jair Bortoleto
Opening April 27, 6:00pm
followed by special film screening of
Cuban Wave Riders directed by Liz McGee
PARLOR COFFEE PARCHMENT PUBLICATION RELEASE
featuring photographs by Rich Gilligan
Opening March 31, 4:00-7:00pm
Exhibition continues through April 20
Please join Parlor Coffee, photographer Rich Gilligan and Head Hi for the release of Parchment, a publication highlighting the world behind your cup of coffee.
Virtual Transparency
Book Launch & Conversation
Sunday, December 9th, 5:00-7:00pm
Virtual Transparency is the first monograph, self-published by visual artist Vicente Muñoz.
Continuing the ongoing body of work which he began in 2015, Virtual Transparency explores light and abstraction as the primary articulators of an architectural phenomenon known as roller-wave distortion, a phenomenon that defines the urban environment. The modern skyscraper is a symbol of strength and innovation, however these photographs invite an alternative reading which explores their abstract capacity as fragile refractions of light and transparency set in dialogue with one another.
Accompanied with an essay by architect Paul Knox, the book includes over 80 pages of spectacular photos. The book will be for sale at the launch for $45.00.
See what the DesignBoom has to say about the book.
Vicente Muñoz is a visual artist whose work has been exhibited at biennials and galleries internationally. Born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, he lives and and works in Brooklyn, NY. His work addresses the architectural language as signifier, and explores light as the primary articulating element of space and structure. Recent exhibitions include a solo show at Materia in Monterrey, Mexico and the XIV Cuenca Biennial in Cuenca, Ecuador.
More info: vicentemunoz.xyz @vicente.munoz
Paul Knox holds a Master of Architecture degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. He is currently a facade consultant in New York City. He has previously worked for the Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture, Rafael Vinoly Architects and Gensler.
Moderated by William Jess Laird a photographer and director working at the intersection of art, architecture, and design. He is also the host of Image Culture, a weekly podcast featuring in depth interviews with artists and creative people. Find Image Culture on Apple Podcasts as well as at www.williamjesslaird.com/imageculture
Head Hi Rockaways Presents
RESILIENT
Opening August 11, 6 - 9pm
REISLIENT
What is it? A group of artists from different parts of the world respond through their practice.
Opening gathering: August 11, 6 - 9pm
Viewing hours: August 12, 18, 19, 2:00-‐7:00pm
544 Beach 72 & Burchell Ave
Arverne, Rockaway Queens, NY
Head Hi is proud to present Resilient a group show in the Rockaways. Each using their own unique practice, the multi-national artists in the exhibition, Brian Kauppi, Basia Goszczynska, Vicente Muñoz and Esteban Chacón, explore what it is to be resilient. The show takes place in the back of a 19th century house in Arverne, Queens, a diverse neighborhood vulnerably located between the Atlantic Ocean and Jamaica Bay. It is not an art gallery, it’s a space for reunion, to discover, to share ideas and have a dialogue about humans and the environment. In the adjoining backyard, Head Hi provides information about the oceans, pollution and recycling as well as a list of local groups working on a variety of projects to protect and conserve the environment. As hurricane season has started, we will also include information about what you can do to be prepared. What does Resilient mean to you?
More info on the artists here.
Head Hi Rockaways Presents
De Noche / At Night
Opening July 14, 6 - 9pm
De Noche / At Night
Paintings by Mösco 2016 -‐ 2018
Opening reception Saturday, July 14, 6:00 -‐ 9:00pm
Open for viewing July 15, 21 & 22, 4:00 -‐ 7:00 pm
Head Hi is proud to present a series of events interconnecting art & nature this Summer 2018 in the Rockaways, a multicultural neighborhood by the sea in Queens, New York located just outside the heart and buzz of the big city.
Head Hi’s first season will kick off with an art exhibition by the artist Mösco. Called “De noche / At night”, the show features a series of surreal, nocturnal paintings of the beach created between 2016 -‐ 2018. The paintings evoke the exciting yet mysterious feeling of being in nature in the dark as well as an unknown future we are experiencing with our climate today.
During the exhibition, visitors can access materials about the ocean, wild life and climate change from local groups working on conserving our fragile ecosystems in beautiful New York City.
Mösco is a New York based self-‐taught artist, environmental advocate and surfer. His work has been exhibited at El Museo del Barrio (New York, NY), Museo Rufino Tamayo (Mexico City, Mexico), The First Biennial Art & Architecture of the Canary Islands (Tenerife, Spain), and Puerto Rico '02 En Ruta (San Juan, Puerto Rico).
Download info here.