Upcoming Events at Cherry Street Pier
Sat Oct 13, 11:00 AM - Sat Oct 13, 11:00 PM
121 N Columbus Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Community: Old City
Description
The festival celebrates the rich subcultural forms across Philadelphia, from comics to tattoos to internet culture, while also offering a fun and critical perspective on populism.
Event Details
OCTOBER 13 – 28 — Including participants such as Michel Auder, Andrea Bowers, Bread Face, Brewerytown Beats, Cece Pokes, Creos, Emory Douglas, El Sol Latino Newspaper, First Person Arts, jean-jacques Gabriel, Colette Gaiter, Ocean Gao, Doreen Garner: Invisible Man Tattoo, Sedakial Gebremedhin, Erlin Geffrard, Glitter Slimes, Marissa Johnson-Valenzuela, Hiwa K., ImmorTality (Tajmah Linder), Autumn Konopka, Jasmine Morrell: Spirited Tattooing Coalition, Jennifer Levonian, Lily Whispers ASMR, Warren Longmire, Maider López, Lyrispect, Jazz Attack Swings, Malidelphia, Milkcrate Cafe, Trapeta Mayson, Sanyu Nicolas, Yoshua Okón, People’s Paper Co-op, Philly Typewriter, Robert Pruitt, Cindi Ruka, Second State Press, Frank Sherlock, Hito Steyerl, Damian and Sarah Tango, Aryanna Tischler, Two Squares Forward, Jacob Winterstein, Tintin Wulia, and Ulises, with selections from Creative Time’s Pledges of Allegiance (Tania Bruguera, Alex Da Corte, Jeremy Deller, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Marilyn Minter, Jayson Musson, Yoko Ono, Trevor Paglen, and Rirkrit Tiravanija).
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Spread across Race Street Pier and the newly opened Cherry Street Pier, Festival for the People features dynamic participatory programs and events, sculptures, installations, videos, and banners from October 13 – 28.
In addition, each weekend will have additional programming tied to a thematic focus, celebrating popular analog, digital, and embodied cultures with fairs, talks, installations, and screenings created in collaboration with arts and community groups from across Philadelphia and beyond.
The festival celebrates the rich subcultural forms across Philadelphia, from comics to tattoos to internet culture, while also offering a fun and critical perspective on populism and expanding the public conception of what contemporary art is and can be.
“The Festival for the People is exactly what it sounds like: a festival celebrating the art forms of everyday people. In these fractured political times, it’s important to remember what brings us together as well as to reflect on the forces that divide us,”
— Philadelphia Contemporary Artistic Director Nato Thompson
Festival for the People is co-presented with the Delaware River Water
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Spread across Race Street Pier and the newly opened Cherry Street Pier, Festival for the People features dynamic participatory programs and events, sculptures, installations, videos, and banners from October 13 – 28.
In addition, each weekend will have additional programming tied to a thematic focus, celebrating popular analog, digital, and embodied cultures with fairs, talks, installations, and screenings created in collaboration with arts and community groups from across Philadelphia and beyond.
The festival celebrates the rich subcultural forms across Philadelphia, from comics to tattoos to internet culture, while also offering a fun and critical perspective on populism and expanding the public conception of what contemporary art is and can be.
“The Festival for the People is exactly what it sounds like: a festival celebrating the art forms of everyday people. In these fractured political times, it’s important to remember what brings us together as well as to reflect on the forces that divide us,”
— Philadelphia Contemporary Artistic Director Nato Thompson
Festival for the People is co-presented with the Delaware River Water
