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Untapped New York’s Artist-in-Residence Aaron Asis has taken over an abandoned 19th-century Bushwick brewery with a new immersive art installation, Ulmer: Conveyance. The site-specific work spans multiple rooms throughout the historic William Ulmer Brewery in Brooklyn. Visitors to the installation will have the rare chance to see the structure’s abandoned interior spaces before they are restored this summer. Guests will also get to experience a live ambient performance, created by Untapped New York’s Chief Experience Officer Justin Rivers, deep below ground in the brewery’s 150-year-old beer vaults. You can be the first to experience this limited-run installation as an Untapped New York Insider!
Untapped New York Insiders are invited to a private preview of the installation on April 15th, before it opens to the public. Rivers and Asis will be on hand to introduce the project and answer questions. This members-only preview is free for Untapped New York Insiders! Not an Insider yet, become a member today and get one month free with code JOINUS.
Ulmer: Conveyance Private Preview
The William Ulmer Brewery complex consists of four buildings—an office, a brew house, an engine-machine house, and a stable-storage house—constructed between 1872 and 1890. It was one of over a dozen German-operated breweries built in Bushwick during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It ceased to be an active brewery in 1920 due to Prohibition. In 2010, the brewery was designated a New York City Landmark, the first brewery in the city to receive this status.
Ulmer: Conyenace invites visitors to contend with the past, present, and future of this New York City Landmark. Through site-specific installations, guests will gain access to seldom-seen interior spaces of this dormant architectural treasure to learn about its history, the multi-faceted value of occupation, its current abandoned state, and the vision for its restoration.
The installation itself is designed in two parts. The upper floors will host a multi-room site-specific installation, designed as a self-guided procession through the main operating floors of the structure. Deep in the building’s sub-basements, hourly processions will guide visitors through an ambient performance focused on the operational origins of the Ulmer Brewery.
The installation will be on view and open to the public 12pm to 4pm on April 15th, 16th, and 22nd. This will likely be the only chance the general public will have to see these spaces in their current state before the summer of 2023 when a major restoration/adaptive reuse project led by NYC-based architecture firm DXA Studio will give the William Ulmer Brewery new life — as a mixed-use residential property for the next generations. Admission to Ulmer: Conyenace is free, but registration is required. Reserve your spot here! Be the first to experience the installation at a private viewing as an Untapped New York Insider!
Ulmer: Conveyance Private Preview
Next, check out photos from Insider the William Ulmer Brewery’s Abandoned Beer Vaults
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