Press Play 2024

Press Play is organized by Pioneer Works and is free and open to the public. Publishing at Pioneer Works comprises our imprint, Pioneer Works Press, and magazine, Broadcast.
Dec 7 + 8, 2024
12pm-7pm
pioneerworks.org
The event is FREE and open to all.

By making a suggested donation of $20, you will receive a limited-edition plastic bag designed by Shanzhai Lyric.This edition brings together their interests in parrots & pirates, highlighting the parrot as the original mimicry artist who, subject of trade and empire, perches upon the pirate’s shoulder, bearing witness to various forms of plunder. In 2020, Shanzhai Lyric founded the fictional office entity Canal Street Research Association from which they investigate the informal economies of Lower Manhattan’s counterfeit epicenter and its complex interplay of hustles. From now until 2026, Shanzhai Lyric are in residence at Green-Wood Cemetery where, responding to the local population of monk parakeets, they consider discourses of ‘real’ versus ‘fake,’ ‘authentic’ versus ‘bootleg,’ ‘native’ versus ‘invasive,’ and celebrate the parrot’s insistence on freedom, ever evading capture.

Host or Publisher Pioneer Works