Sean McGowan

Untitled #31 (two) at DAM

Artistic duos, slam poets and more at final-Friday celebration.

The final Friday of the month, the Denver Art Museum (DAM) feels less like a field trip and more like a night out with offbeat art encounters, unique detours of the DAM collection, artmaking, local music, cash bar, munchies and more. This month, Untitled #31 (Two), July 30 from 6 to 10 p.m., celebrates the Biennial of the Americas and other art related things that come in twos.

The DAM also hosts a satellite exhibition of The Nature of Things, the Biennial exhibition located in Civic Center Park. At Untitled, guests can check out cutting-edge video art in the Fuse Box gallery and talk to the Biennial curatorial duo, Luisa A. Orozco and Jürgen Ureña to hear how they teed up their selections for the project. Orozco’s My Body is a Weapon features 20 works by artists who use the body as signs, weapons and tools. Snapshots, curated by Ureña, features video art from several Central American artists who explore portraiture from different perspectives.

Cafe Nuba combines spoken word, live music and performance art. For the Biennial Edition, Cafe Nuba brings its pairs of poets to march in two-by-two representing the best of Denver and the Americas. Featured poets include Quetzal Guerrero, Zakiya Harris, Erwin Thomas and Jennifer Johns. Jams by DJ Cavem Moetavation and special guests keep the crowds moving to the words. Visitors can grab a partner and step one-two with the help of 23 Skidoo, Denver’s high-energy swing dance couple. The pair will perform and hold a mini Lindy Hop lesson. Breathe studio presents the Gutter Bunny bicycle-art project. Take in the virtual urban landscape on imaginary two wheels and find peace within the city surroundings. Joan and Charlie from Buntport Theater return to their puddle in the 3rd floor freight elevator and perform a new installment of Joan and Charlie Discuss Tonight’s Theme. Local DJ Johnny D spins in the atrium.

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