About this Performance
Brooklyn’s favorite nightlife stars, make their grand return to Little Island for six more of their signature evening parties, with a slate of featured guests. Every friday night, Little Island visitors will get to experience the group that has changed the face of nightlife in New York City with their fabled DJ sets and all-night dance parties. Celebrating queer and trans people of color, Papi Juice creates spaces where art, music, and community collide.
Creative Credits
Bobby Beethoven
DJ
Ashland Mines, better known by his latest moniker Bobby Beethoven, is a multidisciplinary artist, musician and lauded veteran of the global club scene with a career now spanning two decades. Formerly known as Total Freedom, Mines has cultivated a reputation as a sonic risk-taker whose work often exists on the fringes of traditional club music.
As a DJ, Mines has performed at international festivals such as Club to Club, Primavera, Sonar, Draaimolen and FFTK in Japan. Mines has been a mainstay at Evian Christ’s Trance Party series since it’s inception and regular at major clubs like Fabric London, WWW Tokyo, and Berghain. His practice spans well beyond the conventional, blending art and fashion.
His career has focused on collaboration and community building, with his long list of high-profile collaborators including Isa Genzken, Kelela, Jason Moran, Arca, Lizzi Bougatsos and Ryan Trecartin. He has also soundtracked numerous runway presentations from brands like Telfar, Hood By Air, Diesel, Helmut Lang and Mugler.
Beyond his live performances, Mines has a notable curatorial and institutional presence. In 2012, he curated the performance series Blasting Voice at Suzanne Geiss Company and in 2016 served as a creative director for the 12-part record project titled Anthem for the 9th Berlin Biennale. His work has been presented at prestigious institutions worldwide, including MoMA, Tate Modern, The Walker, MOCA Los Angeles, The Shed, and the Park Avenue Armory.
Papi Juice
Curator
Papi Juice is an art collective that aims to affirm and celebrate the lives of queer and trans people of color. Structured around curated events, Papi Juice lives at the intersection of art, music, fashion, and nightlife. Since its inception in 2013, the collective has been changing the face of nightlife in New York City and beyond with intentional platforms for artists of color including panels, artist residencies, performances, and, of course, fabled DJ sets and all night parties. Papi Juice has featured artists and DJs such as: Addison Rae, Frank Ocean, Helado Negro, Juliana Huxtable, Kelsey Lu, MikeQ, and Yaeji. Papi Juice has also partnered with institutions such as the Brooklyn Museum, Creative Time, Lincoln Center, MoMA PS1, Planned Parenthood, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and partners like A24, Ace Hotel, Calvin Klein, Coach, HBO, H&M, Ray-Ban, and Resident Advisor.
Wildblur
Lighting Designer
Bio to come.