Friday, March 11, 2011

Roosevelt Island's Andrew Andrew Two Man Collective Profiled In NY Times - The Andrews Review That Championship Season and High Tech Spy Garbo

Andrew Andrew Image From NY Times

Have you ever seen these two guys walking down the street on Roosevelt Island who kind of look alike, but not quite, though they definitely dress as one and ask yourself who are they?

The answer is - they are AndrewAndrew, Roosevelt Island residents, and were profiled in the NY Times earlier this year:
THE girl in the gray cocktail dress eyed the D.J.’s, a pair of men engrossed in their matching iPads.

“They’re twins, right?” she asked, looking puzzled.

Well, no. The D.J.’s — a two-man “collective” that calls itself AndrewAndrew — are as twin-like as you can get without sharing DNA...
and:
... AndrewAndrew are sometimes called performance artists, but they see themselves as mere catalysts, provoking onlookers to literally look twice. “Ultimately, it’s a nonperformance,” Andrew said, “because we’re not actually doing anything. We’re passive. The entire action takes place in someone else’s mind, in someone else’s perception.”...
If you are looking for something to do this weekend in New York City, take a look at The Andrews recent theater review for That Championship Season


You Tube Video Of AndrewAndrew Reviewing That Championship Season

and Spy Garbo.


You Tube Video Of AndrewAndrew reviewing Spy Garbo

The Andrews describe Spy Garbo as a high tech and academic version of one of my all time favorite TV program's, Steve Allen's Meeting of Minds, where historical figures would return and chat with each other in a talk show like setting.

I might give it a try.

2 comments :

Gregor said...

Someone should invite these guys to the next RIRA meeting - they might add much-needed humor to the proceedings.

Anonymous said...

Ummmmmmmmmmmmm. This is not even close to funny.