AREA Nightclub Revival
for Absolut

Creative Producer / Performance Curator
Adam Aleksander Presents

The New York Times: Waking Area Nightclub From the Dead
Paper Magazine: Cuckoo Crazy Arty Party Area Returns For One More Bash
Guest of a Guest: A Look Inside Area Nightclub's 30th Anniversary Party

Guests arrived to find an artfully trashed venue, atmosphere performers as the typical "last call" crowd, and a party already over, waiting to be reborn. The event celebrated the ongoing legacy of AREA, "the nightclub-as-art-gallery that came to define the creative hedonism of 1980s New York" (NY Times). The concept was a whimsical response to the sense we've all had as contemporary New Yorkers that we missed the party, so to speak, and an opportunity to celebrate the immortality of New York nightlife. Attendees included Calvin Klein, Jack Nicholson, Diana Picasso, Julian Schnabel, and Chuck Close.