Multimedia: Photos & Videos
Public Programming InSite: Art + Commemoration
Video: The Cause Collective: The Truth Is I Am You
A project by The Cause Collective, with work by Ryan Alexiev, Jim Ricks, and Hank Willis Thomas.
Co-presentation with Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA).
The exhibit was on view August 26-September 25, with the closing reception on Saturday, September 24.
The Truth Is I Am You is a floating poem highlighting the practices of coexistence that exemplify culturally diverse communities like New York City. Lining the walls of the 2,000 square foot exhibition space, the poem starts with "The truth is I am you" and ends with "The truth is I love you" translated into the 24 most spoken languages in New York City. The poetry on the walls is installed along with silver helium inflated balloons floating in the gallery space. The audience is invited to contribute to the poem by writing their own truths on the surface of the balloons.
Referencing Andy Warhol's “Silver Clouds”, which originally debuted in 1966, the piece attempts to use the exhibition space as a point of entry into other systems of considering who we are, what we value, where we come from, and where we are going.
This program is part of Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's InSite: Art + Commemoration, a series created around the tenth anniversary of 9/11 that invites artistic response to a decade of recovery and change in Lower Manhattan and beyond through exhibitions, performances, poetry, and ideas.
The Cause Collective is a team of artists, designers and ethnographers creating innovative art in the public realm. Their projects explore and enliven public spaces by creating a dynamic conversation between issues, sites and the public audience.
MoCADA is committed to fostering a greater awareness and appreciation of the arts and cultures of the African Diaspora as it relates to contemporary urban issues. The experiences and cultural contributions of people of African descent have been marginalized throughout history and MoCADA’s mission is to undertake the responsibility of rewriting that history in order to give a more accurate portrayal of the contributions of people of African descent to the artistic and global landscape.
January 13, 2012permalink
Artist Residencies Swing Space
Photos: Final Open Studios at Building 110: LMCC’s Arts Center at Governors Island
December 15, 2011permalink
Public Programming InSite: Art + Commemoration
Video: Xu Bing: Where Does The Dust Itself Collect?
LMCC presented the first American installation of "Where Does the Dust Itself Collect?," a project by renowned Chinese artist Xu Bing that utilizes the dust that the artist collected from the streets of Lower Manhattan in the aftermath of 9/11. Recreating a field of dust across a floor surface, punctuated by the outline of a Zen Buddhist poem, the work explored the relationship between the material and the spiritual world, and the complicated circumstances created by different world perspectives.
The exhibit was on view September 8 through October 9, at the Spinning Wheel Building, 5 West 22nd Street.
Presented in partnership with Museum of Chinese in America.
November 10, 2011permalink
Public Programming InSite: Art + Commemoration
Photos: Jill Magi - SLOT
October 14, 2011permalink
Artist Residencies International Residencies
Photos: Srey Bandaul - Looking at Angkor
October 12, 2011permalink
Public Programming Building 110: LMCC’s Arts Center at Governors Island
Photos: Open House Weekend at Building 110: LMCC’s Arts Center at Governors Island
October 5, 2011permalink
Building 110: LMCC’s Arts Center at Governors Island
Photos: VIP Reception of Open Studio Weekend
September 27, 2011permalink
InSite: Art + Commemoration
Photos: Poems From the Sky
September 22, 2011permalink
Public Programming InSite: Art + Commemoration
Photos: Kundiman - Together We Are New York: Asian Americans Remember and Re-Vision 9/11
September 20, 2011permalink
Public Programming InSite: Art + Commemoration
