Multimedia: Photos & Videos
Artist Residencies Workspace
Photos: Workspace Open Studio Weekend 2012
May 16, 2012permalink
Public Programming InSite: Art + Commemoration
Video: Kundiman - Together We Are New York: Asian Americans Remember and Re-Vision 9/11
Together We Are New York helped to ensure Asian American community voices were presented and shared as a vital part of the fabric of city memory and the nation’s journey forward. To remember the diverse communities affected by the events of 9/11, Kundiman, an organization dedicated to the creation and promotion of Asian American poetry, engaged nine poets to interview Asian Americans on their experiences that day and in the decade since. The material was crafted into poems for a series of public performances and dialogues, uniquely combining historical documentation with artistic production and public engagement. The program opened with a performance on September 13 at Fordham University.
Featured poets: Hossannah Asuncion, Tamiko Beyer, Marlon Esguerra, April Heck, Eugenia Leigh, Bushra Rehman, Zohra Saed, Purvi Shah, R.A. Villanueva
Public funding for Together We Are New York is provided by LMCC’s Fund for Creative Communities, which is supported by the New York State Council on the Arts, and by the Manhattan Community Arts Fund, which is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
May 14, 2012permalink
Public Programming Access Restricted
Photos: Access Restricted: From Radio Row to the Freedom Tower: Arts and the Evolution of Lower Manhattan
April 26, 2012permalink
Public Programming Access Restricted
Photos: Access Restricted: At the Intersection: Art, Money and Politics
April 26, 2012permalink
Public Programming Access Restricted
Photos: Access Restricted: On The Waterfront: Re-Imagining the East River Waterfront Esplanade
April 24, 2012permalink
Photos: 2012 Manhattan Community Arts Breakfast
April 5, 2012permalink
Public Programming Access Restricted
Photos: Access Restricted: The Sacred and the Secular: Arts and Community at Trinity Wall Street
April 2, 2012permalink
Photos: Workspace Open Studio VIP Preview Brunch 2012
March 21, 2012permalink
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
