This past weekend the More Art team gathered with artist Krzysztof Wodiczko at Harvestworks Studios in SoHo to film and record interviews with veterans of the Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam wars. Once completed, these interviews will comprise one of the most significant steps in our preparation for the Abraham Lincoln: War Veterans Project. Our objective
Update: 9/10/12 Project: Abraham Lincoln: War Veterans Projection Our public art project is based on conversations with veterans and their family members. The final goal is for participants to be recorded sharing their experiences. These recordings will be included in a multimedia performance art installation over 10 evenings around Veteran’s Day 2012 in a highly
The sun came out this past Sunday to activate the artifacts of Jenny Marketou’s “Sunspotting a Walking Forest.” This was crucial because every prop element created for this performance on the High Line was comprised of brilliant colors, reflective material or photosensitive paint. The photochromic ink utilized in the construction of the banners literally exposed
Workshops: Flags & T-shirts Students from Clinton Middle School and seniors from the Fulton House in Chelsea started news workshop with artist Jenny Marketou in Collaboration with Otto Von Busch. The kids and the seniors started by thinking about a flag which represents themselves and then created these flags by cutting out different colors of
Last Thursday for the The Armory Show‘s VIP SoHo night we presented Joan Jonas‘ “Lunar Rabbit, 2011”. The storefront multimedia installation was the culmination of a series of workshops led by Jonas during spring 2011 for students from the Clinton School for Writers and Artists. The workshops explored the myth of a selfless rabbit who
This past October Xaviera Simmons set up an outdoor studio in the Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea Houses where she met and took portraits of the residents of these communities. Last night was the opening of two concurrent exhibitions for Xaviera Simmons’ “When You’re Looking At Me, You’re Looking At Country“. The event also marks the first
