SILHOUETTES OF US

It all came together!  This is a photo from the first night of the Dumbo Arts Festival.  I collaborated with video artist Jacob Kader and installation artist Leo Valle on this video installation.  It was an amazing process and we continue to work on the next iteration for 2013.

Silhouettes of Us explores what personal space means in an urban environment.

Projected images allude to voyeuristic glimpses seen around the city, while clothes lines act as transcendental ever-changing canvases that play with light, scale and perception.  The empty tobacco warehouse becomes an intimate space filled with life.

You are welcome to participate by bringing a white garment with you to hang on a clothes line or by walking through to create your own silhouette.  

*I will post installation photos and video soon.

DUMBO ARTS FESTIVAL PROPOSAL 2012

Here are a few sketches and computer renderings (by Leonel Valle and myself) that were submitted for the Dumbo Art Festival 2012.  Silhouettes of Us is a site specific video installation that explores what personal space means in an urban environment.  We were encouraged by the festival organizers to go bigger, therefore our original installation idea grew in scale and concept as Jake Kader, Leo Valle and I collaborated.  More info and photos to come soon!

PUBLIC ART PROJECT

ART / Vanishing JOBS

LOCATION

This project took place in an old industrial area in Brooklyn. The neighborhood was given the acronym DUMBO in 1978 (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass), thinking that the unattractive name would deter developers (thank you Wikipedia). It became a booming artist's community in the late 1970's and by the end of the 20th century, as property became more expensive in Manhattan, DUMBO became increasingly gentrified. It now has an interesting dynamic of artist's spaces and luxury residential condos.

PROJECT

The project is made up of 50 unique "ghost prints" that each represent one of the 50 states in the USA, with up to date statistics of that state's unemployment rate printed at the bottom. The image is of the Employment Guide newspaper containers found all over New York City.

The found "gallery wall" was a garage door of a local lighting business. The prints were hung in a grid using powerful magnets.

The prints are hand silkscreened on Stonehenge 100% cotton paper and are 15x22. I hand stamped the data (states and numbers) during the course of the day while engaging in dialogue with passerby's.

As an artist, who is currently on the unemployment list, I have created this project (this JOB) for myself. Proactive waiting.

Ideally I'd love to reinstall this piece in a public window or gallery space. Suggestions welcome.