Installation View. Feed Me a Story, a project by Theresa Loong and Laura Nova. Essex Street Market, NY, 2016. Photo: Laura Nova Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space is excited to present Feed Me a Story, an on-going social engagement project dedicated to documenting the gastronomic experiences of residents living in historical communities. The latest installment …
Installation View, Ricardo Miranda, Recetas y Gangas, 18 December – 19 December 2016. Exterior of Essex Street Market, New York. Photo: Ricardo Miranda Location: Exterior of Essex Street Market at 120 Essex Street NY, NY 10002 Click here to watch a video of the installation Full audio-montage Recetas y Gangas is a temporary audio installation by Ricardo …
Collected Works: A Brief History of Artists Alliance Inc. is an installation by LES Studio Program resident Alison Owen and curated by Sanna Almajedi. Collected Works is an imprint of The Clemente building on 107 Suffolk St. created through Artist Alliance Inc. archive, and the residue of its artists-in-residence. Artist Alison Owen tells her own story …
Natasha Johns-Messenger is an Australian-born conceptual artist and filmmaker based in New York. With a primary interest in phenomenology, Johns-Messenger creates installations that employ body-scaled optical works, live-video, architectural interventions and site-determined photography. In 2016 Johns-Messenger staged her first solo Museum exhibition, Sitelines, at Heide Museum of Modern Art in Melbourne, curated by Linda Michael. …
PS160 is an immersive architectural installation that takes place inside The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural Center. Created by artist Gabrielle Mertz and commissioned by Artists Alliance, the project employs a choreographed series of light and sound projections located throughout the Clemente building to construct a performative experience of the architecture. The installation references structural and …
Presented in collaboration with Congregation Beth Elohim Early Childhood Center Andrea Mastrovito created life-size silhouettes of each student, which were then cut out to form paper dolls. The artist and students colored and decorated the cut-outs, which were then fixed to the walls. Finally, with the help of a few industrial fans, the students gave life …
Presented as part of the Workspace 2016 series, featuring the work of LES Studio Program artists-in-residence If there is value in Pokemon Go, it lies not in its users’ enjoyment of the game, but in the scope of the geographical data collected as consequence of its attention capture. It is the same reason why Uber is valued …
Presented in collaboration with Congregation Beth Elohim Early Childhood Center Magali Duzant’s workshop focused on sun prints, or cyanotypes, which feature heavily in her existing practice. Each child had their own pretreated photo sheet, along with a large pretreated canvas on which all of the students collaborated. Simple objects such as yogurt lids, sticks, cut-out shapes, …
Species of Spaces by Alison Owen at Smack Mellon My art practice explores collections, archives, found materials, and architecture. I engage with an archive or museum collection, gathering materials and taking notes on patterns, colors, similarities, differences. I then present these chosen objects in a new light. I invent a lyrical, intuitive framework, to give the …
Nom Nom Ohm: When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Chandeliers is an installation by Jessica Segall that features two chandelier light fixtures powered by the unlikely source of produce. The antique chandeliers are illuminated using products bought from Essex Street Market vendor Viva Fruit and Vegetables. The pair of opulent chandeliers were rewired to use the …