Alter/Altar
A collaboration with my art collective Shadow Traffic on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The project invited more than 20 artists to create homages to things of the past: personal memory, people who once inhabited these places, defunct urban infrastructure elements such as communication portals or transportation platforms, historical events, popular meeting places, and events that no longer take place in this area.
The artists created site-specific, ephemeral, funerary and/or homage shrines to memories, systems, and events from this neighborhood, taking the form of sculpture, installation, storytelling, and performance. In the wee hours of the night on Friday, November 8th we constructed these ephemeral pieces on-site and offered a sunrise tour the following morning to view them. Just as quickly as they went up, two days later we enjoyed a sunset tour to see the alterations created by weather, time, and interventions by passers-by. Such is the nature of NYC — many of the pieces were altered quickly, their elements scattered to the winds amongst the many people who live on this fast-paced island. November 2019.
Additional writing on the piece here. Map and descriptions of the work by cartographer Nick Reale here.
flyer design by Jaclyn Atkinson and Kate-Marie Sclavi
Hear an interview about this project on Hear and Now with Rachel C. on Radio Free Brooklyn
Sunrise Tour
All photos by Walter Wlodarczyk
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Art Star Walk of Fame
The Song of the Red Canary
The Song of the Red Canary
The Song of the Red Canary
An Altar to Becoming
An Altar to Becoming
An Altar to Becoming
Sunrise Tour
This Door Used to be Red
This Door Used to be Red
Basement Dwellers (Renegade Virus Crew)
Basement Dwellers (Renegade Virus Crew)
Post Tour, 9 am off to get bagels and coffee
Mars Bar Storytellers
Mars Bar Storytellers
Birds Behind Glass 1
Birds Behind Glass 2
Birds Behind Glass 3
Lost Scorpios of NY
Lost Scorpios of NY
Lost Scorpios of NY
Sunset Tour
all photos by Alix Piroun
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The Sunset Tour Begins
Locals join the tour as we begin walking
Basement Dwellers sound component
Basement Dwellers stays intact over the weekend
This Door Used to Be Red
Altars to Past and Future Lovers
Altars to Past and Future Lovers
Altars to Past and Future Lovers
Rounded
An Altar to Becoming, 2 days later