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Jamaica
Flux: Workspaces & Windows 2007 is a contemporary public
art project which includes the commission, creation, and
exhibition of 24 multidisciplinary, site-specific artworks.
These works will be displayed at a variety of locations along
Jamaica Avenue (Queens, NY) including banks, stores,
restaurants, street corners, phone booths, parks, and other
public spaces from September 29 - November 17, 2007.
In
the spirit of collaborative cultural activity, in addition to
the 24 artists/artist collectives, Jamaica Flux 2007 involves
three curators, three to five scholars, several business
owners, merchants, and organizations from the local community.
JCAL will also present a companion exhibition in its gallery
from September 29, 2007 - January 12, 2008, which includes
participating artists' sketches and models as well as historic
examples of site-specific art.
The
project is an outgrowth of Jamaica Center for Arts &
Learning's (JCAL) extremely well-received Jamaica Flux:
Workspaces & Windows 2004 project. Jamaica Flux 2007
challenges traditional ideas about where art should be
displayed and explores the relationship between art, commerce,
urban renewal, and community. By facilitating an inclusive
dialogue between artists, curators, art-historians, community
residents, business owners, and visitors to Jamaica, Queens,
the project examines issues such as identity and cultural
heritage, immigrant experiences, capitalism and technology and
their impacts on contemporary arts practices, and the historic
specificity of place and time.
JCAL
is one of the oldest alternative spaces in New York City, a
35-year-old multidisciplinary urban arts center serving the
community of Southeast Queens. Jamaica, Queens is one of the
most ethnically diverse neighborhoods in the country, and JCAL
programming strives to reflect the diversity of its vibrant
community.
Exhibition：
Location：Various indoor/outdoor sites along and off
Jamaica Avenue
Location：Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning's
gallery 161-04 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY 11432 Events
and Public Programs：
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September
29, 2007：Vernissage Events (Performances by
Akiko Ichikawa, Haejae Lee, RIDER Project (Michele
Gambetta, Landon Jones, Adam Lister, Mary Pinto, and Mark
Rentschler), and Saya Woolfalk: 10:00am - 2:00pm)
Location: Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning 161-04
Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY 11432
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Every
Saturday between September 29th and November 12th,
2007 from 12 - 4 pm: Performances by artists, including
Haejae Lee, Saya Woolfalk, the RIDER Project (Michele
Gambetta, Landon Jones, Adam Lister, Mary Pinto, and Mark
Rentschler).
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November
17, 2007, 12 - 6 pm: Closing Events, Performances by
Akiko Ichikawa, Haejae Lee, Saya Woolfalk and the RIDER
Project (Michele Gambetta, Landon Jones, Adam Lister, Mary
Pinto, and Mark Rentschler) followed by reception.
Location: Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning 161-04
Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY 11432
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January
12, 2008, 4 - 6 pm: Evaluation/Discussion followed by
reception Location: Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning
161-04 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY 11432
List
of the Participating Curators and Artists：
Heng-Gil Han, Project Director/Curator
Koan Jeff Baysa, Co-curator
Juliana Driever, Co-curator
Olu Oguibe, Co-curator
Aniko Erdosi, Curatorial Assistant
On megumi Akiyoshi, Grimanesa Amoros, Shelly Bahl, Aileen
Bassis, Lishan Chang, Jon Cuyson,
Stephanie Dinkins, Heather Hart, Shigeko Hirakawa, Christopher
K. Ho, Akiko Ichikawa,
Sook Jin Jo, Susan Kleinberg, Haejae Lee, Diane Meyer, Carol
Pereira, Jenny Polak,
Ruey-Shiann Shyu, Lisa C Soto, Anna Stein & Athena Robles,
Steed Taylor, Saya Woolfalk, BASE
(Leslie Hewitt & William Cordova), RIDER Project (Michele
Gambetta, Landon Jones, Adam Lister,
Mary Pinto, and Mark Rentschler).
Robert Smithson, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, and Gordon Matta-Clark.
Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning
The
Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, celebrating its 35th
anniversary, is housed in a landmark building owned by the
City of New York and is funded with public funds provided
through the New York State Council on the Arts, a state
agency; the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs with
support from Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg; Cultural Affairs
Commissioner Kate D. Levin; the New York City Council; Council
Speaker Christine Quinn; the Queens Delegation of the Council;
Majority Whip, Councilman Leroy Comrie; and Queens Borough
President Helen M. Marshall.
Media
Contact： April
Peters, Project Coordinator 718-658-7400 ext 152 apeters@jcal.org
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