Art in Odd Places

Piero Passacantando, "I paint you. You paint me."
Curatorial statement: "Two easels face each other, the artist at one, and you at the other. You will have thirty minutes to make portraits of each other. You keep the painting the artist makes of you and the artist keeps the other."

Peter Russell, "Sky Light"
Curatorial statement: "Sky Light is a multimedia performance in which participants walk the street carrying their own personal sky."

Tré Chandler, "Swagger: The High Cost of Zombie Capital"
Curatorial statement: "Swagger: The High Cost of Zombie Capital is a performance using 14th Street as a pre-apocalyptic musical runway for a "recessional processional," a gleefully macabre celebration of our tainted economic ecology."

Ghana ThinkTank, "Ghana ThinkTank Street Sign Actions"
Curatorial statement: "'Official' street signs will be installed along 14th Street, pointing out unwritten rules of New York City as well as the opportunities for breaking out of them."

Tara Raye Russo, "Celebrity World"
Curatorial statement: "This performance piece focuses on “Celebrity”, who will walk through the public while paparazzi swarm. A post-production video will accompany the performance with head cam footage worn by “Celebrity”, her bodyguards, and the paparazzi."

Michael Paul Britto, "The Suspect War"
Curatorial statement: "Based on how appearances influence the public/police’s perception of alleged criminal activity, this interactive fashion show features clothing inspired by wanted posters and profile descriptions. Passersby who “fit the profiles” will be invited to walk the runway."

Gretchen Vitamvas, "Pixelation"
Curatorial statement: "Beginning from separate points on 14th Street, a group of performers will “commute” to 9th Avenue wearing city uniforms printed with a digital camouflage design derived from the colors and texture of the city streets. There they will gather and blend, losing their edges to the background."

Caridad Sola, "Our Lady of Apparitions"
Curatorial statement: "This performance explores the belief in the unbelievable through anomalous, quasi-perceptual experience of apparitions. Performing as her own interpretation of the Catholic saints she was named for, the artist will travel across all of 14th Street, from West to East."

Jacolby Satterwhite, "Reifying Desire Series"
Curatorial statement: "A synthesis of CG technology, video, drawing and performance, this work maps out a queer ideological allegory born from complex familial and socio-cultural influences."

Anabella Lenzu / DanceDrama, "Ilusiones de Percantas (Women's Dreams)"
Curatorial statement: "This is an intimate, humorous, and grotesque performance where music, theatre, and dance fuse. Through the rhythms and lyrics of various Tangos, Milongas, and Waltzes, archetypal characters emerge, dressed in vintage fashions and representing timeless 'female prototypes'."

Urayoán Noel, "Bagkú!"
Curatorial statement: "In this performance piece, haiku poetry is written on bodega shopping bags. Partly improvisational and site-specific, each haiku will be inspired by interactions with the audience, passersby, and customers outside a bodega."