If You Build It
dal 24/6/2014 al 9/8/2014
Segnalato da
Mequitta Ahuja
Raul Ayala
Aziz + Cucher
Radcliffe Bailey
Sonia Louise Davis
Elan
Iliana Emilia Garcia
Scherezade Garcia
Brendan Jamison
Mark Revels
Carlos Mare
Omo Misha
Shani Peters
Kameelah Janan Rasheed
Freddy Rodriguez
Moses Ros-Suarez
Bayete Ross Smith
Dread Scott
Hank Willis Thomas
William Villalongo
Nari Ward
24/6/2014
If You Build It
No Longer Empty, New York
Reflecting an integrated approach to housing and architecture, the exhibition forges connections between art, architecture, community, and activism. It features installations, photography, and performances by more than 20 local, national, and international artists.
On No Longer Empty's 5-year anniversary of presenting site-specific art, No Longer Empty’s exhibition “If You Build It” takes root in Sugar Hill—the legendary epicenter of the Harlem Renaissance. The project is inspired and presented in partnership with Broadway Housing Communities at their newest site, designed by architect David Adjaye. Reflecting an integrated approach to housing and architecture, the project forges connections between art, architecture, community, and activism.
“If You Build It” will feature installations, photography, and performances by more than twenty local, national, and international artists. The works in the exhibition will address cycles of urban decay and regeneration; building community through shared heritage; immigration and displacement; the longing for home in all its senses; and the vast economic disparities that plague our cities.
The multi-floor exhibition leads visitors from the ground floor to the ninth and back finally to the third floors where additional works, installations, and apartments are curated by invited neighborhood organizations.
The project will incorporate multi-disciplinary cultural events and the next editions of No Longer Empty’s signature education programs—the Y.Dot Youth Docent Program, Teens Curate Teens in partnership with ArtsConnection, and No Longer Bored Family Days. Stay tuned for the full calendar of events.
“If You Build It” previews the building and shows Broadway Housing Communities commitment to the arts. The site’s future as the Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling will be a cultural anchor of the community. Setting forth a radical example of what can be achieved when art and architecture are united with goals for spatial and social justice, this project signifies the desire not only to house, but to house with dignity and sustain community.
FEATURED ARTISTS:
Mequitta Ahuja/ Raúl Ayala / Aziz + Cucher / Radcliffe Bailey / Sonia Louise Davis / Élan / Iliana Emilia Garcia / Scherezade Garcia / Brendan Jamison & Mark Revels / Carlos Mare / Omo Misha / Shani Peters / Kameelah Janan Rasheed / Freddy Rodríguez / Moses Ros-Suárez / Bayeté Ross Smith / Dread Scott / Hank Willis Thomas / William Villalongo / Nari Ward
COLLABORATORS
Art in FLUX / ArtsConnection / The Classical Theatre of Harlem / Dominican York Proyecto GRAFICA / Harlem Arts Alliance / Institute for Public Architecture / LeRoy Neiman Art Center/ Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance / Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture / Sugar Hill Culture Club / Taste of Harlem / The New School Collaboratory
Image: Sketch of Sugar Hill Development, courtesy of David Adjaye Associates.
Press contact:
Maureen Sullivan, Red ArtProjects 917.846.4477 maureen@redartprojects.com
Opening Event: Wednesday, June 25
Media Preview 5-6pm (invited to stay through opening or tours by appointment)
Private Reception 6-7pm & General Opening 7-9pm
Special Features: Live music by The Jazz Foundation of America + Soul Food Trucks
No Longer Empty
155th Street & St. Nicholas Avenue, New York, NY, USA
hours:
Thursday–Friday 3–7pm & Saturday–Sunday 1–6pm
Wednesday by appointment.