project for a street corner
2006-present
project for a street corner (WTC PATH), 2008
top left: students were invited to my studio to discuss the dynamics of group behavior in public space before we formed the circle together
top right: a snapshot of students from Murry Bergtraum High School taken during the performance
bottom: two stills from video project for a street corner (WTC PATH), 2008
Working from a temporary studio overlooking a plaza in front of the World Trade Center PATH station entrance, I videotaped from above as a group of high school students and I stood in a circle in the plaza during rush hour. Over the span of twenty minutes, our circle shaped a regular stream of commuters into a smaller, then wider column. Sometimes individuals walked through the circle.
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project for a street corner (WTC PATH), 2008
color video, with sound, 11 minutes 11 seconds
project for a street corner, 2006
left: the person circled in red has been instructed to walk in a tight circle for two minutes, regardless of how crowded the sidewalk becomes.
right: the person in the image has been asked to stand on a manhole cover and hold her ground, regardless of who walks by or how crowded the corner becomes as people gather and wait to cross with the streetlight.
This is the first video in the project for a street corner series, and features two subtle street interventions devised during a few days of testing with friends on a busy street corner, with whom I communicated by cell phone. The conversation was recorded while simultaneously, the scene was videotaped from five stories above.
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project for a street corner, 2006
color video, with sound
4 minutes 37 seconds
project for a street corner (14th St), 2008
left: artist lies on sidewalk for a few minutes (promotional image).
right: Jane asks passerby for directions.
Artist and friends carry out a series of actions to highlight and/or disrupt the ordinary behaviors of passerby on a section of 14th St between 8th and 9th Avenues in Manhattan, two hours a day for three days.
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documentation of project for a street corner (14th St), 2008
color video, with sound
1 minute 38 seconds
