Design & Inspiration
Participating in the Dumbo Arts Festival with the group exhibition Collective Consumption was a blast! The festival and the exhibition had a great turnout. The Collective Consumption opening was especially memorable–all due to milk & cookies, a live sound performance, and spilled paint. Thanks to all who stopped by 20 Jay Street #1019 to see the show.
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I couldn’t help but put together a stop-motion video of Jenifer Wightman installing her cookie piece, “Ephemeral Artist.” It was just so much fun watching the cookies pile up on the table and then get attached to the wall.
Collective Consumption: Jeni Wightman from Random Number on Vimeo.
Here is a photo of Jason Seder, from Agitators Collective (another group participating in Collective Consumption), sniffing the wall of scent.
You’ll have to come to the exhibition to see the entire installation and smell it, in all its sweet spicy glory. Opens tomorrow (9/24, 6 pm – 9 pm).
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Sal Randolph has been giving away money in performances and installations for several years as part of her Money Actions and Free Money series . By giving away money she hopes to interrupt expectations, opening possibilities for new thought around questions of value and ownership. Her work includes interactions, conversations, and interventions, and often deals with gift economies and social architectures.
During The Case of the Curious Pedestrian, find $100 by hunting for dollar bills near the color red along Myrtle Ave. Look for red bicycles, fire boxes, signs, fences, t-shirts, even apples and you may discover a specially rolled dollar with a printed message enclosed. Dollars will be appearing along the avenue, indoors and out, between noon and 6pm. Try attracting dollars to you by putting out something red. Or take the opportunity to leave some of your own money for others to find.
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Ranjit Bhatnagar works with handmade instruments, found objects, and primitive robotics to make music machines and sound sculptures. For The Case of the Curious Pedestrian, Bhatnagar has modified vintage music toys to mimic the calls of local songbirds. These sculptures will be installed inside the awnings of Mr. Coco, Clinton Hill Express Deli, and Green in BKLYN–all located along Myrtle Avenue.
Bhatnagar’s City Birds installation is perfectly suited to add to the “stumbled upon” sense that I would like to convey with the artwork selection and placement in The Case of the Curious Pedestrian. So too, is Angela Fan’s Watermelon O’clock, in which she made custom hats for the watermelons that are on sale outside of Benhadi Supermarket. It will be a clever and subtle intervention that is intended simply to make viewers smile.
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Jonah Levy and Veronica Dougherty will be contributing interactive projects to The Case of the Curious Pedestrian. Here are brief descriptions of both projects, which will repeat throughout the day:
Myrtle Avenue, a notorious, stupendous and mysterious strip of famed “Brook-land” has a vast hidden history, of which many of it’s residents are unaware. From the arctic expeditions of Charles Pratt that earned him his fortune in black gold to the creative gold of Christopher George Latore Wallace (AKA Biggie Smalls), let Jonah Levy tell you about the real Moitel Avenue. These free half hour-long tours will start at the corner of Hall St & Myrtle Ave, at 1, 2, 3, and 4 pm. Look for the man holding a lightsabre.
In 1982, Johnny X moved to Brooklyn. In 1987, he disappeared. Though no one knows exactly what happened, there are clues to Johnny’s fate still present everywhere on Myrtle Avenue. Part scavenger hunt and part interactive detective story, Veronica Dougherty’s The Story of Johnny X involves participants in an examination of strange characters, seemingly mundane objects, and the many ways in which someone can disappear in a city. Briefings will commence at 1:30, 2:30, and 3:30pm, on the corner of Hall & Myrtle, where participants will receive a series of clues to solve this mystery.
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