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Moon and Stars Project is pleased to support the grant project
Presented by Protocinema
May 7- June 30, 2013.
SE entrance of Seward Park, East Broadway at Jefferson Street
(in front of The Seward Park Branch of The New York Public Library)
Open daily from dawn till dusk
Conversation with Can Altay and Laura Raicovich on-site on May 10, 6:30pm.
Protocinema presents Can Altay's Inner Space Station, a marker of boundaries in the form of a circular bench, in cooperation with New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Altay's work draws on the limits of public space by creating a temporary inner space, that is, among other things, a simple gesture towards introspection.
Inner Space Station is a concrete, circle-shaped bench, approximately two meters in diameter. The aspect of perception for one seated or viewing the station – from inside or outside of the circle – is not just a matter of physical space, but a wider philosophical question of what is permitted, where and when. Positioned between art and architecture, his bench creation for New York City investigates the functions, meaning, organization and reconfigurations of public spaces. Altay attends to the behavioral experience of individuals, crafting poetic alternatives and supplements to the cityʼs existing urban fabric.
The exhibition is accompanied by a Can Altay - Inner Space Station poster campaign designed by Asli Altay, Founding Partner, Future Anecdotes, Istanbul.
About Can Altay
Can Altay was born in Ankara and lives and works in Istanbul. He has a PhD in Art, Design and Architecture from Bilkent University, Ankara; Post-Graduate Degree on Critical Studies from Malmo Art Academy and Lund University; MFA and BFA on Interior Architecture and Environmental Design from Bilkent University. Recent solo exhibitions include COHAB: an assembly of spare parts”; Casco: office for art, design and theory, Utrecht, NL, 2011; “The Church Street Partners’ Gazette.” The Showroom, London, U.K., 2010; and “Setting a Setting / Forecasting a Broken Past,” among others.
About Laura Raicovich
Laura Raicovich is Director of Global Initiatives, Creative Time. Previously Deputy Director, Dia Art Foundation, Senior Publicist at New York’s Guggenheim Museum. Raicovich graduated from Swarthmore College and holds a Master’s Degree in Liberal Studies from the Graduate Center at the City University of New York. She is the author of At The Lightning Field, a lyric essay and parallel text to Walter De Maria’s renowned artwork, which will be published as a book this year.
Program Supporters
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, Gavin Kroeber, Creative Producer; Sasha Bauer; Marty and Rebecca Eisenberg; Ateş Ucul, HG Maters, Elizabeth Baribeau, Jane Farver, Jane Benson, and Cornell University. Artist’s roundtrip airfare and accommodation at The Marmara Manhattan has been generously provided through a grant by Moon and Stars Project of The American Turkish Society.
About Protocinema
Protocinema is a non-profit art organization that makes transnational nomadic exhibitions in Istanbul and New York. Protocinema was founded in 2011 with Hands-on Education Program. For more information please contact Mari Spirito, mari@protocinema.org 917 660 7332 or +90541 468 0214, and visit us at www.protocinema.org. For press requests please contact John Marder, john.marder@flint-pr.com or Michael Hornsby, michael.hornsby@flint-pr.com.
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