UTV 2015
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ROLLING ESSENCE
The West Harlem Art Fund was inspired this year with poetry from former US poet laureate Rita Dove. Her poem, Under the Viaduct, 1932 focused on the sounds and movements underneath these structures. The Design Trust of NY recently published a study called Under the Elevated which shares the history of NYC’s el trains. And…
125th Street, American art, Ashcan School of American Art, Elevated Viaducts, group portraits, Harlem art, Harlem Arts, John French Sloan, Manhattanville, New realism, NYC art, Rolling Essence, Savona Bailey-McClain, Under the Elevated, Under the Viaduct, UTV 2015, West Harlem, West Harlem Art, West Harlem Art Fund, West harlem Arts
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ANIMATED LOGO
Professor Ed Darino from Pratt’s Digital Art, has created an animated video of our logo SYNCED. The various teams are getting excited. We will present original artwork that will use technology to embed in these original works by Northern Manhattan artists.
125th Street, 12th Avenue viaduct, Ed Darino, Harlem, Harlem art, Harlem Arts, Manhattanville, Manhattanville arts, Pratt’s Digital Art, Riverside Drive Viaduct, Under the Viaduct, UTV 2015, West Harlem, West Harlem Art Fund, West Harlem Art Fund + 12th Avenue Viaduct, West harlem Arts, West Harlem Piers area
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BLACK PERFORMANCE IN CONTEMPORARY ART
“Performance that is improper can shift the air.” by Thomas DeFranz Move over Marina Abramovic! Black artists have been creating performance art for decades. An often misunderstood art form. Performance art disrupts conventional thinking and the presentation of art. The West Harlem Art Fund has invited Harlem-based artist Dianne Smith to present her 1st performance…
125th Street, 12th Avenue viaduct, art in public spaces, Black performance art, Dianne Smith, Dread Scott, fiber art, Harlem, Harlem art, Harlem Arts, Manhattanville, Manhattanville art, Maren Hassinger, NYC fiber art, NYC performance art, NYC public art, performance art, public art, Radical Presence, Riverside Drive Viaduct, Sur Rodney (Sur), Terry Adkins, Under the Viaduct, Under the Viaduct 2015, UTV 2015, Weekend Walks, West Harlem, West Harlem Art Fund, West Harlem Art Fund + 12th Avenue Viaduct, West Harlem Art Fund + Tug of War, West Harlem Art Fund + Under the Viaduct, West harlem Arts
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MOVEMENT PLAYDATES JOINS UTV 2015 FOR IMPROV
The West Harlem Art Fund is so pleased to bring improvisation to Under the Viaduct. The organization has selected Movement Playdates. This team will show how we can all live life more artfully. The lineup for Under the Viaduct is growing for Saturday, July 18th. Time for this intervention is 4 p.m. About Playdates Playdates is…
12th Avenue, 12th Avenue viaduct, art in Harlem, art in Manhattanville, art intervention, Carmen Caceres, dance movement, Harlem, Harlem art, Harlem Arts, Improvisation, Manhattanville, Mary Madsen, Movement Playdates, NYC art, NYC public art, performance art, Playdates, public art, Riverside Drive Viaduct, Savona Bailey-McClain curator, Savona Bailey-McClain curator + producer, Under the Viaduct, UTV 2015, West Harlem Art Fund, West Harlem Art Fund + Under the Viaduct, West harlem Arts, West Harlem Piers area -
IMAGES FROM COTTON CLUB PROJECTION
NYC Light 2015 chose “Shuffled Light” for projection at their Opening Ceremony Press Event in January 2015. This was an official event of the United Nations “International Year of Light & Light-based Technologies”. ”Shuffling” various segments from five (5) pieces shown in 2014 created the piece. New light was also added and, of course, the…
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DUBBED DIRECTIONS
Dubbed Directions acknowledges how construction is apart of everyday city life. We have to re-route and navigate constant change. This intervention is a play on street and construction signage and how we can still make ourselves feel safe within constant flux. LADY K-FEVER (b. Canada) is a New York based inter-disciplinary artist and curator working…
12th Avenue, 12th Avenue viaduct, art in Manhattanville, Bike intervention, Harlem art, Harlem Arts, Kathleena Howie, LADY K-FEVER, Manhattanville, reflective art, Riverside Drive Viaduct, street art, Under the Viaduct 2015, urban art, UTV 2015, West 125th Street, West Harlem, West Harlem Art Fund, West Harlem Art Fund + Under the Viaduct, West harlem Arts, West Harlem Piers area, Will Vaultz photography
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PREMIERE OF RIVER | ROAD
Photos taken by C. Bailey and W. Vaultz Our outdoor series UNDER THE VIADUCT will involve several pop-up interventions along the Hudson River and under the 12th Avenue and Henry Hudson viaduct (digital projections, sound art, tours and dance) for the general public on three dates – June 6th, July 18th and October 3rd. UNDER…
1932, arts technology in Harlem, arts technology in NYC, arts technology in Washington Heights, C. Bailey photographer, CultureHub, data visualization, data visualization + under the viaduct, Ft. Washington Park, Henry Hudson Parkway, NEA, Rita Dove, RIVER | ROAD, Savona Bailey-McClain curator, Savona Bailey-McClain curator + artistic director, Under the Viaduct, US poet laureate, UTV 2015, W. Vaultz photographer, Washington Heights, West Harlem Art Fund, West Harlem Development Corporation, Will Vaultz
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STREETS ARE PUBLIC SPACES
“Urbanization is the defining trend of the 21st century; by 2030, 75 percent of the world’s 9 billion people will be living in cities. And urbanization is occurring most rapidly in places with the greatest lack of planning for urbanization.” — UN-HABITAT Executive Director Joan Clos i Matheu According to Project for Public Spaces,…
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