"twisted and ever-morphing" – Scott Stifler, Downtown Express
One New York Plaza – Third Rail Projects Creative Residency(2011–2012)
photo by Starboard Photos
Third Rail Projects, an award-winning multi-disciplinary company, makes One New York Plaza its artistic home through March, 2012 with a series of installation and performance projects based on Lewis Carroll’s classic “Alice” texts.
(2011 – 2012)
One New York Plaza
(Water St. between
Whitehall & Broad Streets)
All Events are FREE and open to the public.
Check individual listing for open studio dates and times.
"When Zach Morris of Third Rail Projects (creators of the Steampunk Haunted House) walks past an empty storefront, he doesn’t press his nose up against the glass and dream of the day when the space will be selling $5 foot-long subs or overpriced designer duds. Quite some time ago, he had the foresight to envision an evolving art installation inspired by Lewis Carroll’s “Through the Looking Glass.” That dream is now a reality, albeit a twisted and ever-morphing one (appropriate, considering Carroll’s propensity for images and ideas that are as silly and surreal as they are dark and disturbing)." – Scott Stifler, Downtown Express
Project Descriptions:
A Series of Reveals
January 10 – March 18, 2011
photo by Starboard Photos
For ten weeks, January 10 - March 18, 2011, site-specific artist Zach Morris of Third Rail Projects created a series of ten installations that animated the windows of the One New York Plaza Art Space. Each of the ten works evoked the dense, lush, dream-like worlds that are a hallmark of Morris’s projects, and are part of a series of incremental revelations in which audiences got increasingly deeper glimpses both into the artist’s creative process and into the art space itself. Each new work was unveiled the Monday morning of the workweek, and occupied the space until the following Friday. On Fridays, Morris began installation of the next work and opened his studio to passersby, welcoming visitors to observe his process, ask questions, and share comments.
photos by Starboard Photos
The project culminated the week of March 14 - 18, for the “Final Reveal” when the art space was fully opened to the public, and they were able explore the art space’s interior, and get a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the 9 prior installations. During this period, Morris was be on-site welcoming visitors from 12 - 6pm.
Rogue's Gallery
August 12, 2011 – November 11, 2011
photo Courtesy of Arts Brookfield
In Winter 2011, Third Rail Projects transformed the Art Space with the installation "A Series of Reveals," and then moved to the plaza over the summer for the site-specific dance piece "Looking Glass." In Fall of 2011, Third Rail Projects returned to the Art Space on concourse level to create small scale installations with an interwoven narrative for visitors to explore – or become a permanent part of them.
During "Rogue’s Gallery," visitors were welcomed to stop in and get a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the artistic process, and become part of the installations by posing for photographs that were transformed into whimsical, neo-Victorian portraits.
photos by Tom Pearson
The Open Artist Studios for "Rogue’s Gallery" were held on Fridays, from 12-6pm, on August 26, September 16, September 30, October 14, and November 4, 2011.
Installations & Ephemera
November 14, 2011 – March 9, 2012
photo by Starboard Photos
Installations and Ephemera is the final stage of the residency, in which Third Rail Projects invites visitors to explore several small scale installations to discover a contemporary re-imagining of the “Alice” stories.
The Open Artist Studios for Installations and Ephemera are held on Friday, from 12 - 6pm on November 18, December 2, and December 16, 2011; and January 13, January 27, February 10, February 24, and March 9, 2012.
Credits:
Third Rail Projects' Creative Residency at One New York Plazais presented by Arts Brookfield. Brookfield Office Properties enlivens its public spaces through an acclaimed visual and performing arts program. Arts Brookfield is committed to working with regional artists and commissioning original works of art in all disciplines including visual art, dance. theater and music. These events offer artists unique opportunities to work in new and unusual spaces while providing provocative cultural experiences for tenants and visitors alike.
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