Love how our A&SP art residency in the Lloyd Center Mall found its way into a New York Times article about visiting Portland this week. They link to a great article that talks about this revitalized ‘dead mall’, shares some of our work, and quotes me reminiscing about 1990’s Pittsburgh and the Brew House
@brewhousearts . The project took place last year as part of our Art & Social Practice MFA program. Our class met weekly at the mall as ‘resident artists’ for what we call ‘Experientials’ where we learn by doing. We mapped the soft spots or the places were we might grow projects, we created personal movement pieces with
@dchaseangier , and we got to know our mall neighborhood. The mall became our host for that years’ Assembly and the public joined us to experience so many amazing projects! From a beautiful chance to wish together at a fountain
@gilnotjill , a live interview show by
@manfredpunky , a color wheel swap shop
@all_corndogs_go_to_heaven ,
@liv__bliss extraordinary fashion show,
@simeenasknownbyyou place for public resting,
@nvichayapai ’s store of regret,
@midori ’s conversations caligraphy, Lou’s
@8loub install and creation of a temporary all gender restroom and my own and
@kyealive mall walk with a twist! (And I mean the orchestrated surprise ice-skating duet in the middle of it!) I am not doing these amazing projects justice here! Love what we made together!
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