Peekskill Project

07/06/2018

Peekskill Project 6 Artist, Jenny Brockmann is part of another exhibit abroad! Check out the details below!

Jenny Brockmann & Dark Knowledge Group: 'Of Colour and Light'

Kleine Orangerie Schloss Charlottenburg
July 5, 2018 - September 2, 2018
Opening Reception July 4, 2018, 6 p.m.

Spandauer Damm 22
14059 Berlin-Charlottenburg
t 030 | 90 29 16704
Tue - Sun | noon–6 p.m.

Artist Jenny Brockmann has initiated a transdisciplinary project in collaboration with scientists from the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) and the Free University of Berlin, in the Orangerie of Charlottenburg castle in Berlin. The project addresses the question of how researchers collect data and information, and how they then transform it into scientific knowledge. In an experiment conducted over more than two months, the artist and the researchers will work with the audience to investigate the environmental impact of differently-colored artificial light on organisms in Berlin’s Spree River, and will ascertain the possible effect it has on humans. The Orangerie itself has long been associated with research, as can be seen by the antique measuring instruments as well as alchemical materials that refer to the fascinating activities of the Orangerie.


With Dr. Jonathan Jeschke (Biology, Ecological Novelty), Dr. Stella Berger (Biology, Aquatic Ecology), Sophie Lokatis (Biology), Dr. Isabelle Bartram (Molecular Biology, Medicine), Dr. Christopher Kyba (Particle Physics), Florian Ruland (Ecosystem Research) and Dr. Ulrike Scharfenberger (Ecosystem Research).

In collaboration with Freie Universität Berlin (FU), Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) and Alliance for Freshwater Life

Image: Jenny Brockmann, 'Study on Opacity', various materials, 2018

06/20/2018

Check out Peekskill Project 6 artist Elana Herzog's latest exhibit at the Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation!

Sedimentations: Assemblage as Social Repair

The 8th Floor, 17 W. 17th St.
(between 5th and 6th Aves.)

Sedimentations: Assemblage as Social Repair, on view at The 8th Floor from June 21 through December 8, 2018, is a new exhibition featuring artists who employ strategies of reuse in their practices. The show will include artworks by El Anatsui, Maren Hassinger, Elana Herzog, Samuel Levi Jones, Mary Mattingly, Lina Puerta, Michael Rakowitz, Jean Shin, Shinique Smith, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Roberto Visani, and Michael Kelly Williams. Artworks in the exhibition are embedded with content such as cultural heritage and preservation, technological obsolescence, spiritual engagement, sustainable ecology, the impacts of gun culture on the environment, and more generally, social responsibility, using artifacts of human existence to reinterpret the cycles of creation, consumption, and waste.

Maren Hassinger, Pink Trash, 1982. Courtesy of the artist. The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation is pleased to...

03/23/2018

Peekskill Project 6 artist Maria Rapicavoli has her piece, Load Displacement, on view in The Ocean After Nature, curated by C.A. Feldman, is on until April 17th at Parsons New School, Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery, at 2 West 13th St, New York!

Parsons

03/23/2018

Yesterday, "State of Emergency," a live projection event at the corner of Bowery and Prince Street featuring the work of 60+ video artists and filmmakers, went live! Several of the artists participated in past Peekskill Projects.

This is "2017-1117_State-of-Emergency-Shortcut-v2 (1)" by Lenore Malen on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

02/06/2018

Peekskill Project 6 artist, Maria Rapicavoli is part of an exhibit in New York! Below are the details that she shared with us:

"I am very happy to announce that I am participating in The Ocean After Nature, a group show curated by Alaina C. Feldman. The exhibition is now in New York after traveling to San Francisco, Boston Australia and Ireland.

The opening will take place Friday, February 9th from 6-8pm at at the New School / Parsons (the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery at 2 West 13th St).

There will be light refreshments and drinks served in the lobby area.

(More details - https://www.newschool.edu/parsons/all-exhibitions/?id=17179877729)

Hope to see you there!
Maria"
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Throughout the exhibition, several films will be screened at the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Auditorium, 66 Fifth Avenue:

Friday, February 16. 6:00-8:30 pm
ALLAN SEKULA AND NOËL BURCH
The Forgotten Space, 2010

Friday, March 9. 6:00-8:30 pm
RENÉE GREEN
Endless Dreams and Water Between, 2009
&
THE OTOLITH GROUP
Hydra Decapita, 2010

Friday, March 30. 6:00-8:30 pm
CAMP
From Gulf to Gulf to Gulf, 2013

There will also be a screening with the Swiss Institute at Anthology Film Archives on March 5th featuring brilliant works by Ursula Biemann:
http://curatorsintl.org/events/the-ocean-after-nature-ursula-biemann-screening

Parsons

01/18/2018

Peekskill Project 6 artist Mark Andreas has given his sculpture some new life, and a new name, to help it withstand these frigid winters!

Check out his fantastic description of his work!

FUN FACT FRIDAY

Many people don't realize that some of the sculptures along the riverfront are permanent (or semi-permanent) remnants of Peekskill Projects that HVCCA has held over the past 15 years!

This sculpture in Peekskill Landing Park is by Mark Andreas, and was part of Peekskill Project 6 in 2015. Since installation several years ago, Andreas has returned to modify the piece to withstand time, and this brutal winter! Here is what he had to say about his work:

The "Peekskill Dragonfly" is made of stainless steel and cedar, both materials are commonly used for boat building because of their strength, durability, and resilience to extreme weather conditions.

Andreas built Peekskill Dragonfly to react to the natural forces in the environment surrounding it. Between spring and fall, the artist fills a basin in the sculpture with water every several weeks. When the water is added, the sculpture becomes a dynamic cantilever as the sculpture’s wings rise. The sculpture then is attuned to the environment and is impacted even by the slightest breeze, reminiscent of sailing ships operating on the Hudson.

Over a period of time, the water is pumped out through the force of “capillary action”. As the water is released by this force of nature, the wings start to fold down. After the wings are completely folded, the cycle will repeat when the basin is refilled with water.

During the winter months, the water is drained and the sculpture stays dormant to protect itself from the cold, freezing temperatures, and blistery winter winds.

Make sure you check out this fantastic sculpture, as well as the many others along the riverfront, which is accessible all year round! We have maps available at the museum of all of the artwork ans sculptures throughout Peekskill and along the riverfront.

Photo by Karen O'Reilly

07/18/2017

Peekskill Project 6 artist Elana Herzog is one of the 2017 Guggenheim fellows! Many congratulations!

She is also part of a group show at FRED.GIAMPIETRO Gallery at 1064 Chapel Street, New Haven, CT through July 22nd. Check it out!

06/27/2017

Between I & Thou Artist, Jayoung Yoon,
has been selected as part of "Bronx Calling: The Fourth AIM Biennial!"

Check out the details below!

06/02/2017

Peekskill Project 6 artist Andrew Barthelmes is in a new exhibit, Undercurrents, opening June 10th from 5 to 7 pm at the Dorsky museum! See below for more info.

Here is what Barthelmes had to say about his work:

"The Hudson Valley is a place that has seen tremendous change as it transitions from an industrial to post-industrial economy. My work is about the people and places that are somewhere in between. I grew up in Peekskill N.Y., just north of the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant, which is now set to close in 2021. Many people don’t know that this property was once the site of an amusement park. In my painting Indian Summer, I attempt to capture the debate about its closure, combining fear with hope, while breaking the boundaries between the past, present and future."

More info:

Undercurrents: The River as Metaphor / Hudson Valley Artists 2017

June 10 – July 30, 2017
Opening: June 10th, from 5-7 pm

Alice and Horace Chandler and North Galleries
Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at New Paltz

https://www.newpaltz.edu/museum/exhibitions/future.html

Image detail of:
Indian Summer
104" x 62"
Oil on Wood

http://abcreativeworks.com/home.html

The Hudson Valley is a place that has seen tremendous change as it transitions from an industrial to post-industrial economy. My work is about the people and places that are somewhere in between. I gr

04/25/2017

Peekskill Project 6 artist Jayoung Yoon has been quite busy! Not only can you see her work on display at HVCCA as part of the current exhibit, but she has been selected as an artist-in-residence at the Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts from May 15th through June 15th! More info on that can be found here: https://www.saltonstall.org/2017-juried-fellows

Jayoung also has art available through the Business Center for New Americans, which can be found here: http://www.nybcna.org/bcna/about/BCNA-Art-Event/
The art will be on display from April 26-29 at 524 W. 26th St, with an opening reception to meet the artists on Thursday, April 27 from 6-8pm .

Photograph courtesy of Jayoung Yoon

The Saltonstall Foundation supports artists and writers of New York State through two main programs that each take place in the residential buildings on the Foundation’s property.

04/25/2017

Did you know that Peekskill Project 6 artist Robert Brush is not only an artist, but also a curator? He's currently a Flatfile Artist-in-Residence at Artspace in New Haven, CT.

Check out this fantastic article about his Laughing Skulls exhibit at ArtSpace, up through April 29th!

NEW HAVEN >> For city resident Giulia Gouge, walking into the art exhibit about the Laughing Skulls Motorcycle Club was like walking into a painting.

04/25/2017

Peekskill Project 6 Artist Robert Brush has an artwork available for sale through Paddle 8 to benefit ArtSpace! Check it out!