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Hey Neighbor Talks

Kyle Luntz, j.p. mot, Jiwon Rhie, Katherine Bennett, CHIKA, Katherine Freer, Joseph Baker, Sizhu Li, Patrice Payne, Jonathan Gonzalez, Sarah K Wiliams, Lauren Petty, Shaun Irons, Joseph Morris, Alexandra Goldberg, Sam Sundius, Jemila MacEwan, Elizabeth Demaray, Shannon Finnegan, ValƩrie Hallier, Tim Fite, Zeelie Brown, Julie Ann Nagle, Simone Johnson, Anne Wu, Charlotte Mundy, Aarati Akkapeddi, Christian HincapiƩ, Nilufa Yeasmin, Anooj Bhandari

In collaboration with NARS Foundation, 4heads, BEAM Center, Harvestworks, BronxArtSpace, Shandaken, Virtual Volcano Observatory, Swale, Works on Water

Hey Neighbor is a series of one-on-one conversations between artists-in-residence on Governors Island live-streamed from the tranquil porches of Nolan Park. A partnership with NARS Foundation, 4heads and BEAM Center and supported by Governors Island. All talks will be on zoom.

Schedule

September 26 2022

Kyle Luntz (4heads) + j.p. mot (NARS Foundation) 3:00 – 3:50

Jiwon Rhie (4heads) + Katherine Bennett (Harvestworks) 4:00 – 4:50

October 3Watch here

CHIKA (NARS Foundation) + Katherine Freer (Beam Center) 3:00 – 3:50

Joseph Baker (Beam Center) + Sizhu Li (4Heads) 4:00 – 4:50

Patrice Payne (BronxArtSpace) + Jonathan Gonzalez (Shandaken) 5:00 – 5:50

October 10

Sarah K Wiliams (NARS Foundation) + Lauren Petty/Shaun Irons (4heads) 3:00 – 3:50

Joseph Morris/Alexandra Goldberg (Harvestworks) + Sam Sundius (4heads) 4:00 – 4:50

Jemila MacEwan (Virtual Volcano Observatory) + Elizabeth Demaray (Swale) 5:00 – 5:50

October 17

Shannon Finnegan (Beam Center) + ValĆ©rie Hallier (Harvestworks) 3:00 – 3:50

Tim Fite (4heads) + Zeelie Brown (Swale) 4:00 – 4:50

Julie Ann Nagle (Swale) + Simone Johnson (Works on Water) 5:00 – 5:50

October 24Watch here
Anne Wu (NARS Foundation) + Charlotte Mundy (Harvestworks) 3:00 – 3:50

Aarati Akkapeddi (Beam Center) + Christian HincapiĆ© (NARS Foundation) 4:00 – 4:50

Nilufa Yeasmin (BronxArtSpace) + Anooj Bhandari (Beam Center) 5:00 – 5:50

More Info:

Hey Neighbor will take place over five weeks, The Porch Series brings together artists who work in close proximity but might never bump into one another. For one, because of the nature of individual practices, and two, out of respect to social distance. Artists are invited to discuss ideas and feelings that have surfaced while creating artwork in the midst of monumental turbulence. For some artists, it’s the first time they will meet one another. For others, it’s an opportunity to reconvene and check in. Their dialog is unscripted and emergent.

Artists have always been in the business of recording history and creating reason – What happened before? What’s happening now? Why? They have the power to disrupt malignant ideology and restore vitality and imagination to the public commons. They wade into that which is unsettled and work to reconcile it. When societies are lost in uncertain darkness, artists can be beacons that guide. For these reasons and more, we are grateful for this opportunity to listen and reflect with artists working from Governors Island in the Summer of 2020.

Kyle Luntz

Kyle Luntz is a Brooklyn-based artist who deals with time, emergent
phenomena, illusion and memory in his multimedia installations. He makes generative
audio-visual compositions which are altered by the presence and actions of
participants. Using sound, light, acoustics, feedback systems, sensors and robotics,
his work crosses spatial and temporal dynamics, treating time as malleable material.
While research and technology are embedded in his practice, his interest lies in the
poetic potential of interactivity and experimentalism, rather than the media used to
facilitate it. He emphasizes a perspective of mutual discovery, intuitive
participation and co-authorship as opposed to that of an academic, institutional or
technical authority. He believes that the tools and experience of Art should be
accessible for all. His own approach to learning about circuitry, coding, music,
perception and physics has been largely self-directed, low-cost and open source. For
the last 6 years he has collaboratively developed and taught multimedia Art projects
with NYC public school youth and teachers, supported the work of fellow Artists and
collectives and has cultivated an inclusive approach to creating.

j.p. mot

NARS Foundation

Jiwon Rhie

4heads

Katherine Freer

Beam Center

Joseph Baker

Beam Center

Sizhu Li

4Heads

Patrice Payne

BronxArtSpace

Jonathan Gonzalez

Shandaken

Sarah K Williams

NARS Foundation

Lauren Petty/Shaun Irons

4heads

Joseph Morris/Alexandra Goldberg

Harvestworks

Sam Sundius

4heads

Jemila MacEwan

Virtual Volcano Observatory

Elizabeth Demaray

Swale

Shannon Finnegan

Beam Center

Tim Fite

4heads

Zeelie Brown

Zeelie Brown is an interdisciplinary artist whose spiritual work
conjures together Afro-Atlantic religious cultures to form Soulscapes–black,
transfeminine, utopic, technopolitical sanctuaries. By utilizing sound, textiles,
and installation, her practice manifests revolutionary beauty to offer spaces of
anti-patriarchal gentleness, light, and warmth. Zeelie has performed at RISD, Flux
Factory, Elsewhere, Recess Gallery, Project Row Houses and Harvard University, and
has been featured in Art in America and the Village Voice.

Julie Ann Nagle

Swale

Simone Johnson

Works on Water

Anne Wu

NARS Foundation

Aarati Akkapeddi

Beam Center

Christian HincapiƩ

NARS Foundation

Nilufa Yeasmin

BronxArtSpace

Anooj Bhandari

Beam Center