This Building Has A Story: 2010

Thursday, June 10, 2010

All of your comments are much appreciated. We are happy that you took the time to discover the many stories within this project. We'll be signing back in next week with some de-install photos.

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

INvent/Onsite in the Brooklyn Eagle

http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=12&id=35732

UP UNTIL JUNE 12, 2010!

This installation is in the project room at:

INvent/ONsite, The 22nd Annual BRIC Contemporary Art Education Exhibition

curated by Director of Education, Hawley Hussey

http://www.bricartsmedia.org/contemporary-art/exhibitions

Don't miss it!....Up until June 12th

This Building Has a Story and Lots More Art! AT CAMPOS NOW!

In-School Art Lab installations
Guided Tours by appointment Mon-Fri June 2-June 23 9am-2pm
to schedule a tour contact BRIC.Campos@gmail.com

Thursday, May 27, 2010

NATHAN KENSINGER'S PHOTO ESSAY

http://kensinger.blogspot.com/2010/05/this-building-has-story.html

The actuality revealed! Mesmerizing Photos and Story by Nathan Kensinger

Two Letters from students to Nathan

Drawing to students from Nathan

Letter to students from Nathan

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

WATCH THIS! VIDEO of students reading their graphics

Dear Viewers, These student artists created these provocative graphics solely by observing the exterior of the building and imagining it's story. The texts are moving, brilliant and beautiful. Watch it!

Raven cut up: Christina's footage

The students appropriated Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven.

Dark Downstairs: Christina's footage

Bag Landscapes: Christina's footage

Again the downstairs of the abandoned building.
A close up landscape made out of plastic bags.

Peeping from the Inside Out: Christina's footage

Footage from the Abandoned Building Exploration.
--> The Downstairs

Top Floor Mystery: Christina's footage

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

MR. DAVISON'S SHRINE IS MISSING...

Where is Mr. Davison's shrine? Yet another mystery to this story. If you find it, let us know.

ARTIST STUDENT VISIT PIC 3

Emmanie's on-site addition to the install. "I see that I'm an artist."

Monday, May 24, 2010

ARTIST STUDENT VISIT PIC 2

other responses to I see _______________
"that I am an aritst"
"a dead cat"
"dirty stars"
"fear/danger. I live 4 fear. I am danger."

ARTIST STUDENTS VISIT PIC 1

Javonte's amazing addition to THIS BUILDING HAS A STORY on May 24, 2010

ARTIST STUDENTS VISIT INvent ONsite!

Saturday, May 22, 2010

INTRODUCTIONS

BRIC Contemporary Art Education, a program of BRIC/Arts/Media/Brooklyn

Director of Education, Hawley Hussey

http://www.bricartsmedia.org/contemporary-art

in collaboration with Juan Morel Campos Secondary School

New York State Council on the Arts

Classroom Teacher: Adam Davison teacher, musician

Artist Teacher Residency #1: Angela Earley printmaker, artist, teacher

Artist Teachers Residency #2: Angela Earley and Christina Kral media artist, non-linear storyteller

Presentations by Nathan Kensinger explorer of abandoned spaces, photographer, documentary filmaker

*ARTIST STUDENTS*

Cesar * Jennifer * Almin * Davon * Victor * Alan * Jacobb * Kenneth * Tykasia * Anthony * Donasia * Rosanna * Timothy * Jevonte * Briana * Cesar * Raphael * Mary * Aldair * Ray * Judit * Lindsey * Logan * Stephanie * Emmanie * Benjamin * Tyzhane *

ARTISTS/COLLABORATORS/CONTRIBUTORS

Angela Earley http://www.angelaearley.com printmaking, drawing, books

Christina Kral http://vimeo.com/christinakral media artist, storytelling

Bill Brovold http://atomicumbrella.blogspot.com/2007/09/interview-with-bill-brovold-of-larval.html music, art, master carpentry

Nathan Kensinger http://kensinger.blogspot.com/ photography, documentary film

Linn Edwards http://www.linnedwards.com/ photography, photo illustration

BrianBell http://www.lefthandedpublishing.com/ publishing, graphics

Maggy Rozycki Hiltner http://www.maggyrhiltner.com/ artist, embroidered drawings

Hawley Hussey artist, Director of Education

THIS BUILDING HAS A STORY

INSTALL DETAIL 1

INSTALL PIC 1

INSTALL PIC 2

INSTALL PIC 3

Angela's ACTUAL EXPEDITION PIC 2

INSTALL DETAIL 2

Artist Student, Emmane's Shrine Detail

INSTALL DETAIL 3

INSTALL DETAIL 4

Artist Student, Rafael's Shrine Details

INSTALL DETAIL 5

Angela's ACTUAL EXPEDITION PIC 5

INSTALL DETAIL 6

BILL BROVOLD'S AMAZING TABLE!

INSTALL DETAIL 8

INSTALL DETAIL 9

3 pix from opening!

Installation view of poster and other items for audience take.

Install view of photo illustration

Thursday, May 20, 2010

UPDATES COMING SOON...

Thanks to All who joined us at INventONsite! We'll be back soon with more pics and updates...

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

MORE TO COME...

We will reveal more after the opening tonight!

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

TAG IT A TREASURE: For you, from Angela Earley

The story continues with you- Angela Earley

View the origins of "Tag it a Treasure" at my website http://angelaearley.com/section/15155.html

My studio practice informs my artist teacher practice and vice versa

OPENING MAY 19 6-8

in the project room at:

INVENT/ONSITE

The 22nd Annual BRIC Contemporary Art Education Exhibition
curated by Hawley Hussey, Director of Education

Opening Wednesday, May 19 6-8

May 20-June 12, 2010

http://www.bricartsmedia.org/events/invent-onsite

BRIC Rotunda Gallery

The Contemporary Art Space of BRIC Arts/Media/Brooklyn
33 Clinton Street

Brooklyn, NY 11201

MINI-SUMMARY of artist student work.

Donasia observing the abandoned building

Jacobb in the process of painting his provocative statement to be virtually installed in the abandoned building's windows. It says "PEOPLE LIVE HERE SECRETLY".

Cesar's shrine sculptures of what he imagines inside the building BEFORE the actuality is revealed to him-ghost, sun-shaped ceiling fan, personified vase, teddy bear, and more...

Aldair's assemblage/shrine of both what he imagined and what is actually inside the abandoned building...
(revealed in a presentation by contemporary photographer, Nathan Kensinger after Nathan led a safe expedition into the building with Christina and I).

Thursday, May 13, 2010

YOU ARE AN ARTIST

We welcome you to explore "This Building Has A Story" in the project room at INVENTONSITE, an amazing exhibition of BRIC Contemporary Art Education artist student work, curated by Hawley Hussey Director of Education.

Upon your departure we wish you many happy days of observing, searching and finding little treasures.

You are an artist.

Join us at the opening...

The imagined and actual stories of this abandoned building in Willamsburg, Brooklyn

are revealed!

VIDEO OF IMAGINED INTERIOR SHRINE: Student Artist components

Rafael's imagined interior of the abandoned building:

A brilliant cryptic shrine poem!

CLASSROOM INSTALL OF SHRINES: Student Artist components

SHRINES

During our final class, these amazing students/artists/thinkers composed shrines that are non-linear narratives about what they imagined inside the abandoned building and...what Nathan revealed to them as the actuality of the interior. Many Thanks to Bill Brovold who built these gorgeous boxes and to Maggy Rozycki Hiltner for found object contributions!

BEAUTIFUL BOXES: Bill Brovold's components

Meanwhile...we all started thinking about how to best respresent our students' work and this amazing adventure in the project room. Bill Brovold, a painter,
musician http://atomicumbrella.blogspot.com/2007/09/interview-with-bill-brovold-of-larval.html master carpenter and artist teacher came on board to add to our vision by constructing beautiful boxes for our students' imagined shrines and guiding us for many other creative components of the install. Revealed at the exhibition!

REARRANGING POE AND SCULPTING: Student Artist components

Adam, Christina and I guided our students' imaginations by introducing an excercise where they decomposed Poe's "Raven" (before the raven reveals itself) and rearranged the words to create their own poem. Haunting readings revealed at the exhibition! They also began sculpting what they imagined.
Aldair sculpting his imagined interior

IMAGINE 2: Student Artist components

Brainstorm drawing by: Cesar

IMAGINE THE INTERIOR

In the classroom, our students began imagining what was on the interior of the building by responding to our fall residency graphics.

MEDIA: Christina Kral's components

Christina Kral http://christinakral.net/ a media artist from Germany continued her components of this collaboration by documenting our expedition into the abandoned building and being present for planning, teaching and brainstorming for our student's install in the project room.
Photo by: Angela Earley (come to the exhibition to see Nathan and Christina's documentation!)

EXPEDITION AND PHOTOS: Nathan Kensinger's components

As our fall residency was coming to a close, "The No Place" was coincidentally opening at BRIC Rotunda Gallery. Our students took a visit to the gallery to view this exhibition about exploring secret spaces and met contemporary photographer, Nathan Kensinger http://kensinger.blogspot.com/.

Nathan's work was exhibited in the show and he has collaborated on "This Building Has a Story" by leading an expedition into the building (adults only) and taking photos of the adventure. He has also presented his photos to our students so they could experience the actuality of the space.
http://bricrotunda.wordpress.com/2010/02/01/secret-hidden-or-imaginary-exploring-the-no-place/

VIRTUAL GRAFFITI POSTER: Brian Bell and Linn Edward's components

Linn Edward's http://www.linnedwards.com/ collaborated with...
Brian Bell, a Brooklyn artist and graphic designer http://www.lefthandedpublishing.com/ on the finishing touches for an 11 X 17 poster to be given to the students that created the painted graphics.

VIRTUAL GRAFFITI: Linn Edward's components

Linn Edwards http://www.linnedwards.com/ a Brooklyn photographer, shares our interest in the narratives that are present in our everyday surroundings. Linn made our vision a reality by taking a visit to the abandoned building and virtually installed the student's paintings into the windows (she is also a master of Photoshop!)