From listening to ringing church bells on a Sunday morning in Astoria, Queens to investigating the repercussions of the 1950 Standard Oil spill in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, each artist provides a unique vision that enriches the collective knowledge.Īrtists (in alphabetical order): Susan Agliata, Alisa Besher, Beth Botshon, Janine Fleri, David Gatten, Barbara Hammer, Heather Kramer, George Kuchar, Ethan Mass, Scott Nyerges, Lynne Sachs, Erik Schurink, Erika Yeomans. In addition to creating a video, each artist reflects on their own work in the project blog, and intimately shares their perceptions and interpretations of the city in which they live. peopleĪ group of moving-image artists was invited to contribute their own visual interpretations of selected words, thus sharing their own unique perspective on the nature of language and urban life. In mofette (an opening in the earth from which carbon monoxide escapes), mysterious gases flow from gaps in the streets of Manhattan.
In diglot (a bilingual person), a Chinese accountant, Albanian baker, Palestinian falafel maker, Argentinian film archivist and Cuban cigarmaker speak candidly about their daily routines. Chatty teenagers in a Flushing, Queens cafe drink bubble tea in xenogenesis (the phenomenon of children markedly different from their parents). In open city (a metropolis without defense), the ruins of military installations throughout the five boroughs decay with time. In selenography (the study of the moon), amateur astronomers in Staten Island's Great Kills State Park celebrate the wonders of the night sky. Using original video, animation, photography and sound, Abecedarium: NYC constructs visual relationships between these select words and specific locations in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island.Įach word - whether it's A for audile or Z for zenana – leads to a different short video and a location in the city that you may never have experienced before. Produced by Lynne Sachs + Susan Agliata in collaboration with local New York City artists.Ībecedarium: NYC is an interactive online exhibition that reflects on the history, geography, and culture - both above and below ground - of New York City through 26 unusual words.
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