NYC DOT AND UNITED PHOTO INDUSTRIES CURATE NEW EXHIBIT FOR ART DISPLAY CASES ON WATER STREET IN LOWER MANHATTAN
LOCATIONS
24 Gouveneur Lane (between Water Street and Front Street)
141 Water Street (between Pine Street and Maiden Lane)
Can one define New York? In a city of over eight million inhabitants living in five boroughs, can there be one narrative; a single story? New York City has long been a beacon, an inviting warm light calling out across the world to the creatives, the ambitious, the makers. It is a city in constant flux; growing, shifting, evolving; yet, in its heart, it always stays the same.
We are incredibly excited to announce our latest collaboration with our friends at the NYC Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Urban Art Program, curating this outdoor exhibition titled, New York (Outer Borough) Stories, which showcases a series of images captured by New York City-based artists residing in the four “outer” boroughs—the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island. Presented in Lower Manhattan’s financial center, the exhibition aims to provide the visitor a rare window into the soul of New York and to celebrate what makes it tick.
In creating this exhibition, one photographer from each of the four outer boroughs was invited to collaborate with a locally-based curator to share a story about her own community. The selected photographers come from different social and cultural backgrounds, grew up in different neighborhoods and at different times, yet all share an affinity for their city. New York (Outer Borough) Stories is more than an exhibition of photographs; it is a celebration of New York, of its unique mix and diversity of people, and of the pride that defines and unites them all.
Curated by Hitomi Iwasaki – Director of Exhibitions & Curator, Queens Museum of Art
THE BRONX
QUEENS
STATEN ISLAND
BROOKLYN
The photographs are adhered to ten art display cases positioned at two sites along the Water Street corridor—Gouveneur Lane between Water Street and Front Street, and Water Street between Pine Street and Maiden Lane. The installation is part of the City’s efforts to revitalize and activate Water Street in response to the devastating impact of Hurricane Sandy on Lower Manhattan, and will be on display for the next three months in this location and then another Manhattan location for a further 3 months. We will also announce a "Talk & Walk" with the photographers later in the spring - so stay tuned for that!
New York City Department of Transportation's Urban Art Program
Launched in October 2008, DOT’s Urban Art Program invigorates the City’s streetscapes with engaging temporary art installations. The Program partners with community-based organizations and artists to present murals, sculptures, projections, and performances for up to 11 months on plazas, fences, barriers, bridges, and sidewalks. The art display cases, on which the photographs are displayed, were designed by Architecture Research Office. They host curated exhibits that are available to organizations for installation at appropriate DOT plazas and wide sidewalks. For more information on the DOT Urban Art Program and to download a list of current temporary art sites, visit www.nyc.gov/urbanart.
United Photos Industries
Formed in 2011 by Sam Barzilay, Laura Roumanos and Dave Shelley, United Photo Industries is a Brooklyn-based art-presenting organization producing unique, site-specific exhibitions, installations, and events that explore new thematic directions in photography.
Working closely with emerging and mid-career photographers, United Photo Industries mission is to promote and showcase powerful photographic narratives through curated exhibitions and projects in New York City and around the world.
Highlights include PHOTOVILLE (2012, 2013); foto/pods at the DUMBO Arts Festival (2011, 2012); Exhibitions at the Athens Photo Festival (2011, 2012) and the Shanghai International Photography Festival (2012); Mi Brooklyn Postcard Photo Competition with Brooklyn Tourism (2013); THE FENCE in Brooklyn Bridge Park (2012, 2013), and Boston, MA (2013); Drawn to Water: A Series of Floating Photographic Exhibitions (2013), in partnership with the East River Ferry; Geolocation: DUMBO (2013) – a public art commission in partnership with the DUMBO BID and the NYC Parks Department; The Tokyo International Photography Festival Exhibition (2013) – in partnership with the Tokyo Institute of Photography; (super)Heroes – a 340ft Photo Fence wrapping around the Manhattan Bridge Anchorage (2012-2013); pop-up versions of Photoville in Sydney, Australia with Reportage Festival (2013) and Portland, Maine with Salt Institute of Documentary Studies (2013); and over 25 exhibitions in the United Photo Industries Gallery in DUMBO since its launch in 2011.
