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200 artists will be participating in free public art projects of all kinds
throughout the month of April, 2002 in the greater New York area.
The Free Biennial has no official space or venue except the public space
of New York. Events and projects are taking place all over the city, in
parks, on sidewalks, in apartments, studios and galleries, as well as
through the broadcast airwaves, telephone and mail systems and on the
internet.
UPDATE: MAY 1, 2002
Though the Free Biennial is officially over, this site will remain, both
as a catalog and as an access point to the many works still available
online.
ARTISTS please see the open call to artists to enter FREE
MANIFESTA, which will be held in Frankfurt, Germany from May 24
- August 25, 2002.
HOW TO LOCATE
Each project has a page on this site, which contains information about
how to locate the project in space and time, including links where applicable.
You can access these through:
INDEX OF ARTISTS an index of all participating
artists by name.
INDEX OF
PROJECTS an alphabetical list of all projects by name.
PROJECTS BY CATEGORY groups projects
in categories.
EVENTS LISTINGS has specific events
arranged by date.
UPCOMING EVENTS!
Thursday,
APRIL 18
Swoon & the April 18th Collective, NOPLACE:outdoor
gallery, street party, this thurs night, april 18th: painting, sculpture,
performance, fire spinning, percussion, live radio broadcast with shadetek,
dj domu, and free 103 musicians, bring your radios and boomboxes and tune
in to 91.9, because we will be the sound system! party starts at dusk,
so meet at 7:30 in the carrol street subway station, manhattan-bound F
platform, be on time because we will move from there, and don't forget
you dancing shoes!
Constant, SNACKONART, a half hour of video art on public access TV, broadcast schedule: MNN-TV in Manhattan, April 3 & 17 11:30PM (Channel 34 or 107 bi-weekly), April 4 & 18 at 8:00PM (Channel 57 or 109 bi-weekly), BCAT-TV in Brooklyn, April 5, 12, 19, 26 10:00 PM (channel 34 or 67).
Friday,
APRIL 19
Coralee Lynn Rose, curator, RAW DESIRE,
a project mating the installation artwork with the group exhibition. Opening
reception, 6-11 PM, Hunter College, 450 west 41 street between 9th and
10th aves, fourth floor #414.
Constant,
SNACKONART, a half hour of video
art on public access TV, broadcast schedule: MNN-TV in Manhattan, April
3 & 17 11:30PM (Channel 34 or 107 bi-weekly), April 4 & 18 at
8:00PM (Channel 57 or 109 bi-weekly), BCAT-TV in Brooklyn, April 5, 12,
19, 26 10:00 PM (channel 34 or 67).
Scott
Zieher, THIRTEEN AMERICANS,
An atelier exhibition featuring the works of thirteen mostly under-appreciated
American artists. 1906 Third Avenue Apartment #4S April 19th – May
19th, 2002 Monday through Saturday, Noon to 5 PM, by appointment -- contact
Scott Zieher at 212-289-9372 or email zieherscott@hotmail.com.
Saturday,
APRIL 20
Demaris Ann Howe, Kate Cusack, & Kendra Curry, AMBUSH,
Street performance 11AM, 1PM, 3PM at the Greenmarket, Union Square Park
(each performance lasts approximately 45 minutes).
Jennifer Liese, TOUR, a hunt for
works in the Free Biennial around the city. Meet at noon under the statue
of General William Tecumseh Sherman in the Plaza at the southeast corner
of Central Park.
Will Pappenheimer & Gregory Ulmer SOFT
WISHING Y MONUMENT, This project proposes to trace the form a
wishbone or Y shape on designated streets in lower Manhattan. Lines/markers
will be made from sequentially placed small pom poms following ledges,
cracks, etc. The resulting formation, if only for a few moments, will
suggest both the why and wish dilemmas of the September 11th destruction
of the World Trade Centers. Starting the morning of the 20th.
Rocky
Kagoshima, TORA, TORA, TORA,
dyptich paintings, shown every Saturday & Sunday, between 10AM to
dusk. West Broadway, between Spring and Broome Street. Next to the telephone
box.
Sunday,
APRIL 21
Ellen Harvey, CHALK CARPET,
a chalk pavement drawing of a carpet and it will take place (weather permitting)
on Sunday April 21th on Bedford Avenue at North 7th Street -- next to
the Bedford Ave. Subway station.
TWITCH
VISUAL - reflective movement in the video context, curated by
Kimberly Mora, with installation by Dee Dee Cheriel, interactive video
by Chris Musgrave, and additional video screenings by Katerina Karoussos
from Greece, and Rostopasca collective (Mona Vatamanu, Nicolae Comanescu
and Floe Tudor) and duo Mihaela Kavdanska & Dilmana Iordanova all
from Romania , April 21, 8PM-11PM, Remote Lounge 327 Bowery, between 2nd
and 3rd Streets.
Jennifer Sharpe, SHARPEWORLD PIRATE RADIO
BROADCAST, pirate radio as installation in the region around Tompkins
Square Park, 99.9 ON YOUR FM DAIL. Wednesday the 17th at 10pm, and then
again on sunday, the 21st at 10pm. The broadcast will also stream from
the www.sharpeworld.com, starting April 17th at 10pm.
Bec Stupak, PORTAL WINDOWS: A VIEW INTO
ANOTHER WORLD, Video projections of other worlds opening briefly
on the sidewalk on the west side of Broadway between Houston & Bleeker.
Midnight - 4AM.
Rocky
Kagoshima, TORA, TORA, TORA,
dyptich paintings, shown every Saturday & Sunday, between 10AM to
dusk. West Broadway, between Spring and Broome Street. Next to the telephone
box.
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