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EXHIBITION PRESS RELEASE
National Projects:
Dianna Frid, Kira Lynn Harris, Mike Cloud, Jay Heikes and Johannes VanDerBeek
Throughout Building
October 30, 2005 - February 2006
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center's National Projects showcase the work of emerging artists distinguished by the site-specific, process-oriented or interactive nature of their work. The 2005 fall season features five artists whose works will be on view from October 30, 2005 through January 2006.
Dianna Frid (b. Mexico City) creates multimedia work influenced by systems of cartography, astronomy, botany and geology. Using everyday materials such as tinfoil, masking tape, and cardboard to express these complex sciences, Frid emphasizes the malleability of such concrete ideas, transforming them into fragile, ephemeral objects. Apparent to the viewer is the manual work that goes into each of Frid's pieces, invoking a craft-like sensibility that contradicts the sleek technology associated with the scientific world. With Frid, however, this contradiction becomes a clear statement of the tenuous relationship between the factual and the imaginary, and the central idea behind her work.
Kira Lynn Harris� (b.1965, Los Angeles) installation, Waterfall, is intended to call the viewer's attention to the building�s native architecture. Located in P.S.1's south stairwell, the installation's silver Mylar �streams� down the steps to either side of the viewer, illuminated by simple track lighting from above. In the corners of the landings, strips of Mylar are clustered together to open and deepen otherwise terminal spaces. Notably, Harris� shiny, reflective materials highlight the building's signature brick walls, casting a new glow on history.
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