Sunday, May 11, 2008

current show

Pocket Utopia's current show and public art project:













Pictured here are the images from the current show: Brece Honeycutt and Audra Wolowiec.

Graham Coreil-Allen's Visionary Crosswalks:




Friday, May 9, 2008

Visionary Crosswalks - Graham Coreil-Allen


Visionary Crosswalks
May 10 – June 1, 2008

OPENING CELEBRATION/project launch, Saturday May 10th 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

POCKET UTOPIA
1037 Flushing Avenue

Pocket Utopia is pleased to present it’s second neighborhood public art project: Visionary Crosswalks by artist Graham Coreil-Allen. Presented in-situ, Visionary Crosswalks will be a series of interactive crosswalk installations throughout Bushwick.

Graham Coreil-Allen will create five temporary "crosswalks" demonstrating some of the casual paths that pedestrians take when navigating various intersections in the northwest section of Bushwick. Coreil-Allen will also install interactive posters around the crosswalk sites and other locations. The posters will consist of a neighborhood map will detail particular intersections, and will posit this question: "How did you get here?" and "How did you cross the street?". Each map will also include a marking pen so that passers-by may answer the questions. Coreil-Allen will periodically collect these maps and use the participants responses as plans for installing additional crosswalks.

As part of Pocket Utopia’s ongoing “Social Saturday” series, Coriel-Allen will screen a video documenting the crosswalk footage on May 24th from 4:00 pm. The “Visionary Crosswalks Social Saturday” will be a fun and casual opportunity to watch videos, hang-out, and foster discourse on the pedestrian experience in Bushwick.

Interested participants can find maps and installation locations for Visionary Crosswalks at Pocket Utopia.