EMPTY AS OPPORTUNITY. @nolongerempty Talking Transitions, November 2013

A Tale of Two Cities

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2013 $2/student

2003 $65/student

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Photo credit : Flick’R/Cameraton Cleric

Photo credit : Flick’R/Cameraton Cleric

Engage new audiences for contemporary art

through curated, site-specific exhibitions in

non-traditional locations that provide creative

and challenging opportunities for artists,

provide enriching cultural and educational

programming, and leave a legacy in the

community.

MISSION

“This Side of Paradise” (2012) opens the gates of the Andrew Freedman Home to the public.

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Credit: Whitney Brown Photography

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Credit: Whitney Brown Photography

SITE-SPECIFICITY REVITALIZATIONCOLLABORATORYLEGACYREPLICABILITY

KEY ELEMENTS

The Andrew Freedman Home on the Grand Concourse in the Bronx, site of “This Side of Paradise” (2012).

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Research in preparation for The Andrew Freedman Home on the Grand Concourse in the Bronx.

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BEFORE: One of the abandoned bedrooms on the upper floors of the Andrew Freedman Home.

BEFORE: One of the abandoned bedrooms on the upper floors of the Andrew Freedman Home.

AFTER: Daze, Further (2012) in “This Side of Paradise.”

AFTER: How and Nosm, Reflections (2012) in “This Side of Paradise.”

AFTER: Sylvia Plachy, (2012) in “This Side of Paradise.”

Installation shot of ballroom, “This Side of Paradise” (2012).

The Andrew Freedman Home on the Grand Concourse in the Bronx, site of “This Side of Paradise” (2012).

Tour with the seniors of Riverdale HebrewHomeThe Andrew Freedman Home on the Grand Concourse in the Bronx, site of “This Side of Paradise” (2012).

Y.DOT Tour of Scherzeda Garcia, 2012.

Kids learn how to make ink drawings at a No Longer Bored program in Queens School kids discuss artworks in the Bronx

Y.Dot Youth Docent Program leads a tour of “About Face” (2011).

Empanada making workshop, Bronx

Concert 'Metropolis', Lower Manhattan

Empanada making workshop, Bronx Site specific Modern Dance Day, Bronx

No Longer Bored Children's workshop, “This Side of Paradise” (2012).

1/28/13Melanie Crean in collaboration with Burak Nehbit, Theatre of the Oppressed, and BronxWorks, Once Upon a Time in the Bronx (2012) in “This Side of Paradise.”

Sofia Maldonado, La Cocina (2012) live cooking workshop in “This Side of Paradise.”

“This Side of Paradise”, Andrew Freedman Home, the Bronx, 2012

Site

No Longer Empty produced map of cultural anchors in the Bronx.

LEGACYBuilding a legacy- from imparting a model, to launching a business to continued collaborative efforts among cultural anchors.

WHY SUPPORT CREATIVE INTERIM USE? •INCLUSIVE OF ALL NEW YORKERS•INNOVATIVE COMMUNITY BUILDING•COST EFFECTIVE & RESOURCE SHARING•PRESERVATION OF HISTORY & SITE•COLLABORATIVE & CROSS-DISCIPLINARY

NO LONGER EMPTY’s RECOMMENDATIONS

1.WE NEED MAYOR’S ENDORSEMENT FOR INITIATIVES OF THIS KIND.

2.THEY ARE COST EFFECTIVE AND INCLUSVE BUT NEED FUNDING AND INCENTIVES.

3.CARROT AND STICK APPROACH FOR VACANCIES.

1.EACH MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENT SHOULD HAVE AN ARTS PROGRAM. CROSS- EFFECTIVE USE OF EMPTY SPACE AND NEW SET OF SKILL SOLVING BROUGHT TO THE TABLE.

THANK YOU.