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Alternative Unknowns
an exhibition of potential emergency
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organized by:
Elliott P. Montgomery and
Chris Woebken
Opening Reception:
Wednesday, November 4: 6-8 pm
291 Church Street, New York, NY 10013
On view:
November 5 - December 19, 2015
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Featuring work by:
Nanu Al-Hamad
Fabien Caperan
Natalie Jeremijenko
Matt Jones
Clay Kippen
Lost Cause Inc.
Tim Maughan
Miriam Simun |
News conference podium at the Office of Emergency Management, in New York
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For Alternative Unknowns, six New York City based artists and designers have been commissioned to create objects that provoke new ways of thinking about emergency preparedness. Each artist will be invited to a conversation with NYC’s Office of Emergency Management about emergency issues facing the city, and then will be tasked with designing object-based artifacts. The objects created will be presented at apexart as a theatrical simulation space, which will serve as a stage for a performance by two pairs of trained improv actors who will interpret these emergency preparedness objects and the multiple potentials for how they could be used.
For more information please contact Heather Felty at heather.felty@apexart.org.
Elliott P. Montgomery uses speculative design methods to investigate social and environmental implications of emerging technologies. He teaches design methods at Parsons, The New School for Design, and has practiced as a design consultant for clients such as Autodesk, GE, LG, Honeywell, and J&J, as well as for startups and non-profits. He is a former design research resident at the US Department of Energy, a US Federal Reinvestment Act resident, and 2013 Core77 Design Awards Winner. He holds an MA in Design Interactions from the Royal College of Art in London and a BA in Industrial Design from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh PA.
Chris Woebken is a German-born artist collaborating with scientists, organizations, and artists to propose new methods and tools for collaboratively prototyping, experiencing, and impacting future scenarios. Chris holds an MA in Design Interactions from the Royal College of Art London and has been a visiting scholar at NYU's Environmental Health Clinic. Recent exhibitions include the Landscape Futures at Nevada Museum of Art Reno, LEAP Berlin Germany, Future Fictions Z33, and the Artefact Festival at STUK Kunstencentrum Leuven Belgium. Chris works and lives in New York.
apexart's
exhibitions and public programs are supported in part by the Affirmation Arts Fund, Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, The Greenwich Collection Ltd., Lambent Foundation Fund of Tides Foundation, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, and with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts.
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