From John Roleke
Jamaica Flux: Workspaces & Windows 2007: Jamaica Flux:
Workspaces & Windows 2007, a public art event along Jamaica Avenue and
nearby areas of downtown Jamaica.
- September 29 - November 17, 2007
- Many of the artist performances are only on weekends.
- Schedule -JCAL website
- See -Photos of Jamaica Flux
Organized by the non-profit Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (JCAL), Jamaica Flux: Workspaces & Windows 2007 follows the first Jamaica Flux held in 2004. This year's involves 25 artists and artist collectives creating 25 site-specific art works along Jamaica Avenue and nearby streets, and plenty of interaction with the Jamaica, Queens, community.
Highlight - Counter Culture Cash, Real Public Art: The large group show is a bit uneven, and some of the pieces -- like bus stop and phone booth posters -- are expected, though interesting. But overall the show's quality is high, led by Counter Culture Cash an excellent conceptual and interactive project by artists Anna Stein and Athena Robles. How much more interactive and accessible can you get than money as art?
The artists give their "Jamaican Bucks" to people willing to sit for portraits at the 165th Street pedestrian mall. They even convinced a few local businesses to accept this seriously local currency. Seeing the Art - Start at King Manor Park : The show coalesces in downtown Jamaica's largest open space, King Manor Park, with the work of five artists.
- King Manor Park - Jamaica Ave, between 150th and 153rd Sts, Jamaica, NY
- Getting There - E Subway to Jamaica Center - then walk one block to Jamaica Ave and turn left. Two blocks to King Manor
Park King Manor Park is the home of the King Manor Museum, an historic home. It's also a busy, local park, just a few acres in size.
Lishan Chang's Time is the show's most visible artwork, huge sheaths of plastic stretched between tree trunks and limbs on the park's southwest. It's worth spending some time watching the sun dance on the plastic and the park-goers puzzle over its meaning.
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