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DB Lampman, I Am Within
August 19, 2011 to September 25, 2011
Freshkills Park, Staten Island
Please note: This is a past exhibit that is no longer installed in the park.
Description:
This September, Staten Island multimedia artist DB Lampman will present "I Am Within," a temporary sculpture installation and performance at the Freshkills Park site. The public is invited to view the installation during September’s public bus tours of the site and to attend Lampman’s two performances, which will take place during public tours on Saturday, September 17, 2011 at 10 a.m. and 1p.m.
"I Am Within" is the first sculpture installation at the new park site. Located on one of the site's capped mounds, the installation consists of several large-scale figurative sculptures - made of recycled metals, plastics and fabrics - mounted as if they occur naturally in the landscape. During the public event, the artist will wear a giant, unwieldy headdress that mimics the shape of the sculptures. “I Am Within” is about our connection to the earth and to each other. The sculptural figures and the accompanying performance are symbolic of the many ways in which humans attempt to manipulate their environment.
DB Lampman is a former ballet dancer turned sculptor. Her recent project, “I Am an Exponent of Myself” (2010), in which the artist suspended herself inside of a sculpture installation via a two-ton chain hoist, was presented last spring as part of Forward Motion Theater’s ReVision 2011 at the Tank Theater in NYC, and previously as part of the Flux Factory’s Conflux City 2010. “I Am Within” is supported by an Art Fund Grant from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the Council for the Arts and Humanities of Staten Island (COAHSI). This project is also supported by New York Custom Fabricators, Inc., and is presented with the cooperation of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation and the New York City Department of Sanitation.
This September, Staten Island multimedia artist DB Lampman will present "I Am Within," a temporary sculpture installation and performance at the Freshkills Park site. The public is invited to view the installation during September’s public bus tours of the site and to attend Lampman’s two performances, which will take place during public tours on Saturday, September 17, 2011 at 10 a.m. and 1p.m.
"I Am Within" is the first sculpture installation at the new park site. Located on one of the site's capped mounds, the installation consists of several large-scale figurative sculptures - made of recycled metals, plastics and fabrics - mounted as if they occur naturally in the landscape. During the public event, the artist will wear a giant, unwieldy headdress that mimics the shape of the sculptures. “I Am Within” is about our connection to the earth and to each other. The sculptural figures and the accompanying performance are symbolic of the many ways in which humans attempt to manipulate their environment.
DB Lampman is a former ballet dancer turned sculptor. Her recent project, “I Am an Exponent of Myself” (2010), in which the artist suspended herself inside of a sculpture installation via a two-ton chain hoist, was presented last spring as part of Forward Motion Theater’s ReVision 2011 at the Tank Theater in NYC, and previously as part of the Flux Factory’s Conflux City 2010. “I Am Within” is supported by an Art Fund Grant from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the Council for the Arts and Humanities of Staten Island (COAHSI). This project is also supported by New York Custom Fabricators, Inc., and is presented with the cooperation of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation and the New York City Department of Sanitation.
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