2021 SHARED DIALOGUE, SHARED SPACE

Korea Art Forum is proud to present the second part of 2021 Shared Dialogue, Shared​ Space,​ a one-day art event at Inwood Hill Park on Seaman Avenue at Isham Street in Manhattan from 12 to 4 pm on Saturday, June 26, 2021 (with a rain date on Sunday, June 27). The event will be provided with translation services between English, Chinese, Korean and Spanish to broaden channels of communication between the contemporary art world and immigrant communities in New York City. With an aim to expand public access to art, the project will foster audience discourse, exploring a wide range of subject matters addressed by the artists and the multidimensional role of art in the processes of cultural production and social change. The event has been adapted to meet the realities of New York City’s fight against COVID-19. Five artists or artist collectives will carry out their transdisciplinary projects for public participation, focusing on collective activities:

From 12 to 3 pm, Ayana Evans and Lisette Morel will perform Run to Your Friend Until You Can’t Anymore at the main entrance to the park. The artists will run to one another from opposite directions for three hours, powerfully representing physical endurance and love for friends, family, and others.

From 12 to 4 pm, Hannes Bend invites park visitors to “relaxing metaNoYa” - a soothing deep breathing experience. The meditative artistic experience will take place near the Tree of Peace lawn in the park and offers to calm down on the grass and connect with one’s breathing.

From 12 to 4 pm, Scott Braun brings his Decency Project to NYC, making wooden spoons and engaging participants in conversation on what it means to be human, using craft and labor as communal conduit near the Tree of Peace lawn in the park.

From 12 to 4 pm, Monnero Guervil will offer Domino Discussions, a Domino playing experience, inviting park visitors to everyday conversations while playing and watching the games at the main entrance to the park.

From 2 to 4 pm, Hayoon Jay Lee and Jongil Ma will present Walking With Art, leading a number of artists in an artistic T-shirt to walk through the park. While walking, the participants will share dialogues about current relevant issues facing the Korean immigrant community and the Inwood immigrant community.

The purpose of bringing together these pioneering performative artwork is to engage diverse park visitors in a collective dialogue and produce a sense of ownership over our shared spaces at this critical time of rising violence, xenophobia against Asian Americans, and BLM movements. The project also advances equal access to art and cultural rights, a neglected category of human rights, while channeling New Yorkers’ emotional lives to become more positive resilient individuals during the recovery process from COVID-19. A quadrilingual catalogue in English, Spanish, Chinese, and Korean will be made available on print and online at kafny.org, following the event in order to further connect communities that are often culturally isolated from one another, an isolation which is exacerbated in these challenging coronavirus times.

Inwood Hill Park is wheelchair accessible.

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