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KEY DATES
Chinatown WORK, 2006 opens TUESDAY APRIL 18th
The first installation at the HSBC Canal Street facade of the 58 Bowery Branch. The installation occurs in the evenings, to begin after dusk (7:30pm) until 11pm every evening from April 18th till May 21st.
PROJECT TIMELINE
February 1st. . . . . . . . . . . . Development, research, design, footage ,documentation
March 15th . . . . . . . . . . . . .Asian American for Equality (AAFE) and Rebuild Chinatown Initiative . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .assist in newsletter announcements for community participation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .Conduct outreach to community. Newsletters via local and national . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .Chinese language. AAArts Center/ metropolis magazine LMCC and . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . . . other NYC arts based alliances.
March 30th . . . . . . . . . . . . .March 30th. LMCC MANHATTAN BOROUGH ARTS BASH 2006. ..........................................Evening show, and preview for installation. Tishman Auditorium, ..........................................The New School at 66 W. 12th St.
April 1st . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . Princeton University School of Architecture. Preview for installation, part . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. of installation of ESKYIU’s work
April 1st.
. . . . . . . . . . . ..
. .Chinatown WORK, 2006 installation and assembly
begins
April 18th . . . . . . . .
. . . . .. Chinatown WORK,
2006 OPENS at HSBC location, 6pm
..........................................Opening reception 8-10pm at the Storefront for Art and Architecture
April 30th .
. . . . . . . . . . . .. 7:30pm screening on Buddha’s birthday
at the old Tobacco Factory
..........................................at
the Brooklyn Bridge Park on the waterfront in Dumbo. Featured
..........................................as
part of the closing reception of 'Mind the Gap'.
..........................................www.smackmellon.org/current.html
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for directions
May 21st . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Chinatown WORK, 2006 exhibit ends
As part of the closing we will be filming that evening from 9:30pm -10:00pm (Sunday May 21st) passer-bys, pedestrian interactions, you etc. Please come join in the footage and be part of the lively documentation.
Summer installation to be announced
OUTREACH
The interactive art piece reaches out to the public via support from local community boards, organizations like Asian Americans for Equality, Rebuild Chinatown Initiative, Museum of Chinese in the Americas, Asian American Arts Centre, Indochina Sino-American Community Center and newsletters to the community. Pamphlets are distributed via the Explore Chinatown campaign ticket booth (intersection of Canal and Baxter) and announced via their website.