ART (INTER) ACTIONS are designed to promote interaction and debate within the local Lower East Side community including the artists who are living and working here. They sometimes use art practices to highlight the value of vital local business and cultural institutions, especially overlooked informal centers of cultural knowledge. Other times they provide an opportunity for development of alliances and connections between art institutions in a variety of communities.

8 Artists: From the AAAC Archive

Date: August 14 – September 11, 2010
Opening Reception: Saturday, August 14th, 4pm – 6:30pm

Artists: Charles Yuen, Dinh Q. Le, Dorothy Imagire, Eunjung Hwang, Howardina Pindell, Nancy Hom, Roger Shimomura, and, Sin-ying Ho.

In collaboration with the Artists Alliance Inc.(AAI) and AAAC (Asian American Arts Centre) is pleased to present an exhibition entitled “Eight Artists: from the Archive”, which will be installed in the Cuchifritos art gallery/project space located inside the Essex Street Market from August 14th - September 11th 2010. This exhibition is part of AAI’s Art(Inter)Actions program that is dedicated to fostering the opportunity for development of alliances and connections between art institutions in a variety of communities.

This exhibition of Eight Artists from the Archive brings a few chosen artists to the public, focused on those presented in AAAC’s digital archive – artasiamerica.org. The best way to present a context for such art at Cuchifritos is through the presence of the digital archive. Making this resource available on site and demonstrating the ease of tapping into it. AAAC has been gathering its physical archive of images and documents of Asian American artists for over two decades, and a good portion of this resource is now online. Go to artasiamerica.org and/or come to the gallery and ask for a tour of it there.

Briefly On View

March 9 - 12, 2010

Arielle Falk, BOUND, 2009, digital video, 1:10, variable dimensions

In this minute long stop motion video piece, mannequin parts are gradually attached to me with ropes and chains, forming a walking sculpture. Original music accompanies.

This piece explores the mind-body relationship, specifically the human condition of being non-detachable from, or bound to, our physical selves. BOUND also examines the burden of body image stereotypes that pervade modern American culture.

Our Lens

A show of black and white photographs taken by the 15 to 18 year old participants in ABC No Rio's Spring 2008 darkroom photography class. Over the course of ten classes these students learned how to use SLR cameras and navigate the darkroom. These photographs show a glimpse of their view of the Lower East Side, ABC No Rio, and life as a teenager in New York."

Corpus Kinetics

A video art exhibition focusing on the human body, Corpus Kinetics brings together Laura Calhoun, Robert O’Connor and Bryan Zanisnik. The three artists portray the exertions of the human body through different narratives.

L.E.S. Current
Artists Alliance, Inc and the Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer present an exhibit which highlights artists from Artists Alliance, Inc's programs including the Long-term Studio Program, Rotating Studio Program and the Cuchifritos gallery assistants.

30 Second Spot
An ART(inter)ACTION Project and Benefit for CUCHIFRITOS art gallery/project space.
"30 Second Spot" takes this icon of controlled corporate communication and flips it on its head.

LOST AND FOUND CITY
AN EXHIBITION PROJECT CURATED BY GRADUATE STUDENTS AT THE CENTER FOR CURATORIAL STUDIES, BARD COLLEGE
Inaugurating the exhibition project Lost and Found City—curated by 10 graduate students at CCS Bard— the Italian artist Lara Favaretto sites her work Oggetti Smarriti (Lost and Found), at Cuchifritos

Kollaging Kick
a quick one week exhibit featuring the medium of collage. Over 20 emerging artists will exhibit work that highlights the different cultures, food, fashion, and art of the Lower East Side.

MBP
Contemporary art and culture do not materialize without effort. Just as with all ages and cultures it is the drive of a people, which calls forth the resources both physical and creative to accomplish the work, which enriches the present and is bequeathed as heritage to the generations to come.

Shared
Shared - organized by Mark Power
Working with the idea of the Surrealist game "The Exquisite Corpse".

Instant Coffee
AAI is pleased to assist The Americas Society in hosting Instant Coffee, a service oriented collective of artists, writers, curators, designers, and code writers based in Toronto, Canada.

Intersection: Suffolk and Wall
A selection of works from the Artists Alliance Inc.'s 107 Suffolk Street Studio Program, presented at the offices of the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
April 2003.

Fresh Produce
Artwork by members of the Artists Alliance / Alianza de Artistas at Charas/El Bohio Curated by Maya Puchkoff and David Pushkin Presented August 2000, in conjunction with the N. Y. International Fringe Festival as part of FRINGE ART.

AAI at HOWL!
Ideas flourish when The Artists Alliance's Programs proudly join the Howl! Festival, produced by the Federation of East Village Artists, and provide a weekend of free arts programs for kids, drawing classes for adults, and openings of new AAI programs and contemporary art exhibition.

Our Lens, at Cuchifritos

Corpus Kinetics, at Cuchifritos

L.E.S.Current, at the Manhattan Borough President's Office gallery

30 Second Spot at Cuchifritos Gallery/ Project Space

Kollaging Kick a temporary project at Cuchifritos Gallery/ Project Space

MBP - Method Becomes Practice - The Office of the Manhattan Borough President

Shared, organized by Mark Power - At Streits Matzo Factory

Instant Coffee- The Americas Society

Intersection: Suffolk and Wall - At The offices of the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council

Fresh Produce - Charas, El Bohio

The HOWL! Festival