OPENING RECEPTION:  SUNDAY, February 6, 2011, 2pm - 12am

Thursday - Sunday 11:00am - 6:00pm (Fridays until 8pm)

LOBBY-FOR-THE-TIME-BEING:  A Project by Acconci Studio

Expanding on his playful, ongoing exploration of architecture, the Bronx-born conceptual artist Vito Acconci, in collaboration with a team of architects and media artists, has radically transformed the Bronx Museum North Wing Lobby through a series of interventions built with Corian©. A smooth, hard material that is not quite translucent and not quite opaque, Corian© is used by the Acconci Studio as if it were a pliable soft fabric: cut open and slit into strips, pulled and stretched, pitted and gouged, rolled and curved, and braided and knotted, making it behave almost as if it were an organism. Through this series of operations, the slick material often associated with kitchen countertops is transformed into a lace-like surface on which images and shadows cast by the audience are projected. 

Design:  ACCONCI STUDIO:  Vito Acconci, Adam Jakubowski, Brad Rosenberg
Interactive Projections:  Taylor Levy, Che-Wei Wang
Special collaboration of NYU ITP coordinated by Marina Zurkow
Fabrication & Design Consultation:  Associated Fabrication (William Mowat)

Directions:  The Bronx Museum of the Arts is located at 1040 Grand Concourse at 165th Street in the Bronx. Take the B, C or 4 trains or Bx1, Bx2 buses to Grand Concourse and 165th Street.

ADMISSION:  $5 Adults; $3 Students and Seniors; Free on Fridays; Free for Members and Children (under 12 years of age).