Monthly Archives: February 2015


Random Poetry A book on a shelf; only a thing among others. The aesthetic experience occurs when we read it. To perceive it is to ‘Remember.’ Every word has a story to tell. Who was the first one to name things? Do we choose our needs? Do they choose us? The most basic function of ‘Mankind’ is to perceive. The rest is interpretation. I perceive […]

Random Poetry 2010


Opening at Local Project Saturday, October 2, 2010 at 1pm We proudly present Dancing Weavings at Local Project, an Interactive installation by Queens artist Nancy Rakoczy. Dancing Weavings cuts and weaves discarded plastic bags and transforms them into flowers, birds, insects, or some urban shapes that suggests the environmental conflicts in our city. Come and march with the plastic flowers and insects on Saturday October […]

Dancing Weavings at Local Project 2010


A series of screenings and talks on the latest trends in Chilean Film that show new portraits of the country as well as new approaches and styles put into action by its filmmakers. Screening: Piotr: una mala traducción, dir. Martín Seeger, 2010, 80 min, Spoken in Invented Language, (subtitles in Spanish) 25 th September, 2010, 8PM at Project Luz Projection room 45-10 Davis street L.I.C., […]

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Opens September 24th/2010 7 p.m. We proudly invite you to celebrate a very special moment for us as we take part of Alternative Histories, a great show that Exit Art has put together showing some amazing alternative art spaces in New York City throughout the years. Documents, photographs, videos and much more will tell the story of many art spaces as Local Project and their […]

Alternative Histories, a History of NYC Alternative Art Spaces since ...


September 11 through September 25 2010 For about a year and a half Carla Torres created one or two napkin drawings per day. Each napkin bears witness to the small moments she experienced throughout those idle but ultimately enriching subway rides from her home in Queens to her job in Chelsea using a sharpie marker she would draw what held her attention or sparked her […]

The Napkin Project – Carla Torres 2010


Opening reception July 31st 6-10pm – Live music and performance art Saturdays 7pm-10pm Gallery Hours: 1pm-6pm Thursday through Monday Saturday 14th Performance art by Coralee Lynn Rose. Live music by Epileptic Peat, DJ Texas, Reverend Bastien & The Congregation of the Traveling Empire, and Dusty Fedora Wright. Decadence & Dirt, a multi-media exhibition by artist, Rebecca Memoli, summons the sinful, the sinister, and those desires […]

Decadence and Dirt 2010