Projects In Residence
Also on view in the Proteus Gowanus complex are projects that have grown out of former exhibits or through collaborating partnerships. As with Proteus, all our Projects-In-Residence share an interdisciplinary approach to art and knowledge, research and entertainment.
Hall of the Gowanus
The only exhibition space in New York City dedicated to the Gowanus Canal and its environs, the Hall of the Gowanus displays art, artifacts, books, maps and installations.
The Fixers Collective is a social experiment in improvisational fixing and mending that grew out of 2009/10 MEND exhibition at Proteus Gowanus. The Collective meets every Thursday, 6-9 pm, at the gallery and is open to all.
Reanimation Library
Developed by artist/librarian Andrew Beccone, Reanimation Library is an independent library serving artists, writers and other cultural archeologists.
Developed by artist Sasha Chavchavadze, the Museum of Matches project explores the Cold War through an evolving array of visual art, narrative prose, documents, photographs, memorabilia and publications.
Proteotypes are publications that grow out of Proteus Gowanus exhibits and programs, with particular emphasis on publications that are designed to challenge the notion of what a book is; that emphasize the book as aesthetic object; that link art to disparate disciplines; and that juxtapose seemingly incongruous ideas to create new important meanings.
Developed by Joanna Ebenstein, Morbid Anatomy is a project begun in 2007 to survey the interstices of art and medicine, death and culture. The library is usually open by appointment only.
Led by Wendy Walker and Tom La Farge, the Writhing Society meets weekly to practice and discuss the techniques of constrained writing. We practice the methods invented or codified by the French group Oulipo (see below) and by other writers, artists, musicians, and mathematicians.
A new exhibition/classroom/event space run by a group of seven artists and bloggers. The space seeks to present programming inspired by the 18th century notion of “rational amusement” and is especially interested in topics residing at the interstices of learning and amusement, art and science, and history and curiosity. The space hosts screenings, lectures, classes and exhibitions.
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