Institute for Infinitely Small Things
Erase the Border The Institute for Infinitely Small Things has been working for two years on various aspects of the Erase the Border project with members of the Tohono O’odham tribe, especially Ofelia Rivas, a prominent tribal activist and artist. After several iterations, their Prospectus contribution consists of a website centered on an aural, participatory […]
Natalie Jeremijenko
Environmental Health Clinic + Cross(x)Species Adventure Club In 2010 and 2011, Artists in Context worked with artist/engineer Natalie Jeremijenko to plan and partially implement a Boston field office of her Environmental Health Clinic and to inaugurate a series of dinners and related workshops as a branch of her Cross(x)Species Adventure Club in Boston. Documentation from […]
Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons + Neil Leonard
FeFa Contents FeFa Havana FeFa Venice Biennale FeFa Venice Biennale Installation FeFa Boxes Essay: “The Negotiation of the Faithful” Essay: “La negociación de los fieles” Bios Magda’s and Neil’s Prospectus contributions are based on their continuing multimedia art work FeFa. FeFa stands for “familiares en el estranjero” [Fe] and “family abroad “[Fa]. According to Magda, […]
Mel Chin
Operation Paydirt in New England + Neurotoxic Element Music Video Artist Mel Chin’s contributions to the Prospectus are based on a project he began in 2006 entitled Operation Paydirt, for which Artists in Context has been the New England coordinator. Mel initiated Operation Paydirt and the Fundred Dollar Bill Project in 2006 to engage communities […]
Dan Borelli
The Cloud of Unknowing: Our Future is Our History Artist/designer and Ashland, MA, native Dan Borelli has been working for the last several years on a collaborative, multidisciplinary project titled The Cloud of Unknowing: Our Future Is Our History. Ashland is where the Nyanza Superfund site is located, and Dan’s project is aimed at helping […]
Ellen Driscoll
Distant Mirrors Website + FASTFORWARDFOSSIL Paintings on Recycled Plastic Ellen Driscoll’s Prospectus work relates to her FASTFORWARDFOSSIL installation series (made from #2 plastic) and most directly to Distant Mirrors, which was in the Providence River September – November 2011. In Ellen’s words: “My recent work maps the consumption of just one oil-derivative product, #2 plastic, […]
Mahmood Rezaei-Kamalabad
The Flag of Mercy Owner/operator of Aladdin Auto Service in Cambridge, MA, Mahmood is also an artist and spiritual leader who has been involved with Artists in Context nearly since its inception in January 2009. He co-sponsored a work-in-progress film screening with us in his garage/art gallery, complete with Middle Eastern refreshments and a Japanese-American […]
Alfredo Jaar + Students
Public Interventions Sponsored by Artists in Context and Cultural Agents Initiative at Harvard University, Alfredo Jaar taught a Public Interventions course in Cambridge, MA, November 2011 – May 2012 to 11 students from the area. His Prospectus contribution consists of video interviews done with him and each of the students about the teaching and learning […]
