THE SCULPTURE:
KaNSiteCurators + Caroline Mardok have created an interactive sculpture of multiple cut out figures made of plywood, applied with collage and photographs from Mardok’s @ny.strong photography project. As people walk through the portals they’re transported into the energy of the protests of 2020: the unified experience of citizens across ethnicities and genders fighting for freedom and justice for Black lives. The team has also collaborated with the Bronx River Art Center on a program focused on public art and activism, offered to a team of young adults who are creating their own sculptures and photographs. Their work will be shown in a group exhibition responding to the Black lives Matter movement, in conjunction with the installation of KaN+Mardok’s sculptures at Poe Park in the Bronx.
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(From left to right) Caroline Mardok, Nadej Hocini, and Karine Duteil amongst their sculpture, In Honor of Black Lives Matter.
ABOUT THE ARTISTs:
The KaNSiteCurators team (Karine Duteil & Nadej Hocini) approaches landscape projects as site curators and content specialists interested in the anthology, interpretation and display of human and environmental heritage material. KaN is committed to creating regenerative living infrastructures and landscapes – integrating artistic, sustainable and educational components while catalyzing and carrying communities' vision. They aim to encourage positive changes in communities by engaging the public in the creative processes behind the design of meaningful and holistic spaces.
Caroline Mardok is a French American visual artist living in Brooklyn. Her photographs capture moments of shared emotions and vulnerability, encouraging the viewer to understand the solidarity of the human condition. She began the project @ny.strong amidst the pandemic, combining interviews, portraits and street photographs to showcase the resilience of New Yorkers in isolation. The project highlighted the Black Lives Matter and Trans Liberation movements, with a special emphasis on leadership by Black women.