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AiOP 2021: NORMAL
Exhibition
AiOP2021: NORMAL
14 May 2021 – 16 May 2021
Regular hours
- Fri, 14 May
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Sat, 15 May
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Sun, 16 May
- 10:00 – 18:00
Art In Odd Places
Address
- 14th Street
- New York
New York - 10003
- United States
AiOP 2021: NORMAL, which will follow social distance guidelines, encourages artists to showcase pieces along the entire 2.2-mile length of 14th Street in Manhattan from May 14-16.
About
“We will not go back to normal. Normal never was…”
Sonya Renee Taylor
The Viral and Racial Pandemic confirms that the structures established for collective order in the United States of America failed. Colleges are run like companies and the criminal justice system like corporations. Corporations are bailed out with trillions of tax-payer’s dollars while citizens are made homeless by eviction. At our nation’s border desperate families are separated, and children caged. Hospitals struggle with depleted resources during a global pandemic, and police continue to brutalize black citizens. All this while the U.S. elected President orders the use of clubs and tear gas on peaceful protesters to enable a quick photo shoot with a bible.
Many in the United States of America clearly do not have the inalienable rights promised to them by the Constitution. The ‘Great American Dream’– championed as the right of every citizen– is a sham. Hard work does not guarantee success for all. Racism, classism, xenophobia, islamophobia, and homophobia are deeply rooted in our democracy. The American Normal is a culture steeped in severe inequities and greed.
Art in Odd Places (AiOP): NORMAL, curated by Furusho von Puttkammer, invites proposals for its sixteenth annual public art and performance festival taking place from Avenue C to the Hudson River along 14th st in Manhattan, NY. AiOP welcomes innovative multi and interdisciplinary hybrid projects including installation, sculpture, and performance which can be presented in the public realm. We encourage projects that explore & expose the American Mythos, and that actively engage the public.
ELITIST. POWER. CORRUPTION. HYPOCRISY. DELUSION. NORMAL.
Open Call, Festival, and Exhibition Timeline:
When preparing your application, please keep in mind this timeline for the festival and exhibition.
July 24th – October 29th 11:59 PM EST: Open Call live
November 15th: Applicants notified of decision
May 14th – May 16th, 2021: AiOP: NORMAL festival along 14th Street, NYC
