ArtBloc: Upward Mobility
Shipping Container Multi-Projection Mapping Project 2013
SILVERMAN in association with ArtBloc present
Ann LePore: Upward Mobility
Hamilton Square- McWilliams Place between 8th and 9th streets, Jersey City, NJ 07302
Exhibition on view July 1 to August 31, 2013
Curated by Brendan Carroll
Ann LePore’s installation Upward Mobility transforms ArtBloc—a pair of empty shipping containers—into an interactive outdoor sculpture. By day, ArtBloc is a giant boom box emitting ambient sounds, while at night, it’s a massive light box featuring computer-animated 3-D images. LePore’s subject is the landscape of Jersey City and its historical transformation from rural backwater to thriving urban center. Whether you pass Upward Mobility as you stroll down McWilliams Place or catch a glance of it from Hamilton Square’s communal roof terrace, the installation invites the viewer to stop, look, and listen.
“The images and installations I create are heavily influenced by my experiences
not just as an artist, but as a member of a community that is defined by the
physical assertions and limitations of a very specific environment”—Ann LePore
Hear more from writer and curator Brendan Scott Carroll
Additional Video Documentation of ArtBloc
From Raymond E. Mingst at Curious Matter
More about ArtBloc
