3M Graphic Vinyl output, mixed media
 
Public Art Fund Projects
in Central Park
A collaboration with the
Whitney Biennial

April 17 - May 4, 2004

Between the Bandshell and the Sheep Meadow in Central Park

Public Art Fund, in collaboration with the Whitney Museum, presents nine installations by seven artists for the 2004 Biennial Exhibition. Building upon the outdoor presentation of Biennial works in 2002, this year's show includes artists' site-specific reactions to Central Park as well as several sculptural projects that were conceived independently of location. For the first time, the exhibition includes a weekend event of openings and participatory artists' projects in the park.

Artist assume vivid astro focus aka Eli Sudbrack works in a wide variety of media, creating wallpaper designs, music videos, large-scale installations, t-shirt designs, and floor stickers. When he first arrived in New York from his native Brazil, assume vivid astro focus was struck by the vibrancy of the many activities that take place in Central Park, particularly at the Skate Circle, a stretch of pavement that is transformed into a dance roller rink on spring and summer weekends. Working in collaboration with the Central Park Dance Skaters Association, assume vivid astro focus created avaf 8, a vibrant floorscape for the surface of the Skate Circle. He also collaborated with industrial designer Rama Chorpash to create a colorful canopy for the center of the Skate Circle.

On April 17, from 1-3pm, avaf 8 opened to the general public and, especially, to all skaters. The afternoon featured a special performance by assume vivid astro focus's frequent collaborators and fellow Biennial artists Los Super Elegantes, a Los Angeles-based duo whose high-energy musical shows combine elements of pop and rock music, cabaret, and performance art.

Artist Bio
Artist assume vivid astro focus aka Eli Sudbrack was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and currently lives and works in New York. Sudbrack received his bachelor's degree in 1992 from the Pontificia Universidade Catolica, Rio de Janeiro and a degree from the International Center of Photography, New York in 1999. He has had solo exhibitions at Galeria Triângulo, São Paulo, Brazil (2004); Midway Contemporary Gallery, Saint Paul, Minnesota (2003); Resodiversion, Paris (2003); Peres Projects, Los Angeles (2003); and Deitch Projects, New York (2003). His group shows include "Popstraction," Deitch Projects (2003); "K48_Teenage Rebel: The Bedroom Show," galerie du jour/agnes b., Paris (2003); and "GNS: Global Navigation System," Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2003).

Sponsorship
The Public Art Fund projects in Central Park, presented in collaboration with the Whitney Museum of American Art, were sponsored by Bloomberg and generously supported by Adam Lindemann.

assume vivid astro focus's avaf 8 was a project of the Public Art Fund program In the Public Realm, which is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, The New York State Council on the Arts, A State Agency, the City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs, the Office of the Brooklyn Borough President, The Greenwall Foundation, The Silverweed Foundation, The JPMorgan Chase Foundation, and friends of the Public Art Fund.

This exhibition was made possible through the cooperation of the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation.

Location
Between the Bandshell and the Sheep Meadow, just south of the 72nd Street Transverse
(Enter park at 72nd Street from Central Park West or Fifth Avenue).
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