So I am sending out the ultimate thank you to the wonderful people who made IDENTIFY: Reflecting on the Codification of who……

Hila Perry the most wonderful rapid video shooting magic editor, conceptualist and emotional support.
Mark Stetson who sweeps in one day and executes the most intense video shoot of a piano in many locations as well as loaned us a boat ton of gear.
Alberto Quintero my right hand man, Johnny on the Spot and most adorable brilliant guy I know.
Nicola Bailey the eye on scene capturing the love and life of our project.
Kate McGahee jumping in on the spot without any hesitation.
Robin Wachsberger and Courtenay Thrée who always bring me support but also provided some wheels.
Timothy Charles Sutton Bell for bringing his builder self and then turning into his Poet Self
Paul Weinfield appearing sight unseen and jumping in with his heart and with his sound.
Lenna Pierce for entrancing the crowd with her voice and magic cello.
Allison Sylvia, Eq Mosieri, Delano Montgomery,  Safiel Vonay Rebecca Rivera, Joe Zook, Alan Mueting for bringing their talent.
Vangeline for entrancing a whole street audience and enchanting Contextualization with some Butoh magic.
Ikue Mori for bringing her sound to the opening night.
Ilona Bito and Amanda Hunt for dreaming with us from the get go, peeling off layers to bring their whole self into their dance and reflections time and time again.
Olga Efedrin for allowing us to take over and make a ruckus and keeping her cool self present for the ride. And the whole crew at UsagiNY
Andrew Kalleen for dropping his whole life for three weeks to conceptualize, craft, dream, audio augment, shoot and score, and lend his friends to make this collective dream a reality.

http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2016/6875

https://www.arthaps.com/m/show/identify-on-codification-of-who-1

http://brokelyn.com/event/identify-experiential-art-installation-by-alana-aviel-music-by-ikue-mori-meaner-pencil-and-andrew-kalleen/

Presentation Events: March 19th, March 26th, April 2nd 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Venue: Usagi NY, 163 Plymouth Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA

In keeping with our commitment to feature emerging artists working in new media, UsagiNY

introduces IDENTIFY, an immersive site specific digital/analog installation by a Brooklyn based

artist Alana Aviel. The use of projection mapping in exhibited works facilitates the exchange of

perceptual qualities between the elements of reality and the virtual, integrating static structures

with multidisciplinary performances that include spoken word, experimental music, and

contemporary dance.

Many sociologists theorize that the increasing social alienation stems not only from disruptive

oppositions of globalized urban life (lack of time vs. excess of time, community dissolution vs.

overcrowding and lack of privacy), but also to the cities’ disjointed, discontinuous, and polluted

urban landscape. Creating spatial experiences with architectural physical vocabulary and visual

illusion, Alana Aviel outlines the possibilities for expression of the human condition and

representation of tenderness in industrial and futuristic mediums.

IDENTIFY seeks to offer a novel, affirming approach to selfhood in a world alternatively

enriched and oppressed by virtual reality and explores the possibilities for noncommercial

forms of expression in built environments. IDENTIFY functions both as its result and its

reenactment, highlighting creative collaboration and manipulation of material to reveal the

journey of the objects on display. By creating a liminal space in which technology, the body and

space intersect to form experiences unique to each viewer, Alana Aviel reframes the

contemplation of art as active and participatory. All visitors are encouraged to interact with each

of the seven pieces that comprise the exhibition from a place of vulnerability and wonder.

Usagi NY is a 2,800 sq ft cultural hub in DUMBO Brooklyn, NY, designed by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto, which houses

a cafe, gallery and library. Presenting the work and process of emerging and influential creative thinkers and specialists

such as artists, designers, architects, engineers, artisans, writers, musicians, we promote encounters between professionals

in diverse fields.