GANGITANO: Yeah, the founding of Participant came directly out of
the closing of another alternative space, Thread Waxing Space, where I had worked as a curator from 1997 through 2001.
Not exact matches
Alternative spaces, many
of which are also
closing, provide regional artists with visibility and community but can offer only minimal financial support.
Drawn to New York — Nesbett with plans to establish the Jacob Lawrence Institute, a mentoring program for young artists, and Bancroft in search
of a nonprofit curatorial position — the couple landed in Harlem, on West 144th Street, across from a now -
closed bodega that eventually gave its name (and yellow and red sign) to the future
alternative art
space.
Many
of these
alternative spaces in the city are
closing due to the rising cost
of rent, but Et al. has managed to find refuge underground, in an area
of San Francisco that has almost no galleries.
Located very
close to the Schaulager and the Helsinki building — by the architects Herzog & de Meuron — and directly vis - à - vis the new Academy
of Art and Design Basel (HGK FHNW), the Atelier Mondial studios, along with a number
of new «off» or
alternative spaces and galleries, are now part
of the growing Campus
of the Arts.
Other than energy and the associated climate change, what other types
of environmental
space do you see becoming
closed or full most quickly, and how could you address those through
alternative development models Water and food are key examples; if everybody doesn't aspire to eat as much meat, then you don't have the same demands on land.