JPMORGAN CHASE GLOBAL HQ, NEW YORK, NY
BLOOMING JUNGLE, DONCHRISTIAN JONES
Curatorial and Project Management for Cultural Initiative
DonChristian Jones’ Blooming Jungle, a nearly 10,000-square-foot mural, wraps JPMorgan Chase’s new world headquarters at 270 Park Avenue in midtown Manhattan. DonChristian Jones is an interdisciplinary multi-media artist, musician, and director. Their work spans painting, musical albums, videos, and performance art. The work was commissioned by JPMorgan Chase and is on display as part of City Canvas, an initiative of the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs. It was curated by Seven Willow Collaborative.
BMW GUGGENHEIM LAB
Temporary Building and Program installed in NYC, Berlin, and Mumbai
The BMW Guggenheim Lab was a mobile laboratory that hosted dialogue about urban life that traveled to New York, Berlin, and Mumbai. Part urban think tank, part community center and public gathering space, the Lab’s goal was the exploration of new ideas, experimentation, and ultimately the creation of forward-thinking visions and projects for city life.
USA PAVILION EXPO MILANO
United States State Department
The USA Pavilion for Expo Milano, a 40,000-square foot temporary building commissioned by the US State Department, opened its doors to the public 1 May 2015 at the World’s Fair. The building included two exhibition areas, food and beverage facilities, offices, elevators, escalators and considerable back-of-house facilities as well as a football-field-length “Vertical Farm” featuring a variety of harvestable crops in a vertical array. It was as though a typical horizontal agricultural field was rotated 90˚ to clad the side of a building. More than six million visitors passed through the USA Pavilion, twice the estimated crowd, and representing 30% of all Expo visitors, making it the most visited pavilion at the Expo.
THE ARCHWAY: Adaptive Reuse of the City of New York’s Historic Infrastructure
DUMBO BID and the City of New York
A public-private restoration of the Manhattan Bridge’s anchorage in DUMBO, Brooklyn, returning to the public a dramatic pedestrian thoroughfare, pocket park and performance space.
Arts and cultural programming commenced in 2009, including Sean Capone’s Camera Rosetum, a site-specific video projection and the 2010 World Cup final.
OPPORTUNITY SPACE
Malmö, Sweden
Following an international design competition to select the custom-designed temporary pavilion, the Opportunity Space Festival, held in the summer of 2017, brought together refugees, asylum seekers, and established residents in Malmö, Sweden for free programs to support social and economic inclusion. We worked with more than 30 NGOs, government agencies, and businesses to organize the festival and offer programs. More than 1,300 people visited the festival for shared meals and dance performances; CV-writing workshops and job interviews; and other activities to help people meet each other, learn new skills, exchange ideas, and prepare to enter the job market.
1221 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
Time-Life Building Lobby Renovation Rockefeller Group
For this landmark office tower on 6th Avenue in midtown Manhattan, the entry sequence and ground floor 30’ high lobby space was reimagined and redeveloped including a commissioned mural by Mark Bradford.
RE:CONSTRUCTION
A Public Art Program to Revitalize Lower Manhattan as a Canvas for Art and Architecture
Alliance for Downtown New York with the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
“Lower Manhattan’s ongoing rebirth as a vibrant 24/7 community can be seen not only in the growth of its residents, companies, and visitors, but also in the amount of new construction that continues to reshape the area. The Downtown Alliance’s Re:Construction initiative turns construction sites into artistic canvases, integrating works of art into our streetscapes in ways that reflect the cultural dynamism of the community.” — Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg Featured: Concrete Jungle, Tattfoo; Untitled, Dzine 