Kathryne Hall

Walking down a Brooklyn sidewalk, the view ahead suddenly pulls into itself, twisting the horizon in an urban mirage. “Aberrant Drain” by Kathryne Hall debuts in The Case of the Curious Pedestrian, curated by Christina Vassallo, on September 19th in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.

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“Aberrant Drain” is part of a series of temporary art installations in New York City that subvert common urban elements and the experience of public space. These interventions are designed to provoke as well as entertain, leading the viewer to question the stability and function of the urban environment, consider the mundane as a subject for sculpture, or simply to smile in amusement.

Date and location: September 19th, 2pm-6pm Southeast corner of Myrtle Avenue at Clinton Avenue.

“Aberrant Drain” is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by the Brooklyn Arts Council.   

I have been awarded a grant towards my next temporary public art project, “Aberrant Drain” to debut in Brooklyn this Summer.  More news coming soon!

I am thrilled to be included in Powerhouse Projects online interview series.    See the full interview here.

Aberrant Sidewalk is featured in The New York Times on page A29 and online as part of the Lens Series on Public Art by Marilynn K. Yee called “Sight/Site”.

Aberrant Sidewalk

Sidewalk aberrations form in cities when there is sufficient instability and ability to suspend disbelief in the lower atmosphere and among the mass population.   Instability refers to global and local economic and political conditions that are increasingly unpredictable and negative.  Ability to suspend disbelief increases during a sustained period of socio-economic turmoil.  Declining faith in future stability is thought to cause tectonic shifts in perception, which coincide with the appearance of aberrations in the infrastructure.

Sidewalk aberrations of this kind are predicted to occur in New York City throughout the five boroughs in the warmer months of 2009. Viewer comments are listed below.  Locations and times will be updated on www.aberrationtracking.com.

Check out Aberrant Sidewalk featured by Jeff Kinkel on Dossier Magazine’s Journal, July 10, 2009.

Public Art panel by Council on the Arts & Humanities for Staten Island & Freshkills Park.      

 In this project a double-decker bus entwined with tubes, that move up and down in a flapping motion, circles Prospect Park, stopping for 30 minutes at each corner of the park while assistants and I engage with viewers and solicit responses. This is the next event in my artist-initiated, independent project series, “Tubisms,” that began in 2003. The “Tubisms” series installs tube sculptures in unexpected places to ask viewers to question the expected and to provoke with humor and uncertainty.  By focusing on the invasive and absurd, this series asks viewers to examine their urban experience.  After my successful 2007 “Tubisms: Cars” project, I am excited to now work towards this new mobile phase of the “Tubisms” series.

8/21-24/08 “Tubisms: Cars” was at the AITP festival in Jefferson City, MO. Viewers brave enough to peek inside heard new audio installations.  Click to check out comments from the residents and see photos.  See other artist’s work (incl. Paul Notzold, Scott Hug, Michael DeFeo, Jonathan “DePoe” Villoch, Tracey, Json Myers, Megan Gallant, Mark Jenkins, Knitta By Nature, & Leon A. Reid IV) at www.atelier-cms.com.

I am working on an animation during the 2008 Residency. Updates will be posted here. Rest assured it will have tubes….