March 2012 | Recess

Me and Everyone That is With Me: Dan Herschlein, Graham Hamilton, and Alex Casso

On January 2012, artists Alex Casso, Graham Hamilton, and Dan Herschlein, working under the name After School Special, began collaborating with the Education Department at the Whitney Museum of American Art on several in-depth classes for students aged 6-14 from the Regent Family Residence. Employing Fluxus-inspired prompts, the artists and children used the classroom and the Whitney’s galleries to investigate the overlap of play and performance. During workshops, the artists gathered audio and video footage and collected students’ drawings and collages.

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Gideon Fink Shapiro: Pavilion: Interceptor

March 2012. Written in parallel with

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Christine Sun Kim Feedback: VVAVE (3 of 6)

Christine Sun Kim with collaborators John Andrew and Aliza Simons Feedback: VVAVE (3 of 6) March 14th – 18th, 2012 Mid-way point reception: March 17th, 6-8 pm With continuous 72-hour broadcasting beginning midnight March 15, 2012. "The wave…is the only visible embodiment of what physicists tell us all matter is composed of." —David Milch On March 16th, Christine Sun Kim will initiate a live and continuous 72-hour radio and internet broadcast as the third event in, Feedback, her six-part Session at Recess. Session invites artists to use its public space as studio, exhibition venue and grounds for experimentation.

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Watch: The Day We Met

In January 2012, artists Alex Casso, Graham Hamilton, and Dan Herschlein, working under the name After School Special, began collaborating with the Education Department at the Whitney Museum of American Art on several in-depth Fluxus-inspired workshops for students aged 6-14 from the Regent Family Residence. From March 22 – April 11, the artists will translate their findings in the form of an immersive installation at Recess entitled Me And Everyone That Is With Me. The artists filmed The Day We Met at New York's Metropolitan Museum and screened it during one of the workshops with the children. Click through to watch it.

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