Installation: Spectrum of Togetherness
Kasser & Everett Lounge
Spectrum of Togetherness is an interactive art installation that invites TC community members to contribute paper designs representing their identities, fostering connections, playfulness, and well-being while celebrating diversity. Visitors are encouraged to reflect on their connections to the broader TC community.
This work comprises several elements:
Striped Canary, a site-specific paper installation, by Artists Stephen B. Nguyen and Wade Kavanaugh
Artists Nguyen and Kavanaugh have created immersive artworks since 2005 that evoke natural elements with a process akin to drawing. Their practice is focused on scale, juxtaposition, and play, emphasizing a one-to-one relationship with viewers and participants, blending built and natural landscapes, and integrating experimentation into their artistic journey.
Where: Kasser Family Exhibition Space (Library Atrium)
The Blooming Project, by Artists Meiling Jiang & Zying Guo
The art intervention uses the innovative fusion of art, technology, and community engagement to empower women, foster inclusive dialogue, and challenge societal norms. Set against the art installation and workshop backdrop, it invites participants to reflect and engage with the work to reshape the narratives around femininity and resilience. Discover the transformative power of creativity at The Blooming Project, where Art meets activism at the heart of our community.
For workshop information contact: mj3163@tc.columbia.edu
Location: Kasser Family Exhibition Space (Library Atrium)
You Are a Gift to Me, by Artist Bernice Ho
The workshop series centers around appreciation, giving, and reciprocity. Participants will engage in meditative art-making activities such as stamp-making and charm-making to express gratitude for other community members. Makers are encouraged to make multiple tokens of appreciation, take one home, and exchange or gift the other(s). This workshop aims to uplift community members through care and kindness while providing a space for mental wellness and rest.
For workshop information contact: bh2540@tc.columbia.edu
Location: 118 Zankel (Everett Lounge)
Muted, by Artist Caroline Que
This public multi-media art installation documents and reflects females' oppression. It reflects the realization and expression of experiences related to patriarchal violence. The unspoken words in the "muted" scenarios are derived from participants' voices, gathered, and transformed into a collective poem. This poem is visually displayed as an interactive element of the installation.
For workshop information conyact: cq2256@tc.columbia.edu
Location: 118 Zankel (Everett Lounge)
Student workshops will be held May 4th - May 7th, and community art from the project will be made, gifted, recycled, or reused.
Spectrum of Togetherness is made possible with the DCI grant. The interactive installation and student workshops are co-sponsored by the Office of Diversity and Community Affairs, TC Advancing Literacy, and the Art & Art Education Program.
Spectrum of Togetherness is presented in concert with Thinking, Acting and Learning: On Student Activism; Student Voices in Print and Perpetuity; and Artivism: Art from the Heart.
Where: Kasser & Everett Lounge
Opening Reception: Monday, 5/6, 8-9pm (118 Zankel)
