| The Present Tense |

While children in the United States indulged in the ritual of trick or treating on October 31st, the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai China came to a close. Throughout its six-month run, 73.08 million visitors inhabited 5.28sq. Kilometers of space, which housed the creative imaginations of 246 countries and international organizations.  Alongside this closing, People in [...]

Lewis Gesner is an artist that has been creating surrogate performances on behalf of artists such as Boris Nieslony and Vassya Vassileva for several years. Implementing his work through People in Space was an intriguing experience, knowing that through his own practice, he often puts himself in the position that we were in. Lewis’ pieces [...]

When asked why they made the decision to visit the World Expo, the majority of the people that People In Space met answered that they wanted to experience the “spectacle”. Infinite lights, color, sound, copious space, the abundance of Haibao, the Expo’s absurd “imaginary” mascot made the expo, indeed, spectacular. The surrogate performances that People [...]

Boston- based artist, Jeff Huckleberry uses the phrase “Success in Failure” to define his practice. This idea has always resonated with me because it gives integrity to chance and haunted me while trying to implement surrogate pieces at the World Expo.   Some of the actions that we curated into “What Are We Waiting For?” [...]

The focus of the World Expo is the future. From Shanghai Corporate’s Dream Cube, to Toyota’s robotic violinist, to Saudi Arabia’s $164 million rendition of a “moon boat” that looms in the sky like the most grandiose UFO, the Expo exhibits a plethora or futuristic spectacles. Amongst the extravagance, there are of coarse Pavilions with less. Upon [...]