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January 8–March 22, 2014

Bystander

Liz Magic Laser

Bystander will be developed at Recess through a series of interviews conducted by journalists and actors with members of the public.

March 25–May 26, 2014

Metabolic Morphology

Nina Horisaki-Christens and Takashi Horisaki

The main component of Metabolic Morphology will take the form of a semi-modular installation of cast colored latex and vacuum-formed plastic elements

June 3–August 2, 2014

Ruka (To braid/ to knit/ to weave)

Nontsikelelo Mutiti

Mutiti will play the role of the artist, designer, and researcher to a space for the study and practice of hair braiding.

September 2–October 25, 2014

Half of What’s There

Mira Friedlaender

The artist will unpack, document, and inventory the life’s work of Bilge Civelekoglu Friedlaender.

November 4–December 20, 2014

You are Apple/Pear

Chris Domenick

Domenick will explore the historical genre of the still life and its accompanying fruit basket.

January 6–17, 2015

1/2 a Cord

Jessica Segall

Jessica Segall’s installation at Recess involves a very simple task rendered complicated in New York City.

January 22–March 14, 2015

Movie in a Bar Mirror

PK

PK Worryshop will explore the cinematic trope of the “sad bar” along with the historical use of private cinema viewing machines.

March 2015

Notes on a Cinema Sad Bar

Christopher Carlton

March 19–April 25, 2015

False Alphabets

Sara Magenheimer

Magenheimer will construct sculptural sets composed of photographs, objects, and film equipment that will become the backdrop for a new video.

April 30–June 27, 2015

Seek

The Institute for New Feeling

IfNf will create an installation that offers individuals a clairvoyant reading generated by the misuse of online search engines.

June 2015

Search History

Rebecca Worby

July 2–August 29, 2015

Small Town Sex Shop

Katherine Hubbard and Savannah Knoop

Hubbard and Knoop will explore connotations of production through a synthesis of clothing-making, sculpture and installation.

September 4–November 3, 2015

Double Mouth Feedback

Jonah Groeneboer

Double Mouth Feedback explores the human voice as an instrument to express, or conversely, to repress, the self.

October 2015

Four to the Fourth

Morgan Bassichis, Jaime Shearn Coan, Katherine Brewer Ball, and Leeroy Kun Young Kang

November 10–December 19, 2015

My Twilight Zone Thing

Sondra Perry

Perry takes the television series The Twilight Zone (1959–1964) as the starting point for an investigation of multi-dimensional identity construction.

December 2015

You Have 4 Messages

Metropolarity

January 7–March 5, 2016

Living Magasine

Total Effekt

The artists conducted a speculative archaeological study of “the home,” examining the practical and symbolic value of the dwelling.

March 12–May 7, 2016

Flow Pool

Marie Lorenz

A two-month long project that proposes the titular structure as a site for investigating questions ranging from the practical to the poetic.