Explore/Archive
July 13–September 1, 2017
Brendan Fernandes
Steady Pulse is a club that plays host to a diverse range of happenings and interventions, including performances, movement workshops, conversations.
May 27–July 9, 2017
Allison Janae Hamilton
Wonder Room is a hybrid of a treehouse, resource lounge, imaginative think tank, and community environment.
April 15–May 21, 2017
Am Schmidt
Recess: May 21, 2014, a month-long summoning of musician Dave Navarro.
March 10–April 8, 2017
Andrew Lampert
Faked/Out is a multi-platform response to the world’s current information crises.
January 12–March 9, 2017
Shaun Leonardo
Assembly is invested in reframing the narrative around the justice system with and for court-involved participants
January 3–March 4, 2017
You Never Know What Idea You Might Have
Motoko Fukuyama
A two-month project that will forge links between Recess and Argo Electronics, located on Canal Street one block away from our storefront.
November 3–December 23, 2016
Željka Blakšić
BROUHAHA is a shape-shifting habitat, with a sculptural skate ramp positioned in the space as its physical anchor.
September 1–October 29, 2016
Canaries
Canaries will address the two primary components of their practice—collective care and self-care—through programs and documentary activities
May 14–July 9, 2016
Lauren Halsey
An interplanetary liquid environment composed of hyperreal gardens, fantasy landscapes, and pools of beauty water.
March 12–May 7, 2016
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.
January 7–March 5, 2016
Total Effekt
The artists conducted a speculative archaeological study of “the home,” examining the practical and symbolic value of the dwelling.
November 10–December 19, 2015
Sondra Perry
Perry takes the television series The Twilight Zone (1959–1964) as the starting point for an investigation of multi-dimensional identity construction.
September 4–November 3, 2015
Jonah Groeneboer
Double Mouth Feedback explores the human voice as an instrument to express, or conversely, to repress, the self.
July 2–August 29, 2015
Katherine Hubbard and Savannah Knoop
Hubbard and Knoop will explore connotations of production through a synthesis of clothing-making, sculpture and installation.
April 30–June 27, 2015
The Institute for New Feeling
IfNf will create an installation that offers individuals a clairvoyant reading generated by the misuse of online search engines.
March 19–April 25, 2015
Sara Magenheimer
Magenheimer will construct sculptural sets composed of photographs, objects, and film equipment that will become the backdrop for a new video.
January 22–March 14, 2015
PK
PK Worryshop will explore the cinematic trope of the “sad bar” along with the historical use of private cinema viewing machines.
January 6–17, 2015
Jessica Segall
Jessica Segall’s installation at Recess involves a very simple task rendered complicated in New York City.
November 4–December 20, 2014
Chris Domenick
Domenick will explore the historical genre of the still life and its accompanying fruit basket.
September 2–October 25, 2014
Mira Friedlaender
The artist will unpack, document, and inventory the life’s work of Bilge Civelekoglu Friedlaender.
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.
March 25–May 26, 2014
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
January 8–March 22, 2014
Liz Magic Laser
Bystander will be developed at Recess through a series of interviews conducted by journalists and actors with members of the public.
October 22–December 21, 2013
Courtesy the Artists
“Trad.” is an abbreviation of “traditional,” which is listed instead of an author on folk recordings when the work’s origin is unknown.
