FUSE

EXHIBITION OPENING: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13TH, 2011. 7-11pm.

NEW WORK BY JAMIL YAMANI AND LOUISA DAWSON

26-15 JACKSON AVE, LONG ISLAND CITY, NYC, USA

These new works are about cultural identity and urban displacement. Dawson and Yamani connect elements of the everyday, which transform structures, objects and environments. The works are installed in an empty car mechanic workshop in Long Island City. This New York suburb is itself in transition from an industrial area to residential condominiums and gentrification. The works, exhibited in this repurposed space both reflect the surrounding changes and shift in perceptions of space and culture.