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.
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
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
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.
October 22–December 21, 2013
Trad.
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.
October 11–November 11, 2013
HANDS OFF
Molly Lowe
HANDS OFF invites artists to use Recess’s public space as studio, exhibition venue and grounds for experimentation.
August 17–October 12, 2013
Grey Lines
Jacolby Satterwhite
Satterwhite will create a 3D animated video using drawing, CG animation, and improvised and mediated performance.
August 7–October 6, 2013
Circular Track
Elizabeth Orr
For Circular Track, Orr will research the ways in which choreographed movement constructs narrative.
August 7–October 6, 2013
Citizen Bridge
Nancy Nowacek
Nowacek will design, create and test a series of prototypes for an eventual footbridge that crosses the Upper New York Bay waterway.
March 26–May 25, 2013
Volumes for Sound
Melissa Dubbin and Aaron S. Davidson
Dubbin and Davidson will create new works influenced by the geometries of sound.
March 26–May 25, 2013
Seeing Voice The Seven-Tone Color Spectrum
Christine Sun Kim
Christine Sun Kim will initiate a conversation led by seven presenters, all of whom will give a lecture without using audible voice.
February 15–April 26, 2013
Eyes as Big as Plates
Riitta Ikonen and Karoline Hjorth
Ikonen and Hjorth will create costumes, settings, and performance programs for senior residents of New York
January 7–March 9, 2013
We Buy White Albums
Rutherford Chang
Chang will create an archive, listening library, and anti-store to house and grow his collection of the Beatles’ iconic record.
October 22, 2012–January 18, 2013
Holistic Approach
Alina Tenser
For Holistic Approach, Tenser will create a series of sculptures, images and videos that begin with her body and extend into new, related forms.
August 17–October 12, 2012
Date the Time
Molly Dilworth
For Date the Time, Dilworth will create a series of banners and flags, bearing patterns generated from user-submitted photos.
July 11–September 15, 2012
White Sands
Laura Vitale
Vitale will create a research laboratory for testing the audio-visual properties and material behaviors of gypsum plaster.
May 30–August 9, 2012
Invisible Men
Abigail DeVille
DeVille will amass bricolage, painting, and sculpture into a selective history of culturally invisible classes of people.
May 1–June 30, 2012
Café
Andy Meerow and Rose Marcus
Marcus and Meerow will address specific economic conditions that inform their collaboration and autonomous creative practices in New York City
March 22–April 11, 2012
Me and Everyone That is With Me
Alex Casso, Graham Hamilton, and Dan Herschlein
Artists collaborate with the Education Department at the Whitney Museum of American Art on classes for students from the Regent Family Residence.
March 14–18, 2012
VVAVE (3 of 6)
Christine Sun Kim, John Andrew, and Aliza Simons
Christine Sun Kim will initiate a live and continuous 72-hour radio and internet broadcast as the third event in, Feedback.
January 10–March 10, 2012
Pavilion
John Miserendino
For Pavilion, Miserendino will reinterpret Dan Graham’s original plans for his architectural structures.
On view
Feedback 2 of 6: Now Hiring
Christine Sun Kim and Beka Goedde
Christine Sun Kim will initiate a performance and installation as the second event in her six-part Session at Recess.
November 8–December 11, 2011
The Four Chambered Heart
Leila Hekmat
Hekmat will fuse the therapist’s office, researcher center, and performance set.
October 31–November 4, 2011
Feedback: Nonstop (1 of 6)
Christine Sun Kim and Lukas Geronimas
Christine Sun Kim will begin work on the inaugural performance of her 6- event series as part of Session.
October 1–December 10, 2011
The Family Creative
FCKNLZ
FCKNLZ will house a series of workshops adapted from The Family Creative Workshop, a twenty-three-volume encyclopedia of craft projects.