Foggy Day
a temporary, open-air installation

At selected times of the day, a section of Cortlandt Alley between White and Walker Streets will be shrouded in fog, in a kind of urban earthwork enhancing various features of this picturesquely gritty downtown canyon.

Matthew Geller's installation exaggerates and calls attention to selected aspects of the locale. Translucent rubber puddles on the sidewalk will mimic the puddles created by the dripping pipes that poke out from factory windows. A scattering of spindly but lush trees growing from building niches will augment the existing meager vegetation. The fog itself references the steam escaping from pipes that jut from garment factory windows above the Alley.

During the installation Geller will document the activity in the Alley with a time-lapse digital video recorder. One frame per second will be recorded and the results will serve as raw material for a short videotape.

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Opening:
Friday, October 3, 2003, 5:00-8:00 pm

Dates & Times (NEW HOURS posted 10/29/03):
October 4th through November 14th, 2003
   Tuesday - Sunday: Noon to 5:30 PM

Closing Day Special: Friday, November 14
   Noon to midnight

Location:
Cortlandt Alley between White and Walker Streets (one block below Canal Street and one block east of Broadway

Nearest Subways:
1, 9 to Franklin Street
A, C, E, J, R, M, N, Q, W, Z, 6 to Canal St.

For further information, please contact:
Nolini Barretto at the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
Tel. 212.219.9401

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This is a project of Creative Capital. Foggy Day is fiscally sponsored by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. Additional funding provided by The Greenwall Foundation and the Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation. General Tool Manufacturing Company, LLC has provided special assistance. This project is made possible, in part, with public funds from the Manhattan Community Arts Fund and the Fund for Creative Communities/New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization Program administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.