DOEprojekts recently held a community workshop in the Garment District, Manhattan. Participants were introduced to the conceptual basis for our socially-engaged art practice — Coreforms and Keywords — and then invited to respond to these concepts through various materials and written "prompts" that we provided. Some of the visual responses are shown in the photos above.
Participants were also invited to write about their experiences at the end of the workshop:
“The workshop was very engaging
immediately with your presentation and invitation to explore. I also felt it
was challenging but at the same time comforting to create something
meaningful.”
— A. T., New York City
— A. T., New York City
“My
immediate connection was to the Coreforms. I love their simultaneous simplicity
and complexity – in seeing the bright yellow felt, [the forms] invoked a happy
face. However, the keywords invoked uncertainty. A wonderful, freedom and
thought-provoking workshop!”
— E.G., New York City
“The studio workshop allowed a
therapeutic expression of sorts – allowing mind to use Coreforms to create hybridity and diaspora – the process, not product was important – a blank space — free to create ANYTHING – [and the workshop] ‘prompts’ offered a starting
point but no end – this can be continuous.” — C.F., New York City
“This workshop is great for all ages...” —
R. A., New York City
