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ARTLANTIC MIXER 2013

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If you find yourself in Atlantic City, NJ on February 13th, Fung Collaboratives would like to share our 2013 plans with you! Curator Lance Fung will unveil the new design to transform a vacant block off the Boardwalk between Florida and Bellevue Avenues. Meet participating New Jersey artists Jedediah Morfit and Robert Lach. Mix and mingle as we exchange ideas and collaboration possibilities.

When: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 | 6pm – 8pm

Where: Dante Hall Theater
14 North Mississippi Avenue, Atlantic City, NJ 08401

Artlantic is a series of creative interventions that will bring together internationally renowned and emerging artists, designers, and architects to create groundbreaking, interactive living art spaces. These art parks will reimagine previously vacant areas as lively public meeting places and make each a nexus for social interaction.

Please RSVP to  fc@fungcollaboratives.org or 609.348.7806.

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ARTLANTIC: wonder Continues To Emerge

As if by magic elements of the landscaping begin to take shape at the Pinnacle Lot on a former empty lot near the world famous — and still intact —Atlantic City Boardwalk at Martin Luther King Boulevard and Pacific and Kentucky avenues.

ARTLANTIC: wonder, the first of five projects, featuring works by acclaimed artists Robert Barry, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, John Roloff, and Kiki Smith in collaboration with New York landscape design firms Balmori Associates and Philadelphia-based Cairone & Kaupp.

Video production: Skout Media (www.skoutmediaphilly.com)

Video: ARTLANTIC: wonder — As Seen in USA Today

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ARTLANTIC: wonder Becoming an Art Park in Atlantic City, NJ

Entertainment center, east coast gambling mecca, budding resort destination, home to the famous (and intact) boardwalk and more, Atlantic City, NJ adds another description as public arts booster with the unveiling of a new arts park in two exhibition sites.

These photos from site 1 ("Pinnacle") on a former empty lot at the world-famous Atlantic City Boardwalk at Martin Luther King Boulevard and Pacific and Kentucky avenues highlight some of the works visitors can interact with and enjoy (for free from dawn to dusk) including:

  • Landscape design by Balmori Associates
  • Words by Robert Barry
  • A Woman and Deer by Kiki Smith
  • And a Pirate Ship by Ilya and Emila Kabakov
  • Art curation by Lance Fung Collaboratives
   

ARTLANTIC: wonder, the first of five projects, featuring works by acclaimed artists Robert Barry, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, John Roloff, and Kiki Smith in collaboration with New York landscape design firms Balmori Associates and Philadelphia-based Cairone & Kaupp.

Video production: Skout Media (skoutmediaphilly.com)

ARTLANTIC: wonder, Atlantic City’s New Art Project Curated by Lance Fung

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ARTLANTIC: wonder Is Almost There

ARTLANTIC: wonder is "almost" there, as attested by photos taken this week. Watch out for the big unveil this Friday at the Pinnacle site near the world famous Atlantic City Boardwalk at Martin Luther King Boulevard and Pacific and Kentucky avenues. And how about that pirate ship rising before your very eyes. Get your booty down to AC and check it out.