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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
Dance For Joy At ARTLANTIC: wonder
What better way to celebrate the opening of John Roloff's Étude Atlantis than with a performance by the Atlantic City Ballet?
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, a curated public art project
A Gallery Of Words
Soon these words will be installed at the Pinnacle site, site 1 of ARTLANTIC: wonder in Atlantic City, NJ.
The Pirate Ship Makes Its Way from Long Island To Atlantic City
Shiver me timbers.
The tales this ship could tell! It survived Hurricane Sandy and is now making its way to Atlantic City. Take that elements!
Artist John Roloff At His Atlantic City Site: Étude Atlantis
This is a portrait of John Roloff at the site of his new work in Atlantic City called Étude Atlantis to be unveiled November 9, 2012.
"For an environmental artist, Atlantic City is a very unique and special site. Its history, social/economic, and geographical dynamics are especially engaging. This project has provided me with an opportunity to discover an inner Atlantis and put together an unexpected mixture of place, theater, technology, cognition, and mythic quest—all within a puzzle-space of illusionistic descent and shifting light patterns." —John Roloff
Right This Second At ARTLANTIC: wonder (Site 2)
This is a snapshot of world-renowned artist John Roloff's piece Etude Atlantis, located on Boardwalk between California and Belmont Avenue is. This is a screen grab of our live video feed which you can see by clicking here.
Hard at Work: A Beautifully Dirty Wonder
The arts initiative between ACA, CRDA, and FC is about community building, beautifying the neighborhoods, and becoming a catalyst for highlighting the culture that is here and what we are bringing in to AC.