Spring Arrivals at the Lab
Spring has settled back in here at the Lab … the greenery is bursting back in the landscape and the peepers in the nearby marsh are creating another dreamy minimalist soundscape just for us. We are particularly tuned into all things acoustic since artist-in-residence, Dorit Chrysler, stayed with us in March.
Dorit, master thereminist, and head of the NY Theremin Society flew in from Berlin to spend a month at Lost and Found Lab while deep diving into the archives of Lucie Rosen, founder of the music program at nearby Caramoor Performing Arts Center. What an honor it was to have Dorit perform in the gallery space at the close of her residency. She shared with us her findings and inspiration from that archive at the Rosen House, and began work on a musical composition for the theremin inspired by the architecture of Lost and Found Lab.
We highly recommend joining her at Caramoor for their free Soundscapes event on June 9th. Dorit will be on hand that day to share her insights on working with the Lucie Rosen archives as part of the Soundscape program and will perform a bit as well.
These past few months at the Lab have been filled with ease and inspiration… Our 2024 lineup of artists thus far started with illustrator and zine creator, Kati Lacker, who, during her stay, rendered the Lab’s landscape, architecture and all its silent corners with such beauty and extraordinary precision.
Both Dorit and Kati found ways to document the shadows and paths of light of Lost and Found Lab’s physical structure, using the space as a potent visual resource for the work they created during their residencies. Thank you Kati and Dorit, for adding even more layers to the creative patina of this place.
And now, with daylight lingering longer, we are turning our attention to preparing the Lab for the upcoming artists David Opdyke, Armando Veve and Laura Glazer, whose residencies will take us into the autumn season of 2024. Keep an eye on the Lab Instagram feed to see what unfolds with these AIRs during our summer/fall season.
And last but never ever least, a joyful shout out to Lab alums Victoria Martinez, Blanka Amezkua, and Vick Quezada. Drawing on experimentation we experienced during their residencies at the Lab, we are seeing sparks from their time in the spotlight out there in the world at large…
We are loving Victoria’s fabulous color palette vibrating throughout her installation at the Chicago Cultural Center:
As well as Blanka’s eye-popping video feature story posted this month in the New York Times.
And soon we will turn our attention to Socrates Sculpture Garden this summer, while Vick sets up shop down on the Queens waterfront for a summer-long fellowship.
Props to all the Lab alums who are out there thriving and making great work.
DAVID OPDYKE | ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE | MAY 2024
Born in post-industrial Schenectady, New York in 1969, artist David Opdyke makes artwork that explores globalization, consumerism, and civilization’s abusive relationship with the environment. His work is held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, and The Washington Convention Center in DC. In October 2020, Monacelli Press/Phaidon published a book based on his large-scale postcard project This Land, including essays by Lawrence Weschler and Maya Wiley. He lives and works in Ridgewood, Queens.
David Opdyke, Someday, all this, 400 hand-modified postcards, 2021
