SCHAUM/SHIEH – Untitled – 55264
In this installation, panels are hung from the ceiling to extend and suggest a floating wedge of space. The panels strike a diagonal plane in the room, placed within the rhythm established by the recessed display cases of this former museum. An orthogonal field of...
Graem Whyte – Subduction – 54239
Located in the Pacific Islands room of the former Natural History Museum, 'Subduction' seeks to illustrate on a basic level the forces that created the pacific islands: continental drift of tectonic plates. http://graemwhyte.com/ Graem Whyte is a sculptor born and...
Newell, McGee, Weaver – Displace – 54658
Displace is a study in material and optical distortions as captured in mirrored glass. The work is comprised of a physical installation in the historical Calkins Law Office, and the paired film "Semblance" on view inside 54 Jefferson. The work seeks to create a...
Carlos Bunga – Ecosystem – ArtPrize Jury Grand Prize Winner 2013
Carlos Bunga's site-specific work is located in one of the galleries of the former Grand Rapids Public Museum which still has on display original dioramas and showcases from the 1970s illustrating the diversity of the local wildlife. "Ecosystem" refers to the concept...
ACK! – Architectural Digest – 55288
ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST scaffolds experimental art, architecture, and design upon a fictional short story narrative in an effort to stoke alternative urban discourse. This dialogue is meant to be widely accessible, and is therefore crafted from the perspective of a young...
Stephen Hendee- The Last People – 54650
Stephen Hendee's 2013 ArtPrize entry at Site:Lab, "The Last People," portrays a natural history exhibit in the distant future where humanity has been replaced...
Julie Schenkelberg – The Unfounded Future of the Untold – 55409
Julie Schenkelberg uses vintage domestic items, combined with industrial discarded materials to explore and interpret personal history. Her materials twist, break and blend into one another, blurring their original intent; creating a new yet disjointed vision. The...
Kendall College of Art and Design FlexLab – Digital Relics –
Digital Relics is a continuation of experiments started in the spring of 2013 by a group of different majors at Kendall College of Art and Design using some of the advanced technologies housed in our FlexLab. We used the site and artifacts at 54Jeff to learn about 3D...
Matthias Neumann -The People’s Library at the Public Museum – 54514
The PEOPLE'S LIBRARY is a temporary book exchange and open source library for free exchange and use by all and anyone, and a partial re-enactment of the library that occurred during the occupation of Zuccotti Park in New York City from September to November 2011.Come...
Mark Dean Veca – Year of the Snake – 55542
“Year of the Snake”, is a site-specific installation that examines the identity and evolution of the old Public Museum of Grand Rapids, through its architecture and history, by transforming the entire Grand Hall into an interactive social environment. In it’s original...
Dance In the Annex – Angle of Repose – 55083
Angle of Repose is a site-specific exploration of gravity’s impact on bodies in motion. DITA dancers will create original, time-based works at SiTE:LAB, performing on a steeply slanted stage, also incorporating sound, light, and video - creating a dynamic,...
Melanie Manos – The Climb, 54 Jefferson – 54262
The Climb: 54 Jefferson, is a site-specific video projection on the outside front wall of Site:Lab. The projected video features a woman (Manos) endeavoring to find her way up, across, and into the the former Grand Rapids Public Museum. The work offers an...
Maureen Nollette – with/without – 54212
Covering the windows at Site:LAB with transparent and semi transparent materials creates a situation where a viewer must look at the windows and not through them. This intended redirection of expectations is created by using ordinary materials for unusual purposes....
SiTE:LAB + Citizenshirt + Not Design – Flood and Stroke – 55267
SiTE:LAB, Citizenshirt and Not Design have a history of collaborating on creative projects that blur the line between art, performance and commerce. For ArtPrize 2013, they have joined to transform an unfinished atrium adjoining 54 Jefferson into a print-on-demand...
Arthur Liou – Sonnet 27 – 54733
"Sonnet 27" is inspired by the scientific research regarding the brain's ability to produce the chemicals that bind to the same receptors as does marijuana. These receptors are involved in certain crucial cognitive functions, including our ability to learn, control...