Aleksandra Mir and Petra Lindholm at P.S.1

For her performance-based work entitled The Big Umbrella, Aleksandra Mir walked city streets and invited people to stand under her specially manufactured umbrella, which, at 240 x 160 x 160 cm high, is twice the size of the biggest umbrella found on the market and can shield up to 16 people simultaneously. 

Aleksandra Mir selected sites around New York City that reflect the dynamic spontaneity of the bustling metropolis.  Uniting people by providing them with an opportunity to share a surreal and extraordinary experience, Mir creates a space for life and art to exist simultaneously.

In a concurrent exhibit, a suite of three videos by Petra Lindholm is screened on monitors on the three different floors of P.S.1’s central stairwell.  Each sentimental and carefully constructed narrative, for which Lindholm composed the soundtrack and sings, poetically investigates the psychological terrain of our inner selves.

P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center
22-25 Jackson Avenue
Long Island City, New York 

For directions and more information: www.ps1.org

For more images and information on Aleksandra Mir, visit www.aleksandramir.info

Photo: The Big Umbrella by Aleksandra Mir