#testsite

Sim Chi Yin, 

“Mountain range surrounding the Nevada Test Site, November 2017″. 

From the series “Most People Were Silent”. 

Archival pigment print. 

Harvard Art Museums, Richard and Ronay Menschel Fund for the Acquisition of Photographs, 2020.181.

Artist of The Day

Kanishka Raja

Test Site (Pavilion No.2);SW2 UV-cured inkjet print on treated linen, wire mesh, wood, inkjet-printed carpet, audio speakers, looped soundtrack

Testsite is a London based rapper with a DnB past promoting peace and love through the power of music. On his ten track This Is What It Was he’s bringing an acoustic version of Testsite classics. Original honest lyrics, mixed with a variety of music genres. Featuring McKnight, Pacman, Reggie Ryder and…

An old building in a neighborhood facing disinvestment was permitted to use the space to create The Test Site in Rotterdam Central District--an international curator team bringing together architects, planners, businesses, developers, and more on current urban issues. Idea sharing and experiments to revitalize the city take place here, such as this elevated walkway called the Lutchsingel, which connects three neighborhoods of Central Rotterdam, Hofbogen, Pompenburg. Approximately 10% of demolition costs were used to fund a yellow-highlighted public passage and invite and connect people to use the new passage and walkway. Over 17,000 planks were sold for name-engraving to help fund the space. Crowd-funded public space! A garden of herbs and kale sit atop the roof, pollenated by urban bees, and overlooking the landscape of transitioning neighborhoods in Rotterdam.

Check out: 

http://www.2012.iabr.nl/EN/making_city/TestSite_Rotterdam/

Ways of Being Panel

This panel brings together art leaders from across the country to compare how their unconventional organizational models create platforms for artists. Participants will discuss the contributions of physical and organizational structures to their varied practices, the influence of internal or external forces, how they exist within their communities, and what the future could look like for independent art organizing.

Regine Basha Independent Curator bashaprojects.com  Co-Founder of Testsite fluentcollab.org/testsite/ Austin, TX

Matthew Fluharty Editor of Art of the Rural artoftherural.org Member of M12 m12studio.org St. Louis, MO

Kemi Ilesanmi Executive Director of Laundromat Project laundromatproject.org New York, NY

Delaney Martin co-founder of New Orleans Air Lift neworleansairlift.org New Orleans, LA

Josh Rios Member of Okay Mountain okaymountain.com  Austin, TX

Moderator