Tag Archive "lighthouse"

Descend to the Lighthouse–Andria Bibiloni in the pool

Andria Bibiloni, Descend, installation, 2008 Living in the city, we easily forget the basics of survival and the roles of nature and the earth. A swimming pool would seem to be a most unlikely place for a reminder. But Andria Bibiloni’s evocative installation Descend in a North Philadelphia empty pool calls up times and places past, our relationship to rivers, our need for water, and our dependence on the good graces of the earth and its bounty. The pool in question, still closed for the season, is at The Lighthouse Community Center at 141 Somerset Street (corner of Howard), a ... More » »

Weekly Update – Pepon Osorio’s Badge of Honor

This week’s Weekly has my piece on Pepon Osorio’s Badge of Honor at the Lighthouse. Below is the copy with some pictures. More photos at flickr.Insider ArtPepón Osorio’s work is interventionist and activist. Tucked into the second-floor meeting room at the Lighthouse community center is a strange installation. Two small chambers—one a prison cell, the other a teenager’s bedroom—have become focal points in the large room usually used for Narcotics Anonymous meetings and City Year teen sleepovers. Pepon Osorio, Badge of Honor. 1995. Having its debut in Philadelphia. Pepón Osorio’s installation Badge of Honor, which includes video projections of a ... More » »