How to Enjoy Traffic Cones

Traffic cones are almost art. Like paintings, their primary function is to be looked at. How to Enjoy Traffic Cones is an exhibition of contemporary new media art celebrating the aesthetic practice of traffic cone viewing. Works include "Conescape," an interactive piece by JudsoN and Erik Sanner, and "Eight Views of a Traffic Cone, Eight Times Removed," a new media installation by Jeffrey Chuang, Isaiah King, and Erik Sanner. Additionally, a limited edition brochure suggesting ways to engage in traffic cone appreciation is available at the gallery. How to Enjoy Traffic Cones is made possible in part with public funds from the Manhattan Community Arts Fund, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.

 

FREE and open to the public
 

 

About the Artists

Jeffrey Chuang is an art director, illustrator, designer, painter, father, tennis player, and, like many people, deeply conflicted.

 

Jason Wilder Evans has shared stages with Steve Azar and the Nashville Star Tour. With his wife Dawn-Lee, he is walking every street in Manhattan. Jason is currently working on a creative writing and video project called HIV: USA that will take place in every state.

 

JudsoN has been programming interactive artwork since 1996. His work has been featured in MoMA's web art collection, the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, and the Kitchen in NYC, among others. He recently contributed to The Handbook on Computational Arts and Creative Infomatics.

 

Isaiah King's prints, paintings and drawings pursue an ongoing study of the human form in all its complex emotive facets while his design work is committed to the idea of encouraging public discourse on social and political issues.

 

Erik Sanner integrates traditional media with technology to create dynamic installations he calls "paintings that move." He has been treating traffic cones as aesthetic phenomena for about fifteen years.