NEW PUBLIC ARTWORK BY NYC PUBLIC ARTIST IN RESIDENCE CARLOS IRIJALBA TO BE UNVEILED AT EAST SIDE COASTAL RESILIENCY PROJECT IN MANHATTAN
New York – On Wednesday, October 4 at 2:30PM, the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) and Department of Design and Construction (DDC) joined DDC’s Public Artist in Residence (PAIR) Carlos Irijalba to unveil a new, three-part sculptural artwork that will be installed at the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project in Manhattan through November 15, 2023.
Through his work with PAIR – a program of DCLA – Irijalba has been working with DDC on the artwork entitled Joined an Avalanche, Never to be Alone Again, which examines how humans have accelerated a global environmental crisis, collapsing starkly different time scales projecting an imminent future while unearthing centuries of geological cycles
In Attendance:
DCLA Commissioner Laurie Cumbo
DDC Commissioner Thomas Foley
Consul General of Spain Caridad Batalla
DDC Public Artist in Residence Carlos Irijalba
Wednesday, October 4 at 2:30PM located adjacent to the Corlears Hook NYC Ferry Landing
Banner Image: PAIR graphic. Image Credit – NYC DCA
NYC Department Of Cultural Affairs
The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) is the largest municipal funder of culture in the country and is committed to providing access to art and culture for all New Yorkers.