The NARS Foundation Presents THE DREAMS THAT I GAVE HER, Now thru 2/20

The Dreams That I Gave Her is a collaborative gallery exhibition that entails original writing, music, and visual art created specifically for the exhibition. In conjunction with NARS Foundation, curators Kelli Burton and Yulia Topchiy have organized a creative project that involves 30 New York-based artists. The participants will consist of 10 writers, 10 musicians, and 10 visual artists. An opening reception will be held tonight, January 24, 2015, 6-9pm at NARS Foundation in Brooklyn, New York. The show will conclude with a closing reception on February 20, 2015.

The curators selected 10 New York-based writers to craft a new poem or short story. The writing pieces were then distributed anonymously to 10 New York-based musicians and 10 New York-based visual artists. They had one month to use their designated writing piece as inspiration for an original song recording and an original visual artwork in the medium of their choice.

The opening will reveal the collaborators to each other, as well as display the 10 visual artworks. There will be printed books available, which contain the 10 writing pieces with an attached sound card containing the 10 digital recordings of the inspired songs. In addition to the 30 collaborators, the writing pieces were also distributed to 10 bakers. They will use the poems and stories for inspiration to sculpt an artistic cake that will be displayed and enjoyed at the exhibition opening.

The title of the show, The Dreams That I Gave Her, is a song lyric from artist and musician Bill Santen. Santen brought the two curators together and is largely responsible for inspiring the exhibit. He contributed both a song and artwork for the project.

Throughout the exhibition run, there will be weekly live readings and performances by the writers and bands held at Entwine and Beverly's in New York City.

The show features Chris Bors, Eric Brown, Anelise Chen, Michael Crowe, Matt Duncan, Alaina Ferris & Matt Schlatter, Alan and Michael Fleming, Catherine Foulkrod, Riitta Ikonen, Invisible Things, Melissa Godoy Nieto, Alison Kuo, Cate Marvin, Noveller, Cate Peebles, Walter Robinson, Bill Santen, Adam Sipe, Amanda Stern, Christopher Swetala, The Tablets, Tarwuk, JD Walsh, The Westerlies, Whale Belly, Woodsy Pride, Writer, Jessica Wynne, and James Yeh.

Photo Credit: Jessica Wynne, How Mourning Goes, 2014, Digital C-print, 30 x 40 in. / 76.2 x 101.6 cm., Edition of 10 + 2 AP