It is not often that one think about emptiness in New York. In a highly dense city, void inevitably raises questions about the production, ownership and use of space. Elements of Composition, a two-part project presented by the Rotterdam-based artist collective Bik Van der Pol, exhorts us to (re-)evaluate these issues. The project…

When Creative Time’s latest exhibition Living As Form opened at the historic Essex Street Market on September 24th, it wasn’t without context. Just four months earlier, the Festival of Ideas for the New City brought scores of people to the nearby Bowery to think about urban spaces, generating new notions…

For Open City, Peggy Lee has written about the food politics of the lunchtime rush and the Chinatown Soundscape Series, which investigates karaoke and gentrification,  among other topics. Find out more about her approach to this process in the …

For Open City, Cristiana Baik has written about Bush Terminal and Industry City, city nomenclature, and social justice organizing in Queens among other topics. Find out more about her approach to this process in the interview below. For …

For Open City, Jerome Chou has written about the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area, Deli Gentrification and the proliferation of art galleries in the Lower East Side, among other topics. Find out more about his approach to this …

For Open City, Deanna Fei has written about Tai Chi in Kissena Park, the short stories of Ha Jin, and the Chinese New Year parade in Flushing, the neighborhood where she grew up. Find out more about her …

For Open City, Sahar Muradi has written about Afghan fare in Flushing, the Asian American Legal Defense Fund, and poetry, among other topics. Find out more about her approach to this process in the interview below. For …

Are we growing more than plants?  This question — blown up in large pink letters on a white wall in a small gallery on the Lower East Side — frames the core of the Amplify exhibition. Like the Lower East …