Swamplands
a yearlong research and exhibition series focused on the ethical and technical entanglements of water.

 

IT IS A GOOD PROJECT AND SHOULD BE BUILT

by Fred Schmidt-Arenales

On View: Mar 13 – Jun 1, 2024


ARTIST TALK: Fred Schmidt-Arenales and New Red Order

Tuesday, May 21, 2024, 6:30pm

 

97 Kenmare Street

New York, NY

 

On the occasion of the exhibition IT IS A GOOD PROJECT AND SHOULD BE BUILT, artist Fred Schmidt-Arenales is joined by public secret society New Red Order for a conversation on their respective practices, moderated by Associate Curator Jessica Kwok.

 

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Swamplands: Open Call

Storefront for Art and Architecture and frieze magazine launch Swamplands: Open Call, an opportunity for artists, architects, researchers, writers, and collectives to propose an exhibition to be presented at our gallery space at 97 Kenmare in January, 2025. 

 

Submissions Due:
June 15, 2024

 

Read more here.

IT IS A GOOD PROJECT AND SHOULD BE BUILT

by Fred Schmidt-Arenales

 

On View:

Mar 13th, 2024 – Jun 1st, 2024

Wed – Sat: 12:00 – 6:00 PM

 

Employing documentary and narrative filmmaking strategies, this three channel video installation explores the symbolic and unconscious projections underpinning a proposed $57 billion water development infrastructure project called the Texas Coastal Barrier Project, colloquially known as the Ike Dike. 

 

Read more about the exhibition here.