"GC2" is a multimedia project that looks at the four-and-a-half-mile of the Grand Concourse Boulevard in the Bornx, NYC, and spins it into a time warp machine proposing a pseudo futuristic development where the appropriation, and fragmentation of the public realm exist through literary narratives, archival material, sounds, and digital collages.
DESCRIPTION & FUNCTIONALITY:
Commemorating the centennial of the Grand Boulevard and Concourse, commonly known as the Grand Concourse, and described by many as the Champs-Élysées of the Bronx, New-media artist, Hector Canonge, challenges notions of historical representations in a multi-dimensional world created to evoke the social, political and economic transformations of the borough. The interactive touch screen mapping system takes the public through a futuristic architectonical and environmental journey. The video projections of the Concourse are mixed in real time with feeds that virtually transports audiences inside the boulevard creating a telematic superimposition of visuals.
DOCUMENTATION:
"GC2" was premiered in October 2009 at the Bronx Bedroom Blue Project as part of its monthly independent art exhibitions.
