ABOUT:
“intersections” is a project that incorporates installation, video, and Canonge’s signature work using barcode technology. Taking as departure the presence of street vending trucks in Northern Manhattan (Washington Heights and Inwood), "intersections" investigates transformations in the urban landscape, appropriations of public spheres, as well as the reinforcement of traditional food production and consumption practices. Part commentary, part mapping system, the project extrapolates from the artist’s discovery and fascination with the culture of food vending trucks.

DESCRIPTION & FUNCTIONALITY:
As visitors enter the exhibition space, they encounter vivid neon signs inspired by the food trucks’ own lighting, but recreated in small-framed panels with their own playful captions. Two acrylic boxes containing animal parts and organic elements convey ambivalent messages of comfort and taste. In contrast to personal interviews projected on the screen as people scan the interactive map, a continuous video projection, like a diorama, attempts to blur points of departure and destination for a number of intersecting streets where the trucks are usually parked and conduct business.

DOCUMENTATION:
The following pictures were taken during installation and at the opening reception of the exhibition "intersections" at Association of Hispanic Arts, March 5 - April 25, 2009 in El Barrio, Spanish Harlem, NYC.

"intersections" was presented at Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance in Aqui ! (Here), An Uptown Latino Art Exhibition at the NoMAA Gallery from September to December, 2009.