1 – a gridded display with gaps where original sites could not be located.
2 – several buildings seem to be incidental locations for historical events.
3 – some sites have had the original architecture replaced by contemporary capitalist developments.
4 – guided tour with yevgeniy fiks. a walking tour following the chelsea and east village maps from the exhibition.
communist guide to new york city is a collection of 79 photographs of buildings, public places, and sites in new york city, that are connected to the history of the communist party usa, including photos of buildings which housed at different times the headquarters of the cpusa, residences of important american communists, sites where communist-organized strikes and demonstrations took places, and court houses where american communist leaders were tried. the photographs are accompanied by captions explaining the significance of each site. additionally, different neighborhood maps locate the buildings and sites within new york city.
jan 20–mar 7, 2008
press release, pdf
exhibition poster, pdf
guided tour with yevgeniy fiks: sunday mar 2, 2008
this exhibition was realized with kind support from the graham foundation for advanced studies in the fine arts.
communist guide to new york city, book, 2008
communist guide to new york city (barnard college, columbia university), exhibition, 2009