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nov. 23
SCHOOL OF CASABLANCA: THE EXHIBITION
aug. 23
Nominated for Dolf Henkes Prize at TENT, Rotterdam
jul. 23
Mosaic: Special Issue: The Archive Issue
may. 23
¿ A public workshop, a walk, and a collective performance, May, 2023
may. 23
At The Edges Of Sleep - Moving Images And Somnolent Spectators by Jean Ma
feb. 23
The School To Be Done
dec. 22
These Birds of Temptation – intercalations 6
dec. 22
A DÉRIVE THROUGH CASABLANCA, HISTORY AND MINDS, Part 2, November 2022
apr. 22
Did you know...?
mar. 22
RE-VIEWING
mar. 22
SIGNALS
jan. 22
School of Casablanca
dec. 21
Don't Fence Me In
sep. 20
The School of Missing Studies
jun. 20
Take Part
mar. 20
PUBLICATIONS
feb. 19
Radio Shoe presents shows on Take Part's San Francisco scale model
sep. 16
Bik Van der Pol on instagram and twitter
oct. 15
AS ABOVE SO BELOW in now stored in the space of Google maps
oct. 15

AS ABOVE SO BELOW in now stored in the space of Google maps

For Living as Form, organized by Creative Time, Bik Van der Pol made a work in 3 parts: a site-specific public text piece on the empty parking lots adjacent to the Essex Street Market to be incorporated in Google Earth, daily walking tours in collaboration with NY citizens open to visitors, and a publication.

The phrase of the text piece, As Above, So Below, points towards the contentious (re)valuation of space in the neighborhood, including vertical development and the issue of air rights, which apply to owning the space above plots of land and buildings. The text, read as abstractions from the ground, is completely legible from above. While looking into the void, one may realize that this empty space - now a parking lot - also allows us a glimpse of the future, to what will be. A look at the empty sky that at some point will crystallize and capitalize. In collaboration with Google Earth the text piece is now stored in Google's archive to immediately become part of the public (?) sphere while this empty site will be developing in time.
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on parking place between Norfolk, Delancey, Clinton, and Broome Street