COVIDEO
At the onset of the pandemic we introduced #COVIDEO, a sequential community-built video of art-making in the time of the coronavirus. A community of artists and audiences came together to independently create ten seconds of video art. Each day, one section was created in response to the previous ten seconds and was released on our Instagram and Facebook Stories. After ten days, the sections were strung together into one video and published on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
We asked several members of our HERE fam to create 10 seconds of art, using a specified prop, in response to the following themes.
#1 – Social Distancing with gloves as the prop.
Featured artists include Christina Campanella, Hai-Ting Chinn & Matt Schickele, Suli Holum, Eleanor Kipping, Nick Lehane, Minor Theater, Mariana Newhard, Richard Stauffacher, Amanda Szeglowski, and Basil Twist.
#2 – Flatten the Curve with a plate as the prop.
Featuring these artists: Lisa D’Amour; Alex Lee; Ruth Margraff; Spencer Lott; Julia Levine; Maiko Kikuchi; Ximena Garnica & Shige Moriya | LEIMAY; Mary Prescott; Melisa Tien; Nicole Wolcott.
#3 – Kindness Contagion with a mask as the prop.
Featured artists: Nekaa Lab / Sachiyo Takahashi; Mallory Catlett; Soomi Kim + Laura Peterson; gamin ; Misha Chowdhury + Kameron Neal; Lake Simons; Yiru Chen; Terry Dame; Kristin Marting; Faye Driscoll.
#4 – Stay the Course with water as the prop
Featured artists: Normany Sherwood, Maha(Yana) Landowne, Kristen Clifford, Raja Feather Kelly | the feath3r theory, Paul Peers, Erin K. Orr + Chris Green, Abigail Fischer / Belhaven, Richard Stauffacher, Aya Ogawa, Amanda Szeglowski.
#5 – Education theme: Contact Tracing with a pencil as the prop.
Featured artists: Caleb Milne, Stefania DeKenessey, Ashley Marinaccio, Bess Rowen, Ph.D. , Nic Benacerraf, Julian Sharpiro-Barnum, Babette Pendleton, Jackson Tucker-Meyer, Heather Ariyeh, and Eleanor Kipping.
#6 – Screen Fatigue with eyewear as the prop.
Featured artists: Michael Bodel, Christina Campanella, Ruth Margraff, Kate Brehm, Abigail Gampel , Katrina Kipping, Mariana Newhard, Richard Stauffacher, Gabrielle Lansner, Amani Huell, and Drew Weinstein.
#7 – Mutual Aid with a physical symbol of support as the prop.
Featured artists: Baba Israel, Álvaro Franco , Alex Lee, Laura Peterson, Abigail Fisher, Paul Pinto, Yana Landowne, Nicole Wolcott, Misha Chowdhury, and Kristin Marting.
#8 – NY Tough with a fist as the prop.
Featured artists: Aya Ogawa, LEIMAY, Spencer Lott, Melisa Tien, Rebecca Stenn, Hilarie Spangler, Lindsay Abromaitis-Smith, Vanessa Gilbert + David Higgins, James Scruggs, and Kamala Sankaram.
#9 – Freefall with gravity as the prop.
Featured artists: Joanna Settle, Christopher Williams, Kimille Howard, Kyle Marshall, Nathaniel P. Claridad, Asimina Chremos, Kim Gambino, Christina Quintana (CQ), Gary Schwartz, Dina Emerson // Original Music: Stefan Weisman
#10 – Nature Nurtures with a key as the prop.
Featured Artists: Lucas Baisch, Kamaria Williams, Clara Latham, Erik Ruin, Emma Jaster, Rana San, Nayven Vignette, Charles Woodman, Kelvin Chan, ThingNY / Paul Pinto, Erin Rogers, Jeffrey Young // Original Music: Erin Rogers and Paul Pinto
#11 – The Power of We with at least 2 people or living things as the prop.
Featured Artists: Mary Eleanor Stebbins, Tommy Santee Klaws, Donna Bummer, Julia Levine, Maja Mitić, Shubhra Prakash, TD Mitchell, Katie Chelena, Lynn Lane // Original Music: Sxip Shirey
#12 – Staff theme: Reopening with a HERE t-shirt as the prop.
Featured HERE staff: Kristin Marting, Yiru Chen, Richard Stauffacher, Caity, Brenna Thomas, Amanda Szeglowski, Julia Levine, Wei-Ming Egelman, Alex Lee, Eleanor Kipping // Original Music: Drew Weinstein
#13 – Ebb & Flow with fabric as the prop.
Featured Artists: Alex and Olmsted, Anabella Lenzu, Amy Oestreicher, Danielle Georgiou, Sydney Anderson, Sophie Amieva, Shaun Irons, Lauren Petty, Lynn Lane, Jennifer Mabus, Sanjay Halder, Christina Campanella // Original Music: Sydney Anderson and Julian Wild
#14 – Give What You Can, Take What You Need with a caught or thrown object as the prop.
Featured Artists: Matthew Watkins, Eleanor Kipping, Ruby Wang, Yuliya Tsukerman, Justin Maxwell + Ashley Hemmm, Maple Baby, Jody Christopherson, Admiral Grey // Original Music: Skip Shirey
#15 – Dance theme: Alone Together with a reflection as the prop.
Featured Artists: Gabrielle Revlock, Pele Bauch, Sarah Dahnke, Rebecca Davis, Soomi Kim, Jinah Parker, Laura Peterson, Peekaboo Pointe, Sophie Bortolussi, Nicole Wolcott, Amanda Szeglowski
#16 – Puppetry theme: Attachment with a magnet as the prop.
Featured Artists: Processional Arts Workshop, Michael Bodel, Kate Brehm, Spencer Lott, Trudi Cohen, Jonothon Lyons, Lake Simons, Christopher Williams, Rosa Douglas & Ben Elling, Maiko Kikuchi