Threshold
<p>This episode explores the tensions between public and private space through a close look at New York City’s ground floor, and is a part of our 2023–2024 research theme: <em>On the Ground</em>.</p> <p>Architect Sol Camacho reads from Lina Bo Bardi’s seminal text, <em>Vitrinas</em>. Artist Alvaro Barrington discusses the storefront as a threshold between life and work. Canal Street Research Association further explores their inquiry into billboards and the “facadification” of Manhattan in conversation with artists Nick Poe and Gabriela D’Addario, and Levi Eichenstein, CEO of Red Rock Outdoor. Journalist Nathan Kensinger and UPENN Media Studies professor Shannon Mattern engage in a conversation on their respective works on the transformation of the city’s streets and sidewalks. Architect Germane Barnes expands on his long-standing research project <em>Porch Politics</em>.</p> <p><em>Threshold</em> was originally published through Montez Press Radio.</p>
Host: José Esparza Chong Cuy, Guillermo Ruiz de Teresa, Jessica Kwok
Guest: Sol Camacho, Alvaro Barrington, Canal Street Research Association, Nick Poe, Gabriela D’Addario, Levi Eichenstein, Nathan Kensinger, Shannon Mattern, Germane Barnes
Storefront for Art and Architecture, Montez Press Radio
Part of: Storefront: Broadcasts