BACK YARD PROJECTS is a seasonal and collectively organized project space occupying a one-bedroom apartment and garden in Alphabet City. We offer artists the possibility to work site-specifically, develop new contexts for existing works, and engage with nature as a studio or platform for creation and collaboration.

For our inaugural exhibition, we have invited Scott Keightley, Nathaniel De Large, and Juan Antonio Olivares to build installations that address the structure, materials, and idiosyncrasies of our space. De Large has chosen to transform the living space using the material language of interior construction, while Keightley, working with organic materials and processes, reconsiders the presentation and construction of craft-like mediums to give them a new context within the domestic domain. Olivares, in his video nature morte, explores the activation of the spaces we inhabit by addressing our attachment to objects and daily assessments of value versus worth. The conversation developed within the living space has provoked collaboration for the garden, which features sculptural works that interact with plant and animal life.

Though Back Yard Projects is occupied as a living space and therefore private, we wish to open our doors weekly to the community for screenings, performances, music programs, and workshops. Through the artists’ engagement with the space and the community’s access to it, we hope to shed light on the rhythm of our quotidian interactions and spaces.

Please join us for the opening reception of Bed, Bath, and Beyond on June 17th from 7-10pm.

Gallery Hours: Thursday – Saturday, 12-6 p.m. or by appointment. Contact: Holly Stanton—[email protected]