has been for sale for some time, as you have seen. The maintenance and ongoing development to keep our non-profit and idealistic platform for contemporary art running and safe from hackers etc. costs money that is no longer there. Because of small investments that are necessary now and the running costs, we will have to shut down with a heavy heart at the beginning of summer on June 21.
URBAN RANCH PROJECT: a virtual gallery on Facebook
Hey, this is Alysse Stepanian of the BOX 1035 duo! Please visit and "like" my curatorial project on Facebook...
URBAN RANCH PROJECT is an "animal" advocacy and social and environmental activism arts venue based on Facebook. Its mission is to bring awareness to the interconnectedness of racism, sexism, ageism, speciesism, and other human-made hierarchical prejudices. Using the power of social media URP inspires change.
URP features work in all media by international artists and champions creative, non-violent means for the change of human consciousness.
Read about URP's 2013 GUEST CURATOR PRESENTATION SERIES: http://urbanranchproject.com
More info on FB: https://www.facebook.com/UrbanRanchProject/info
Don't forget to flip through URP's albums and archives and "like" the page before you leave!
Imagine Gallery, Beijing, China
http://www.box1035.com/beready.html
Photo: Gallery invitation and poster depicting Stepanian and Mantione (by Stepanian)
In this installation, BOX 1035 uses the colors of the terrorist alert system adopted by the US government after 911, as a reference to hyper-vigilism, induced paranoia and an Orwellian attitude that has threatened to permanently undermine American civil rights, while paradoxically claiming to protect them. The “Color-coded Threat Level System” ensures that at no time is it possible to live without some level of fear....
Imagine Gallery, Beijing, China
http://www.box1035.com/beready.html
Photo: installation view with sculptures and video
In this installation, BOX 1035 uses the colors of the terrorist alert system adopted by the US government after 911, as a reference to hyper-vigilism, induced paranoia and an Orwellian attitude that has threatened to permanently undermine American civil rights, while paradoxically claiming to protect them. The “Color-coded Threat Level System” ensures that at no time is it possible to live without some level of fear....
Imagine Gallery, Beijing, China
http://www.box1035.com/beready.html
Photo: detail of pots with recycled water sculpture
In this installation, BOX 1035 uses the colors of the terrorist alert system adopted by the US government after 911, as a reference to hyper-vigilism, induced paranoia and an Orwellian attitude that has threatened to permanently undermine American civil rights, while paradoxically claiming to protect them. The “Color-coded Threat Level System” ensures that at no time is it possible to live without some level of fear....
Imagine Gallery, Beijing, China
http://www.box1035.com/beready.html
Photo: installation view with water sculpture and video
In this installation, BOX 1035 uses the colors of the terrorist alert system adopted by the US government after 911, as a reference to hyper-vigilism, induced paranoia and an Orwellian attitude that has threatened to permanently undermine American civil rights, while paradoxically claiming to protect them. The “Color-coded Threat Level System” ensures that at no time is it possible to live without some level of fear....
Imagine Gallery, Beijing, China
http://www.box1035.com/beready.html
Photo: video still depicting Xiao Gong
In this installation, BOX 1035 uses the colors of the terrorist alert system adopted by the US government after 911, as a reference to hyper-vigilism, induced paranoia and an Orwellian attitude that has threatened to permanently undermine American civil rights, while paradoxically claiming to protect them. The “Color-coded Threat Level System” ensures that at no time is it possible to live without some level of fear....
Imagine Gallery, Beijing, China
http://www.box1035.com/beready.html
Photo: hidden surveillance camera monitor with Mantione in the gallery
In this installation, BOX 1035 uses the colors of the terrorist alert system adopted by the US government after 911, as a reference to hyper-vigilism, induced paranoia and an Orwellian attitude that has threatened to permanently undermine American civil rights, while paradoxically claiming to protect them. The “Color-coded Threat Level System” ensures that at no time is it possible to live without some level of fear....
Imagine Gallery, Beijing, China
http://www.box1035.com/beready.html
Photo: installation view with sculpture, drip video by Stepanian and (sound by Mantione)
In this installation, BOX 1035 uses the colors of the terrorist alert system adopted by the US government after 911, as a reference to hyper-vigilism, induced paranoia and an Orwellian attitude that has threatened to permanently undermine American civil rights, while paradoxically claiming to protect them. The “Color-coded Threat Level System” ensures that at no time is it possible to live without some level of fear....
Imagine Gallery, Beijing, China
http://www.box1035.com/beready.html
Photo: installation detail
In this installation, BOX 1035 uses the colors of the terrorist alert system adopted by the US government after 911, as a reference to hyper-vigilism, induced paranoia and an Orwellian attitude that has threatened to permanently undermine American civil rights, while paradoxically claiming to protect them. The “Color-coded Threat Level System” ensures that at no time is it possible to live without some level of fear....
Imagine Gallery, Beijing, China
http://www.box1035.com/beready.html
Photo: installation detail with recycled water sculpture
In this installation, BOX 1035 uses the colors of the terrorist alert system adopted by the US government after 911, as a reference to hyper-vigilism, induced paranoia and an Orwellian attitude that has threatened to permanently undermine American civil rights, while paradoxically claiming to protect them. The “Color-coded Threat Level System” ensures that at no time is it possible to live without some level of fear....
