NYAB Event - Ann-Marie LeQuesne “Fanfare for Crossing the Road”

Ann-Marie LeQuesne “Fanfare for Crossing the Road”

AC Institute

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The AC Institute presents Ann-Marie LeQuesne’s video Fanfare for Crossing the Road, the first in her five part video series that will be presented at the gallery.
Ann-Marie LeQuesne stages performances with groups of people in public places. Her invitation to participate is an open one. The actions are simple, but are often disrupted or altered by their location. LeQuesne invites both the participation of her collaborators and the attention of those passing by. The action is then filmed or photographed, becoming material for a subsequent re-staging from the documentation.

Fanfare for Crossing the Road is an international project that adds ceremony to a common event. Ann-Marie LeQuesne asked musicians, who were dressed in uniforms and positioned beside the traffic lights, to mimic the digital acoustic crossing sounds that signal to the blind when to cross.