Shannon Plumb "The Park"
Mad. Sq. Art
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The Madison Square Park Conservancy begins its 2009 season with Shannon Plumb’s The Park, to be shown daily from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on four outdoor video screens on the grounds of the Shake Shack.
In The Park, Shannon Plumb captures the diversity of Madison Square Park itself—its flora and fauna, its people, and its myriad uses. Her twelve short films, from footage originally shot on 16mm, track the comedy and, at times, tragedy that comes with living our private lives out-of-doors. From the inescapable cell phone calls of others to the plight of the urban dog, and its walker, from a groundskeeper battling both nature and technology to a hapless production assistant of a nearby movie set, we recognize all of Plumb’s characters. Screened within the context that they were first observed, Plumb’s stories provide a playful yet piercing mirror onto ourselves, our actions, and our city.
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from March 19, 2009 to April 23, 2009