Tide and Current Taxi
Everson Museum of Art: September 24 - December 17, 2016
For over a decade, Marie Lorenz has been exploring and documenting the waterways
of New York City in boats she designs and builds as part of her ongoing project
Tide and Current Taxi.
In the summer of 2016 Lorenz expanded the focus of the Tide and Current Taxi project
from urban waterways to the entirety of the Erie Canal, and embarked on an ambitious
520 mile journey from Buffalo to Albany and into Manhattan via the Hudson River. Lorenz documented her voyage with pictures, videos, and stories as she stopped at historic sites and museums along the Canal corridor.
This multi-media exhibition, commissioned by the Everson Museum of Art in partnership with Light Work and Urban Video Project, is the culmination of Marie Lorenz's summer journey and features a large scale water installation utilizing two of the artist's handmade boats used to navigate the Hudson River as well as new video works that incorporate the artist's research, documentation, and materials from the voyage.
Tide and Current Taxi was commissioned by the Everson Museum of Art, and made possible, in part, by a Tourism & Economic Development Grant from the County of Onondaga, administered by CNY Arts, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Additional support provided by an Action Grant from the New York Council for the Humanities and Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC. Sponsorship provided by Nicole & Michael P. Falcone; Dreamando; LLC; Bonnie & Gary Grossman; Bobbi & Clifford Malzman; and Candace & John Marsellus.