Cspace was a special program located in the Atrium of Citicorp Center in Midtown Manhattan.
The Atrium is a public space surrounded by 3 levels of retail
stores. Vanguard Visions produced a year-long series of vanguard artists
whose work with multimedia performance, installations and
new technologies offered the public an awareness of work
transforming the relationship between art, culture and
the public. The name Cspace was created as a way to identify
the space . . . Citicorp space, cyberspace, creative space and
community space. Conceptually, Cspace was the intersection of
artistic, public and commercial space. Vanguard Visions' relationship
with Citicorp's atrium offered unique possibilities for shifting
the paradigm of what we consider to be public art.
The series focused on Multimedia Performances, Sonic Art Installations, Video Installations, a Vanguard Lecture Series.
Artists whose work was selected for performance and exhibition in 1998 included: Ken Butler, Chrysanne Stathacos in association with Creative Time Inc. and Lombard/Fried Gallery, WE (DJ Olive, Lloop, Once 11), Van McElwee in association with Hugo de Pagano Gallery, David Gamper and Straylight (Jason Finkelman, Geoff Gersh, Charles Cohen).
Special thanks to
Ilana Dreyer, former Vice President of Retail Operations at
Citicorp.
