An Atlas of Administration | Clare van Loenen
Clare van Loenen (Richmond, VA)
February 2019. Tour performance documentation. Research through museum collection archive documents; elastic ribbon, frame. Dimensions variable.
An Atlas of Administration is a socially driven research project that looks at sites of significance and transformation in Elsewhere’s history and ongoing presence on South Elm Street, in Downtown Greensboro. The culminating neighborhood tour and 3K run in the rain took a circular route through Downtown and mapped locations such as the Elsewhere Founders’ plaque, sites of Read-In events, past and current funders’ offices, and partner community centers. Accompanying sweatbands fabricated and sourced from the Elsewhere’s Ribbon Room installation honor the Southern Constellations residents who shaped and sweated this Atlas.
The research will be featured in van Loenen’s dissertation: ‘Beyond the Social: Artist Project Spaces, 2001-2016’ that delves into the organizing principles of memory, the non-abject, and hyper-local at Elsewhere. Homemade kombucha was also served at the finish line of the 3K run.
Project In Response To: Read-In at Le Bauer Park with Black Lives Matter, Read-In at the International Civil Rights Center and Museum, The Porch Project: Black Lunch Tables, Neighborhood Murals, GuggenheimElse press coverage, The Ribbon Room; Beloved Community Center.
Below: Documentation from 3K run and engagement with museum visitors. Photo credit: Amelia Nura
