Lobby Project: Anthony Palliparambil, Jr.

Dates: July 21 – August 29, 2014
Opening Reception: July 24, 2014 from 6-8pm
Location: 1200 1st St. NE, Washington DC, 20002
WPA was pleased to announce their sixth Lobby Project installation entitled From the Archives by member artist Anthony Palliparambil, Jr. Palliparambil was exhibiting 250 individual photos that have been created through the inputs of various social media outlets.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Anthony Palliparambil’s work, From the Archives, revolved around the roles of rebirth, technology, and social media in art today. Anyone with a smart-phone can, in a matter of seconds, take a photograph, apply a “vintage” filter, and post it for millions to see. Borrowing this approach to “fast art,” he uses images from his personal archive of photographs and edits them using only software and applications on an iPad. During the creation of this series, he posted each image to various social media platforms, encouraging feedback from an international audience, and then the audience was invited to submit photos from their own archives to be transformed into new works – creating art from art.
ABOUT THE LOBBY PROJECT
Washington Project for the Arts (WPA) is honored to partner with the NoMa BusinessImprovement District (NoMa BID) to create a changing installation of artwork by outstanding artists for the NoMa Lobby Project. The Lobby Project, made possible by a grant from the Office of Planning, creates a new space in an existing place. The project is an activation of an office lobby at 1200 First St. NE, with a ‘Nerds in NoMa’ speaker series, art, wifi, lectures, and the creation of a new social and professional gathering space. Previous installations have included work by Gabriel Mellan, Amanda Leigh Burnham, Edmond van der Bijl, and Fawna Xiao.