Pieces requiring viewer participation.
An attempt was made to transform viewer/consumers into active participants in hopes of spawning community.
"Popsicle" Performance collaboration with SACD graduate students, 2009, 1/4
Photos by Carrie Johnson
"Popsicle", Collaboration with SCAD graduate students, 2009, 2/4Photos by Carrie JohnsonPedestrian leading "Popsicle" participants in happening
"Popsicle", 2009, 3/4Photo by Carrie JohnsonA random pedestrian turned into a choreographer for a twenty minute span and led the group in a series of movements. Each movement took on a different color.
"Popsicle", 2009, 4/4
Photo by Carrie Johnson
"Fly Fishing" experienced through badminton, San Diego, CA1/2Painted pine cones, wood with Badminton game
In order to view "Fly Fishing" viewers were asked to experience the sculpture by playing a game of badminton.
"Fly Fishing" experienced through badminton, San Diego, CA
2/2
"Factory", Haven Arts, Bronx, NYC, 2008NYC Harlem River Bridge workers participating in "Factory"
Tower installed a faux factory in a gutted factory building in the South Bronx complete with workers.
"Snow Cake", 2010, 1/3Artist (left) with Hamilton College Student Participants, Clinton, NY
Photos by Joshua McKee
"Snow Cake", 2010, 2/3Photos by Joshua Mckee
"Snow Cake", 2010, 3/3Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
"LaunTree", Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Ketchum, ID
1/3
Community's Laundry and Detergent Bottles
Making "Launtree", Ketchum, ID2/3Community's Laundry and Detergent Bottles
The Community delivered laun dry on location and watched the artist transform it into a Laun Tree.
"LaunTree" Detail3/3Community's Laundry and detergent bottles
One week of community laundry, delivered and transformed
"Hibachi", Performance, 1/4Performed Sculpture
Sponsored by the Sculpture Center
NYC
"Hibachi", Performance, 2/4Artist, Tricia Harrison, joined Tower as a "Marshmallow" in this performance
Performed Sculpture
Sponsored by the Sculpture Center
NYC
Note: A week before installation the Sculpture Center forced Tower to remove the lower section of "Hibachi" because they feared it to be a fire hazard.
"Hibachi", Performance, 3/4Artist, Tricia Harrison, joined Tower as a "Marshmallow" in this performance
Performed Sculpture
Sponsored by The Sculpture Center, NYC
"Hibachi", Performance, 4/4
"Westward Expansion Inwards", New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NYcurated by Laura Trippi"Westward expansion Inwards" was installed as a national park of recyclables viewers hiked through complete with park signage and trail markers.
The exhibition was about Tower's experience pioneering the Williamsburg, Brooklyn art frontier in the late 80's and how her life experiences paralleled those of her great, great grandfather, Gaylen Clark, a founding father of Yosemite. In this exhibition, Tower claimed that only American frontier left to explore is one's own genetics and memory.
"Westward Expansion Inwards", Park Signage
Cindy Tower's Great, great grandfather, Gaylen Clark, founding member of Yosemite along with John Muir and Olmstead
Artist in urban forest under Bruckner Boulevard in New York City
1994
multi
Interior of grandfather's cabin
Interior of artists' loft in Brooklyn
Artist's great, great grandfather, guardian of Yosemite, on rock
Lumberjack Pile
1993
Chain-sawed portraits of pioneering Williamsburg artists
New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York City
View showing Flemish Pile
Installation, "Westward Expansion Inwards"
artist's grandfather in forest1994multi
Exhibition revealing prominent role genetics plays in human development
"Westward Expansion Inwards"
Guest attire for "Pretty Dot Piece" opening at Cleaver CallahanClothing was transformed into Western landscapesTower requested that guests arrive in polka dotted clothing which she later transformed into western landscapes and hung new works on the gallery walls.
Cleaver Callahan Gallery, New York City
"Pretty Dot Piece" Installation
Cleaver Callahan Gallery, New York City