Parallel Lines is a collaborative project that looks critically at the impact of the construction of the High Line, a park which is re-developing a disused rail line which stretches from Manhattan's West Village to Midtown along the Hudson river. Since the High Line opened to the public in June 2009, it has become a frequently celebrated example of public space for community, culture, innovative design, and urban renewal. As the High Line becomes a public space, Parallel Lines critically investigates its processes and structure, its surrounding neighbourhoods and history – to ask how can we imagine and create the public space we desire. Through dialogue, observation, research and action, the project works to illuminate the blind spots of unchecked gentrification and find ways to occupy the city in a manner that is conscious, creative and vigilant.

Parallel Lines
Multiple Channel Video Installation, Broadsheet, Performance
Michael Cataldi, David Kelley, Hans Kuzmich, Jens Maier-Rothe, Jeannine Tang
©2010

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