Listening to the City
Corrina Mehiel + Greg Swiger
2014
"NEAR*BY Curatorial Collective hosted High Art, an exhibition on the subject of perspective, scale, and serendipitous visual discovery. The exhibition took place on the rooftop Observation Deck of one of Cincinnati’s most beloved and highest elevated buildings: the Carew Tower. Visitors to the one-evening exhibition rode the elevator of this Art Deco structure to the 45th floor, board a tiny elevator and rode it to the 48th floor, then climbed one last flight to visually identify the work of artists strategically placed around Downtown from this 574-foot vantage point. This grouping of diverse works by artists included Pam Kravetz, Jacob Lynn, Corrina Mehiel, Greg Swiger and Abby Mae Friend (among others) demonstrated how artists can employ simple techniques of size, color and movement to attract their viewer’s attention. Artists presented temporary, large-scale works and performances, which could be seen either by the naked eye or with the assistance of binoculars from the Observation Deck of the Carew Tower encouraging the act of active looking." nearby.gallery
