CRYPTIC PROVIDENCE
The historic North Burial Ground in Providence, Rhode Island hosted a summer long art and performance project conceived by Jay Critchley entitled Cryptic Providence. Sixteen projects from visual artists and performers from Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ontario, Canada and New York City were invited by Critchley to create site-specific installations and performances at the cemetery. The project opened June 13, 2008.
Invited artists included: Joseph Burwell, Justin Pollman and Stephen Thompson, installation artists, and dancer Wanda Gala with sound artist Bob Bellerue from Brooklyn, New York; a team of installation artists and designers from Michigan and Ontario, Canada: Rochelle Martin, Valentine Mancini and Jay McGuire; Hannah Verlin, installation and performance artist from Boston, and filmmakers Sandrine Silverman and Alfred Schoeninger from Quincy, MA; and the following from Rhode Island: installation artist Rebecca Siemering from Pawtucket; Erik Carlson and Erik Gould, new media artists from Pawtucket and Providence; visual artist Jae Willard, Barrington; installation artist Jen Raimondi, East Greenwich; and from Providence: JUMP with Mary Paula Hunter; musicians Arvid Tomayko-Peters and Christie Lee Gibson from Brown; Constance Crawford with students from Perishable Theater; historian and project consultant Robert O. Jones; and Nancy Austin, Newport, with Caroline Woolard, New York City.
Cryptic Providence was funded by a New Works grant from the Rhode Island Foundation and sponsored by the City of Providence Parks Department and the Department of Art, Culture & Tourism, with support from AS220.
Artists examined and interpreted the history of the North Burial Ground, established in 1700, and burial practices in relation to the rich history of Rhode Island. The project hoped to create new ideas, perspectives and images about our relationship to death, dying and burial customs, and bring increased visitation and use of the cemetery by highlighting the historical and cultural resources of North Burial Ground.
Invited artists included: Joseph Burwell, Justin Pollman and Stephen Thompson, installation artists, and dancer Wanda Gala with sound artist Bob Bellerue from Brooklyn, New York; a team of installation artists and designers from Michigan and Ontario, Canada: Rochelle Martin, Valentine Mancini and Jay McGuire; Hannah Verlin, installation and performance artist from Boston, and filmmakers Sandrine Silverman and Alfred Schoeninger from Quincy, MA; and the following from Rhode Island: installation artist Rebecca Siemering from Pawtucket; Erik Carlson and Erik Gould, new media artists from Pawtucket and Providence; visual artist Jae Willard, Barrington; installation artist Jen Raimondi, East Greenwich; and from Providence: JUMP with Mary Paula Hunter; musicians Arvid Tomayko-Peters and Christie Lee Gibson from Brown; Constance Crawford with students from Perishable Theater; historian and project consultant Robert O. Jones; and Nancy Austin, Newport, with Caroline Woolard, New York City.
Cryptic Providence was funded by a New Works grant from the Rhode Island Foundation and sponsored by the City of Providence Parks Department and the Department of Art, Culture & Tourism, with support from AS220.
Artists examined and interpreted the history of the North Burial Ground, established in 1700, and burial practices in relation to the rich history of Rhode Island. The project hoped to create new ideas, perspectives and images about our relationship to death, dying and burial customs, and bring increased visitation and use of the cemetery by highlighting the historical and cultural resources of North Burial Ground.
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