Jay Critchley’s waterfront installation series, The Cold Warmth, combines national flags that address the authoritarian shift of The Whiteness House and its geopolitical realignment
The Cold Warmth #2
Opening of The Cold Warmth #3, Thursday, October 9,
5:30 pm, performances at 6:00 pm.
The installation runs through November 15, 2025
Angel Foods, 467 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA
5:30 pm, performances at 6:00 pm.
The installation runs through November 15, 2025
Angel Foods, 467 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA
The Cold Warmth #3 opens Thursday, October 9 at 5:30 pm, with selected performances at 6:00 pm, at Angel Foods, 467 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA. Free and open to the public, refreshments will be served.
The installation runs through November 15, 2025.
With a second Cold War ramping up on all fronts - military buildup, free speech purging and environmental de-regulation, The Cold Warmth #3 zeroes in on the disruption of global stability by The Whiteness House and its authoritarian direction. This three-month harborfront installation concludes with its third changing of the flags, featuring the merging of the European Union with the USSR Flag, and a lone US Flag.
How will The Whiteness House’s enchantment with dictators affect our international relations, our culture and our economics? The lonely US Flag looms over the debacle.
“The daylong changing of light is one of the defining features of Provincetown and this project sheds light on the Whiteness House’s disturbing shift in our relationships with our closest allies and autocratic countries,” states Critchley.
The project, which is sponsored by the Provincetown Public Art Foundation, asks: What does it mean to be an American? A patriot? A world leader?
Previous Openings
The Cold Warmth #1 opened to the public, 24 hours/day, on July 28, 2025 and featured the US/Russia and US/Turkey flags. The performance featured artists/performers Sally Tighe, Igor Myakotin, Jay Critchley, and Cesar Luis Montes Arias, with tech support and production from Wyona Gene Tourmaline and Arvid Tomayko. Sam Tager from the Public Art Foundation introduced the event.
The Cold Warmth #2, which opened August 28, involved the replacement of the flags with the US/Canada and US/Greenland flags. Featured were artist/performers Myra Kooy, Kate Rogers, Anne Bloom, Lorah Yaccarino and Andy Scheib, with tech support and production from Wyona Gene Tourmaline and Arvid Tomayko.
The installation runs through November 15, 2025.
With a second Cold War ramping up on all fronts - military buildup, free speech purging and environmental de-regulation, The Cold Warmth #3 zeroes in on the disruption of global stability by The Whiteness House and its authoritarian direction. This three-month harborfront installation concludes with its third changing of the flags, featuring the merging of the European Union with the USSR Flag, and a lone US Flag.
How will The Whiteness House’s enchantment with dictators affect our international relations, our culture and our economics? The lonely US Flag looms over the debacle.
“The daylong changing of light is one of the defining features of Provincetown and this project sheds light on the Whiteness House’s disturbing shift in our relationships with our closest allies and autocratic countries,” states Critchley.
The project, which is sponsored by the Provincetown Public Art Foundation, asks: What does it mean to be an American? A patriot? A world leader?
Previous Openings
The Cold Warmth #1 opened to the public, 24 hours/day, on July 28, 2025 and featured the US/Russia and US/Turkey flags. The performance featured artists/performers Sally Tighe, Igor Myakotin, Jay Critchley, and Cesar Luis Montes Arias, with tech support and production from Wyona Gene Tourmaline and Arvid Tomayko. Sam Tager from the Public Art Foundation introduced the event.
The Cold Warmth #2, which opened August 28, involved the replacement of the flags with the US/Canada and US/Greenland flags. Featured were artist/performers Myra Kooy, Kate Rogers, Anne Bloom, Lorah Yaccarino and Andy Scheib, with tech support and production from Wyona Gene Tourmaline and Arvid Tomayko.