Second Saturdays | As Above, So Below: Scientific Inquiry, Activism, and the Environment

The first in a series of four Second Saturdays for Mel Chin: All Over the Place will kick off on April 14, 12-4pm. Each Second Saturday will feature events produced in conversation with the four thematic sections of the exhibition at the Queens Museum. The program on April 14, “As Above, So Below: Scientific Inquiry, Activism, and the Environment” will respond to the theme “Cruel Light of the Sun,” which highlights Chin’s extensive research-based practice into the inner workings of our universe and frequent collaborations with scientists, public health experts, activists, and designers in the fight for environmental justice.

Events on April 14 will feature a conversation between artists Mel Chin and Pope.L on their respective projects in Flint, Michigan; a tour with curator Amy Lipton, who was the first to show Chin’s The Operation of the Sun through the Cult of the Hand in 1987; a hands-on workshop with artist Jan Mun, mapping lead contamination in NYC and creating protective ground covers; a talk by microbiologist Emilia DeForce on her collaboration with Chin’s Sea to See; and a performance by Queens Museum’s Composer-in-Residence Mike Sayre of his piece Music for Icebergs. Read About the Presenters here.

Schedule of Events
12:00-12:30 pm: Tour of the exhibition with Amy Lipton (Meet in the Skylight Gallery)

12:30-2:30 pm: Drop-in hands-on workshop with artist Jan Mun, mapping lead contamination hot spots in NYC and creating protective ground covers using geotextile (Unisphere Gallery, 2nd Floor)

2:15-3:15 pm: Conversation with Pope.L. and Mel Chin, moderated by Laura Raicovich (Skylight Gallery)

3:15-3:45 pm: Explore the Metropolis Composer-in-Residence at the Queens Museum, Mike Sayre, performs “Music for Icebergs” (Skylight Gallery)

3:45-4:15 pm: Skype session with Emelia DeForce, research scientist and key collaborator on Mel Chin’s Sea to See (Adjacent to artwork)

Lead Toxicity Summit: A Public Health Crisis (theatre, 2nd floor)

In response to Mel Chin’s ongoing call to urgency in responding to the public health crisis of lead poisoning, which he addresses among other projects in his ongoing initiative the Fundred Dollar Bill Project, this Second Saturday is hosting Lead Toxicity Summit: A Public Health Crisis, with a presentation by Dr. David K. Rosner on the sociological history of lead contamination, followed by an environmental justice panel with activists from NYC and Flint, Michigan and a screening of the documentary film “Nor any drop to drink” by Taylor Cedric.

12:30pm: Dr. David K. Rosner presentation on the politics of public health and the sociological history of lead contamination (Theater, 2nd Floor)

1-2pm: Panel on lead poisoning with activists from NYC and Flint, Michigan, featuring Claire McClinton (Flint Democracy Defence League), Charlene Nimmons (Public Housing Communities), and Stephan Roundtree (WeACT) (Theater, 2nd Floor)

2-4pm: Screening of documentary film on the Flint water crisis – “Nor any drop to drink” by Cedric Taylor

More about Lead Toxicity Summit.

All events are free and open to the public.











When: Sat., Apr. 14, 2018 at 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Where: Queens Museum
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
718-592-9700
Price: Free
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The first in a series of four Second Saturdays for Mel Chin: All Over the Place will kick off on April 14, 12-4pm. Each Second Saturday will feature events produced in conversation with the four thematic sections of the exhibition at the Queens Museum. The program on April 14, “As Above, So Below: Scientific Inquiry, Activism, and the Environment” will respond to the theme “Cruel Light of the Sun,” which highlights Chin’s extensive research-based practice into the inner workings of our universe and frequent collaborations with scientists, public health experts, activists, and designers in the fight for environmental justice.

Events on April 14 will feature a conversation between artists Mel Chin and Pope.L on their respective projects in Flint, Michigan; a tour with curator Amy Lipton, who was the first to show Chin’s The Operation of the Sun through the Cult of the Hand in 1987; a hands-on workshop with artist Jan Mun, mapping lead contamination in NYC and creating protective ground covers; a talk by microbiologist Emilia DeForce on her collaboration with Chin’s Sea to See; and a performance by Queens Museum’s Composer-in-Residence Mike Sayre of his piece Music for Icebergs. Read About the Presenters here.

Schedule of Events
12:00-12:30 pm: Tour of the exhibition with Amy Lipton (Meet in the Skylight Gallery)

12:30-2:30 pm: Drop-in hands-on workshop with artist Jan Mun, mapping lead contamination hot spots in NYC and creating protective ground covers using geotextile (Unisphere Gallery, 2nd Floor)

2:15-3:15 pm: Conversation with Pope.L. and Mel Chin, moderated by Laura Raicovich (Skylight Gallery)

3:15-3:45 pm: Explore the Metropolis Composer-in-Residence at the Queens Museum, Mike Sayre, performs “Music for Icebergs” (Skylight Gallery)

3:45-4:15 pm: Skype session with Emelia DeForce, research scientist and key collaborator on Mel Chin’s Sea to See (Adjacent to artwork)

Lead Toxicity Summit: A Public Health Crisis (theatre, 2nd floor)

In response to Mel Chin’s ongoing call to urgency in responding to the public health crisis of lead poisoning, which he addresses among other projects in his ongoing initiative the Fundred Dollar Bill Project, this Second Saturday is hosting Lead Toxicity Summit: A Public Health Crisis, with a presentation by Dr. David K. Rosner on the sociological history of lead contamination, followed by an environmental justice panel with activists from NYC and Flint, Michigan and a screening of the documentary film “Nor any drop to drink” by Taylor Cedric.

12:30pm: Dr. David K. Rosner presentation on the politics of public health and the sociological history of lead contamination (Theater, 2nd Floor)

1-2pm: Panel on lead poisoning with activists from NYC and Flint, Michigan, featuring Claire McClinton (Flint Democracy Defence League), Charlene Nimmons (Public Housing Communities), and Stephan Roundtree (WeACT) (Theater, 2nd Floor)

2-4pm: Screening of documentary film on the Flint water crisis – “Nor any drop to drink” by Cedric Taylor

More about Lead Toxicity Summit.

All events are free and open to the public.

Buy tickets/get more info now