Ann Ginsburgh Hofkin participates in a large-format book project: Artists @HOME

Artists @HOME, coordinated by Robin Dintiman and Daria Dorosh of A.I.R. Gallery, is a large-format book project by artists in the A.I.R. collective to address the impact of extractive practices on our home environments.

2020 is the year of sheltering in place. Economic activity, that under normal circumstances is unstoppable, has been slowed to a halt. Amidst the lockdown, smog clouds are reverting to blue skies, dolphins are reappearing in Venice's lagoons, and large cats are napping on highways in Africa. COVID-19 has imposed a slowdown on economic activity worldwide and interrupted the fragile social ecosystem that we took for granted.

In the midst of the human tragedy of lives lost and financial disruption brought on by the pandemic, we take this opportunity to challenge the imperatives of the linear progress that we live by. Our home environments are interconnected. The imminent creation of a high pressure fracked gas transmission pipeline underfoot in Brooklyn, the displacement of entire communities from the city, the threat of rising seas, all in the name of economic development, are only a few of the points of pressure. This project is an open invitation to the artists of the A.I.R. collective to think about where they find those points of pressure in their personal and community environments, and to bring awareness to them through their work.