Ingredients of a Subway Car - The R. The never before seen videos of my solo show. /  by mirena

Inspired by the NYC subway, where various characters perform various routines, from simple getting from point A to point B - to the theater of the Absurd. There are all kind of objects, and hands. A performance I created over four hours, without a script and working spontaneously with various objects, including paint, ink, food and found objects: 1. Strings 2. Brushes and paint 3. Old singing clock 4. Apple peels ( I love apples, usually consume a tall bag of it daily ) 5. Spinach 6. Juice 7. Juicer 8. Toy Cars 9. Ball 10. Coins 11. Wood shavings 12. Walmart Flipflops 13. Staple gun 14. Belt 15. Umbrella and many other objects

The installation room and wearables were created over several days using a drawing of the same name, re-arranged and transferred on paper.

 

 

CitiesX: The Past, Present and Future of Urban Life /  by mirena

I am taking  this Harvard online course on cities. Which made me reflect on my life in New York and what New York has meant to me. I cannot imagine my life without New York city. Living in the city has taught me so much about the world, myself, and others.  

If someone were to ask me what to do with their lives, I'd recommend living in New York for a few years. New York is the beast education you will ever be able to acquire in your lifetime. I have lived in Paris in London for short bursts but I assure you the special sauce that is New York can never be found anywhere else.

 

 

About this course

 

For the first time in human history, more than fifty percent of the world’s population lives in urban areas. Cities allow for the exchange of ideas, and generate remarkable innovations in business, art, and ideas. Cities are also home to millions living in poverty. Urban living can provide a pathway to a better life, but that’s not always the case for many people around the world.

CitiesX will give you a far-ranging look at the past, present and future of cities, with the aim of teaching you how to better understand, appreciate and improve urban areas. The course will explore key concepts of urban development by examining cities around the world, including London, Rio de Janeiro, New York City, Shanghai, Mumbai, Kigali, and many more.

The course includes a historical exploration of cities: how urban centers like ancient Rome resulted from consolidation of imperial power, how cities like Sao Paulo grew as important hotbeds of industry, and how cities like Seattle became hubs of technology and human capital.

CitiesX also dives into pressing social and urban planning issues like public health, transportation, zoning, gentrification, cost of living, crime, and congestion. The course includes interviews and insights from academics, policy makers, urban leaders and city residents.

The analytical framework of the course comes from economics, but is enhanced by conversations with experts from other disciplines (including Sociology, Urban Planning, Journalism, Anthropology, History, Art & Music) to provide learners with a greater understanding of all aspects of urbanism.

Support for CitiesX is generously provided by Tishman Speyer.

Cities on youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcywB2dtNXGxWtExGIEMJkg

The cities course on edex:

https://www.edx.org/course/citiesx-past-present-future-urban-life-harvardx-urban101x

 

Exhibition tonight /  by mirena

Exhibition tonight Winter 2018 Grand Salon Show Tonight, February 23rd, 8 PM - 12 AM Greenpoint Gallery 390 McGuinness Blvd, Brooklyn, New York 11222

https://www.facebook.com/greenpointgallery/

23 x 29 inches, pen and ink, gold wash on hot press board, 2017. High resolution image: http://www.mirenarhee.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/golden-vader-high-resolution-pen-and-ink-drawing-mirena-rhee.jpg

 

Mirena Rhee pen and ink drawing

Today I discovered a beautiful poem by Walt Whitman and wanted to share it with you. Happy Sunday! /  by mirena

MiraclesWalt Whitman, 1819 - 1892 Why, who makes much of a miracle? As to me I know of nothing else but miracles, Whether I walk the streets of Manhattan, Or dart my sight over the roofs of houses toward the sky, Or wade with naked feet along the beach just in the edge of the water, Or stand under trees in the woods, Or talk by day with any one I love, or sleep in the bed at night with any one I love, Or sit at table at dinner with the rest, Or look at strangers opposite me riding in the car, Or watch honey-bees busy around the hive of a summer forenoon, Or animals feeding in the fields, Or birds, or the wonderfulness of insects in the air, Or the wonderfulness of the sundown, or of stars shining so quiet and bright, Or the exquisite delicate thin curve of the new moon in spring; These with the rest, one and all, are to me miracles, The whole referring, yet each distinct and in its place.

To me every hour of the light and dark is a miracle, Every cubic inch of space is a miracle, Every square yard of the surface of the earth is spread with the same, Every foot of the interior swarms with the same.

To me the sea is a continual miracle, The fishes that swim—the rocks—the motion of the waves—the ships with men in them, What stranger miracles are there?