Drawing on the luminosity that has attracted artists to the Cape tip for over a century, inter-spatial artist Jay Critchley creates The Cold Warmth, a summerlong installation series at Provincetown Harbor that combines the US flag with the flags of other countries, referencing the shape-shifting global alignment of nations and the authoritarian direction of the US geopolitical landscape. The inaugural installation includes the US/Russian and the US/Turkey flags.
The opening reception is Thursday, July 31 at 6:00 pm next to Angel Foods, 467 Commercial Street. Refreshments and surprise guests.
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?
“The daylong changing of light is one of the defining features of Provincetown and this project sheds light on the White House’s disturbing shift in our relationships to our closest allies and autocratic countries,” states Critchley.
The Cold Warmth is located on the waterfront next to Angel Foods, 467 Commercial Street, where this series of conjoining flags will unfurl through October and include performances, readings, music and ceremony. Future selected countries may include Canada, Greenland, Panama, China and the European Union.
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