Kickstarting! Saint Joseph in Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY

Title

Kickstarting! Saint Joseph in Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY

Year

2014

Works

Notes

On May 28-29, 2014, Saint Joseph Patron Parish in collaboration with the International Studio & Curatorial Program hosted Kickstarting!, a public performance in Brooklyn, New York by artist Andrea Mastrovito.

Kickstarting! is a project based on the interaction between sports and art.Using soccer balls and tempera in powder, Mastrovito together with one hundred children from Bushwick, Brooklyn created a gigantic mural by kicking the soccer balls against the wall to inscribe marks, giving new life to the courtyard of Saint Joseph Patron Parish in Bushwick.

The resuting large mural represent all the dreams, desire and affections of the children who participated in a series of workshops Mastrovito held at the Saint Francis Cabrini School and at the Youth Center of the Parish in March/April 2014. Starting from children's suggestions and drawings, Mastrovito prepared life-sized stencils that covered the walls of the courtyard during the performance. Once removed, they unveiled the final 90-meters long drawings, realized solely with the marks of the soccer balls on the walls.

Treated with vinyl fixatives, the mural has become a distinctive part of the neighborhood's Latino community.

Details

Kickstarting! May 28-29, 2014, Saint Joseph in Brooklyn, New York