ALTERNATIVE ACCESS | ALEX VILLAR

Alternative Access concentrates on the officially defined boundaries of Highbridge Park in New York City. The work is comprised of finding and experiencing alternative points of access to the park, especially those already in use by people who frequently visit the park. These experiences were registered photographically and presented to the park visitor in the form of an official-looking info map.

Sign installation at Highbridge Park, Manhattan, New York, US, 1999
Sign, inkjet print mounted on wooden board, 50 x 80 inches, 1999
Kneeling, photograph, variable dimensions, 1999

Sliding, photograph, variable dimensions, 1999
Squatting, photograph, variable dimensions, 1999

Featured
Sheikh, Simon. Counter-public works: re-mapping public space (Dublin: Printed Project,
Sep, 2003) pp.37-42
McDonald, Jillian. Art in the Park, in Mess: The Stuff that Really Surrounds You (Toronto: Tart Magazine, issue 7, Aug 1999) p.31