SENSORY-SCAPES
A Multisensory Textile Exhibit by Sugandha Gupta
Accessible Tour with the Artist
Saturday, September 27th, 5:00-7:00pm
SENSORY-SCAPES is a multisensory textile exhibit that engages audiences through the senses and is accessible by design.
Born with albinism, and visually impaired, Sugandha Gupta creates Sensory-Textiles, a collection of textiles and wearables that encourage audiences to engage through touch, sound, smell, and sight.
Gupta is the Assistant Professor of Fashion Design and Materiality at Parsons School of Design. Her research is at the intersection of multisensory art, design, and embodied justice.
With over 18 years of experience in the textile industry and an established textile art practice, Gupta’s work is exhibited at The Guggenheim Museum, The Met Museum, UN Headquarters, Hunterdon Art Museum, The American Craft Council, and the Smithsonian Craft Show among other museums and galleries. She has won prestigious awards such as The Dorthy Waxman Textile Prize, International Design Award, and CFDA Design Graduate.
Accessibility:
Nearest trains 2,3. Exit at Wall Street. If exiting from R or W trains get out at Cortland Street and exit via oculus on Liberty Street. Walk straight on Liberty Street as a landmark you will see Mercer labs on the left and a black building on the right. Keep walking straight past a yellow building that is the residence in on the right and keep walking straight. Towards the left is a construction site and on the right is the federal reserve building. Once you pass the construction site and cross the street you will come across a few restaurants on the left including Tratitas pizza. Right next door to it is the AHRC building i.e.83 Maiden Lane which houses the positive exposure gallery on the fourth floor. There’s a push button at the entrance of the building on the right for opening the two doors and a guard usually opens them. Once you let him know you are going up to the fourth floor he will let you pass the security stations. The 4, 5 trains are also close to the location and Fulton Street is the exit station for these trains. A,C,E TRAINS CAN ALSO BE TAKEN TO WORLD TRADE CENTER AND EXIT THE OCULUS from the liberty street side to be closer to the gallery location.