On July 18, the High Museum of Art will unveil a large-scale, interactive design installation by contemporary Mexican designers Héctor Esrawe and Ignacio Cadena in the center of the Woodruff Arts Center’s campus on the Carroll Slater Sifly Piazza. The site-specific work will launch a two-year initiative to activate the outdoor space.
Titled “Mi Casa, Your Casa,” the installation (on view through Nov. 2), will invite the city to participate in the life of the entire campus of the Woodruff Arts Center (of which the Museum is a division), through recreation, social interaction, performances, art- making activities, and special events co-organized with local partner institutions.
For the unveiling, the High invites visitors to an opening weekend celebration, presented in partnership with the Instituto de México and gloATL. On Friday, July 18, the evening kicks off at 6 p.m. with performances of traditional Mexican folk music and dancing. From 8:30 to 10 p.m., gloATL will present a performance titled “choir B: a physical Installation,” migrating throughout the Woodruff campus and the Piazza. Guests may also enjoy Mexican food and drinks available for purchase throughout the evening.
The festivities continue throughout the weekend with the following schedule:
Saturday, July 19:
ï‚· 9 a.m. – Morning yoga for adults and children
ï‚· 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. – Family art-making activities, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Instrument Petting Zoo, and performances by the Alliance Theatre’s Theatre for the Very Young and Arts for Learning teaching artists Havana Son
ï‚· 4 to 8:30 p.m. –Performances on the Piazza and Mexican drinks and food for purchase
ï‚· 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. – Family art-making activities, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Instrument Petting Zoo, and performances by the Alliance Theatre’s Theatre for the Very Young and Arts for Learning teaching artists Havana Son
ï‚· 4 to 8:30 p.m. –Performances on the Piazza and Mexican drinks and food for purchase
ï‚· 8:30 to 10 p.m. – gloATL performs “choir B: a physical Installation”
Sunday, July 20:
ï‚· Noon to 4 p.m. – Family art-making activities, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Instrument Petting Zoo, and a performance by Arts for Learning teaching artists Havana Son.
These performances and activities will all take place on the Piazza in and around the “Mi Casa, Your Casa” installation. The High will also offer special admission and parking discounts throughout the weekend, including free admission for children ages 17 and under on July 19 and 20. For more information and an up-to-date schedule of events, visit www.high.org.
As a blank canvas for community engagement and activity, “Mi Casa, Your Casa” draws its inspiration from a basic form recognizable and relatable to all—the home.
The project features 36 three-dimensional, open frames in the shape of a house installed in a large grid on the Piazza, with four singular forms placed around the Woodruff Arts Center campus. The vibrant red 8 x 8 x 10.5-foot steel frames will be installed in this first pattern through Sept. 7 to coincide with the High’s major exhibition “Dream Cars: Innovative Design, Visionary Ideas.” In the fall, the structures will be re-installed in a second pattern for the opening of the Alliance Theatre and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra seasons.
