The Drift is a collaborative platform that explores bodies of water as a context, site, and material for art in the public realm.
Through exploratory residencies and project-based commissions, The Drift invited artists, cross-disciplinary experts and community members to respond to the confluence of the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio rivers in Pittsburgh, PA.
Their activities engaged the public through a series of curated programs including lectures, tours, events, installations, interventions, and sprawling speculative projects.
This site serves an archive of its activity from 2012 - 2016.
Co-Directors
Steve Gurysh & Scott Andrew
Founding Artist Team
Steve Gurysh, Scott Andrew, Luke Loeffler, Felipe Castelblanco, Craig Fahner, Erin Womack
Participating Artists
Adam Milner, Adham Faramawy, Agnes Bolt, Andy Fox and Jo Blankenship, Ali Momeni, Jenny Schmid and the Center for Urban Intervention Research, Anunca Pez, Ben Moren, Brenna Murphy, Bubi Canal, Caroline Record, Claire Hentschker, Complex Movements, Dadpranks, Dalena Tran, David Horvitz, Ed Steck, Elysia Chuquimia Paula Crampton, Eva Papamargariti, Ezra Miller, Gergó Kovács, Giselle Zatonyl, Harrison Apple, Hatch Arts Collective, Hirad Sab, James R Southard, Jennifer Nagle Myers, Jesse Stiles, Joe Hamilton, Jónó Mí Ló, Kathy Lee, Katie Torn, Kim Laughton, Lucia Nhamo, Miles Hiroo Peyton, Michael Jones McKean, Michael Mallis, Neal Moignard, Nina Sarnelle, Oscar Peters, Owen Weaver, Rachael Archibald, Rachael Wagner, Rafael Abreu-Canedo, Reggie Boy Rivka, Rick Silva and Nicolas Sassoon, Rui Hu, Shaun Slifer, tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE, The Institute For New Feeling, Theoklitos Triantafillydis, Veronica Bleaus And Dani Lamorte, Zach Rispoli, and Zafeiria Gkolanta.
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