DATE: JUNE 3, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
UNTIL:  OCTOBER 30, 2010

Hormuz Minina, Promontory
Saturday, June 12th (Sunset - Sunrise)
& Sunday, June 27th  (7:30 pm – Midnight)
Art on the BeltLine

ATLANTA, GA – On Saturday, June 12 and Sunday, June 27, artist Hormuz Minina will present a new, site-specific work entitled Promontory.  Presented in two parts, the work is comprised of a ritual performance and video installation on June 12, followed by a re-telling, through video installation on the 27th. The performance component will be presented beginning at sunset on the 12th, and ending at sunrise the following morning.   Promontory celebrates the Atlanta BeltLine, and is inspired by the artist’s 7 year experience living near the section between Ponce de Leon Avenue and Ralph McGill Boulevard.

Hormuz Minina arrived in the United States 18 years ago from Bombay, India; he employs art to reflect on his immigrant experience, often using technology to this end.  Minina’s installations have commented on universal and personal themes ranging from war’s effects on children to immigrant identity, among others.

Promontory will be sited on the last remaining portion of Copenhill, west of Freedom Parkway, where Minina will execute a physically grueling performance in recognition of the historical and personal importance of the location. Beginning around 8:00 pm on June 12 an interfaith ceremony will bless the earth for Minina, who will excavate a cavity and embed himself among the roots of the 100 year old oak tree growing there.  For the duration of the night he will occupy this place within the earth as an offering for the success of the BeltLine project.  Video documentation of the performance will be presented on June 27 from 7:30 pm until midnight. Promontory is Minina’s invitation for the public to share in his feeling for the earth at this place.
 
Hormuz Minina’s artwork has been exhibited at Eyedrum and the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, both in Atlanta, Georgia and Space One Eleven, Birmingham, Alabama, among other places. Minina’s installation War Child, at Atlanta’s Garage Projects was selected as one of Creative Loafing Atlanta’s Top 10 art events of 2005; his 2003 Shedspace installation, Cultural Divide, was a Critics’ Pick for the Best of Atlanta awards.

Promontory is presented as part of Art on the BeltLine, a program of performances and temporary art installations intended to raise awareness of and support for the Atlanta BeltLine project.  For more information on Promontory, please visit www.minina.org; for more on Art on the BeltLine, visit www.beltline.org.

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