DATE: JUNE 17, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
UNTIL:  OCTOBER 30, 2010

Hormuz Minina, Promontory
Sunday, June 27th, 7:30 pm – Midnight
Art on the BeltLine

ATLANTA, GA – On Sunday, June 27th artist Hormuz Minina will complete his new, site-specific work entitled Promontory. Promontory celebrates the Atlanta BeltLine, and is inspired by the artist’s 8 year experience living adjacent the section between Ponce de Leon Avenue and Ralph McGill Boulevard. Presented in two parts, the work is comprised of the ritual performance and video installation which took place on June 12th, followed by a re-telling, through video installation on the 27th. Starting at 7:30 pm and continuing until midnight, documentation of the events of June 12th, and that of the changing seasons, will be projected on the 25-foot tall screen that served during the Promontory performance. Minina will discuss his work and will take questions from guests in attendance.  The talk will begin at 8 pm.

Promontory is sited on the last remaining portion of Copenhill, west of Freedom Parkway, and was conceived to recognize the historical and personal importance of the location.  Through the performance, which included a blessing by Buddhist monks of Atlanta’s Drepung Loseling Monastery, Minina intended to make himself part of the earth at that place.  The grueling exercise saw Minina excavate the cavity where he embedded himself among the roots of the 100 year old oak tree that dominates the geography.  As an offering to the success of the BeltLine, he occupied that position for the overnight hours, while a beautiful and dramatic video projection interpreted the work as a story of shadow and substance.

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. His 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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