Hormuz Minina Promontory

 

Promontory by Hormuz MininaPromontory by Hormuz Minina
ph. Stan Woodard, J.R. Ward

Promontory


Promontory celebrates the Atlanta BeltLine, and is inspired by the artist’s experience living adjacent the section between Ponce de Leon Avenue and Ralph McGill Boulevard.

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 embedded among the roots of the 100 year old oak tree that dominates the geography.

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.