For their Present Box exhibition, Sabin Aell, Candess Giyan, and Daughter Cells Dance turned BMoCA’s lounge into Ubuntu, an immersive art installation and stage for a series of interactive performances. The term “Ubuntu” refers to a need for human kindness and the belief in a universal bond, or an unspoken truth, of sharing that connects all humanity. The work critiques our society’s collective tendencies toward over-saturation and desensitization. It provided a vehicle for both viewer and performer to connect through a multiplicity of expressive art forms: dance, costume-design, visual installation, spoken text, and, perhaps most importantly, breath. For each performance the viewer enters a live art field as an active participant. Ubuntu is the coming together of witness and performer in a process that creates impact though the momentary presence of each individual in the shared space of BMoCA.The Project was sponsored by the New York Foundation of the Arts (Artspire.org). Artspire.org is an online community for artists and arts organizations brought to you by New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), one of the country’s most respected not-for-profit arts organizations.

The hanging installation is made out of discarded billboards which Aell painted on and cut it into organic shapes. The mirrors are all -. Sabin used 3 different types of mirrors: vintage mirror tiles, hand silvered mirrors by Alchemy in Glass (donated) and regular mirrors. The mirrors pick up the colors, the dancers, the lights and reflect it back. The Fiberoptic Lights are also all handmade and described below.

These lights are constructed out of reclaimed swimming pool lane dividers. They are elegantly held together by fiber optics. The elements are painted in gradient colors ranging rom light yellow to dark brown.
These lights can be purchased in the desired length and in any colors gradient chosen by the customer.
Each of them will be custom made.
Prices upon request.