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SUMMARY:The Distance from Here – Michael James Freedman – Arts Gowanus Op
 en Studios
DESCRIPTION:Produced by Why Not Art\, Freedman’s The Distance From Here b
 egins with four oil paintings tied to fatal traffic crashes near Littlef
 ield in Gowanus\; each title measures the distance from the venue to the
  crash site. A projected map extends the work across the city: the viewe
 r points at a location\, and four images of the closest crashes emerge. 
 The project transforms raw data into narrative\, exposing the emotionall
 y brutal truth concealed within the dry traffic statistics of NYC street
 s. This art exhibit is part of Michael James Freedman’s ongoing art and 
 advocacy work as CrashCount.nyc (https://crashcount.nyc/). He is the lea
 d technologist and artist behind an augmented reality app called Crashsc
 ape (https://crashcount.nyc/crashscape/)\, which will also be available 
 for demonstration during the Arts Gowanus Open Studios weekend. The arti
 st Michael James Freedman will be in the gallery to discuss the work and
  answer questions. The Distance From Here will be open and on view Satur
 day 10/17 (12 -5pm) and Sunday 10/18 (12 – 4pm) in the Littlefield Galle
 ry. The exhibition will remain on view until mid-December 2026. Arts Gow
 anus Directory listing: https://gowanusarts.org/directory/michael-james-
 freedman/ Artist: @michaeljamesfreedman\, @crashcountnyc Curator: @whyno
 tartnyc Experience a cutting-edge interactive art display with original 
 artwork and generated images that memorialize traffic crashes across NYC
  Produced by Why Not Art\, Freedman’s The Distance From Here begins with
  four oil paintings tied to fatal traffic crashes near Littlefield in Go
 wanus\; each title measures the distance from the venue to the crash sit
 e. A projected map extends the work across the city: the viewer points a
 t a location\, and four images of the closest crashes emerge. The projec
 t transforms raw data into narrative\, exposing the emotionally brutal t
 ruth concealed within the dry traffic statistics of NYC streets. This ar
 t exhibit is part of Michael James Freedman’s ongoing art and advocacy w
 ork as CrashCount.nyc (https://crashcount.nyc/). He is the lead technolo
 gist and artist behind an augmented reality app called Crashscape (https
 ://crashcount.nyc/crashscape/)\, which will also be available for demons
 tration during the Arts Gowanus Open Studios weekend. The artist Michael
  James Freedman will be in the gallery to discuss the work and answer qu
 estions. The Distance From Here will be open and on view Saturday 10/17 
 (12 -5pm) and Sunday 10/18 (12 – 4pm) in the Littlefield Gallery. The ex
 hibition will remain on view until mid-December 2026. Arts Gowanus Direc
 tory listing: https://gowanusarts.org/directory/michael-james-freedman/ 
 Artist: @michaeljamesfreedman\, @crashcountnyc Curator: @whynotartnyc\n\
 nTickets: https://littlefieldnyc.com/event/?wfea_eb_id=2000206600787\n\n
 https://findlocal.community/event/0521b129-4677-450f-bace-fa7aa1fb0c7c
LOCATION:Littlefield\, Brooklyn\, NY
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/0521b129-4677-450f-bace-fa7aa1fb0c7
 c
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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