Carlos Martinez
Neighborhood: Jackson Heights, Queens
Medium: Mixed Media

Carlos' Photo Booth Without Borders invites Jackson Heights locals and passersby to share their personal journeys as human beings, New Yorkers, and immigrants through a portable photo booth-meets-confessional.This booth was built mostly from repurposed materials and is making stops at different laundromats in one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the United States. Carlos is recording participants' personal stories and taking photographs of them interacting inside the booth, including backdrops of a world map and a calling card mosaic, among other elements. Participants then receive an instant photograph and a calling card in exchange for sharing their story. This project welcomes people of all ages and backgrounds to build a sense of community through storytelling.
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Michael Premo
Neighborhood: Bedford-Stuyvesant
Medium: Mixed Media

Michael's project Housing is a Human Right is a multi-media documentary portrait of the struggle for “home” in New York City. The project collects and shares first person stories of “home,” community and ongoing efforts to maintain or obtain affordable housing, celebrating our common desire for a place to call home. The on-going project kicks off with an exhibition of images and stories in sound at Wash and Play Lotto, a laundromat located at 81 Lafayette Ave. between S. Elliott St. and S. Portland St. in Brooklyn. Housing is a Human Right is produced by Michael, in collaboration with Rachel Falcone with audio montages by turntablist DJ Oja Vincent.
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Tracee Worley
Neighborhood:Bedford-Stuyvesant
Medium: Mixed Media

Tracee's Dirty Laundry Line is an experiment in neighborhood communication, giving laundromat customers the opportunity to anonymously air out their dirty laundry in public or voyeuristically snoop through other people’s dirty laundry over a telephone hotline. She is going around to local laundromats, leaving flyers and stickers which invite customers to call The Dirty Laundry Line. Curious callers are given the option to “press one” to anonymously “air out” their dirty laundry by leaving a message or “press two” to hear messages other callers have left.
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