nvestigating the risk of a museum without permanent location or collection and probably even without any conventional cultural program, the Buffer space implements the Fragmental Museum's call to consider existing fragments of space, time and culture by nesting an urban public space that uses anonymous architectural vocabulary inspired by fire stairs, multi-level car park structures and construction scaffolding, all of which are symptomatic of New York and its density
.Rooted in the "cabinet of curiosities" tradition, in terms of location and usage, this mobile and modular large scale set/stage design takes an economical and adaptable approach for maximum flexibility. The proposed initial installment site selected is the parking of the Clemente Soto Velez Center, a cultural & educational institution located in a generous late 19th century public school building, currently undergoing major renovation and in great need of a space to reconnect to its neighborhood: the multicultural Lower East Side.
As foreclosed real estate properties multiply and the virtualization of digital media content continues, this a-programmatic and open source performing art space is probably a new kind of public space that is open to cultural interaction by bringing back the prestige of the city to its citizen and welcoming artist and activist of all kinds for public projects.
"We are the world..." and therefore you are all welcome even if its just to desaturate from the city fast pace and branded environments to enjoy a relaxing cold beer in this very spacious little rear yard. At night, the Buffer Space becomes unmistakably the heart that New York
needed...