OPENING: THU 7-9PM OCTOBER 15
PRESS PREVIEW: 6-7PM with exhibition curators
LOCATION: Studio-X 180 Varick Street, Ste 1610 New York, NY 10014 – 1 Train to Houston Street
PRESS RELEASE: link
EXHIBITION DATES: October 15-December 31, 2009

Oysters, dogs, humans, worms, snakefish, cormorants and germs are some of the species that populate the length of the MTA 7 train. The “Safari 7 Reading Room” is an exhibition that presents a series of 3D maps, audio listening stations, curated reading materials, and a series of large-scale drawings of animal habitats, behaviors and life cycles in relationship to urban culture and history at selected sites along the MTA No. 7 line. www.urbanlandscapelab.org/work/safari-7-reading-room.

This exhibition is opening in conjunction with the conference ECOGRAM II: Architecture for a Crowded Planet at Columbia University (GSAPP), at Studio-X, a downtown studio for design and research run by GSAPP. It is generously supported by the the Dean’s Office at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation of Columbia University. Additional funding from CeX Complete Entertainment Exchange and Ito En.