“Stay Frosty” presented by BravinLee Programs & ArtPort Kingston

October 24-26 ::
16-20 Convent Ave at 128th Street
Vernissage: Friday Oct 24, 12-6
Fri-Sat 12-7pm, Sun 12-6pm

Laurie De Chiara presents ArtPort Kingston: Jeila Gueramian, Roxanne Faber Savage, Stefan Saffer, Dasha Bazanova, Becca Van K

Surreal Tailgate – Tailgating is typically a ritual of the ordinary cars lined up, coolers cracked open, folding chairs gathered in circles of familiarity.

Dreamfield Rituals It is a surreal tailgate that turns this familiar scene on its head, transforming a roadside gathering into a dreamlike installation of uncanny objects, textures, and sounds. The exhibition borrows the language of the tailgate—station wagons, coolers, flags, chairs, figurines—but veers wildly off course, opening a space where mystery and play displace expectation. 

Dasha Bazanova adds her kitsch figurine sculptures, uncanny stand-ins for party guests whose frozen gazes linger between camp and charm. Jeila Gueramian outfits her 1982 Volvo station wagon with a textile environment, turning the vehicle itself into a vessel of soft wonder and intricate detail. Roxanne Faber Savage reimagines the cooler’s usual cargo, replacing ice and drinks with quivering bubble sculptures that vibrate between humor and unease. Becca Van K adds a splash of quirkiness with her woven chairs, hand-crafted perches that turn the casual act of sitting into an intimate exchange with materiality. Stefan Saffer extends a flagline into the air, punctuating the scene with symbolic banners and collaborating on a sound piece that drifts through the gathering like a strange signal.

Dasha Bazanova

Together, these artists’ works create a disorienting tailgating tableau where the mundane morphs into the marvelous. Visitors are invited not to spectate from the sidelines, but to step into a surreal zone where hospitality and estrangement intermingle, and the everyday transforms into a ritual of imagination.