Short Stop Gallery
ALEXA HOYER
Short Stop Gallery presents a miniature version of Hoyer's photo series "Fallow Frames”.
A tree bed is a small plot of land carved out from the solid pavement of the sidewalk—a common sight across neighborhoods in New York City. While many nurture trees, plants, and vegetation, a significant number are neglected — abandoned corners in a city that typically puts great value on space.
Ubiquitous yet enigmatic, they appear like gaps or voids in the city's concrete landscape with questions about their nature and purpose. In 2023, Alexa Hoyer has been mapping and documenting these spaces in various states of dereliction, capturing a unique perspective on NYC's distinctive topography. The exposed earth, sometimes weathered and strewn with debris, becomes a canvas for contemplation, unveiling new layers of meaning within the material of our everyday environments.
ARTISTS
Andrew Moeller
Short Stop Gallery, conceived by artist Andrew Moeller during his residency at the Monira Foundation, is an alternative miniature exhibition space fashioned from a vintage toy capsule machine. The gallery's aim is to encourage artists and curators to create small exhibits within the machine's top gallery section. The public can purchase 2-inch capsules containing curated objects by the artists for just 75 cents.
Alexa Hoyer
Alexa Hoyer is a NYC-based German Visual Artist working in photography. In her most recent work, she meticulously creates photographic archives of ad hoc systems in everyday environments. Alexa exhibited internationally, including PS122 Gallery, Mana Contemporary, NJ, the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston, TX, Arles Les Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles, France, PHOTO IS:RAEL, the Inside Out Arts Museum in Beijing and a video installation at the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, PA. She participated in LMCC’s Governors Island artist residency and was recently awarded the 2023 Queens Arts Fund (QAF) New Work Grant. Her photography has been published in Hyperallergic, Vice, Urban Omnibus, DOMUS, and Harper’s Magazine. In 2022 her project “Wegweiser” was published by Kenektid in Seoul, Korea. Alexa received a BFA from Webster University in St Louis, MO and an MFA from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, PA.
Fallow Frames Biennial 2024
July 13 — 14, 2024
Ridgewood, Queens NY
2pm — 7pm
24 Empty Tree Beds - 25 Participating Artists
Ridgewood’s sidewalks have over 800 empty tree beds - or roughly one for every 90 residents.
The Fallow Frames Biennial is an upcoming public art festival that will be held on July 13th and 14th, where local artists are invited to use 24 abandoned tree beds to stage site-specific installations and performances.
Visitors are invited to wander the neighborhood as active participants in a larger narrative of renewal and artistic expression - and to spark conversations about urban ecology and these small neglected patches of the city’s landscape.
Festival Map