Open Sessions Artist 2018-20: Kenseth Armstead . The installation mapped the footprint of a single tower of NYCHA's Astoria Houses. The public housing complex, home to over 3,100 individuals, is located just north of Socrates Sculpture Park. Composed of stainless steel tubing and mixed media, the installation marked the outline of the building’s form at roughly two-fifths scale. Unlike an imposing tower of solid brick and mortar, Armstead’s idealized Building 24 was minimal and porous, allowing light, visitors, and the landscape to filter through the structure in an active, inviting manner. . Kenseth Armstead lives and works in New York. His work has been shown at the Whitney Museum, New York; the Guggenheim Museum, New York; and the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn. . Open Sessions is a two-year program which provides opportunities for selected artists to contextualize work and ideas through exhibitions, public programs, and critical dialogue, organized by Rosario Güiraldes and Lisa Sigal, O...