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HENRIK VIBSKOV: THE BANK IS DEAD

Sun. 04.27.2025, 4-8pm | 717 Manhattan Ave Brooklyn | Open Call for Fordham Students

Fordham students may apply here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1LMrDVhNLZV6M1ZGfCFbXfi6KVAYmj2FkdTLixbutqlE/edit


Once a space of wealth and restriction, this former bank in Brooklyn New York has been transformed into a soft, surreal stage. Inflatable structures press against the architecture, between floor and ceiling, like swollen memories of security, like the last breath of the institution trying to hold its place in a world that’s moved on.
The printed bank boxes hint at past obsessions with protection and power. They flutter, fly off with the slightest breeze, turning the walls into living symbols of financial volatility.

Dancers, dressed as bankers, perform a 10-minute ritual — echoing, mocking, and ultimately shedding the gestures of the financial world : Their gestures mimic the mechanical rituals of old finance: stamping papers, tightening ties, shaking invisible deal hands. But gradually, their movements loosen, their rhythm breaks, the suits become costumes rather than uniforms. A farewell to a broken system. A welcoming of creative chaos.
All visitors will get a key to the bank box when they arrive at The Bank.  

Fordham University Students – Henrik Vibskov- Bank Is dead – Victor Jeffreys II – mode PR

Presented in partnership with Fordham’s Art & Engagement program and the Center for Community Engaged Learning.

Who is Henrik Vibskov?

Henrik Vibskov is a renowned and award-winning Danish fashion designer, artist, curator and musician.

Although commonly associated with fashion and the twisted yet tantalising universes created around each collection, Henrik’s creative practice covers multiple platforms.

Working in the intersection between art and design, his work ranges from fashion collections to installation, performances and exhibitions, always exploring creativity without limits and adapting the design approach to the changing contexts.

Since his graduation from Central St Martin’s in 2001, he has produced more than 40 fashion collections and exhibited in several international design fairs, festivals and museums all over the world, including MoMA in New York, Palais de Tokyo in Paris, The 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Kanazawa and the ICA in London, to name a few.

Next to the biannual fashion collections, he has also designed costumes for numerous operas and performances, including collaborations with Hotel Pro Forma, the Oslo Opera House, The Swedish National Ballet and the Brussels Opera House.

Most recently he designed the costumes for the ballet “Hammer” by Alexander Ekman at the Gothenburg Opera in Sweden.
As a musician, Henrik keeps himself occupied as a drummer currently with his band Luksus, who are to perform at Syd For Solen Festival 2023 in Copenhagen. He has also played with Hess is More, his own project Mountain Yorokobu, Mikael Simpson and Trentemøller, who he toured the world with for 6 years.

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ART & ACTION ON THE BRONX RIVER

The Fall 2024 semester of “Art and Action on the Bronx River” at Fordham culminated in an array of 12 individual student projects ranging from a mini-documentary, to a dance piece, to a 24-mile walk, as well as a number of other artworks. Taught by Professor Matthew López-Jensen, the course explores the intersection of art, ecology, and history, specifically focusing on the Bronx River and the communities surrounding it. For their final projects, students were tasked with creating ambitious works that responded to the river in creative and thought-provoking ways.

REFLECTIONS: GRACE ON THE WATER

Emerging artist Tori Garcillano has taken to the Bronx River to create a statement piece that implores viewers to consider the ways in which the art of dance can allow people to honor their bodies and surroundings. Her question is as follows: dance does not only exist in studios or on stages but in the very way that we interact with the world around us.

In this video piece, Garcillano dances her choreography on a dock atop the Bronx River at Starlight Park, directly across the way from the Bronx River House. In between moments of choreography, she has added brief clips of sights from the riverbank, focused mostly on the movement of the water. Just as water
creates reflections, Garcillano views her movement as a reflection on the ways in which dance is an expansive art form that exists beyond the body itself.

Link to piece: https://youtu.be/i2AWfbS59aM

CREATURE SPOTTED IN THE BRONX RIVER

When asked to describe her piece, collage artist Julia Mancini said it all began with a question- “Can take your picture?” From here, she collected body parts: a foot from a friend, her sister’s leg, and her own two hands. Her goal was to create a physical creature, a conglomeration of the people in her life, to bring to the river. “I wanted to exaggerate the inaccessibility of reaching the river and construct a reality where I could bring all of these people there, a reality where they could even swim in it.” She sought to create a symbolic creature with Photoshop to be blown up, printed, and then secured to an outstretched cardboard box and sealed with clear packing tape.

24 MILES,
19 FRAMES,
1 DAY

Patrick Dolan embarked on a 9-hour trek spanning the entire 24-mile length of the Bronx River. His journey took him from the busy metropolis to the small forests of our city, capturing the diverse ecosystems that exist within the city’s veins.

The journey began at Kensico Dam in Valhalla, NY, and ended Soundview Park, where the Bronx River meets the East River, with the goal of trying to stay as close to the river as possible during the journey. The Bronx River, once a vital waterway, now flows through a landscape transformed
by urbanization, offering a unique perspective on the intersection of nature and human development.

Link to project: https://www.behance.net/gallery/215144205/From-Start-to-Finish-River-Walk

“Sound Waves of the Bronx River” BY CHRISTIANA STAUB

Artworks by students Maxanne Millerhaller, Nikki Phillips, Emily Torres, Olivia Griffin, Sofia Cordero, Guadalupe Vargas, Kelly Stanton, and Jonas Guzman.