SHARILYN NEIDHARDT
Human Scale Chess Game in Greenwich Village
Date: Saturday 9.19
Start Time: 2:00pm
Location: Commons Gallery, Barney building
Volunteer to be a part of the game by emailing Sharilyn: sharilyn (dot) neidhardt (at) gmail (dot) com.
In a central location, two master-level chess players will play an actual game of chess. On a selected 8-block-by-8-block section of the city, each intersection will represent a square on the chessboard, and 32 participants with cellphones and maps will mimic the moves of the pieces in the game the masters are playing. A website will host realtime updates of the chess moves and the positions of the pieces. Participants who represent the chess pieces are encouraged to costume themselves, and will be provided with a souvenir T-Shirt that indicates the piece’s color and rank.
Sharilyn Neidhardt is an artist and photojournalist working in New York City. She has created and participated in several Human Scale Chess games in the US and Canada, and the games have appeared in The New York Times, CBC, and NPR. She was a founder of the Williamsburg Chess Club for Wayward Men and Ladies, and currently plays with the Greenpoint Chess Club every Tuesday. Sharilyn collects vinyl records, adores single malt scotch, and speaks only a little German. She currently assigns photography at The New York Post.
