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Elisa Hamilton: Glimpses of Glapion
September 18 @ 8:00 am – October 28 @ 5:00 pm
Elisa Hamilton’s project Glimpses of Glapion will present a series of digital vignettes honoring the life and legacy of Louis Glapion. Glapion was a French, biracial hairdresser and barber who, together with his friend George Middleton, built and owned what is now considered the oldest extant house in Beacon Hill, located at 5 Pinckney Street. While more is known about Middleton, the artist’s research has uncovered glimpses of Glapion that speak to an interesting and noteworthy life based in Beacon Hill. Hamilton seeks to honor Glapion and enliven curiosity about his lived experiences in our city. The AR experience will be available on Hoverlay and accompanied by a research document designed for educational purposes.
This project is part of Hidden Histories, a series of four public art activations produced as part of the Un-Monument initiative of the City of Boston, viewable September 1 through October 28. This project can be viewed virtually via the Hoverlay augmented reality application at 5 Pickney Street, Beacon Hill. On site public signage will provide a Qr code and instructions to download the app and access the exhibition.
Un-Monument is a multi-year public art initiative to bring temporary monuments and free programming that expand the inclusive histories represented in public spaces across the City. Hidden Histories, curated and produced by Emerson Contemporary, highlights the processes of collaboration, artistic research, and speculation in contemporary art.
To support public access to Hidden Histories, Emerson Contemporary continues to build on its multi-year collaboration and partnership with Hoverlay, a Boston-based augmented reality platform where users can compose and publish immersive content. Hoverlay enables any storyteller to utilize AR to transform how they tell their stories by placing virtual story objects out in the world to be accessed by visitors’ smartphones.
This project is funded by the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture’s Un-monument initiative, supported by a grant from the Mellon Foundation and The Andy Warhol Foundation for The Visual Arts.
