Flight Mode, my collaboration with Miami-based artist Tara Long is part of Stay Frosty—part tailgate, part site-specific exhibition, part trunk show, part art fair—curated by BravinLee programs and ArtPort Kingston for Upstate Art Weekend.

80 Smith Avenue, Kingston, New York
June 25–28, 2026
Thurs 3-6, Fri 11-6, Sat 11-5 & Sun 11-4

Jess Blaustein and Tara Long: Flight Mode
Rooted in shared fantasies of escape, artists Jess Blaustein & Tara Long transform a car into a winged creature. Part-bird, part-angel, its restless migratory body bears giant map wings and a camera eye. Calibrating systems of navigation and image capture, it monitors its surroundings—orienting between surveillance and escape, fight and flight.

Tyvek, thread, cast waste paper, papier-mâché, ceramic, 3D-printed PLA, wire, pigment ink, USGS topo maps, camera