As part of the UNION Projection program, Simon Benjamin's film FORUM IV, 2016 will be screening at the Woodworth Building on 10th + Union St in Capital Hill from April 7 through May 15, 2024, daily from dusk to 11pm. This event is part of the Jacob Lawrence Legacy Residency program organized by Guest Curator Berette S Macaulay.

About the Artist
Simon Benjamin is a Jamaican multi-disciplinary artist and filmmaker based in New York whose practice considers how the past ripples into the present in unexpected ways. Using the sea and coastal space as frameworks, his current body of work explores how lesser-known histories and colonial legacies impact our present and contribute to an interconnected future.

His work has been included in exhibitions and screenings internationally, including Kaunas Biennial, Lithuania (2023),  Baxter St. CCNY, New York NY (2023); documenta 15, Kassel, Germany (2022); Kingston Biennial, National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica (2022); Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Governor’s Island, NY; Third Horizon film Festival, Miami, FL (2022); trinidad+tobago film festival, Trinidad and Tobago (2021); NYU Gallatin at Governors Island, New York, NY (2021); The 92nd St. Y, New York, NY (2020); Hunter East Harlem Gallery, New York, NY (2019); the Ghetto Biennial, Port Au Prince, Haiti (2018); Jamaica Biennial, National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica (2017); New Local Space, (NLS) Kingston (2016); and Columbia University, New York, NY (2016).

About the UNION Projection Program
In 2021, Capitol Hill Arts District partnered with Sea Level Properties to raise the visibility of local artists and create new space for public art. LeLeita McKILL, Mia Imani Harrison, and CHIMAERA were the first artists to display their work through this installation. Beginning each night at dusk all year long, neighbors and visitors in the neighborhood have witnessed a 60’ tall art show from rotating guest curators and artists. The installation is projected on the south side of Woodworth Apartment building (953 E. Union Street) with a wide viewing area stretching along 10th Ave to Madison and beyond.