Amy Stacey Curtis' sixth solo-biennial exhibit of interactive installation TIME October 9-28, 2010 Pepperell Mill 2 Main Street, Biddeford, Maine Opening: Saturday, October 9, 12-4pm October 10-28: Everyday 12-5pm Free admission or donation. Curtis will be at exhibit during all 99 hours. Enter/participate at own risk. Not appropriate for small children--vulnerable elements. Please e-mail before visit if wheelchair access required.

TIME, installed throughout 16,000 square feet of Biddeford's Pepperell Mill, explores our interconnectedness through nine large-in-scope interactive installations. The audience becomes part of the installations and the event as a whole, completing Curtis's process. Many of TIME's installations require participants' physical touch or effect while others function through active and purposeful perception. Each installation is accompanied by instructions, an integral part of the experience. Audience is asked to manipulate, maintain, enter, detect, distinguish, recognize--challenged to contemplate time in new ways.

Directions to Pepperell Mill in Biddeford
From the South (about 30 minutes from ME/NH line): Off Maine Turnpike, take Biddeford exit 32. Turn left (east) onto Route 111/Alfred Street. Go 1.3 miles. Stay in right-most, left-turning lane. At Burger King, turn left on Route 1, and your immediate right to stay on Route 111/Alfred Street. Go 1.1 miles. Bear right onto Route 9/Main Street. Bear left at blinking yellow light, and immediately turn left into "North Dam Mill" entrance. Proceed to parking area.
From the North (about 20 minutes from Portland): Off Maine Turnpike, take Saco exit 36. Take exit 2A and turn right onto Route 1 (southwest). Go .8 miles. Bear left onto Route 5/9/Main Street. Go .7 miles. Turn right into "North Dam Mill" entrance. Proceed to parking area.

Directions to space from parking
When you enter parking area North Dam Mill is straight ahead; Pepperell Mill is on left. Enter light-blue door of Pepperell Mill ("Westpoint Stevens"), at top of short wood staircase, to right of three loading-dock doors. Proceed to "Please read" signage. For restroom, go through North Dam Mill main entrance across parking lot.

If parking area is full (please do not park in "no parking" areas nor fire lane), turn right out of entrance to park on Main Street, or lots off Water Street or Foss Street (both lefts off Main Street).

About Pepperell Mill
Pepperell Manufacturing Company was a cotton textile mill operating on the Saco River in Biddeford from 1849 to 1949. The company was named after Sir William Pepperell, a Maine soldier and merchant. Pepperell made sheeting and blankets from yarn, many of which were shipped to Asian countries. Pepperell still exists today in some form due to mergers. For more information: www.northdammill.com

Please contribute toward TIME by purchasing a drawing or making a donation. Contact Curtis at amy@amystaceycurtis.com for mailing address or make donation using PayPal (type "donation" into "Description" field).

TIME is funded in part by a grant from the Maine Arts Commission, an independent state agency supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, and a Rebel Blend Fund grant from Coffee By Design. TIME is sponsored by The Mills at Pepperell, LLC www.northdammill.com, Oak Point Associates www.oakpoint.com, Thread www.threadbiddeford.com, and collaboratively sponsored by the Biddeford arts non-profit Engine www.feedtheengine.org.

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