April Soetarman
Working Artist Board Game*in-progress, coming 2026/2027 Presented at: nbsp; - WordHack (2024)- Creative Mornings: New York is Creative (2024) - Index Space (2025) nbsp;Special thanks to Wooodward Residency and Worlds in Play for their support A board game about being a working artist under capitalism. Working Artist Board Game is competitive multiplayer board game about balancing the beauty and…
Unfinished Projects Release Form nbsp;2024 Press: nbsp; Official-looking release forms for unfinished projects, Boing Boing, May 2025 nbsp; april soetarman releases a permission slip for letting go of unfinished creative projects, designboom, June 2025 The Unfinished Projects Release Form - a permission slip for letting go. Have you ever worked on a creative project for a long time, and realized…
Porch Scenes (from Across the Space-Time Continuum) 2023 nbsp;Public Readings:March 27, 2023 at Primary Stages/59E59 Theaters, NYC A play about one last sunset after the end, and spending a little more time with yourself/selves before it all fades to black.in the space between this life and the next, you wake up on a familiar porch. Everyone you could have, might have, should have been starts to…
“Take a Break!” editorial sign art2021Creative direction amp; sign photography by Ed Levine nbsp; ︎︎︎ How to Take a Better Break, Psychology Today, January/February 2022 Issue A series of editorial sign art for an article on taking a break and making time for yourself. Created for the Psychology Today January/February 2022 issue (print and web). img width="1440" height="1080" width_o="1440"…
Advanced Calculations for Women in Heterosexual Relationships 2020 Cited in nbsp;Labors of Fear: The Modern Horror Film Goes to Work (2023)A published short story about the innumerable and silent calculations in a relationship, masquerading as a humor piece. Trending on the front page for 3 weeks. ~750 words.“Take the function of Mary. Take the function of John. Does Mary remember who she was…
Same Old Mistakes / Glorious New Mistakes 2019 Installed in NYC (2020) A choice and a reminder. Created under the @WeirdSideProjects handle img width="4032" height="2268" width_o="4032" height_o="2268" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/66c3f76b52229e4014dfd366521f8214b4bd94dd7ed2f1d8613a6c8d5ebfe0f2/same-old-mistakes.jpg" data-mid="169970817" border="0"…
Objects of My Affection2020 A mailable sculpture series about care and touch over distance. nbsp; These sculptures capture the unique touch of my hand gently resting on your wrist. The form is cement, cast from my hand matching the weight and surface area - an abstracted feeling of that gesture and what it means. They can be easily packed in a box and mailed to a loved one far away. When it's not…
ALL CREATIVE WORK nbsp; Date: 2024, nbsp;2023, nbsp;2021, nbsp;2020, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2015, older Medium: Public Art, Narrative Design, Games, nbsp;Installation, nbsp;Sculpture, Visual Art, Performance, Short Fiction, Writing, nbsp;Weird Side Projects
FEATURED PROJECTS: ALL WORK ︎︎︎ img width="4032" height="2268" width_o="4032" height_o="2268" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d7a829a34ec524c6da8f89dc8ffcda058ca914ccc2da34ed5c1b409cc51ecc4d/yellow_comparison.jpg" data-mid="234433177" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d7a829a34ec524c6da8f89dc8ffcda058ca914ccc2da34ed5c1b409cc51ecc4d/yellow_comparison.jpg" /…
The End of the Day2020-2023 2020: Installed in 4 NYC locations nbsp; 2021: Installed in 3 Seattle locations2022: Installed in 6 NYC and 3 Los Angeles locations 2023: Installed in 1 additional NYC location Press : - nbsp;Enjoy A Quiet Moment of Contemplation with ‘The End of the Day’ (Review), No Proscenium, Dec 2020- This Public Audio Installation Helps Listeners Take the Long View on Life, The…