This March 2-5, The Armory Show debuts Platform, a new, curated exhibitor section that stages largescale artworks, installations and site-specific commissions across Piers 92 & 94 in New York. The inaugural edition of Platform, entitled An Incident and curated by Eric Shiner, encompasses thirteen artworks by internationally acclaimed artists from a range of generational perspectives.

The Platform section is a realization of The Armory Show’s new vision to stage ambitious projects that activate and draw inspiration from the fair’s unique industrial venue in Midtown Manhattan. Situated across the fair’s 250,000 square feet of exhibition space, Platform offers an opportunity for galleries to showcase artworks that extend beyond the traditional booth context. Participating artists include: Abel Barroso, Patricia Cronin, Douglas Coupland, Abigail DeVille, Sebastian Errazuriz, Dorian Gaudin, Jun Kaneko, Per Kirkeby, Yayoi Kusama, Iván Navarro, Evan Roth, Fiete Stolte, Lawrence Weiner and Ai Weiwei.

“We aim to play a greater role in the artistic life of New York, supporting artists and commissioning new artworks to create exciting experiences for our visitors—experiences like no other art fair,” says Benjamin Genocchio, Executive Director of The Armory Show. “Piers 92 & 94 are an immense industrial venue prime for site-specific works and located in the heart of Manhattan; it is a tremendous opportunity to present artworks that activate and engage the space while creating a wholly unique fair experience.”

“With my selection of artists, I endeavor to present a series of incidents that start to change our relationship with the art fair—a series of happenings, interactive works, objects and images that make the viewer take pause, think, refresh, smile, and remember that art, by its very nature, is meant to provoke, incite and challenge,” says Eric Shiner. “It is my hope that the artists and works included in An Incident will bring a new energy to the art fair model, encouraging visitors to share in the moment, and to enjoy the phenomenal offerings in vendors’ booths with gusto.”

An Incident showcases an impressive collection of artworks ranging from new commissions to significant historical works restaged in a contemporary context. Victoria Miro (London) will present a recent, 11- piece installation by Yayoi Kusama, situated at the center of Pier 94 within the newly created Town Square. The presentation of Guidepost to the New World (2016) coincides with Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors at The Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington D.C. and celebrates the beginning of a national tour of Kusama’s multi-reflective installations.

Presented by Paul Kasmin Gallery (New York), Chilean artist Iván Navarro has created Chant, a text-based light and sound sculpture made specifically for The Armory Show. The loud and soft noises made by attendees during the fair will be captured by sensitive microphones and then represented in light, charting the various levels of sound intensity in a three-dimensional sculpture composed of metal and Plexiglas.

Jun Kaneko’s monumental 63-foot painting, Mirage (2016), presented by Edward Cella Art & Architecture (Los Angeles), will serve as a dramatic entrance to the expanded and relocated VIP Lounge on Pier 92. Galerie Forsblom (Helsinki) will present a suspended sculpture made of bamboo and silk by renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei.

Douglas Coupland’s installation Towers (2014), created for the artist’s 2014 survey exhibition Douglas Coupland: everywhere is anywhere is anything is everything at the Vancouver Art Gallery, will be presented by Daniel Faria Gallery (Toronto). Presented by Cristina Grajales (New York), Sebastian Errazuriz will suspend a large piano over the Champagne Lounge on Pier 94. Evan Roth, presented by Caroll / Fletcher, will display a multi-screen installation in the west end of Pier 94, within the Presents section.

On Pier 92, a recent sculpture by Abigail DeVille will welcome visitors while Dorian Gaudin’s handcrafted, self-roving structure, Missing You (2016), will cut through the fair’s open-plan space, presented jointly by DITTRICH & SCHLECHTRIEM (Berlin) and Nathalie Karg Gallery (New York). Fiete Stolte, presented by albertz benda (New York), will engage visitors with Eye (2014), an interactive photo booth that uses a built-in camera and arranged mirror to create one-of-a-kind portraits that can be acquired for a nominal fee.

Patricia Cronin will restage her acclaimed 1997-98 mixed media installation, Tack Room, which presents equestrian equipment and paraphernalia with oil paintings and bronze sculptures creating an erotically charged environment that addresses female autonomy, desire, power and class.

GALLERI SUSANNE OTTESEN (Copenhagen) will present Per Kirkeby’s Mönchengladbach (1986) and Lawrence Weiner’s CAREFULLY BALANCED ON THE EDGE OF A HOLE IN TIME (1999), pairing two important historical works that form a dialogue between European and American Post-Minimalism.

Presented by Pan American Art Projects, Cuban artist Abel Barroso’s seven part interactive installation, Emigrant's Pinball (2012) will activate the Pier 92 Mezzanine Lounge where visitors can play Barroso’s fictional pinball game, which employs New York iconography and gameplay to pose question about migration and cultural identity.

Participating artists and galleries:

Abel Barroso (b. 1971 in Pinar del Rio, Cuba) | Pan American Art Projects, Miami

Patricia Cronin (b. 1963 in Beverly, Massachusetts) Douglas Coupland (b. 1961 in CFB Baden–Soellingen, Germany) | Daniel Faria Gallery, Toronto

Abigail DeVille (b. 1981, New York, New York) Sebastian Errazuriz (b. 1977, Santiago, Chile) | Cristina Grajales, New York

Dorian Gaudin (b. 1986 in Paris, France) | DITTRICH & SCHLECHTRIEM, Berlin / Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York

Jun Kaneko (b. 1942 in Nagoya, Japan) | Edward Cella Art & Architecture, Los Angeles

Per Kirkeby (b. 1938 in Copenhagen, Denmark) and Lawrence Weiner (b. 1942 in The Bronx, New York) | GALLERI SUSANNE OTTESEN, Copenhagen

Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929 in Matsumoto, Japan) | Victoria Miro, London

Iván Navarro (b. 1972 in Santiago, Chile) | Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York

Evan Roth (b. 1978, Okemos, Michigan | Carroll / Fletcher, London

Fiete Stolte (b. 1979 in Berlin, Germany) | albertz benda, New York

Ai Weiwei (b. 1957 in Beijing, China) | Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki