A site-specific installation created in collaboration with with Kate Gavriel. Shrine transformed a defunct retail space on 37th street into a glittering storefront shrine. The space created an unexpected inlet of texture, light and color in the highly commercialized, frenetic zone of midtown Manhattan. Shrine's symbols are abstracted, pointing to no deity or tradition--an exercise in condensing thousands of years of ritual into a generic contemporary spin-off. The items atop Shrine's central pedestal were changed daily. This work was a collaboration with Kate Gavriel. Photos by Jesus Sanchez. Project made possible by Chashama.