North to Shore Festival · Newark Arts
Before
the Title
Your reflection becomes art.
Your voice becomes story.
A free, interactive art experience about who we are beyond our titles. Step away from the labels you carry — your job, your role, your résumé — and answer one honest question. In a few quiet moments, your words become an original artwork that joins a growing, collective gallery of the people who came before you.
How it works
Reflect
Answer one quiet question — who were you before the title? A word, a memory, a feeling. There are no wrong answers.
Become art
Your reflection is gently transformed into a one-of-a-kind piece of generative artwork, created in the moment, just for you.
Join the gallery
Your piece takes its place in a living, collective gallery of strangers — a portrait of who we all are beneath our titles.
Free
Admission
~3 min
Duration
Newark, NJ
Location
Welcome
All ages
Presented by
With support from our communities
An interactive installation about identity, memory, and the selves we set aside.