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Art to dry for: Artists install exhibition at laundermat dealing with NYC housing struggles
Art to dry for: Artists install exhibition at laundermat dealing with NYC housing struggles
Bedford-Stuyvesant artists Michael Premo, 27, and Rachel Falcone, 25, have transformed a Fort Greene laundermat into a gallery, using sound and images to spin a theme all too familiar to New Yorkers - the fight for a spot to call home.
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