Art International Radio

AIR also engaged in organizational collaborations by recording, editing and archiving public programs from various cultural groups, galleries, museums, and performing art centers.

[6][7] Alanna Heiss founded The Institute for Art and Urban Resources in 1971, which was devoted to creating installations in otherwise unused or overlooked spaces in New York.

[8] The Institute's debut exhibition, Under the Brooklyn Bridge, featured artists such as Carl Andre, Philip Glass, and Sol LeWitt, and was organized by Heiss with the help of the Post-Minimalist sculptor Gordon Matta Clark.

[9] In 1972, with the backing of The Institute, she created the Clocktower Gallery, located in the McKim, Mead & White building on Leonard Street and Broadway in Lower Manhattan, New York.

After the September 11th Terrorist Attacks, security procedures in this city-owned building suspended ongoing activity and exhibitions in the Clocktower Gallery.