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The exhibition unfolds by offering the viewer a topographical map of East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, through the variety of street names referenced in the titles of the prints–-Scholes, Meserole, Bogart et cetera. This body of work, titled Survey I & Survey II, was conceived during Meyer’s collaboration with the Jo Watanabe Studio in 1992. This led to the artist frequenting the vicinity of East Williamsburg and developing an interest in the street names as she would make her way from the subway station to the Print shop. While Meyer offered description of the area at the time as “bleak,” the …