AREA C Projects
Erik Carlson (American, born 1969) - Erica Carpenter (American, born 1970)
AREA C Projects is a studio that focuses on creating public art. Drawing on backgrounds in multi-media installation, architecture, audio composition, performance, and experimental techniques, they create public artworks that reveal our shared surroundings. AREA C Projects is based in Rhode Island and is composed of the artist team Erik Carlson and Erica Carpenter.
Erik Carlson is an Ohio native and a graduate of the University of Virginia who has lived in Rhode Island for more than thirty years. Erica Carpenter is a Rhode Island native and a graduate of Vassar College in New York State and Brown University in Rhode Island. They have been collaborating for over twenty years.