alertness of a collaborative narrative to come all bodies present are all bodies present a listening body a group a tangle a tango a culmination a soup a sensorial stitching a resistance spatial recognition i don’t recognize this place … Continue reading →
We hosted our third public program for the collaboration Through Body, Through Earth, Through Speech on Thursday at Eyebeam as part of their multichannel concert series. In preparation, we had been visiting the park and interviewing park goers about what they do at the park, favorite memories, and their visions of the park’s future.… Continue reading →
One of the thing we have been thinking about is the notion of “use”, how is a space is considered being “used” or abandoned and how it is influence the value of the space. I think this idea rooted from the first community workshop about the future of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park that we attended, through… Continue reading →
We returned to Flushing Meadows Corona Park today and met with Jennifer for a walk to Willets Point, the site slated to turn into a mall. The area is nicknamed the “Iron Triangle,” and is home to a number of scrap yards, car repair businesses, even Tacquerias. There is no drainage there, so after the… Continue reading →
Here we go! Or and I accompanied Jason Munshi-South on a Rat Trapping adventure in Hudson River Park. We were joined by two of his students and a British film crew making a documentary about the ways that animals are mutating in response to man-made changes to the environment. Apparently there are some NY rats… Continue reading →
As part of the iLAB residency (Through Body, Through Earth, Through Speech), our group spent a week at Earthdance in Plainfield, MA where we shared our processes, developed activities, and generally spent time together. Near the end of the residency, we were asked to help out with Earthdance’s weekly cleaning. I had been thinking about… Continue reading →
May 27th, 2012 Yesterday I had my first experience out in the field with Higher E.D. We spent most of our time in the Department of Sanitation’s Salt lot on the Gowanus Canal and 2nd Ave and 5th street. NYCDS is letting the Gowanus Canal Conservancy use the site for composting. The site itself is… Continue reading →
