Demi-lune

The new work ‘Half Moon’ by Abigail DeVille utilizes found materials and simultaneously bears witness to and transforms public neglect, decay, and marginalization. Resonating with the site’s historic role as ferry slip and landfill, as well as its new position in a post-industrial neighborhood, the sculpture addresses issues of migration and immigration.

“In 1609, a ship called the Half Moon (translated from the Dutch “De Halve Maen”) arrived off the coast of what would eventually become New York City. As the captain of the vessel, Henry Hudson, sailed up the river that would one day bear his name, he encountered some of the 10,000 or so indigenous people living on either bank. In his journals, Hudson reportedly described them as “clothed in mantles of feathers and robes of fur, the women clothed in hemp, red copper tobacco pipes, and other things of copper they did wear about their necks.” Tellingly, Hudson wrote not of people but possessions. It is fitting that the story of New York City begins with a man who saw land, objects, and profit, but not human beings.” -Isaac Kaplan
Catalogue
Marquant le 30e anniversaire du Socrates Sculpture Park cette année, l'institution présente LANDMARK, une série de commandes et de projets d'artistes qui transforment le terrain à la fois physiquement et symboliquement. Autrefois décharge industrielle et dépotoir illégal, Socrates s'est transformé pour devenir le parc de sculptures prééminent de New York et un espace social dédié à l'art public, à l'engagement communautaire et à la découverte urbaine. LANDMARK aborde directement l'idée du lieu comme étant intimement lié aux structures sociales et écologiques, à la maintenance et à la gestion, ainsi qu'à l'évolution au fil du temps.

Consultez le catalogue de l'exposition gratuitement en ligne sur https://socratessculpturepark.org/digital/2016-landmark/ ICI, aucune version imprimée n'est disponible.

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