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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
Catalogo
Celebriamo quest'anno il trentesimo anniversario del Socrates Sculpture Park, e l'istituzione presenta LANDMARK, una serie di commissioni e progetti artistici che trasformano il territorio sia fisicamente che simbolicamente. Un tempo discarica industriale e sito di sversamento abusivo, il Socrates si è trasformato nel principale parco di sculture di New York e in uno spazio sociale dedicato all'arte pubblica, al coinvolgimento della comunità e alla scoperta urbana. LANDMARK affronta direttamente l'idea di luogo come intimamente legato alle strutture sociali ed ecologiche, alla manutenzione e alla tutela, nonché all'evoluzione nel corso del tempo.

Visualizza gratuitamente il catalogo della mostra online https://socratessculpturepark.org/digital/2016-landmark/ QUI, non è disponibile una versione a stampa.

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