I am not sure if this is the right place for this, if it is not, then I apologise. There is an exciting public art project happening on New York's Roosevelt Island, October 5 - 7, below is some info about the project. It is a collaborative event and composer John McDowell will be working on creating a soundscape using a variety of musicians. John is currently seeking musicians to take part in this project and would like to invite anyone interested to send us a message! Below are the details of this amazing project.
Canadian artist Thom Sokoloski creates a tent encampment on New York City’s Roosevelt Island
The Encampment by Thom Sokoloski
October 5 - 7, 2007
Roosevelt Island, New York
Free Admission
Roosevelt Island, NY: For three nights this fall critically acclaimed Canadian artist, Thom Sokoloski, will present a large-scale public participatory art installation on the South point of Roosevelt Island in New York’s East River. Like an archaeological dig, The Encampment unearths the collective memory of this storied island. One hundred white nineteenth-century expeditionary tents, each containing a unique perspective on the past created by creative collaborators, will be illuminated from within. This massive glowing grid will be not only be visible to those visiting the work, but to hundreds of thousands from Manhattan’s East Side, the Queensboro Bridge, Queens, and the East River. It is an installation of exceptional scale.
This temporal large-scale public artwork will not just impact New York sightlines but will also explore the history of Roosevelt Island. Between 1828 and 1955 Roosevelt Island was the site of a small pox hospital, lunatic asylum, workhouse, penitentiary and quarantine tents. The Encampment calls upon the present community to create installations in each tent that recount the lost narratives of the people once confined to the island. By incorporating public participation in the conception of the piece, The Encampment will create an unprecedented artistic testament to diversity in memory and perspective in New York City.
Multi-disciplinary artist Thom Sokoloski first erected The Encampment as Confinement of the Intellect at last year’s Nuit Blanche in Toronto. With over 100 works in theatre, dance and opera to his credit, Sokoloski now focuses on large-scale visual art projects, including the upcoming works: The Balloons, an interactive public installation of 150 interactive balloon structures and The Babel Symphony, a linguistic, sound and light installation. His creative team is comprised of choreographer Jenny-Anne McCowan and award winning composer John McDowell; together their work pushes the boundaries of public art and spectacle.
The Encampment is proud to be part of Open House New York’s OHNY Weekend 2007 presented by Target, North America’s largest public weekend of design and architecture (
www.ohny.org). The Roosevelt Island Historical Society and the Roosevelt Visual Arts Association have helped to facilitate the creation of this work. This is artwork suitable for the entire family and admission to the site from October 5-7, 2007 is free.
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