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The Art of the Game
An Installation, a Mural, and a Sculpture Vie for Attention on Lower Manhattan’s Streetscape
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“The Domino Effect,” at Fosun Plaza. | |
There are still a few days to play with an outdoor public art installation at Fosun Plaza (28 Liberty Street): “Domino Effect,” created by Montreal-based design studio Ingrid Ingrid and sponsored by the Downtown Alliance.
“Domino Effect,” which is on view through Wednesday, March 6, invites visitors to compose music spontaneously and collaboratively, through a life-size variation on the traditional, tile-based game. The installation consists of 120 giant dominos spread over 12 tables. Each tile has a color and a sound, prompting guests to create an orchestra of audio and visual sensations through interaction with the pieces and with each other.
| The “Learning From My Mistakes” mural, at the World Trade Center. | |
A few minutes walk away, on the north side of the World Trade Center campus (near Vesey and Church Streets), a new mural is on display by highly regarded painter Georgie Nakima, whose work fuses geometric patterns with vivid colors to underscore the symmetry and beauty of nature.
A presentation of the ongoing World Trade Center Mural Project, this originally untitled piece was later given the name “Learning From My Mistakes,” by Ms. Nakima, who says of the female face at the center of the image, “is she ancestor or unborn child, is she self or separate, angel or prodigy? My response is always the same—she is you.”
“The patterns in the background are a colorful interpretation of yin and yang,” Ms. Nakima says, “demonstrating a multi-dimensional experience for our protagonist.”
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In a separate development, another piece of public art inspired by the age-old game of Jacks has become a focus of legal controversy. Titled XO World, and located near the corner of West and Vesey Streets, this sculpture is comprised of more than 20,000 pounds of stainless steel wrought into the shapes of a globe and a giant Jacks piece. The work is meant to summon the innocence of childhood. Artist Daniel Anderson is suing the shipping company that transported the piece from South Korea, shortly before its installation at the World Trade Center site in 2021. He alleges that negligence by the shipper caused almost half a million dollars in damages, a charge that the company disputes.
Matthew Fenton
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This Spud's For You
Geotechnical Sampling Plays Bit Part in Resiliency Project
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Suspended a few feet above the Hudson River and anchored in place by steel shafts (called spuds) driven into the river bed, the Northstar Voyager has begun conducting geotechnical drilling for the North/West Battery Park City Resiliency Project (NWBPCR). Described variously as an offshore supply vessel, a lift boat, and a spud barge, the presence of the Northstar Voyager is an unusual reminder of the vital maritime industry that surrounds Lower Manhattan.
As the design of the NWBPCR flood barrier foundation proceeds, samples of riverbed soil will be tested offsite to determine the bearing capacity of the soil. When sections of drilling are complete, the spuds will be lifted, the barge pushed north, and the spuds planted again to anchor the vessel in place for more boring work.
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Joint Effort
Stakeholders Begin to Stake Out Agendas for BPCA Fund with Nine-Figure Balance
The Battery Park City Authority has accumulated $135 million in its Joint Purpose Fund, and has been negotiating for more than a year with City officials about how to use these funds. At the same time, various elected officials and local community leaders have begun to propose ideas for how to commit this money. Read more...
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Friday, March 1
8:30am
Tai Chi
6 River Terrace
Improve balance, strength and focus through the ancient Chinese discipline of meditative movements and gentle exercises. Free.
10:30am
Zumba
6 River Terrace
Easy-to-follow Latin dance choreography. Free.
5:45pm
Melissa McMillan
Perelman Performing Arts Center lobby
Melissa McMillan is a singer/songwriter based in Brooklyn, NY, riding the lines between jazz, R&B, and pop. Free.
7:30pm
Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre Presents Habit Formed
Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers Street
Dance performance with a playful, athletic, and sensuous movement vocabulary. Also March 2 at 7:30pm. $40.
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Saturday, March 2
11am
Memorials & Sculptures of Battery Park
Meet in Battery Park
Walking tour sponsored by the Municipal Art Society. $30.
2:30pm
Claudia Acuña
Perelman Performing Arts Center lobby
Musical performance. Free.
7pm
Sateen
Perelman Performing Arts Center lobby
Musical performance. Free.
Sunday, March 3
2pm
Sea Chanteys and Maritime Music
South Street Seaport Museum, 12 Fulton Street
Join the lively chantey experience either in-person or virtually via Zoom. Sing along with or listen to traditional maritime work songs and ballads. Free.
3pm
Building Bridges Against Hate: How German and American Activists Fight Against Extremism
Museum of Jewish Heritage
American civil rights leader Evan Milligan and German activist Raimund Grafe both work in places where the far right has social and political strength – Alabama and the German state of Saxony, respectively. $10 suggested donation.
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