Lower Manhattan Cultural Council presents
Set and Drift: Art Lands on Governors IslandJuly 16 - August 13, 2005
set and drift: n. in navigation, external forces acting on a ship that make it deviate from its intended course
Picture an island just off the coast of Manhattan, inhabited by empty buildings and historic monuments. What happened there? Who lived there? What goes on now? This former military and coast guard base is fertile ground for the imagination. Come see this abandoned island through the eyes of some of New York's most compelling artists.
Set and Drift is a summer-long project with art installations, radio transmissions, and video projections set among the Island's forts, mess halls, and officers' housing. Come out and explore. Take a walk. Have a picnic. Imagine what was, and what could be.
Picture an island just off the coast of Manhattan, inhabited by empty buildings and historic monuments. What happened there? Who lived there? What goes on now? This former military and coast guard base is fertile ground for the imagination. Come see this abandoned island through the eyes of some of New York's most compelling artists.
Set and Drift is a summer-long project with art installations, radio transmissions, and video projections set among the Island's forts, mess halls, and officers' housing. Come out and explore. Take a walk. Have a picnic. Imagine what was, and what could be.
The Artists
Jesse Bercowetz and Matt Bua
The Center for Urban Pedagogy
Anna Craycroft
neuroTransmitter with Daniela Fabricius
Serge Spitzer
Leo Villareal
Jennifer Zackin
Set and Drift is produced in association with Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation (GIPEC) and National Parks Service. Special thanks our other supporters. Curated by Jessica Sucher, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.