Monday, July 22, 2024 – AN ISLAND IN THE RIVER THAT ENTRANCES AND MYSTIFIES
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A DAY TRIP
TO
GOVERNOR’S ISLAND
ISSUE # 1277
JUDITH BERDY
RANYEE LEE & HAYOON JAY LEE
I have been reading all about the new attractions on Governor’s Island. Who can resist a day trip off the island for $2.90 (senior fare)?
My friends Ranyee and Hayoon joined me at the Wall Street Pier. The NY Ferry lands at the Yankee Dock on Governor’s Island. It’s slightly confusing as the few times I have been there, Soisson’s Landing was used.
There are two ferry operators on weekends, the NYC Ferry from Wall Street, and the Governor’s Island Ferry from the Battery Marine Building ($5 for adults, free for seniors).
Transportation on the island includes bikes, pedal bikes, and walking. There seems to be a large golf cart for those with disabilities. Many distances are long and some are on sunny hills. The area around the federal landmark, Fort Jay, and Nolan Park near Fort Jay have lots of shaded areas.
One issue is the scarce availability of bathrooms, similar to our island. There are a few tucked away from the active areas. With thousands of visitors, I could only locate five sites on the map. Most are portable trailer units, and though large, they become uncomfortably hot in this weather.
There is a large food court and dining area on Liggitt Terrace. All kind of food offerings are there and plenty of seating.
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OTHER OF PEARL
by Jenny Kendler
Other of Pearl is presented in partnership by Governors Island Arts and NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council).
In Other of Pearl, Jenny Kendler (b. 1980, New York, NY) tells the story of the extractive histories that form the origin stories of the climate and environmental crisis, while considering the oyster and whale as central players in an ecological entanglement between human and nonhuman beings, waterways, and flows of capital.
Focusing on our relationships with these two very different beings, Kendler illuminates the ways in which capitalist systems are often founded upon the bodies of others. The artist confronts contemporary environmental issues — climate change, ocean noise, chemical pollution, biodiversity loss, and sea level rise — while pointing towards the cultural structures that have allowed these catastrophes to occur.
Other of Pearl, Kendler’s first solo exhibition in New York City, transforms the magazine of Fort Jay into a space for slow exploration. Here you will encounter seven intimate and delicate works, including a handblown glass instrument where you can sing in the voice of a whale and pearl sculptures grown inside oysters. At the conclusion of the exhibition, the pearl sculptures will be auctioned to raise funds to help create a new oyster reef — redistributing resources in a gesture of ecological restoration — in partnership with the Billion Oyster Project.
By offering this proposition of a more intimate, and bodily relationship with the natural world, Other of Pearl proposes a new way to envision who matters and who we build the future for, inviting us to imagine a restored practice of reciprocity between human and non-humans.
Jenny Kendler is an interdisciplinary artist, environmental activist, naturalist, and wild forager whose work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at museums, biennials, public spaces, and natural areas. For the past two decades, Kendler’s work has focused on climate change and biodiversity loss. Her practice seeks to decenter the human and re-enchant our relationship with the natural world. She is a founding member of Artists Commit, which seeks to raise climate consciousness in the artworld, and Artist-in-Residence at NRDC.
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OTHER OF PEAR IS LOCATED UNDER FORT JAY, A PERFECT COOL DARK LOCATION TO APPRECIATE THE PEARLS AND OYSTERS.
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MEDITATIONS ON MEDICATION is an exhibition made up entirely of prescription bottles(empty). Inside one of the homes on Colonels Row a vast array of bottles decorated the building
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If you plan on visiting, bring some empties.
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The amber glow of the bottles shines thru the curtain
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Walking back to the ferry, we came upon the Synagogue. Relatively intact with a Stars of David, a menorah and signboard.
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After 11,000 steps, we found our way back to Yankee Pier for the rides home.
Judy, Hayoon, and Ranyee on another adventure
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CREDITS
All image are copyrighted (c) Roosevelt Island Historical Society unless otherwise indicated
THIS PUBLICATION FUNDED BY DISCRETIONARY FUNDS FROM CITY COUNCIL MEMBER JULIE MENIN & ROOSEVELT ISLAND OPERATING CORPORATION PUBLIC PURPOSE FUNDS.
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