Weekend Edition, July 11/12, 2020 – THE CARNIVAL RETURNED TO GOVERNOR’S ISLAND
THIS IS THE 102nd ISSUE OF
FROM THE ARCHIVES
JULY 11-12, 2020 WEEKEND EDITION
PARADISO
ON
GOVERNOR’S ISLAND, 2013
PHOTOGRAPHS BY
CHARLES GIRAUDET
CHARACTERS
The PARADISO SERIES
During the summer of 2013, visitors to Governor’s Island in New York city were able to experience the FETE PARADISO, a collection of French amusement rides from the 1880s to the 1950s, a period during which much of the vocabulary of fair design was invented.
The PARADISO SERIES documents the FETE’s dismantling when the myriad parts of the carousels with their population of toy cars, ballerinas, horses, dragons, lions and cartoon characters were moved back to crates and containers to await their next outing.
For four weeks, Charles followed the process as the temporary structures folded themselves back into compact, anonymous containers. Circular structures returned to square boxes, and the objects took on different identities in the gentle chaos that followed their liberation from mandatory gyration.
Charles is interested in how objects and spaces are vehicles for memories, real and imagined. The PARADISO SERIES takes us through an intimate visit to the place where memory and dreams meet.
BOXES
LIMONAIRE ORGAN
LISTEN TO LIMONAIRE ORGANS
ON YOUTUBE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNAP1_WVUCY
LISTEN TO LUMINAIRE ORGAN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EnZbzU_tKQ
Copy and paste the above link to watch on Youtube.
CAVALRY
MECHANICS
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WE ARE OPEN EVERY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
DO YOUR GIFT SHOPPING WITH US!!
WEEKEND PHOTO
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FRIDAY IMAGE OF THE DAY
FORMER PLAY AREA NEXT TO NEW NYPL BRANCH
AT 504 MAIN ST.
THIS WALL IS SLATED TO BE REMOVED IN NEW PARK AREA
ALSO ON WESTVIEW PROMENADE
JAY JACOBSON AND ALEXIS VILLFANE ARE THE WINNERS
GOOD NEWS ABOUT
GOVERNOR’S ISLAND
ESCAPE FROM ONE ISLAND TO ANOTHER THIS SUMMER
GOVERNOR’S ISLAND WILL REOPEN NEXT WEEK
PLEASE SEE LINK BELOW TO RESERVE FERRY TICKETS
https://govisland.com/visit-the-island/ferry
Thanks to our friend and photographer extraordinaire Charles Giraudet for taking us to the carnival, fair or gathering with wonderful Limonaire Organ music.
You can listen to some of the music linked on YOUTUBE.
Just having this joyous music will cheer your day. Imagine being on the fair grounds and enjoying summertime.
Judith Berdy
Funding Provided by:
Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation Public Purpose Funds
Council Member Ben Kallos City Council Discretionary Funds thru DYCD
Text by Judith Berdy
Thanks to Bobbie Slonevsky for her dedication to Blackwell’s Almanac and the RIHS
Thanks to Deborah Dorff for maintaining our website
Edited by Melanie Colter and Deborah Dorff
ALL PHOTOS COPYRIGHT RIHS. 2020 (C)
ALL PHOTOS COPYRIGHT CHARLES GIRAUDET 2013 (C)
ALL PHOTOS IN THIS ISSUE (C) JUDITH BERDY RIHS
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rooseveltislandhistory@gmail.com
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