Governors Island {Creative times}

I had never been to Governors Island. The ferry only goes there during the weekend. There is no traffic and nobody lives there anymore. Until not so long ago it was a military zone. But a very nice one; Residential; shops, hospital, churches even a old movie theatre.
This summer Creative Time has organized a big exhibition here.
With around 20 artists. So like in Venice, it's very nice to walk around the island without traffic and.. And then,oh, yeah,
almost forgot; look at the art

A piece I, kind of liked by Klaus Weber, until you read this;
oversized wind chime in tempered aluminum has been tuned to the mysterious diabolus in musica tritone, a musical interval that spans three whole tones, to dissonant and melancholic effect. It has been considered a "dangerous" sound since the Middle Ages, and was thought to arouse or summon the Devil. Some sources say it was outlawed for evoking sexual feelings in its listeners, while others believed that musicians could be excommunicated from the church for using it. Large Dark Wind Chime (Tritone Westy) is situated amongst rolling hills, houses of worship, Victorian buildings, and ornamental cannons, reminding us of the spirit of the age and uncertainty of our times, from global wars to economic recession and the battles that rage between good and evil..
JAaa, ja...off course;
it totally reminded me of the spirits of a uncertainty in our times, and the recession and the war.
And made me feel very very sexy.
(And really not at all at the thing my upstairs-neighbor has on her balcony)


Teresa Margolles.
Yes, these a real mexican bullit holes

So;
I didn't like the exhibition much; All the artist trying too hard to make a smarty, but not creative , statements on the history of Governors Island.
Most of text with the pieces where really-over-the-top.
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Happy I didn't tried to hard to add dutch-history in my Peekskill piece. Off course it was friendly requested...
(tomorrow is the big installation day; I will post pictures)
There are inspirations from Holland, for example I went all the way to Franeker to visit the 17Century Eisenga Planetarium. (Something I think everybody should go, really one of the most amazing things in NL)

Anyway;

Next month the dutchies are taking over Governors Island for the big Amsterdam-NY 400 years celebration. There's things happeing allover NY state, but the centre will be Governors Island, where the PARADE will built up their fair.
It's quite a challenge because; ferry goes only every 30min. (But for free)..So it's not going to be huge...And if it rains during that weekend.....Well,,,,,
Let's be; American, not dutch; optimistic!