WATERSHED RED HOOK
Catalyzing conversation about climate change and infrastructure issues that are critical to areas like Red Hook.
Leader
Anita Glesta
Location
Red Hook Library Brooklyn, NY 11231
About the project
WATERSHED Red Hook, an immersive video projection of fish by internationally recognized Brooklyn artist Anita Glesta, will be projected on the entire sidewalk that spans the Red Hook Public Library from October 26th through October 29th, 2017 in commemoration of the Fifth Anniversary of Hurricane Sandy.
WATERSHED is a large scale public art project that has moved around the world. It is a projection onto a highly visible site and its mission is to catalyze conversation about climate change and infrastructure issues that are critical to areas like Red Hook, a Watershed area and to environmental issues such as climate change, flooding and, brownfields. In collaboration with The Fifth Avenue Committee’s “Turning the Tide Environmental Justice Initiative” which is a community based collaboration for NYCHA residents who live in the Gowanus and Red Hook Houses. This project will be educational and will raise community awareness regarding climate change realities we face in our watershed, waterfront, mixed use community that we all love. Through this collaboration we envision community adaptations in in NYCHA communities in regards to resiliency and sustainability.
This project unifies the Public Housing community to the entire community by offering a way to unify conversation and actions around sea level rise and climate change through this healing art video to be showcased in a very public place with highly color saturated fish that moving in a circular motion, like the cycles of our planet.
The gathering of the community and its stakeholders to watch the video the first night will also invite a roundtable discussion with Red Hook Local Leaders and The Turning the Tide Environmental Justice group, local political leaders, scientists, community activists, local leaders in the Environmental Justice and, urban planners to offer a platform of discussion about how to protect the neighborhood from further destruction. The platform will allow the salient questions to be answered by those participating at the table.
The Steps
1. Complete crowdfunding.
2. Set up installation.
3. Host opening remarks, Oct 26, 6-9pm Red Hook Park
4. Host roundtable discussion, Oct 28, Red Hook Library Round Table Discussion 1:30-4:30