The project has been approved by the Parks & Recreation Department.
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McCarren Park is the major hub for outdoor activity in North Brooklyn. Jason Krugman Studio LLC would like to propose a site specific artistic installation in the park this fall. Titled "Living Objects", the installation would feature 3 sculptures installed on the roof of the Parks and Recreation Facilities building in the Northwestern portion of the park. The 3 illuminated sculptures would be perched in various poses on top of the building, greeting visitors with an eerie and beautiful spectacle in the Brooklyn night.
The Living Objects: Public Art - Public Space
Becoming the first major public art installation in McCarren Park, Living Objects invites the public to engage with the park and the surrounding environment. The sculptures evoke a sense of wonderment and curiosity, and act as landmarks of light for the community. As part of a long-standing tradition of temporary art installations in New York Parks, Living Objects animates this park space, transforming it into a cultural ground, making art accessible to all.
The installation will serve McCarren Park's regular users while alluring the local community, businesses and visitors. It will become a beacon of light, drawing passers-by to participate in the culture and public space they are a part of, and further entrenching McCarren Park as the destination space in North Brooklyn.
The Living Objects are dreamlike manifestations of the human form with a physical presence in our everyday environment. As humans, we react strongly to physical forms that resemble our own. Sculptures that resemble real people take advantage of our innate cognitive and emotional response to the human form, giving the Living Objects a potent semantic and aesthetic weight. Hundreds of interior white bulbs radiate diffuse light through their skin, drawing attention at night and creating the illusion of emotional warmth and sentience.
Construction
The 3 sculptures will be built using pine struts, wire, plastic wrap, wire mesh, and light strands. A wooden skeleton of 1"x2" pine struts and 2x4's will be constructed for each of the sculptures. The bodies will then be fleshed out using layers of plastic wrap and newspaper. They are then wrapped with multiple strands of white Christmas lights. Several layers of plastic wrap are applied as an exterior skin. As a final step, a heat gun is used to tighten the plastic wrap and increase it's water-resistance. The Christmas light strands are attached together and plugged into a standard 120VAC wall outlet.
Installation
"Freddy" will be placed upon the building's cupola. The other 2 sculptures, "Big Boy 1" and "Big Boy 2", will be placed on opposing sides of the building's roof. Each of the 3 sculptures will be secured to the roof of the Parks building using a customized solution incorporating clamps, aircraft cable and metal straps.
Power and Electrical
Each of the 3 sculptures will require AC outlets from the Parks and Recreation Facilities building. Freddy will require 1 outlet, and Big Boy 1 and 2 will each require 2. Each strand consumes 25 Watts (or less ifpricing for LED strands fits into budget). Freddy will use 3 strands, and each of the other 2 will use 6, for a total of 15 strands. The total consumption is estimated be around 375 Watts (about as much as a desktop computer).
NOTE: Christmas light strands are designed to put off minimal heat and be in direct contact with flammable materials such as dry pine bows.
