In mid-February, we began our Winter Workspace residency at Wave Hill in the Bronx. We've been loving the morning Metro North rides along the Hudson every time we go up there to our studio. The river, palisades and gardens at Wave Hill have proved to be inspirational for us. We love to watch nature happen, and it's not so easy to do that in Bushwick, Brooklyn. One rainy Monday, we watched a cardinal snacking on a few worms that came out of the ground. Tara also saved a worm that found its way onto the road and helped it to return to the soil.
The project that we are working on in our studio is called "Oh, River". It is a nomadic shelter that relies on a horizontal structure, i.e. a tree branch, an I-beam under a bridge, to be pitched. There is various imagery of symbiosis happening on the quilted portion, and we delved into the craft of instrument making. To date, we made a bird wood block and sleigh bells that resemble a branch. Currently, an avocado shaker is in the works. Our plan is to set the tent up at various sites and take video of a new performance that we'll compile with other footage to exist as more than pure documentation.
Below are some pictures of the "new" studio, casting concrete weights for the tent with railroad spikes found on the Metro North tracks, gluing up the bird wood block, visiting the cactus greenhouse at Wave Hill, collecting a bounty at Wave Hill, and a few images of the tent.
Open studios for the residency are this Saturday, March 26 from 12 - 4 pm. We hope to see you there!
