Consuming Places
212box LLC, Asymptote, Bill Fontana, Greyworld, Marjetica Potrc; Carol Stakenas, curator
August 15-October 27, 2002
66 Water Street, Brooklyn
Photo © 2002 Charlie Samuels
Consuming Places examined the emerging virtual and physical social spaces that contain the potential to radically alter the urban environment experience. From an installation of sound artifacts collected from the Brooklyn Bridge to telescopes that revealed personal messages inscribed in the city skyline, the artworks in the summer exhibition spanned virtual, physical, and social realms and connected the city’s historic character with the ephemeral nature of new technologies. The internationally diverse artists in Consuming Places drew influence and inspiration from architecture, industrial design, and new media to offer both outdoor and indoor interventions along the DUMBO waterfront.
Consuming Places was originally conceived for The Brooklyn Bridge Anchorage, where Creative Time presented groundbreaking art for twenty years but was asked to vacate in the spring of 2002 for national security reasons.