about the project.

May 8 – October 5, 2015

Located next to the Sunset Park Recreational Center
44th St & 7th Ave, Brooklyn
Open during park hours
sound installation plays intermittently throughout the day

Sari Carel worked with Sunset Park’s stewards to gather data on the park’s local fauna; She collected field recordings of these native species and created a richly layered soundscape for the installation. The piece will be played from speakers embedded in the sculpture, and park visitors are invited to engage with both sound and sculpture.

The project’s sculptural element forms a small architectural environment, acting as a focal point and physical marker for the presence of the less material sound piece. Made out of several free-standing wood elements, this grouping draws on a Modernist vocabulary, using forms that are anchored in a utilitarian past, but also depart from that. The forms will echo the grid lines of the city, and create a drawing in space, conversing with the emblematic image of the Manhattan skyline visible from Sunset Park.

Borrowed Light is part of Carel’s continued investigation into alternative relationships between sound, image and audience. More importantly, Borrowed Light will give participants an opportunity to form a personal experience with an art piece and get a palpable sense of the creative process as both a private and public practice. The project’s main goal is to open the creative process and give participants a hands-on experience of the playfulness and enhanced receptivity that are at the core of art making but are rarely discussed in arts classes or museums tours.

outreach.

Conceived specifically for Sunset Park, “Borrowed Light” will be enriched by outreach programs for neighborhood children and other interested community members organized by More Art in collaboration with local organizations, such as PS 169, Turning Point Educational Center, and the Sunset Park Recreation Center. The artist will lead art, music and literary workshops, free and open to the public, for different age groups, in which the sculpture will be the thematic fulcrum as well as a stage-set. Participants will learn about the essential role of art, music and nature in an urban environment through hands-on activities that will open the creative process to everyone by underscoring the playfulness and enhanced receptivity that are at the core of art making. The installation will also become the backdrop for a series of evening events run by our community partners, comprising live performances, music and food, that will bring the entire community together in the spirit of art and collaboration.

about the community.

Sunset Park has a vibrant history and diverse community. The neighborhood demonstrated its resilience through the crime-ridden 1980’s and has seen great positive changes in the last few years. When immigrant families were priced out of other neighborhoods, Sunset Park provided the opportunity for affordable housing. However, Sunset Park is now vulnerable to the ongoing waves of gentrification. With development on the horizon, it is important for the community to express their voice in directing their course.

about the artist.

Sari Carel (www.saricarel.com) was born in Israel and lives and works in Brooklyn. Her work has been exhibited internationally in galleries and venues such as Artists Space, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise and Dumbo Arts Festival in New York, and Tavi Dresdner and The Heder Gallery in Tel Aviv. Most recently she has received grants and residency fellowships from Bundanon Trust, Australia, Atlantic Center for the Arts, Florida, and Socrates Sculpture Park, NY.

To find out more, please visit: http://moreart.org/projects/sari-carel/