Marine Park, Brooklyn

Marine Park #1 copyright sean lewis

I took a bike ride to Marine Park in Brooklyn. Although it was December 28th, the temperature was 65 degrees. I've heard much fanfare of this, Brooklyn's largest park, but was somewhat disappointed. The grasses were beautiful, but the beaches were filthy and some kids were riding ATV's around the park. Got some nice shots though. Wouldn't believe these were taken in NYC!

Marine Park #2 copyright sean lewis

Marine Park #3 copyright sean lewis

Fun times at Floyd Bennett

My friend Jeanette, and I toured some buildings at Floyd Bennet Field yesterday. There are many cool places to explore there. Every time I go, it feels like the place doubles in size. My suggestions for anyone planning a visit: Get lost, get into any building you can find access to, watch out for squatters!
Here are some pieces I've been working on that began at Floyd Bennett.

Floyd Bennett Ceiling Tile #2 copy right sean lewis 2010

Floyd Bennett #1 copyright sean lewis 2010

Floyd Bennett #2 copyright Sean Lewis 2010

Installation #5

Austin, Tx was a cool town full of good vibes. Throughout our stay, we kept finding beautifull rivers and creeks. Some were surrounded by developed parks and very connected to the community, while others seemed intimate and secret, surrounded by tall limestone cliffs. We fell in love with one such creek, that had bore into the cliff, leaving a hollowed out crevice. This creek, in Little Stacy Park, inspired our ladder installation. To us, the ladder signified Austins connection and dissconnection to it's water. The ladder is a way to connect places especially in a vertical manner. We also called it a ladder for squirells (to escape our dog Nash).   

Using a knife, we cut through long vines and inserted stick "rungs". Geoffrey had a knife mishap and had to get 5 stitches! He's okay though.

Installation #3


Savannah, Georgia is an inspiring city indeed. The architecture, parks, food, and people are all amazing. What struck us most was the moss! I knew Savannah was known for it, but I had no idea how prevalent it was. While visiting, we camped at Skidaway Island State Park. Here is our moss inspired installation that we built behind our campsite.

 Our limited equipment left us with just one building method: Throwing the moss

The initial idea was to create a curtain accross the creek. The moss was much harder to work with than planned. We had hoped for a more cohesive, fabric like result, but the moss was not cooperative.

From afar, Geoffrey compared the instalation to a giant sloth. How funny that later in the day we found out that a giant sloth skeleton had been discovered here and is at the Skidaway Interprative Center.