As part of the UNUM project, artist Emilie Clark has created a sculptural film installation “Underground Periscope” that explores the urban underground as a living organism with its own systems, made up of many interconnected and interdependent parts. The sculpture is made from a repurposed concrete catch basin and has a multi-channel projection of a film the artist shot with an endoscopic camera. In viewing the transformed catch basin (something intended for the underground) the visitor will contemplate what lies beneath—intentional excavation, transportation, rock, soil, anthropogenic deposits, human artifacts, vermin, sewage, water, utilities and much more. The installation is at the Brooklyn Army Terminal Ferry Plaza and on view 24/7 from October 1-30. The project’s official opening is from 2-4pm, rain or shine, on Saturday, October 1, 2022, and is open to the public.
Simultaneous with the installation are four short films that connect above ground objects that relate to the underground—Fire Hydrants, Electrical Manholes, the Subway and Storm Drains/Catch Basins. These films are linked to QR codes that have been placed on these objects around Sunset Park. The films continue the exploration of the underground as living organisms and expose the vulnerability of our infrastructure in light of climate change. They also explain how a particular piece of NYC’s infrastructure works in relation to the larger manmade and natural environment The films are available in Spanish, English and Mandarin.
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2:00pm – Event opening 2:15pm – Laser scanner demonstration 2:30pm – Scavenger hunt raffle 1 2:45pm – Artist’s welcome 3:00pm – Cake cutting 3:15pm – Laser scanner demonstration 3:30pm – Urban flooding demonstration 3:45pm – Scavenger hunt raffle 2 4:00pm – Event end |
Ongoing activities
Underground periscope Scavenger hunt Refreshments Prize giveaways Flood risk augmented reality Info booths from various utility and community partners Open data demonstration Sustainability strategies Artist Q+A
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Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm. RAIN OR SHINE NYC Ferry Plaza at Brooklyn Army Terminal (58th St. & 1st Ave.) Sunset Park, Brooklyn |
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This event is part of a larger project on underground utilities sponsored by the National Science Foundation. The UNUM project, with its many stakeholders, will show the full viability of underground data standards from a security and data interoperability perspective. Come and learn about what is under the streets of your community.