project for calendar studies
a site-specific experimental printmaking project recording tidal movements in light of our knowledge of astronomical phenomena
brooklyn, new york
2006 - 2008
Project for Calendar Studies used large canvas fixed to the sides of an industrial canal in Brooklyn, New York, to record the rise and fall of tidal movements. Marked beforehand with symbols & signs from both astronomical and astrological traditions, the project explored our collective & abstract knowledge about time against the experiential process of it unfolding on site through the tides. For two years, canvases were rotated seasonally before being returned to an open-air rooftop studio, where they were cleaned and sealed, becoming records of both their own experience in the canal as well as testaments to the collected knowledge contained within them.
Curatorial Essay, Deborah Loxam-Kohl
Project for Calendar Studies was created in the high-density urban environment of Brooklyn, New York, on the edge of an industrial/residential neighbourhood. Created entirely out-of- doors, the work utilizes a combination of weather, tides, time, and technical trial and error.
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Installation detail, prepared canvas installed in the Gowanus Canal, left for prolonged periods to
From Ruchika Lodha’s NATURE ATLAS: excavating hi(dden)stories of Gowanus Canal through nature-mapping methodollgies. CLICK IMAGE FOR CONTENT
As part of the project, a weekend of guided canoe trips down the canal was organized to give visitors direct access to the site and the work in progress.
This portion of the project, called project for canal, acknowledges the support of the Brooklyn Arts Council Regrant Program
Exhibition: project for calendar studies, Touchstones Nelson: Museuem of Art & History, 2008
