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Friday, Jul 6th 2007, 01:29 PM
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Figment on Governor's Island - Sunday, July 8th [Burning Man for lazy people...]
Figment is a one-day celebration of art and creative culture held 10 minutes from New York City on Governors Island being held this Sunday, July 8th from 11am - 5pm. Expect a dizzying array of fabulous art and activities, spanning a variety of imaginative possibilities ranging from ambitious sculptures to exquisite performance to wild costuming to edgy arts and crafts and beyond.
From the NYtimes.com
Ferrying Creative Impulses Across New York Harbor
By MELENA RYZIK
Published: July 6, 2007
...the strangest sight on Sunday may be the giant inflatable starfish tethered to a tree. Or perhaps the trio of life-size, mid-gallop rubber horses. Or the carousel made from Razor scooters.
All will be installed for Figment, a new one-day arts festival inhabiting the island. Equal parts installation and performance piece, Figment is meant to be interactive and participatory, with games (a squirt gun battle and “limbonade,” a contest in which good limbo dancers win lemonade), music (D.J’.s and bands), dance (workshops in African styles and samba) and costumed revelry (expect lots of body paint and drag) from more than 75 local artists and groups, and, ideally, every visitor.
Free ferry rides from Battery Maritime Building. Ferry schedule and more info here at www.figmentnyc.org.
From the NYtimes.com
Ferrying Creative Impulses Across New York Harbor
By MELENA RYZIK
Published: July 6, 2007
...the strangest sight on Sunday may be the giant inflatable starfish tethered to a tree. Or perhaps the trio of life-size, mid-gallop rubber horses. Or the carousel made from Razor scooters.
All will be installed for Figment, a new one-day arts festival inhabiting the island. Equal parts installation and performance piece, Figment is meant to be interactive and participatory, with games (a squirt gun battle and “limbonade,” a contest in which good limbo dancers win lemonade), music (D.J’.s and bands), dance (workshops in African styles and samba) and costumed revelry (expect lots of body paint and drag) from more than 75 local artists and groups, and, ideally, every visitor.
Free ferry rides from Battery Maritime Building. Ferry schedule and more info here at www.figmentnyc.org.
