Art Park
This is a brand new 37,000-square-foot outdoor exhibition and performance space will open in Lower Manhattan. The performance takes place at the northwest corner of Canal and Sullivan Streets and it will be both a park and a showcase for established and newer artists, open from 7 a.m. till dusk daily, except in January, February and part of March.
The ground was covered in gravel, and benches and planters are holding flowering plants, desert grasses and trees donated by the Parks Department, which were built from waterproof plywood.The architects used the planters and benches to create zones for the park and paths that would steer people crossing it into contact with the artworks.
The eastern edge of the park is a pedestrian stretch of Sullivan Street and a small wedge of the park is bordered by a 215-foot fence made up of independently rotating, eight-foot-wide plywood panels. The panels’ exterior sides are covered with hundreds of small silver and blue aluminum disks, which make the wall glint in the sun like a mirage.
Every three months or so, a different design firm will be commissioned to come up with a project for the fence. Photos by: Micheal Falco
