MEx Members Raafi Rivero and Jordan Alport share a creative concern known as The Color Machine. They recently launched their first piece under The Color Machine banner, directed by Raafi and featuring an illuminating talk with designer Khoi Vinh. Check it out here, and find more of their colorful work here.
We’re proud to announce that the string of interest in our magic little world here continues. The sharp eyes of Metropolis Magazine have focused there gaze on MEx, publishing two feature profiles of our workspace and members in their November issue. Find it on newsstands, or the first article online here. Don’t be afraid to look at the excellent pictures by Magda Biernat, and check out the second article on one example of collaboration at MEx here.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 6:30-8pm
This event is free. No RSVP required.
Freshkills Park Talks: Learning from Barren Island and Dead Horse Bay
A presentation by Howard Warren
Once a pristine barrier island, Barren Island played host to horse rendering plants and fish oil factories in the 19th century; the island was connected to Brooklyn by filled land in1920s to create Floyd Bennett Field. A landfill established in 1953 began spilling its contents into Dead Horse Bay in the early 1980s, leaving thousands of artifacts along the beach daily. The area is now part of the Gateway Recreation Area and draws year-round explorers and amateur historians combing the beach for treasures from the past.
Howard Warren teaches elementary science at the Trinity School in Manhattan. He was first introduced to Barren Island and Dead Horse Bay in the early ‘80s and has since become one of the City’s foremost experts on the area. He has integrated its study in a variety of engaging environmental curricula, bringing students and their parents to the site to clean up the shore, collect fish for study, test the water chemistry and study artifacts. Mr. Warren will discuss the site’s history and politics and share lessons learned through long-term, collaborative investigation of the site and its secrets.
Freshkills Park Talks is a lecture series on topics related to the reclamation and development of Freshkills Park. The series is organized by the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation in conjunction with a variety of citywide partners. Visit the Freshkills Park project page for more information.