More Public Art in “Our” Tree

Last week a new art exhibit was unveiled on Governors Island and a new work was installed in the tree we used for Watershed. Turns out I’m not the only artist inspired by that particular tree out of all the hundreds of trees on the island. However, it is a bit out of the ordinary to have two artists doing pieces in the same tree considering the wide variety of works in both festivals.

The piece by Klaus Weber is a giant wind chime tuned to a musica tritone, a musical interval that spans
three whole tones, producing a dissonant and melancholic effect. According to the website this sound,

The exhibit, This World and Nearer Ones, is produced by arts organization, Creative Time, which is behind many of the public works of art in New York City including the moving The Twin Towers of Light at the World Trade Center and the new Spencer Finch piece entitled The River that Flows Both Ways, recently unveiled on the High Line.

The exhibit is accessible Fridays through Sundays throughout the summer.