The Broadway Beach project was meant to be a single day outing with one raft, a couple paints, and a drill.  Using local driftwood, styrofoam, and rope we would create something enormous; visible from the Williamsburg Bridge above us.  We painted driftwood for visibility, based on a Maritime aesthetic we’re investigating (think of the colors on fishing bobbers & buoys).  Whats left to chance is the way this gathered garbage will move on its own with tide and current.  The possibilities reminded us of a certain dime store novelty toy …the one where a loose chain creates a cartoon character’s profile… we tried to recreate/demonstrate this toy in the video.

See this! Visible from the N.8th St. park in Williamsburg… ( map ). There’s a giant block of wood in the water, operating ropes, adjusting the sculpture’s shape with the tide.

We also untangled “Broadway Beach” under the Williamsburg Bridge, so its moving again…