Thank you to everyone who attended the first ever Floyd Bennett Field! Public Arts Festival
The first-ever Floyd Bennett Field! Public Arts Festival is a free family-friendly weekend-long event that will feature 2 evenings of site-specific digital video art works projection-mapped onto the 11,000-square-foot façade of historic Hangars 3 & 4 as a celebration of the park’s rich history and vibrant future. The main event, on Saturday 4/20, will also include live music, all-ages activities, a local makers market, food trucks, and more! All events are free.
The Festival coincides with the conclusion of Gateway National Recreation Area’s 50th anniversary year as a destination for millions of New Yorkers and visitors to enjoy a National Park experience in the urban environment and the anticipated rehabilitation and reactivation of these significant structures. More information about participating artists and additional activities can be found below.
schedule
Friday, April 19 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Opening Night Artists Preview & Reception
Saturday, April 20 4:00 pm - 10:30 pm
All-Ages Activities | Makers Market | Food Trucks
Live Musical Performances | 5:45 pm - 8:00 pm
Wild Yaks, Sesame Flyers Steel Pan Ensemble, Batalá
Video Projection Mapping | 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Derrick Adams, Peter Burr, Eto Otitigbe, Ryan Hartley Smith, students from Brooklyn College and the Fashion Institute of Technology
Silent Dance Party & Quiet Events DJs | 9:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Live video projections by Peter Burr with Eric Timothy Carlson, Kerim Safa, Lovid, MSHR, & Yoshi Sodeoka. Sound piece by Martha Hviid.
Sunday, April 21 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Special Access to Historic Sites and Aircraft
Open house at the Ryan Visitor Center and Hangar B (home to the Historic Aircraft Restoration Program)
let us know you’re coming and pre-order merch
FAQ
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Admission is free and open to the public.
The Festival is entirely outdoors, bring blankets or chairs to sit on the lawn and view the projections
Free parking is available
There will be a diverse selection of food available for purchase from food trucks. You are also welcome to bring your own picnic dinner, along with drinks and snacks.
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From Brooklyn: 2/5 Subway to Flatbush Ave-Brooklyn College + Q35 bus to Flatbush Av/Ryan Visitors Center
From Rockaway: Q35 bus to Flatbush Av/Ryan Visitors Center
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The event will go on unless there is heavy rain or lightning. If the weather is questionable, please check @jbrpc social media channels for the latest event-day information.
Because the Festival goes into the evening, temperatures may drop from the daytime. Floyd Bennett Field is also a large open space that can get windy. Please keep these in mind and come prepared with appropriate clothing.
projection artists
Derrick Adams
Derrick Adams (b. 1970, Baltimore, MD) is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in Brooklyn, New York. His work celebrates and expands the dialogue around contemporary Black life and culture through scenes of normalcy and perseverance. He has developed an iconography of joy, leisure, and the pursuit of happiness within a practice that encompasses paintings, sculptures, collages, performances, videos, and public projects. Adams has held numerous teaching positions and is currently a tenured assistant professor in the School of Visual, Media and Performing Arts at CUNY Brooklyn College.
peter burr
Peter Burr is an artist from Brooklyn, NY. His practice often engages with tools of the video game industry in the form of immersive cinematic artworks. These pieces have been presented internationally by various institutions including Documenta 14, Athens; MoMA PS1, New York; and The Barbican Centre, London. His practice has been recognized through grants and awards including a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Creative Capital Grant, and a Sundance New Frontier Fellowship.
Music for main projection mapping by John Also Bennett. Live projections accompanied Eric Timothy Carlson, Kerim Safa, Lovid, MSHR, Yoshi Sodeoka, and a sound piece by Martha Hviid.
Eto Otitigbe
Eto Otitigbe is a polymedia artist whose interdisciplinary practice includes sculpture, performance, installation, and public art and is interested in recovering buried narratives and giving form to the unseen. His public art intersects history, community, and biophilic design by using parametric modeling and generative design to transform historical and cultural references into biomorphic forms and patterns that reference nature. He is an Assistant Professor of Sculpture in the Art Department at Brooklyn College.
Ryan Hartley Smith
Ryan Hartley Smith is a Brooklyn-based illustrator and Associate Professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology. He is the recipient of a Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators, an Illustration Research Fellowship from the Norman Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies, and a Media Arts Fellowship from BRIC. In addition to print work, Smith creates animated projection designs for theater and dance productions. These works have been presented at Lincoln Center, Joe’s Pub, the Bowdoin International Music Festival, and the Miami New World Symphony.
students from brooklyn college
Matt Bruinooge - Donghwi Han - Hanlin Liang - Dakota Ray - Phoenix Yang
Students from fashion institute of technology
musical performances
PROJECTION MAPPING
What is projection mapping?
Projection mapping is a projection technique used to turn objects, often irregularly shaped, into display surfaces for video projection. The objects may be complex industrial landscapes, such as buildings, small indoor objects, or theatrical stages.
For this Festival, artists will create original digital artwork that highlights the architectural features on the face of historic Hangars 3 and 4 in Floyd Bennett Field.
Additional activities
Makers Market with Rockaway Makers Market
Art by Eesha Suntai
Cantina Royal Hot Sauce
Clay with Coral
DeAndra Craigman Studios
Dengo Botanica
Goldies Natural Beauty
Gym Class Surfers
Holland Avenue Soap Company
House of Madden
I Love That For U
KEEPITCOOLNYC
Landfill Aloof
Latt Linen
Laura A Frank Designs
Lemon Water Studios
Mary Ann Paredes Art
Meleau
Nia Imani Jewlery
Pastazerts
Paul’s Pottery
Shell Game Jewelry
Shore Bliss Boutique
ste.FUN.ie
The Crystal Needle
Tidal Pool Brooklyn
Trash Bandit NYC
Community partners
JBRPC
AmpSurf
Buena Onda Collective
Gateway NPS
Launch
Mixteca
National Parks Conservation Association
NYC Plover Project
Rockaway Artists Alliance
Rockaway Creates
Rockaway Film Fest
Shirley Chisholm State Park
Surfrider foundation
SurfSkateFitness
The Rockaway Times
food trucks
Pizza da Michelino LLC
NUCHAS
Poke Motion
Exotic Bowls
Kinky Taco
Souvlaki GR
LOS PARRILLEROS NYC
Nacho Average Eats
Dilly Dilly Donuts NY
Crepe Truck
Silent Disco by quiet events
Ranger-Led Activities
Tours of Ryan Visitor Center Tunnel and Tower
all-ages Activities
Lawn Games
TOurs of HANGAR B HIstoric aircraft
The Floyd Bennett Field! Public Arts Festival is presented by Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy, with major support provided by Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Ford Foundation.
Additional Festival support was generously provided by New York State Council on the Arts, 7G Group, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, ConEdison, and NYC Ferry (operated by Hornblower).
The Rockaway Times is the official media sponsor. ATD Audio Visual is the technical partner. Additional technical support was provided through the NYC Office of Technology and Innovation.
Organized in partnership with the National Park Service at Gateway National Recreation Area.
The Festival is one of several JBRPC public engagement and stewardship initiatives that receive funding support through the offices of NYC Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, Council Member Joann Ariola, Council Member Selvena Brooks-Powers, Council Member Mercedes Narcisse, NY Assemblymember Stacey Pheffer Amato, Assemblymember Jaime R. Williams, and NY Senator Roxanne Persaud.