A Note from Kirby Gookin, Curatorial Advisor

PLEASE JOIN US ON SATURDAY DECEMBER 15th AT 1:00 pm  (on the east side of Bowery, between 1st St. and Bleecker) as we lead a public tour to visit the artists’ works. For The Treemendous Project, artists have chosen a site where a tree has either been damaged or felled by Hurricane Sandy and created … Continue reading →

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Stephanie Bow

LOCATION: Cooper Square Park,  7th Street & Third Ave. Continue reading →

Paul Chung

LOCATION: Cooper Square Park,  7th Street & Third Ave. Well, as you can see, my tree is so thin and tiny. Its top is broken off quite violently, and it has lost all of its branches. My work helps the tree get back to it’s original form. I attached a wooden fence around it with … Continue reading →

Yujean Chung

LOCATION:  23rd Street, south side, east of  First Ave. You are alone, you can’t think of any but flash back what has happened to you, and to your neighbors. Feel like there is no one aside of you. Seems like the world is fine, the day is passing as if nothing has happened. And yes, … Continue reading →

Jenna Cunningham

LOCATION: Greene Street, corner of West 4th.   After Hurricane Sandy fell this tree, I wanted to give it new life and meaning. Though it no longer produces oxygen, leaves, or shade, the tree stump has been converted into a percussive instrument. Coded by colors and shapes, the stump can dully resonate the rhythms applied … Continue reading →

Lauren Farahani

LOCATION:  Christopher Street, south side of entrance to Hudson River Park. DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK:  This piece used small slips of ivory paper to convey facts about hurricane Sandy which still affect New York and New Jersey residents. Many residents are living in homes with extensive damage and without heat or electricity. Although FEMA has … Continue reading →

Gee Eun Maria Jung

Child’s Play (2012)- I’ve always been an adventurous outdoorsy child. I loved to climb on trees, swing on them, sit under them, or just admire them.  They made everything feel fun. That’s why when I moved to New York and saw kids running around on fake grass in open with no trees, I came to … Continue reading →

Hailey Kenton

LOCATION:  Stuyvesant Street,  north side, between Third & Second Avenues. Most of the works in the Treemendous Project center around honoring our city’s lost trees.  However, I think that it is equally important moving forward to take care of the trees we have left and to help them grow.  My piece, “Tree Cozy,” will help … Continue reading →

Dorothy Lam; ZiHong

LOCATION:  East River Park,  at 6th Street, north of Williamsburg Bridge. BEFORE: As Nature breathes, the circle of life goes round and round. This is a plot of land in the East River Park that piles up mounts and mounts of tree debris. This is an installation which the viewer are able to walk through … Continue reading →

Melissa Lee

In the backdrop, the sunlight is exuberantly playing on East River. The golden glints on the water are shimmering so much so that they are blinding. In addition, the viewers get quite a nice cityscape. Yet, this is only one side of the perspective. Once they zoom out a little, they would discover a remote … Continue reading →

Caroline Liu

LOCATION:  Christopher Street, between Hudson & Bedford. Upon a tombstone that commemorates this fallen tree is inscribed: “May your boughs be eternally covered with leaves and your days be filled with sweet sunbeams.” It is a whimsical, sweet, and unexpected gesture that I hope will put a smile on people’s faces. Continue reading →

Giulia Modenese

LOCATION: Soho, Wooster & West Houston In order to mend and honor my ‘Sandy-Stricken’ tree, I built a plastic dome similar to those used to protect precious collectibles. The transparent, yet protective membrane shows the public that each tree is equally important, whilst encouraging us to respect and cherish the nature that surrounds us. Upon … Continue reading →

Apolonia Nunez

LOCATION: Houston, north side between Wooster & La Guardia Pl. Continue reading →

Jenn Park

LOCATION:  Bowery, east side, between Bleecker & 1st Street. “Who’s Protecting Who?” Annealed wire & thread. Consider the New Yorker. He walks the busy streets with his head straight and eyes down. In this every-growing city, we exist in our own bubble, our own microcosm… But take that extra effort to look around, and maybe … Continue reading →

Iris Ryou

LOCATION:  2nd Avenue, west side, between 18th & 19th Street. TITLE: Floom MEDIUM: Spandex fabric Instead of mourning the fallen tree, we should greet another life that will blossom its journey at the very spot. The sculpture comes from artist’s imagination of the new life called “Floom”, which is an imaginary hybrid flora between a … Continue reading →

Lizzie Wee

LOCATION:  Washington Street,  north of Charles. Untitled, 2012. Sculpture, made of: wood, paint, paper. Here on a less crowded street, there is a tree stump in the line of fenced trees. After the hurricane, this tree seems to be the only one  removed. I was inspired by the ephemeral nature of social awareness regarding natural disasters … Continue reading →