Went down to The Storefront for Art and Architecture’s A-Z event yesterday (housed in a specially-built pavilion designed by Korean architect Minsuk Cho), and was absolutely blown away. It’s not so often that one sees something like this rising from the NYC streetscape:
The most amazing part, to me, was the way that this structure re-divided a triangular park already cut up by two fences. There’s an iron fence surrounding the park’s borders, with two giant stone-and-brick pillars marking the only entrance, while ivy has grown up around the fence, adding a dividing layer of its own.
The was made up entirely of white hula hoops, some of which had EL wire running through.
Also, as if having this amazing structure that people play in, around and under wasn’t enough, a mariachi band played while people cooked enchiladas, danced, and swatted a pinata. It’s amazing what people do differently when they think they’re in room, rather than an open space.
Given that the structure was entirely see-through, some people felt it better to sit outside and watch, trapped in-between the world of the hula hoops and the fences.
I’ve already marked a few events on the calendar for their upcoming events under this structure — gotta go back!
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