Recap of conversation with the BFI Challenge Director, Jen Joy Roybal:
They have 4-6 project boards, 4'x6' mounted on foamcore. Each board features 8 finalists from the Buckminster Fuller Design Challenge addressing whole system solutions and integrated strategies for solving sustainability issues and ecological problems- They show how art, energy, economy, design, science engineering, technology can all work together.
They may be interested in a presentation on alternative economies, land use issues such as the watershed, agriculture and tourism relating NYC to the Hudson Valley.
Also Jen Joy is available for two weeks in March to help install. We plan another conversation for Mon 2/13.
YES, particularly on weekends for interactive elements. Needs more specific details.
ReplyDeleteInteractive sounds great. Need more details, but I'll go with yes.
ReplyDeleteSounds promising. more details please.
ReplyDeleteNeed more details.
ReplyDeletemore details, sounds promising.
ReplyDeleteThis comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeleteWill call tomorrow to get some particulars. I think they are proposing a series of foam-core mounted images from the Buckminster Fuller Challenge winners, a sustainable design competition, some practical, some visionary. I see this as a space to combine other sustainable living proposals like Matt Bua's Occupods, Franc Palaia's 2 liter soda bottle light bulbs, the Jerome Morley Larsen drawing of a dwelling made from recycled materials, possibly the energy bike for powering up cell phones and laptops... Maybe all at the bike shop, which is not a vacant space, but the owner would love the traffic.
ReplyDeleteDEFINITELY. BFI Challenge is one of the most prestigious awards of its kind and the projects it puts forth tie directly into forward-thinking sustainable society models at the heart of Occupy. I'll be happy to help provide more background Friday.
ReplyDeleteyes with details
ReplyDelete