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Lumen-saltaction Mari Novotny Jones & Cathy Nolan Vincevic : Cathy Nolan Vincevic

Mon Jun 04, 2012

From plight of the Native peoples who faced, in 1639, three attempts of European colonization, to the present day, where the State of New York rejected the desire of the voters to become an independent city; the idea of the forgotten, and wasted, appears repeatedly in the history of Staten Island.
We became interested in what comes into the isle and what leaves. Stories of lost souls, transportation accidents, ghosts, mounds of accumulated materials, detritus, and people from the surrounding boroughs--all the unwanted from the past--drift into the narrows like icy monoliths where they melt away--leaving almost invisible marks.
So, we will trace aspects of this journey embarking, by ferry, one of the earliest means of transportation, from New York City, to Staten Island, where we will remain until all the memories are  thawed, returning only to bring the island back with us--salted, preserved, and only slightly pickled.
This meditation asks the audience to taste, touch, and most importantly, to listen, as those colonizing forces move between past and present.


http://www.statenislandarts.org/blog/lumen/?p=751