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The big
picture
Huge photo event
takes over Dumbo
By Rose Adams
Brooklyn Paper
It is a monumental event!
A sprawling annual photo festival
will descend on Dumbo starting
on Sept. 12, setting up more than 85
photo exhibits in a plaza beneath the
Brooklyn Bridge.
Photoville, now in its eighth year, will
showcase the work of more than 600 photographers,
with their work displayed inside
shipping containers moved in for
the occasion, on free-standing cubes,
inside nearby theater St. Ann’s Warehouse,
and — in one case — on a series
of shining, nearly invisible obelisks just
outside the festival space.
“Absent Monuments,” which will set
up in Brooklyn Bridge Park on the north
side of the Bridge, will feature four mirrored
sculptures that pay tribute to Brooklyn’s
waterfront history while literally
reflecting its present. Each marks a historic
event that has been largely forgotten,
said the artist behind the project.
“I started to realize all these hidden
stories under the landscape,” said Rose
DeSiano.
She began the project after becoming
fascinated by the historic architecture
of Randall’s island. An abandoned
mental health facility and an old sporting
ground on the island made her think
about the city’s past, and she erected
some historical monuments there three
years ago.
Monumental: Four new sculptures from Rose DeSiano’s “Absent Monuments”
project, which combines mirrors with old photographs of New
York City, will be on display at the eighth annual Photoville festival in
Dumbo, opening on Sept. 12.
For her Photoville exhibit, DeSiano
researched and built four new obelisks,
each dedicated to an obscure piece of
Brooklyn’s waterfront history. One monument
will commemorate the women who
worked in flag-making factories in the
Brooklyn Navy Yard during the 1930s
and ’40s, while another will honor the
borough’s Native American roots.
Each roughly 10-foot high obelisk
stands atop a plinth that is covered with
blue-and-white tiles printed with historic
and original images. The obelisks themselves
are made of mirrors, designed
to reflect the viewer and the landscape
around them.
Photoville at Brooklyn Bridge Plaza
(17-31 Water St. between New Dock
and Old Fulton streets in Dumbo. www.
photoville.nyc). Open Sept. 12–22,
Thu–Fri, 4–10 p.m.; Sat–Sun, noon–10
p.m. Free.
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By Rose Adams
Brooklyn Paper
Get your photo fill!
In addition to the many, many
images to see during the eighth
annual Photoville Festival starting on
Sept. 12 in Dumbo, there will also be
plenty to do.
The eight days of the festival,
stretched over two weekends, will feature
a series of lectures, tours, discussions,
and hands-on workshops:
It’s about Times: Editors and photographers
from the New York Times
speak about the most visually compelling
stories of the year. “An Evening
with the New York Times” at Smorgasburg
Beer Garden at Brooklyn Bridge
Plaza. Sept. 13 at 7:30 p.m. Free.
Family tour: Bring your kids to
the “Photoville Family Funtime Tour,”
where Laura Roumanos, the founder
of Photoville, and her daughter Violet
will give young visitors and their
families a simplified tour of the gigantic
photo exhibit. Meets at the New
Dock Street entrance to Photoville by
Water Street, north of the Brooklyn
Bridge. Sept. 21 at 4 p.m. Free.
Gone wild: At the talk “Conservation
Storytelling at National Geographic,”
three photographers for the
nature magazine will share their experiences
covering the poaching crisis,
climate change, and wildlife tourism
Smorgasburg Beer Garden at
Brooklyn Bridge Plaza. Sept. 21 at
7:30 p.m. Free.
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