Sunk Shore: Understanding Climate Change, Embodying Shorelines

What do you think your shoreline will look like in the year 2100? 

What role will climate change play in shaping that future?

Carolyn Hall and Clarinda Mac Low of Sunk Shore invite you to participate in an interactive workshop where we playfully explore our own specific shorelines and speculate about what that shoreline may look like 75 years from now. In this two hour workshop Hall and Mac Low will lead participants through the Sunk Shore methodology they use to create their shoreline and climate change based artworks which includes: local history, embodied knowledge of place, discussing climate change predictions, participating in fun exercises and imaginings, and building a group vision based on each person's expectations, fears, and hopes for the future of their shorelines and homes. 

Sunk Shore is Hall and Mac Low’s approach to making climate change data local, relatable, and tangible so together we can plan for a future that we want to see happen.

Location and Accessiblity: The A4 gallery is accessible via the last entrance to the Arts Center from the outside on Andes Road. Head up the hill past the main enterance to the art center. Turn right at the road at the top of the hill and walk to the very end of the building. This entrance is accessed by a set of 8 small steps or an ADA-compliant ramp. Accessible restroom facilities are located on the first floor.

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ARTIST BIO

is a multidisciplinary art action and social engagement created by dancer/marine ecologist Carolyn Hall and multidisciplinary artist/microbiologist Clarinda Mac Low. With Sunk Shore we want to help people feel and relate to climate data so that it becomes personal and visceral. Sunk Shore started out as a physical walking tour into the climate changed future that takes place along specific shorelines and has expanded from there.

is an experimental organization and triennial exhibition dedicated to artworks, performances, conversations, workshops and site-specific experiences that explore diverse artistic investigation of water in the urban environment. We seek to strengthen and nourish the community of artists working on and with bodies of water and to provide a platform to increase awareness of artists and organizations working on and with the waterways. www.worksonwater.org

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Image Credits:

Credit #1: Digital photo collage by Clarinda Mac Low and Carolyn Hall

Description: The photo collage layers a group of 4 people dressed in bright orange and blue on the left of the image gesturing and pointing to something off the edge of the picture. They are standing in front of a bright yellow sign against a blue sky: “Limited Sight Distance.” On the right half of the image is a faded historic map of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn and a view of downtown Manhattan on a river horizon, with other collage elements.  

Credit #2 :  Photo by Kelly AuCoin

Description: The photo depicts a group of eight people scattered over two picnic tables on a pier on a gray, wet day. They are dressed mostly in black, gray, and light blue with three dressed in bright orange jumpsuits. All have their hands up to their eyes like they are looking through binoculars, all are looking in different directions. The pier extends into the distance with pigeons. The water around the pier is a blue gray, the hills on the horizon are a darker blue-gray and the sky is filled with layers of light grey and white clouds. 

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The Arts Center at Governors Island, Studio A4, 110 Andes Road, New York, United States