THESE THE HEAVENS OF MY BRAIN
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2009
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Emily Bunker, Brittany DeNigris, Julianne Hamilton, Abby Donovan at prow of mock ship, Manhattan Bridge in background | Performed as part of the 2009 Dumbo Art Under the Bridge Festival, Brooklyn, NY. Throughout this performance, which took place after dark in a children’s playground by the East River, Abby Donovan communicated with her three assistants by cell phone. The piece involved the artist, her 3 assistants, 2 incubator suitcases full of glowing letters, and a fishing pole. As the artist lowered the letters down from the mock ship she periodically called her assistants to let them know when they could form a word. The assistants were also responsible for trying to keep the letters glowing by holding them up to their headlamps.
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women artists, performance