Telectroscope Coming With Brooklyn Bridge Celebrations
May 16th, 2008
As part of the Brooklyn Bridge 125th anniversary party, the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership has recently been working with Artichoke, a British company that puts on extraordinary events in public spaces to bring a public art event to Brooklyn. In 2006, Artichoke mounted The Sultan’s Elephant, the largest piece of free theater ever seen in London, which closed the streets to traffic and attracted an audience thought to be over a million people strong over four days.
Artichoke’s latest project – slated to premier simultaneously in Brooklyn and London – is inspired by Victorian dreamers: people who imagined the impossible, from suspension bridges to metal steamships, from canals through the countryside to viaducts through mountain ranges. Artichoke is now collaborating with the artist Paul St George to create a pair of telectroscopes that will be open to the public here and in London, providing an extraordinary window across the world.
Event:Telectroscope: The London-Brooklyn Connection
Artist: Paul St. George, presented by Artichoke with the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership
Dates: May 22 – June 20, 2008
Location: Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street, Brooklyn. Near the Brooklyn Bridge.
Contact: Katie Dixon, 718-403-1600, www.telectroscope.net
May 21st, 2008 at 1:28 pm
Artist Mike Rathbun has had a similar idea he has been trying to get funding for since 2001. His is a dig to china, though: =take a look. It is a good idea and does capture the imagination whether a Victorian Telectroscope or the American fabled digging a hole to china in your backyard.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:21 am
Hi there
I’ve been blogging about this project from the London end for a while now. I’m keen to get hold of photos and vids to add to the Flickr/YouTube groups and generally gather people’s impressions of Paul St George’s venture.
Cheers
timw
http://blog.telectroscope.org/
May 22nd, 2008 at 12:48 pm
[...] The Telectroscope: A Window Through the World: Discover the long-forgotten transatlantic tunnel between London and Brooklyn with the Telectroscope. Artist Paul St. George’s public media project is an amazing optical device that allows viewers in Brooklyn to see all the way to London. Through June 15. Free. (On Old Fulton Street at Fulton Ferry Landing, Brooklyn). See previous DumboNYC post. [...]
June 5th, 2008 at 12:29 am
This is great!!! I went to check out the telectroscope and documented my experience
http://www.traveltattoo.blogspot.com
September 23rd, 2009 at 11:58 pm
Hi there
I've been blogging about this project from the London end for a while now. I'm keen to get hold of photos and vids to add to the Flickr/YouTube groups and generally gather people's impressions of Paul St George's venture.
Cheers
timw
http://blog.telectroscope.org/