Socrates Sculpture Park displays five installations addressing the urgency of climate change

A timber-framed hut with a mylar roof, a hollowed out wooden “coral polyp,” and a tunneled staircase are among the installations on view at Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City, Queens, as part of the new exhibition Sink or Swim: Climate Futures. The city-owned sculpture park overlooking the East River has displayed public art for over 35 years and this latest exhibition is part of its annual fellowship program, an open-call to artists and designers to support the construction of a project that responds to an annual theme. Recipients receive funding to realize their design proposal and access to fabrication tools and facilities at Socrates Sculpture

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