FANTASY ISLAND

Related Content

• Following Private Patti Smith Concert for Developers, a Flash Mob Is Planned at the Chelsea Hotel in Support of Tenants
  January 12, 2012
• Patti Smith Moving Her New Year's Party Out Of Bowery Ballroom
  January 3, 2012
• BECAUSE THE NIGHT
  December 28, 2011
• THE UNDERGROUND
  February 1, 2012
• Solber Pupusas Takes Vendys This Year
  September 26, 2011

More About

• Governors Island
• Tris Vonna-Michell
• Patti Smith
• Arts, Entertainment, and Media
• Visual Arts

Looking for the perfect island getaway? We know one that won't cost you a penny. Take the ferry to Governors Island for the opening weekend of This World and Nearer Ones, 19 site-specific artworks by top international, contemporary artists who were asked to respond to their sites on the island. Spend the day wandering from screenings to sculptures to performances on themes ranging from the history of the island to "bizarre phenomena." Artists include Patti Smith and her daughter, Jesse, who put together an audio piece to be listened to on portable audio players; the Bruce High Quality Foundation, which produced an original film about a zombie invasion that culminates on Governors Island; and storyteller-performer Tris Vonna-Michell, who will give performances on the history and culture of Governors Island. The exhibition is the first edition of Creative Time's new public art quadrennial PLOT.
Saturdays, Sundays, noon; Fridays, 11 p.m., 2009