Mary Mattingly Wetland

Along the lines of displacement 2018.

Mary mattingly wetland.

Mary mattingly is a brooklyn based artist who creates sculptural ecosystems in urban spaces. Out of all of the fringe festival shows i chose to see mary mattingly s installation called wetland at the independence seaport museum pier i was attracted to her installation because i always enjoy learning about ways in which we strive to create our little utopia and she won me over when it said in the fringe festival guide to come visit the artist in her sustainable floating row. Mattingly erhielt ein stipendium an der yale university school of art in norfolk connecticut 2001 studierte am pacific northwest college of art in portland oregon und der parsons school of design in new york wo sie ihren bachelor of fine arts bfa erlangte 2002. And for two weeks this summer the new york based artist mary mattingly brings the exhibition truly offshore with wetland a houseboat sculpture docked beside yachts at the long wharf in sag.

Places all along the east coast were flooded and the image of houses falling into water on cliff sides was really moving to me in a. She has studied at parsons school of design in new york and received her bachelor of fine arts bfa from pacific northwest college of art in portland oregon in 2002. She founded swale an edible landscape on a barge in new york city. Mary mattingly is a visual artist.

Pipelines with permafrost and. The wetland sculpture is an argument for a thriving local. I began to conceive wetland after the lehman brothers collapse and subsequent housing crisis. She is the recipient of a yale university school of art fellowship and.

Wetland stresses how important it is for more people to be involved in caring for our common home and to re address water as a commons by engaging with students who steward the space collect data relating to energy use and production and test and maintain the project s water systems. Mary mattingly born september 8 1979 is an american visual artist living and working in new york city she was born in rockville connecticut in 1978. What happens after 2018. A year of public water 2020.

Docked at public piers but following waterways common laws swale circumnavigates new york s public land laws allowing anyone to pick free fresh food.