HEDGEWORK – construction
Documentation of the construction process, including the proposal documents, visit to the scrapyard, manufacture and laser-etching, installation and electronics. At the end are design renderings.
Hedgework was commissioned by the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation (BNYDC) and is on view from May – November, 2024 at Building 77, 141 Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205.
Hedgework is a collaboration between Marek Walczak (Civic Space LLC), Mark Shepard (Center for Architecture and Situated Technologies (CAST)) and Antonina Simeti (Timbre Consultants) with contributions from Robbie Lee (sound composition), Wes Heiss (Civic Space LLC), Cindy Burkowski (landscape design), Timothy Noble (software/hardware development), Johanna Kindvall (graphic design) and Nayarit Tineo (installation support). Thanks to the volunteers who lent their time, energy and brawn to help bring this project to life, including: Lee Baratier, Bradley Cantor, John DeLorenzo, Jeremy Gibney, Amanda McDonald Crowley, Vivian Selbo and Charu Singh.
Special thanks to Lizbeth Arum and Ben Leo at Voltaic Systems for their generous support with the solar power system and to David Sutton of New York Sand and Stone for providing materials for the installation