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Courtesy of Paths to Pier 42

Combo Colab, Drumreef Watercycle

July 18, 2015 to October 25, 2015
Pier 42, Manhattan

Please note: This is a past exhibit that is no longer installed in the park.

Description:

The Lower East Side Waterfront Alliance & Lower Manhattan Cultural Council invited artists and design professionals to participate in a community-driven, site-responsive design process for the temporary activation of Pier 42 on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.

Motivated by active engagement with the public and their surrounding environment, Combo Colab’s work displays their interest in repurposing and recycling existing resources. Informed by site-specific conditions and work with surrounding communities, their installations materialize as effective high-impact, low cost projects.

Building upon their 2014 Paths to Pier 42 project, Drumreef, Combo Colab created Drumreef Watercycle: a new installation that explores the idea of topography on Pier 42. Made from multiple re-purposed rain barrels, Drumreef Watercycle provides much needed shade and seating, and incorporates water features including rain water collection and a pedal-powered water pump for cooling and irrigation. Satellite structures in the form of independent rain collectors will be installed at the M’Finda Kalunga Community Garden in Sara D. Roosevelt Park.

For more information on the project please visit Paths to Pier 42.