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FIG­MENT Returns to Gov­er­nors Island

Jun 10, 2011 2:10 pm
[cap­tion id=“attachment_4546” align=“aligncenter” width=“300” caption=“Visitors love FIG­MEN­T’s artist designed minia­ture golf course.”][/​caption] FIG­MENT, now in its fifth year on Gov­er­nors Island, returns this week­end with a wide range of par­tic­i­pa­to­ry arts projects tak­ing place all over the Island. This year, Fig­ment par­tic­i­pants will enjoy favorites from years past as well as sur­pris­ing new projects like Plas­tic Fan­tas­tic, a 16-foot geo­des­ic dome made from over 6,000 post-con­sumer water bot­tles; The Any­where Organ, a giant, mobile, elec­tron­ic pipe organ built out of recy­cled parts from dis­card­ed church organs; and See­ing Inside, a pup­pet the­ater hid­den inside a dress – all in addi­tion to scores of spon­ta­neous per­for­mances, art and activ­i­ties for all ages. In addi­tion to this week­end’s activ­i­ties, Fig­ment has three long term exhi­bi­tions, includ­ing the very pop­u­lar minia­ture golf course (with a theme of ​“Bugs”), an inter­ac­tive sculp­ture gar­den, and the Bur­ple Bup Pavil­ion. So come out to the Island any­time today-Sun­day to par­tic­i­pate, exper­i­ment and explore!
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