Playing Nut Island Opening

Join ecoart­space and Swale for the open­ing of Play­ing Nut Island, which imag­ines Pag­gank (Gov­er­nors Island) and a soil cal­cu­la­tor as a ping pong table. A ping pong ball bounces between deep time and urban time, rub­ble becomes land, water rewrites bound­aries, and obser­va­tions encounter change. Prompts chal­lenge play­ers to con­sid­er the for­mer shore­lines, mil­i­tary bound­aries, bird migra­tions, tidal move­ments, eco­log­i­cal restora­tion, fer­ry routes, and sub­way spoils that sit­u­ate the island.

This instal­la­tion is part of Kos­mol­o­gym, a project by Walk­er Tufts with col­lab­o­ra­tor Greg Stewart.

On view August 29 – Sep­tem­ber 20.

Swale is one of the 2026 Gov­er­nors Island Arts Orga­ni­za­tions in Res­i­dence.