Constellation

CON­STEL­LA­TION was a series of six sculp­tures made of weld­ed steel and silt-cast ceram­ic bells, cre­at­ing a con­stel­la­tion of ring­ing bells across Gov­er­nors Island. This sculp­ture series is designed by Ye Qin Zhu and built by young peo­ple at Beam Camp City, as part of their sum­mer camp experience.

Campers at Beam Camp City share their cre­ativ­i­ty in ways big and small as each youth con­tributes to this shared expe­ri­ence. As vis­i­tors walk across the island they are invit­ed to lis­ten to the sounds of each sculp­ture and explore the human con­nec­tion between the mys­ter­ies of the cosmos. 

Sculp­ture Site Locations:
Site 1: Wel­come Cen­ter (“Eye”)
Site 2: Colonels Row North (“Foot”)
Site 3: Pic­nic Point (“Ear”)
Site 4: Liggett Ter­race (“Tongue”)
Site 5: Yan­kee Pier (“Hand”)
Site 6: Slide Hill (“Nose”)