Made it over to CitySol, a “clean energy, interactive art and music festival,†put on by Solar1. I was excited to check out the music—gothic-hillbilly rockers “O-Death†in particular (frighteningly good show)—but was also really interested to get a sense of whether the real message and raison-d’etre of the event would clearly come through: that every New Yorker can contribute to a more sustainable world and that the creative community plays a central role in revealing this potential. Starting with the event’s location–Stuyvesant Cove Park–a protected area along the East River, sandwiched, ironically, between a Gulf gas station and the imposing Con-Edison smoke stacks (see above), I found the message to be inescapable. A brief photo tour:
Good design: the drink and eat pavilion was created by Brooklyn-based design firm, Situ Studio, using eco-friendly and reusable materials.
Sustainable incentives: save your plastic cup or bring your own and save money on your next drink. It’s all about good habit creation. Get drunk!
Her project “encourages ideas of alternative building…[meaning] the construction of sustainable structures, and alternative ways of living and thinking.” She believes that “the change needed for a better environmental future is as much mental as it is physical.”
This ties into other critical local and global issues too and with what we’re trying to accomplish with All Day Buffet: we, as young creative and capable beings need to alter the way we think about our capacity to impact the world. Baby steps. Baby steps…
O’Death fo’ Life: The music was all powered by Solar One’s 3.5kW rooftop photovoltaic array and a 13kW generator fueled with biodiesel. According to the program, “artists were also encouraged to pursue independent power methods for their installations.” Solar energy sounds dope.
Good crowd. Good music and art. Good weather. Good Saturday.
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