Off Center, December 2012 For the month of December Husk considered the new Barclays Center in Downtown Brooklyn. The project “Off Center” was part of 3-art.org‘s monthly online exhibit of work made by teams, duos and collaborators. Follow our conversation about this controversial new arena and the area surrounding it here.
HUSK set up a table at the Wyckoff Country Fair on Saturday. The Wyckoff Farmhouse in Canarsie is the oldest house in NYC still on its original location. We brought our usual bag of tricks Gowanus Brooms, Lenape Corn, Cornbread, as well as Mugwort Soap and a new corn grinder which turned out to be …
We have four thriving silkworms (two pictured above) . It would have been five, but unfortunately I think one ended up in the compost pile a couple evenings ago when I was cleaning their container. Huck and I triple counted but I couldn’t find the fifth. In any case the survivors are doing well on …
Just one day after my lament that all caterpillars were gone I found this one crawling on a stem! And yesterday when we opened the container we counted FIVE live ones!
Husk–my collaboration with Jeff Hutchison–is working on a new project. It involves the Samia cynthia, otherwise known as the Ailanthus Silkworm. This particular silkworm feeds on a diet of Ailanthus leaves. We are thinking about raising Samia cynthia to help us transform the Ailanthus tree, which is considered a weed tree, into something useful and desirable. …
My collaborative project Husk is presenting new work at Brooklyn Utopias: Park Space, Play Space! Opening April 5th at the Old Stone House, Brooklyn. TUB Park by Husk is a park of public baths and innovative play equipment that can be enjoyed by Brooklynites of all ages. The adult-only hot tubs in the park are …
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