Remembering 9-11

Art Spiegelman on Using Comic Art to Depict Tragedy

cofresi — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:25:44 +0000

Comic Con kicks off this Friday at the Javits Center. If you’re disappointed that Pulitzer Prize-winning artist/writer Art Spiegelman isn’t scheduled to appear, head over to NEW YORK VOICES online and read an interview with the New York-based artist about the ability of comics to tackle serious and tragic subject matter.

Gardening Together to Heal

cofresi — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:08:38 +0000

In 2002, Marianna Koval and her colleagues at the Brooklyn Bridge Park Coalition organized an effort to plant 25,000 daffodil bulbs in the shape of two towers on the Brooklyn waterfront. A tribute to those lost on September 11, the memorial garden was part of a citywide undertaking that turned into the largest volunteer horticulture project in New York history. Watch the video.

The Waterfalls: Making Public Art

cofresi — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:07:20 +0000

From Christo and Jean-Claude’s “The Gates” in Central Park to “Tribute in Light” at the World Trade Center site, public art has provoked a variety of intense reactions from New Yorkers and brought millions of visitors to the city. Watch the documentary about public art in NYC, including Olafur Eliasson’s “The Waterfalls.”

Watch preview below, or the full-length documentary, produced by Bob Morris and Suzanne Glickstein, online at SundayArts.

For more about public art in New York City, including a map and videos of public art installations, visit the SUNDAYARTS Public Art page.

Man On Wire: Philippe Petit in 2002

cofresi — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:06:01 +0000

The documentary about Petit’s legendary World Trade Center aerial walk opened in theaters last week; watch this post-9/11 NY Voices segment with Petit talking about art and dreams. Read more about the documentary.

Among the featured performers was Philippe Petit, the French aerialist famous for crossing from one World Trade Center tower to the other on a tightrope in 1974. Petit commemorated his historic feat by walking the highwire once again, this time across the Hammerstein Ballroom. But as the daredevil performer was the first to point out, the title of the evening, “Arts on the Highwire,” referred to more than just his legendary stroll: “It is meant to suggest that the arts have been shaken since the disaster and are existing without a safety net.”

See NY Voices site.

Man On Wire: Philippe Petit in 2002

cofresi — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:59:50 +0000

See NY Voices site.

The Other 9/11 Memorials

cofresi — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:58:36 +0000

A look at some of the local memorials commemorating 9/11 and the people who made them. Watch video (realplayer only). See NY Voices site.

Building on Ground Zero

cofresi — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:56:52 +0000

Can lessons learned from the Twin Towers’ collapse make new buildings safer? In 2006, Nova broadcast an episode all about how September 11 changed building technologies in regards to fire prevention, evacuation procedures, and structural stability. Their site has articles about the Towers themselves, an amazing survival story and other features.

“Objects & Memory” Documentary

cofresi — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:56:09 +0000

This new documentary, linking objects around 9/11 with people’s experiences, airs 9/11 at 12:30 am.
See a trailer about the film; see stills of the objects talked about. More info at Objects and Memory site. Produced in conjunction with the NY Historical Society.

Archive of September 11 Programs

cofresi — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:54:55 +0000

Over 20 stories from 6 years of New York Voices special 9/11 programs are watchable online. See site now….

‘Lessons of September’ Documentary: Watch Online

cofresi — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:53:10 +0000

A look at the year in the life of Brooklyn’s Poly Prep school, who lost 13 members of its community on September 11th. The school lost ten alumni in the tragedy, while a recent graduate lost his father, a teacher lost her brother, and a current student lost her aunt. Watch now. Originally aired 9/5/2002.

56 minutes.