The BBC Blogs about FIGMENT

Benjamin Jones’ Treehouse at FIGMENT on Governors Island (image credit: Tes Rivera)

If Figment were a country, it would be the happiest in the world – and I would apply for citizenship immediately.

From Brad Cohen’s article on the BBC Travel blog about FIGMENT, a participatory arts organization I work with.

Scene in New York

Ben Wood’s “The Hero’s Journey” is one of the interactive projects that will be at FIGMENT’s event on Governors Island this weekend.

This weekend, be sure to check out FIGMENT, a free weekend-long participatory arts event on Governors Island, with hundreds of interactive projects. The event also marks the opening of FIGMENT’s season-long sculpture garden and popular artist-designed minigolf course.

And now, this week’s collection of openings, performances, and happenings, beginning with the Bushwick Open Studios. (All locations in Manhattan unless otherwise noted.)

Object vs. Experience and the Institution’s Role in Participatory Art

Recently, I’ve been increasingly interested in art as a participatory experience– an interactive performance, a meal, an exchange, art as play, rather than simply art as an object– a painting, a sculpture, a photograph, a print.

Andrzej Liguz' "MORE" in the FIGMENT interactive sculpture garden on Governors Island