Final Weekend of Yurt City II - FLOAT 2007 Socrates Sculpture Park

Final weekend of Float 2007 was a hot one. Sunday was a perfect day. The park officially recorded over 1900 visitors on that final day, thanks in part to a great performance by the Fiery Furnaces.

Dusk on August 26th, 2007 - Just before final striking of the Yurt City II

More images of Yurt City II at FLOAT 2007 - Rainy Week Two

More installation shots of 1st week of Float August 10-12th Socrates Sculpture Park

August 2007 - Claiming our site and first day of the Installation in the pouring cold rain

Laura, Ted and Sheila meet in the rain in late July to select site for Yurt City II. A few weeks later, on August 10th, 2007, on an even worse rainy and freezing cold day, Yurt City participants began the first day of two long days of installing Yurt City II. From left to right Laura Ten Eyck and Ted McGurn, Derrick Wilson assembling PVC pipe for his piece, Todd Knopke soaking wet during the installation of various structures. Fletch in progress of the elaborate and elegant installation - dubbed the "smurf yurt." Installation shot of Socrates Sculpture park, beautiful but FREEZING for a mid August day.

A few more Images.

No One is an Ass in the End, End by Ted McGurn,

Wood, paint, tent, rope

Variable 2006-07

Untitled, by Derrick Wilson, Yes or No, by Laura Ten Eyck background

Acrylic paint, Tarlatan, PVC pipe, rope,

Variable 2007

Yes or No, by Laura Ten Eyck

Outdoor MDF, wood, paint, tent

Variable, 2006-07

Yurt City Grew Into Yurt City II

In 2006, Yurt City was born out of an idea for two friends to build a yurt and install it in a sculpture garden of a gallery in Brooklyn. The idea grew from building a single structure to creating a collaborative artist community. The sculpture garden at Dam Stuhltrager was a perfect test site to see how these yurt and tent interventions of Yurt City would survive being installed for two months during a hot, rainy summer. The positive reaction to Yurt City, our enthusiasm for the project, and interest in being part of something greater than our own art practice propelled us to seek other sites for this project to grow. A year later, Yurt City II moved to the banks of the East River as part of FLOAT, a three week, biennial event at Socrates Sculpture Park. Another artist joined the group. Structures morphed and grew as a result of the change of location. The following photos are from week one of FLOAT and Yurt City II. In true nomadic fashion, the structures were moved each week. Stay tuned for some visuals of a very grim day installing in the rain, photos of the site, Socrates Sculpture Park, other projects in the FLOAT event and our little community from other weeks.

Yurt City Book Project

A few more images of Yurt City Book, 2006, a companion piece to Yurt City.