Monday, August 11, 2008

seeking a concept [day 1]
























so far in my research of the history of red hook to find a concept
1 thing has jumped out to me this is the idea of 'VIRGINIA CREEPERS'
which is a plant life which played a part in the naming of red hook
the story goes: as the sailors went up the Gowanus they noticed the distinct red water which was cause by these plants.....

will look deeper and post some more soon... maybe this could be our point of departure
our keywords are definately entangled somewhere in this network of vines.

it could be an interesting theme to investigate.

2 comments:

sarah said...

ohhh...very interesting info
i was thinking of something also emerging from the place kind of most outlet material in the area which also means something to the people in the neibourhood and the place itself

was thinking it becomes our unit of script as a new story connected with specific points on path

from the point of feasibility
this X unit/ material ...etc we search approx amount of left over of it , scripting this amount in an efficient way in same time telling story in our path that emerges an impressing reaction for user and encouraging bike penetration through lanes, and it becomes also part of our funding source for self efficiency

sarah said...

u know boby, may be calling people and get info about place and what kind of elements one can get benefit from there, also the stories of them can be part of path story..i donow just ideas flowing to me..