2. The Keepers at Penn Station
The Keepers are coming to Penn Station on Friday, September 22nd. The Keepers are a cast of life forms “living on the border between animal and plant consciousness” who participate in a still performance art intervention. The performance was created by cultural provocateur and founder/director of the annual public art festival Art in Odd Places, Ed Woodham. The performances will pop up in three separate locations around the Penn Station campus, The Church of St. John the Baptist, Gimbel’s Skybridge, and the demolished Hotel Pennsylvania.
Remnants of Penn Station Tour
The presence of The Keepers is meant to highlight the demolition of historic buildings in the Penn Station neighborhood. This activation has been commissioned by the Preservation League of NYS as part of a New York State Council on the Arts-funded project drawing attention to the League’s Seven to Save Endangered historic sites across the state. The Keepers have previously popped up in Gowanus and Long Island City as well as a few international sites.