For the 2014 FIGMENT Festival on Governors Island, Inhabitat reports that the City of Dreams Pavilion, a visitors lounge, will be made of thousands of discarded cups collected all over New York City. Dubbed “Governor’s Cup,” the pavilion is designed by CDR Studio and inspired by tape-lace crochet. The structure will be connected by cables to nearby trees but will move and make a “soothing” sound with the wind.
Read more about the FIGMENT, a free interactive arts festival on Governors Island that we called an “all-ages sensory feast,” at its launch in 2012. Read more about “Governor’s Cup” on Inhabitat.
Michelle is the founder of Untapped New York and the author of The Art Spy (HarperOne, forthcoming) Secret Brooklyn, Secret New York Hidden Bars & Restaurants, and Broadway. michelleyoungwriter.com
