Summer Playfield
An installation with Giant Hands at the Wisteria Pergola in Central Park created over several days in the summer 2020 by American Artist Mirena Rhee.
A series of three one day installations in early September where the artist would hang the hands in the morning and take them down in the evening. Photographed by the artist.
I seized the opportunity for working in spaces temporarily abandoned due to the lockdowns at the Summer Stage in Central Park. I saw the works as an agent of revitalization in the park.
In response to the Lockdowns, in the Summer of 2020, I created a series of installations in Central Park
The Giant Hands have developed pretty serious patina, they've become experienced objects on their own.
An incredible 3-day weekend working in Central Park of course not sanctioned by Central Park. it's all about sharing the most beautiful spaces in New York Cityand just being with each other -which is basically the human experience.
The park is an incredible space filled with music and people you can hear and feel the love so thanks a lot.
Mirena Rhee in the Summer Playfield. Photograph by Colin Lane
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A fairy tale of trees, leaves, color, green and the amazing wisteria pergola in @centralparknyc Thanks for coming to see this colorful incident and thank you, #CentralPark for not tearing me down although I worked illegally and without permission, I did it for the betterment of mankind and for all of us in #NewYorkCity just because no one else will do it. An #art #installation of #GiantHands created over 3 days and every day was a different arrangement of hands - one day the hands looked like Roots, another day they looked like flags and of course I created it randomly just putting #hands up as they came out of the bag. everyday I will come at noon and put the hands up and then I will take them down in the evening at dusk, like hands Cinderella ……. I had the privilege of spending three days in @centralparknyc - the best music, the most talented drummers and the kindest people who of course make this the greatest city in the world. Did I mention the bubbles guy Kishan who saved my ... work. ——— ——————— Don't worry no nails involved, they just hang like leaves - they'll be gone tonight but be back tomorrow —————
For the Summer Playfield I used a very simple method of hanging the hands - I would just wedge the wooden dowels in between the pergola beams and occasionally I would just tie the wooden dowel with a simple thread to the beam Imagine that for complicated structure And of course I brought my own ladder to the affair, I will not have been able to hang the hands without a ladder The park people came and I was sitting by the ladder and I saw them turn around and they oh so there is the ladder, so they understood that I'm committed to the hands. They sat there they never spoke to me they simply radioed someone I guess in headquarters or something and they just left afterwards
