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(00:00):
Sight responsive Pavilion explores sound and memory.
Torqueways Dyson Acua May 6th, 2025 to March 8th 2026 Pier One
Bridgeview Lawn Brooklyn Bridge Park Public Art Fund will
present Torqueways Dyson Acua, the artist S first major public
(00:22):
installation in New York City, on view at Pier One in Brooklyn
Bridge park from May 6th, 2025 through March 8th, 2026.
Acua is a large, open pavilion with an immersive multi channel
soundscape that expands Dyson S ongoing investigations of shape,
(00:42):
light and scale. Acua explores new Sonic
encounters between bodies and environments using sound
recordings. Dyson transforms a 20 foot high
steel and aluminum pavilion intowhat the artist envisions as a
spatial drawing. Visitors are invited to enter
the pavilion where they can sit and experience recorded sound.
(01:05):
Moving across 8 speakers, including layered conversations
from Black archives, nature field recordings, and electronic
sounds, ACUA explores how sound operates as geography, shaping
our perception of space and time.
Dyson says the work is not aboutconfinement, but rather about
(01:27):
the excess of possibility beyondenclosure.
It creates a place of presence where visitors can engage with
sound, light and form in an intimate, liminal and immersive
way. Situated within the landscape of
Brooklyn Bridge Park S surrounding landmarks and
waterways, the sculpture as porosity errs an experience that
(01:49):
is both open and grounding. The structure as repeating matte
black vertical slats create a sense of rhythm that echoes the
movement of water and air, inviting visitors to wander,
listen and engage at their own pace.
The 8 channel Sonic composition explores breath as geography,
highlighting for listeners how the space between words, subtle
(02:12):
breaths, humps, pauses can carrymemories of specific places.
Dyson prompts audiences to consider what the space between
words and silence can reveal about land, water,
infrastructure and what she refers to as a black experience
defined by the migration of sound torqueways.
Dyson understands shape and light as fundamental elements
(02:35):
guiding our experience of the world.
Public Art Fund Senior curator Melanie Cress says with ACUA,
she creates A sculptural and Sonic environment that prompts
us to consider how we move through space, how we listen,
and how we locate ourselves within broader historical and
geographical contexts. The work S title Acua holds deep
(03:00):
personal and conceptual resonance for Dyson.
Inspired by her wordsmith cousinof the same name, Acua means
born on Wednesday in West African akin tradition and
reflects a philosophy of improvisation, transformation
and boundless connection. Dyson S art practice engages
with histories of black migration, architecture and
(03:23):
environmental systems through large scale outdoor commissions
that explore architectural scaleacross diverse sites.
Her repeating geometric language, comprising curves,
triangles and rectangles, is inspired by architectural spaces
used for escape and transformation.
With ACUA, Dyson prompts audiences to consider the space
(03:45):
between words and silence and what it can reveal.
Torqueways Dyson. ACUA is curated by Public Art
Fund senior curator Melanie Cress with assistant curator
Jenny Dorius. Strand at Public Art Fund.
Turquoise Dyson When and where? Starting on May 6th, 2025, ACUA
(04:08):
will be on view at Pier One Bridgeview Lawn in Brooklyn
Bridge Park. The exhibition can be explored
anytime, anywhere on the free Bloomberg Connects app.
About the Artist Torqueways Dyson describes herself as a
painter working across multiple mediums to explore the
continuity between ecology, infrastructure, and
(04:30):
architecture. She frequently creates
compositions of three hyper shapes, A rectangular box, a
triangle, and a trapezoid. Each form references a
historical person who escaped confinement through a space of
that shape. For example, Harriet Jacobs, who
spent seven years in a trapezoidal attic crawl space as
(04:53):
representations of spaces used for escape, migration, and
transformation. Dyson S hyper shapes embody a
black experience defined by constant shape shifting and
change. Dyson has been lauded with major
outdoor commissions at Desert X Palm Desert, CA 2023, Counter
(05:14):
Public in St. Louis, MO, 2023, and the Whitney
Museum of American Art as part of the 2024 Whitney Biennial.
Dyson studied sociology, social work, and Fine Arts at Tougaloo
College in Mississippi and received ABFA from Virginia
Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA, in 1999 and an MFA
(05:38):
from the Yale School of Art in New Haven, CT in 2003.
She has held one artist exhibitions at Graham
Foundation, Chicago, 2018, The Drawing Center, New York, 2018,
New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana, 2020, Serpentine
(05:59):
Pavilion, Serpentine Galleries, London, 2021, Hall Art
Foundation, Schloss Derneberg, Germany, 2021, Mildred Lane,
Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, 2023, and Tea Space,
Rhinebeck, NY, 2023, among others.
(06:21):
Dyson was also part of the 13th Shanghai BNL 2020, 112th
Liverpool Biennial, England, 2023, Twelfth Soul Media City,
BNL Soul Museum of Art, 2023, and the 81st Whitney Biennial,
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2024.
(06:43):
Dyson will create the conceptualdesign for superfine tailoring
black style, the Costume Institute's spring 2025
exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Dyson S work is held in notable public collections including the
Art Institute of Chicago, Hall Art Foundation, Reading Vermont
(07:05):
Hammer Museum, University of California, Los Angeles,
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, DC Long Museum, Shanghai National Museum of
African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC,
Meat Art Museum, Amherst College, Massachusetts Mildred
(07:29):
Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Lewis, Missouri, and the Studio
Museum in Harlem, New York, among others.
Related free programming Openingcelebration May 6th 2025 6:00 PM
Brooklyn Bridge Park pier one bridgeview lawn visiting the
(07:52):
exhibition. Brooklyn Bridge Park
Corporation, known as Brooklyn Bridge Park BBP, is the
not-for-profit entity responsible for the planning,
construction, maintenance and operation of Brooklyn Bridge
Park, an 85 acre sustainable waterfront park spanning 1.3
miles along Brooklyn S East River shoreline.
(08:15):
As steward of the park, BBP has transformed this previously
deteriorated stretch of waterfront into a world class
park where the public can gather, play, relax and enjoy
sweeping views of New York Harbor.
The self-sustaining park was designed by the award-winning
firm of Michael Van Valkenburg Associates Incorporated and
(08:35):
features expansive lawns, rolling hills, waterfront
promenades, innovative playgrounds, a Greenway, sports
facilities and the popular Jane S Carousel.
BBP serves thousands of people on any given seasonal day who
come to picnic, walk their dog, play soccer, jog, roller skate
(08:59):
and more. Brooklyn Bridge Park is a
signature public investment for the 21st century and will be an
enduring legacy for the communities, elected authios and
public servants who made it happen.
Subways AC to High Street, F to York Street, 2-3 to Clark
(09:19):
Street, R to Court Street, 4-5 to Borough Hall Buses B25 to
Fulton Ferry landing B 67 to J Street and York Street Ferry,
East River Ferry, New York watertaxi or Governors Island Ferry
to Brooklyn Bridge Park. About Public Art Fund As the
(09:43):
leader in its field, Public Art Fund brings dynamic contemporary
art to a broad audience in New York City and beyond by mounting
ambitious, free exhibitions of international scope and impact
that, over the public, powerful experiences with art and the
urban environment supports leadership.
Support for ACUA is provided by Gray Pace Gallery, the Abrams
(10:07):
Foundation, Elizabeth Furin Pepperman and Richard C
Pepperman, too, and Jennifer Harris, with champion support
from Elise and Andrew Brownstein, Ellen and Andrew
Chellie, Angelo KH Chen and Frederick Wertheim Kirsch
Foundation, Alexandra and Grant Frankel, Jennifer and Jason Neu,
(10:29):
Karen and Sam Seymour, and Allison Weiner and Jerry
Shagner. Generous support from Margot and
Nathan Bram and Linda Lennon andStuart Baskin and major support
from Carla Shen, Torqueways, Dyson, Acua is made possible by
the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the
(10:50):
Oaths of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
Special thanks to Brooklyn Bridge Park and engineering
partner T Weiland. Public Art Fund is supported by
the generosity of individuals, corporations, and private
foundations, along with major support from the Abrams
Foundation, the Charina Endowment Fund, the Cowell's
(11:11):
Charitable Trust, the Joseph andJoan Coleman Foundation for the
Arts, the Forman Family Foundation, Agnes Gund, The Mark
Haas Foundation, Hartfield Foundation, William Talbot
Hillman Foundation, Armatian Arts Fund, KHR Mcneely Family
Foundation, Kevin Rosemary and Hannah Rose Mcneely, The Donald
(11:35):
Apels Charitable Trust, Red Crane Foundation, the Meyer and
Dee and Charlin Foundation, and the Silverweed Foundation.
Public Art Fund exhibitions and programs are also supported in
part with public funds from government agencies, including
the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of
(11:55):
the Oaths of the Governor and the New York State Legislature
and the New York City Departmentof Cultural Layers in
partnership with the City Council.
Sight responsive Pavilion explores sound and memory.
Torqueways Dyson Acua May 6th, 2025 to March 8th 2026 Pier One
Bridgeview Lawn Brooklyn Bridge Park Public Art Fund will
present Torqueways Dyson Acua, the artist S first major public
(00:22):
installation in New York City, on view at Pier One in Brooklyn
Bridge park from May 6th, 2025 through March 8th, 2026.
Acua is a large, open pavilion with an immersive multi channel
soundscape that expands Dyson S ongoing investigations of shape,
(00:42):
light and scale. Acua explores new Sonic
encounters between bodies and environments using sound
recordings. Dyson transforms a 20 foot high
steel and aluminum pavilion intowhat the artist envisions as a
spatial drawing. Visitors are invited to enter
the pavilion where they can sit and experience recorded sound.
(01:05):
Moving across 8 speakers, including layered conversations
from Black archives, nature field recordings, and electronic
sounds, ACUA explores how sound operates as geography, shaping
our perception of space and time.
Dyson says the work is not aboutconfinement, but rather about
(01:27):
the excess of possibility beyondenclosure.
It creates a place of presence where visitors can engage with
sound, light and form in an intimate, liminal and immersive
way. Situated within the landscape of
Brooklyn Bridge Park S surrounding landmarks and
waterways, the sculpture as porosity errs an experience that
(01:49):
is both open and grounding. The structure as repeating matte
black vertical slats create a sense of rhythm that echoes the
movement of water and air, inviting visitors to wander,
listen and engage at their own pace.
The 8 channel Sonic composition explores breath as geography,
highlighting for listeners how the space between words, subtle
(02:12):
breaths, humps, pauses can carrymemories of specific places.
Dyson prompts audiences to consider what the space between
words and silence can reveal about land, water,
infrastructure and what she refers to as a black experience
defined by the migration of sound torqueways.
Dyson understands shape and light as fundamental elements
(02:35):
guiding our experience of the world.
Public Art Fund Senior curator Melanie Cress says with ACUA,
she creates A sculptural and Sonic environment that prompts
us to consider how we move through space, how we listen,
and how we locate ourselves within broader historical and
geographical contexts. The work S title Acua holds deep
(03:00):
personal and conceptual resonance for Dyson.
Inspired by her wordsmith cousinof the same name, Acua means
born on Wednesday in West African akin tradition and
reflects a philosophy of improvisation, transformation
and boundless connection. Dyson S art practice engages
with histories of black migration, architecture and
(03:23):
environmental systems through large scale outdoor commissions
that explore architectural scaleacross diverse sites.
Her repeating geometric language, comprising curves,
triangles and rectangles, is inspired by architectural spaces
used for escape and transformation.
With ACUA, Dyson prompts audiences to consider the space
(03:45):
between words and silence and what it can reveal.
Torqueways Dyson. ACUA is curated by Public Art
Fund senior curator Melanie Cress with assistant curator
Jenny Dorius. Strand at Public Art Fund.
Turquoise Dyson When and where? Starting on May 6th, 2025, ACUA
(04:08):
will be on view at Pier One Bridgeview Lawn in Brooklyn
Bridge Park. The exhibition can be explored
anytime, anywhere on the free Bloomberg Connects app.
About the Artist Torqueways Dyson describes herself as a
painter working across multiple mediums to explore the
continuity between ecology, infrastructure, and
(04:30):
architecture. She frequently creates
compositions of three hyper shapes, A rectangular box, a
triangle, and a trapezoid. Each form references a
historical person who escaped confinement through a space of
that shape. For example, Harriet Jacobs, who
spent seven years in a trapezoidal attic crawl space as
(04:53):
representations of spaces used for escape, migration, and
transformation. Dyson S hyper shapes embody a
black experience defined by constant shape shifting and
change. Dyson has been lauded with major
outdoor commissions at Desert X Palm Desert, CA 2023, Counter
(05:14):
Public in St. Louis, MO, 2023, and the Whitney
Museum of American Art as part of the 2024 Whitney Biennial.
Dyson studied sociology, social work, and Fine Arts at Tougaloo
College in Mississippi and received ABFA from Virginia
Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA, in 1999 and an MFA
(05:38):
from the Yale School of Art in New Haven, CT in 2003.
She has held one artist exhibitions at Graham
Foundation, Chicago, 2018, The Drawing Center, New York, 2018,
New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana, 2020, Serpentine
(05:59):
Pavilion, Serpentine Galleries, London, 2021, Hall Art
Foundation, Schloss Derneberg, Germany, 2021, Mildred Lane,
Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, 2023, and Tea Space,
Rhinebeck, NY, 2023, among others.
(06:21):
Dyson was also part of the 13th Shanghai BNL 2020, 112th
Liverpool Biennial, England, 2023, Twelfth Soul Media City,
BNL Soul Museum of Art, 2023, and the 81st Whitney Biennial,
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2024.
(06:43):
Dyson will create the conceptualdesign for superfine tailoring
black style, the Costume Institute's spring 2025
exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Dyson S work is held in notable public collections including the
Art Institute of Chicago, Hall Art Foundation, Reading Vermont
(07:05):
Hammer Museum, University of California, Los Angeles,
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, DC Long Museum, Shanghai National Museum of
African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC,
Meat Art Museum, Amherst College, Massachusetts Mildred
(07:29):
Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Lewis, Missouri, and the Studio
Museum in Harlem, New York, among others.
Related free programming Openingcelebration May 6th 2025 6:00 PM
Brooklyn Bridge Park pier one bridgeview lawn visiting the
(07:52):
exhibition. Brooklyn Bridge Park
Corporation, known as Brooklyn Bridge Park BBP, is the
not-for-profit entity responsible for the planning,
construction, maintenance and operation of Brooklyn Bridge
Park, an 85 acre sustainable waterfront park spanning 1.3
miles along Brooklyn S East River shoreline.
(08:15):
As steward of the park, BBP has transformed this previously
deteriorated stretch of waterfront into a world class
park where the public can gather, play, relax and enjoy
sweeping views of New York Harbor.
The self-sustaining park was designed by the award-winning
firm of Michael Van Valkenburg Associates Incorporated and
(08:35):
features expansive lawns, rolling hills, waterfront
promenades, innovative playgrounds, a Greenway, sports
facilities and the popular Jane S Carousel.
BBP serves thousands of people on any given seasonal day who
come to picnic, walk their dog, play soccer, jog, roller skate
(08:59):
and more. Brooklyn Bridge Park is a
signature public investment for the 21st century and will be an
enduring legacy for the communities, elected authios and
public servants who made it happen.
Subways AC to High Street, F to York Street, 2-3 to Clark
(09:19):
Street, R to Court Street, 4-5 to Borough Hall Buses B25 to
Fulton Ferry landing B 67 to J Street and York Street Ferry,
East River Ferry, New York watertaxi or Governors Island Ferry
to Brooklyn Bridge Park. About Public Art Fund As the
(09:43):
leader in its field, Public Art Fund brings dynamic contemporary
art to a broad audience in New York City and beyond by mounting
ambitious, free exhibitions of international scope and impact
that, over the public, powerful experiences with art and the
urban environment supports leadership.
Support for ACUA is provided by Gray Pace Gallery, the Abrams
(10:07):
Foundation, Elizabeth Furin Pepperman and Richard C
Pepperman, too, and Jennifer Harris, with champion support
from Elise and Andrew Brownstein, Ellen and Andrew
Chellie, Angelo KH Chen and Frederick Wertheim Kirsch
Foundation, Alexandra and Grant Frankel, Jennifer and Jason Neu,
(10:29):
Karen and Sam Seymour, and Allison Weiner and Jerry
Shagner. Generous support from Margot and
Nathan Bram and Linda Lennon andStuart Baskin and major support
from Carla Shen, Torqueways, Dyson, Acua is made possible by
the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the
(10:50):
Oaths of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
Special thanks to Brooklyn Bridge Park and engineering
partner T Weiland. Public Art Fund is supported by
the generosity of individuals, corporations, and private
foundations, along with major support from the Abrams
Foundation, the Charina Endowment Fund, the Cowell's
(11:11):
Charitable Trust, the Joseph andJoan Coleman Foundation for the
Arts, the Forman Family Foundation, Agnes Gund, The Mark
Haas Foundation, Hartfield Foundation, William Talbot
Hillman Foundation, Armatian Arts Fund, KHR Mcneely Family
Foundation, Kevin Rosemary and Hannah Rose Mcneely, The Donald
(11:35):
Apels Charitable Trust, Red Crane Foundation, the Meyer and
Dee and Charlin Foundation, and the Silverweed Foundation.
Public Art Fund exhibitions and programs are also supported in
part with public funds from government agencies, including
the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of
(11:55):
the Oaths of the Governor and the New York State Legislature
and the New York City Departmentof Cultural Layers in
partnership with the City Council.
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