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36.5 / A Durational Performance with the Sea (2013–present) is a series of nine site-specific participatory performances and video artworks, taking place in nine different bodies of water around the world. In each, I stand in a tidal area for a full tidal cycle as water slowly engulfs my body and then recedes. The public participates in all aspects of making the work. Each work in the series consists of a live performance event, a long-form cinematic video work, and varied ephemera. The project examines the temporary nature of all things and our contemporary relationship with water in urban environments—as individuals, as communities, and as a species.

Issue 16: Governors Island Un-EarthedSarah Cameron SundeMay 19, 2020Jamaica Bay, East River, Hudson River, Buttermilk Channel, Hallets Cove, Issue 16

Paper Trail

Paper Trail is a mixed-reality experimental climate change fiction project. Inspired by climate change research and sea-level projections, the tour depicts New York City in different future eras as it grapples with rising sea levels—unless we do something more to combat climate change today.

Paper Trail was developed by A.E. Souzis during her WoW/UNY residency in 2019 and was inspired by (and features) drawings of possible NYC futures made by Governors Island visitors during her 2018 WoW/UNY residency with /rive art collective.

Issue 16: Governors Island Un-EarthedA.E. SouzisApril 6, 2020Issue 16, New York Harbor, Genre Fluid, Buttermilk Channel

Underwater New York is a platform for writing, art, and music inspired by the waterways of New York City.