Thank You!

Thanks to everyone who helped make this incredible and successful exhibition of new and experimental art on Governors Island during the summer of 2008!

Sarah Nicole Phillips


Photo image: EMERGENCE

Sarah Nicole Phillips

"98°", 2008
Temperature sensitive screenprint
14" x 22"


Concept: "98° serves as a metaphor for the effect that visitors will have on Governors Island. Over time, the island’s function and landscape will be determined by the people, changing inevitably as it has so often in the past. The title 98° refers to the approximate body temperature of humans on the Fahrenheit scale as well as a cartographer’s unit of measurement.

Participate: The image of Governors Island is printed with regular green ink and the surrounding waterway is printed with thermochromic (heat-sensitive) dark blue ink that disappears at a set temperature. Participants may touch the image with a warm body part. The blue ink on this print disappears when it reaches human body temperature. As the ink heats up, it will disappear. For optimal results, be patient and touch the map for longer periods of time.

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