Two weeks ago I came across Sarah Nelson Wright's compelling statement about Brooklyn Makes published here on Urban Omnibus. A thoughtful text for a contemplative project. I stopped by when she presented the project recently on the streets of North Brooklyn. Wright made three short videos of three different manufacturers in the Williamsburg-Greenpoint…

For the past year I have been working on a project called Brooklyn Makes, a site-specific video installation in the Greenpoint Williamsburg Industrial Zone. On October 9th and 10th, streets that normally seem dark and deserted at night will be activated with three large, colorful video projections revealing the highly skilled and creative labor that takes place inside during the day. Captured inside each business, the videos and sounds bring North Brooklyn’s hidden labor onto the public streets...

The first impromptu Omnibus meet-up, thanks in large part to our friends at WNYC, was a huge success. More than 80 people showed up to explore the Newtown Creek Nature Walk with its designer, artist and longtime creek explorer George Trakas. George graciously shared design strategies, local histories and anecdotes from a ten-year…