July 24
Stop thinking
The back side of South Battery, Building 301
With Kate, 2:30-4:30
Text from Stefany
Kate and I knew each other since our undergrad at Pratt, when we both spent a lot of time in the print shop. Kate is a working artist, practicing painting and printmaking, and is considering to attend grad school very soon. We walked past Nolan Park and settled in front of a shaded entrance to the giant South Battery complex. Kate chose the text “Stop thinking” from Stefany, which also happened to come from her chat with Constanza, a mutual friend and schoolmate of Kate and I. We loosely chatted about medieval farming techniques and her experience working for a soon-to-be corporate art job, while tried hard not to squint looking up to the bright sky.
Instead of using the compost, we used PUREsoil that I also got from Earth Matter. The texture of these aggregates is sandy, with very little clay content: pushed and pressured so deep in the ground, this soil is void of most organic matters and cool to the touch.
Soil from the PUREsoil NYC Program comes from deep excavations at construction sites across the city. It is delivered free of charge to community-based organizations. The soil, derived from the NYC Clean Soil Bank, was deposited by the glaciers more than 10,000 years ago and is chemically pure. (PUREsoil)
Kate gave me her phrase “Grip it and rip it baby”, something she’d repeat to get herself ready for big tasks ahead.