NEW YORK – Governors Island Arts and NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) today announced a partnership to present Other of Pearl, a site-specific public art exhibition by Jenny Kendler telling the story of our planet’s changing climate.
Located in the historic Fort Jay on Governors Island, Other of Pearl considers the oyster and whale as central players in the ecological and economic entanglement between human and nonhuman beings. The artist confronts contemporary environmental issues—ocean noise, chemical pollution, climate change and sea level rise—while pointing to the extractive histories that form the origin stories of our climate crisis.
Other of Pearl opens to the public on Friday, June 14, and will be open Wednesday to Sunday through the end of October at historic Fort Jay, part of the Governors Island National Monument. The exhibit marks the first public…