HISTORY—FIGMENT co-presents New Island Festival
Towards the end of the 2009 summer season, FIGMENT was asked to partner with other New York cultural organizations to co-present the New Island Festival, a performing arts festival co-created by two leading Dutch Festivals, Oerol and De Parade. It was an honor for FIGMENT to be listed as a co-presenter along with organizations such as The Joyce Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, St. Ann’s, Watermill Center, Under the Radar, HERE, PS 122, and many others. As part of the two-week-long festival (September 10-20, 2009), FIGMENT curated a group of performances and activities in the FIGMENT Terrace area of the island where the minigolf course and sculpture garden were located, all day Saturday and Sunday for both weekends.
Since the New Island Festival kept the island open until midnight, FIGMENT decided to try to do events at night on the island for the first time, programming FIGMENT Terrace until 11pm on two sequential Saturday evenings. Artists including Chris Jordan, Aaron Taylor Kuffner, Jason Blakkat, Ad Hoc Arts, the Glass Bead Collective, and many others came out to keep the terrace alive into the night.
