Tracie Hervy

Three Boroughs

Tracie Hervy’s Three Boroughs is installed on a hill along the southeast waterfront of Randall’s Island Park. In the piece, three wooden frames echo Randall’s Island’s major geographical axes – thruways connecting the Bronx, Manhattan, and Queens. The frames reflect not only the physical reality of the geometries of Randall’s Island, but also the role it plays in knitting together the fabric of the city. The frames help define how visitors see the world across the river, but their genesis is Randall’s Island. When viewers look through the frames at skyline on the other side, they are looking through Randall’s Island.

The Blog

Movements for Three Boroughs

Posted by Tracie Hervy | September 14, 2016

Movements for Three Boroughs
Five choreographers will present new work inspired by “Three Boroughs”.  Participating choreographers include:


- Chloe Chotrani
- Theresa Duhon
- Frederica Lewis
- Rebecca Lloyd-Jones
- Nina Mendez Marti

Saturday September 17, 2016
5:30 pm to 6:45 pm

Raising the Frames

Posted by Tracie Hervy | May 31, 2016

 

 

Flow Raising Frames 7_1 from Tracie Hervy on Vimeo.

Timberlinx from Tracie Hervy on Vimeo.

 

 

Construction: Day 2 - Concrete pour

Posted by Tracie Hervy | April 20, 2016

Pouring Cement from Tracie Hervy on Vimeo.

The footings are now in place.  In twenty days construction of the frames will begin.  I would like to thank Craig Maldonado, James Burch, and Daniel Cobey, Cyian Brown, Sandy Thomas, and Peter Hunter for all of their hard work.

Construction: Day 1 - Excavation for footings

Posted by Tracie Hervy | April 20, 2016

 

Video of dig from Tracie Hervy on Vimeo.

 

 

 

 

 

Final Construction Drawings

Posted by Tracie Hervy | April 19, 2016

Final construction drawings with notes by engineer.  

The Artist

Tracie Hervy(b. 1970, Chicago, Illinois)

Like many people, drawing was Hervy’s introduction to art. When she was first learning to draw the question was, “What does it look like?” As she got older, she was more interested in “How does it work?” To understand the “How does it work,” she found she needed to find a way of simplifying what she was seeing, so her drawings became diagrams. She uses diagrams in her studies of music, film, as means to understanding the city. It can be a simple line specifying time. It can mark the placement of the edits in a film. It can describe the relationship between spaces. She uses diagrams as a kind of note taking, but has discovered that they can do more than describe what already exists. They can become the starting point of something new – a series of drawings or paintings. At its most ambitious, it approaches architecture. Tracie is a graduate of Oberlin College (BA) and the Rhode Island School of Design (MFA).

For More Information

Website: traciehervy.com/home.html