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“We’ve always worked as a collective. It’s not just our own work that we’re trying to generate.” — Peter Cramer
Peter Cramer and Jack Waters have been creating community—and creating IN community—for decades. Le Petit Versailles, a community garden on East 2nd street, is one such creation. You might have walked past the tiny garden hundreds of times without knowing that it’s part of a long history of artists and community members reclaiming corners of the urban landscape.
Peter and Jack were founding members of the performance group “POOL,” which staged performances about race, class, sexuality, and urban ecology, throughout the city in the 1980s and 90s. They’re also longtime residents of the LES, and gardeners! They’ve stewarded “Le Petit Versailles” for the last quarter century, transforming it into a place for performances, community gatherings, and horticulture.
Check out the full video at the link in bio for more of Peter and Jack (and robins), and learn more about POOL in “Life Between Buildings” at MoMA PS1, which closes this weekend! Plus, swing by PS1 on Saturday to catch Peter and Jack in a panel discussion as part of “Art of Land,” a two day event hosted with @theclemente.
🎥: @marissaalper, @noelwoodford
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