The Six Foot Platform

Honorarium
$1,250

Payment will be made on the day of appearance.

What:
THE SIX FOOT PLATFORM is an experimental art & performance program, inviting Brooklyn-based artists in all mediums to activate a 6x6 platform at the intersection of Washington and Water Streets, Dumbo’s most iconic block, for a single summer Saturday from 1-8pm.
Washington Street is Brooklyn’s most iconic street, photographed more than 100 times per minute by visitors across the City and globe. Part of Dumbo’s Open Streets program, this is the 2nd time this opportunity is being offered. The “audience” is fluid, and flexible. Dumbonians, New Yorkers, and visitors from further afield, some on Washington Street for the first time, some seeking out your work specifically.
This is a space-within-a-space, an experiment, an intervention in public space. The expectation is that the platform be activated CONTINUOUSLY throughout the course of the residency 1-8pm. The experience of the space can change over time, but it should be constant and deliberate.
The work must be appropriate for all ages and be suitable for public space.

We’re open to all mediums. Some things we can envision here are:

• Living sculpture, or sculptures;
• Performance art;
• Installation that makes creative use of the structure, the wind, the view.
• Live performances, including puppetry, dance, theater, and spoken word.

Where:
Washington and Water Street, Dumbo’s most iconic block.

When:
Each residency encompasses one summer Saturday, from 1pm-8pm. Load in begins at 11am. Load out must be completed by 9pm.

Requirements

Review Criteria

• Artistic merit of the proposed project
• Quality and clarity of application narrative
• Audience benefit to be derived from the project
• Non-duplication of similar project in type of programming
• Clearly defined ability to successfully complete the project
  
• We want to curate a purposeful “mixed bag” of applicants & Platformers reflective of our beloved borough - that means we’ll be looking for diverse types of art as well as artists (emerging or established)!