2025 Triennial August 28 - October 26
The Works on Water 2025 Triennial is a multi-sited exhibition and series of public art interventions made on, in, and with urban bodies of water, created in response to our global climate crisis. A full schedule of events can be found here.
OPEN HOURS
Fridays, 2-5:30
Saturdays and Sundays, 12-5:30
By appointment
Free Admission | Drop-In
LMCC’s The Arts Center at Governors Island serves as the hub and central exhibition space for The Works on Water 2025 Triennial. Start your journey on the ferry and hear from the artists directly about their work with the Works on Water 2025 Triennial Audio Guide:
https://soundcloud.com/works-on-water/sets/works-on-water-triennial
The exhibition, curated by Emily Blumenfeld and Kendal Henry with the Works on Water team, frames the growing genre of Water Art as a defining environmental art form of the 21st century, exploring themes of access, exploitation, conservation, remediation, and care. Now in its third edition, this dynamic triennial invites New Yorkers to experience and reimagine the edges of the city through site-specific, participatory, and time-based works, in partnership with Wildlife Conservation Society/NY Aquarium, South Street Seaport, and North Brooklyn Boat Club.
Nora Almeida / iki nakagawa, Frank Bloem, Monica Jahan Bose, Donald Hài Phú Daedalus, Jeremy Dennis, Sherese Francis, Jana Harper, Perrin Ireland, Art Jones, Marie Lorenz, sTo Len, Stacy Levy, Mare Liberum, Mary Mattingly, Wes Modes, Lize Mogel, Eve Mosher, Nancy Nowacek, Jean Shin, Sarah Cameron Sunde, Sunk Shore (Carolyn Hall and Clarinda Mac Low), Elizabeth Velazquez, and Marina Zurkow
The triennial will feature...WATER ARTWORKS by 25 artists/artist collectives
WALKING THE EDGE, a walk of the city’s 520 miles of coastline, in 10-mile segments, from May through the end of October 2025.
The debut of the WATER ART ARCHIVE, an interactive geography of Water Art around the world.
Live Art from the Deep, a RESIDENCY in partnership with the Wildlife Conservation Society / NY Aquarium focused on research expeditions of HUDSON CANYON. Residents Sherese Francis and Perrin Ireland will be working on-site at the Aquarium for the month of September.
and WORKSHOPS by
Jeremy Dennis, July 12: “Protest Sign-Making for Shinnecock Sovereignty and Water Protection”
More & More (Marina Zurkow and Sarah Rothenberg), July 26: “More&More Futures: Coastal Edition”
Lize Mogel, September 6: “Performing Infrastructure”
Sunk Shore (Clarinda Mac Low and Carolyn Hall), September 27: “Understanding Climate Change, Embodying Shorelines”
The Works on Water 2025 Triennial Exhibition is presented by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council as part of the 2025 River to River Festival with support from the Cultural Development Fund, Invoking the Pause, exhibiting artists, and Works on Water’s partner organizations, including the Wildlife Conservation Society, Waterfront Alliance, and the South Street Seaport Museum.
Works on Water 2025 Triennial Exhibition TeamLarissa Bailiff, Text and Label Copy
Donald Hài Phú Daedalus, Installation Lead
Taylor Friel with Louisa Thompson, Exhibition Design
Kaia Merrell, Lighting Design
Adriana Guiman, Video Installation
Christopher Bisram, Production Assistant / Gallery Attendant
Sneha Ganguly, Installation Support
Amy Ritter and Katt Kilcullen, Fabricators
Gretchen Burger, Audio Guide Editor
Jack Woods, Production Manager
Sarah Cameron Sunde, Producer for Works on Water
Brandon Cournay, Producer for LMCC
With special thanks to Keith Miller, Aaron Louis, Jesse McDonald, Justin Nestor, Edgar Westerhof, and the many individuals and communities who have supported and participated in the making of each of these works.
Works on Water Core Organizing Team: Emily Blumenfeld, Carolyn Hall, sTo Len, Clarinda Mac Low, Nancy Nowacek, Sarah Cameron Sunde
LMCC Team: Moe Yousuf, Emma Montoya Hills, Willl Penrose, Brandon Cournay, Jack Woods, Elana Engelman-Lado, Hannah Myers, Jordan Morley, Kelsi Ford, Benjamin Papac, Jesse Freedman, Ana Karen Esparza Aguilar, Kurt Chiang, Jac Clayton