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Update #5: Inhabitat.com
We just got picked up by inhabitat.com. Check it out.
http://inhabitat.com/help-bring-a-sustainable-treehouse-to-governors-island-nyc-this-summer/
Update #4: Backed By Build It Green!NYC
Hey Check this out. I've partnered with Build It Green! NYC. They've posted my project p on their site. BIG!NYC is a Non-for-profit reseller of reclaimed construction materials. If you're doing any kind of home improvement or art project, you should check them out!
http://bignyc.org/news/sustainable-tree-house-going-governors-island
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This project reached the deadline without achieving its funding goal on February 26, 2011.
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Club Iniates Will receive a custom designed members club card, their name on the donor plaque and an invite to the members only picnic to be held at the TreeHouse.
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Club Member: As above with the addition of a specially design member's patch.
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Club Secretary: All of the above with the addition of a signed 10x12 print of the finished TreeHouse.
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Club President: All of the above with the addition of getting your named carved into the TreeHouse walls. We can do it for you or you can do it yourself, if that's your thing.
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Benjamin Jones is a multi-disciplinary designer and artist living in Brooklyn, NY. He grew up in upstate New York and attended college at Syracuse University with a degree in Set Design for Theater. He moved to NYC in 1999, where he has been working in the fields of architecture, acoustics and sculpture. Most Recently, Benjamin Graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology with a Masters degree in Exhibition Design.
Granted Installation Projects:
2011 Figment Arts Festival: Season Long Sculpture Garden, " A Sustainable TreeHouse"
2009 Figment Arts Festival: Season Long Sculpture Garden, “Discarded” Governors Island, NYC, Black Rock Arts and Greenwall Arts Foundation Grants
2008 City of Dreams Mini-golf Course, Governors Island, NY “RollerBall” Figment Art Grant
2007 Burning Man Art Festival, Black Rock Dessert, NV “The Trees”, Burning Man Art Grant
Installations:
2005-2006 Burning Man Art Festival, “Lego Block City” Black Rock Dessert, NV
2003-2005 Wonderland Art Collective “Please Touch” Queens, NY
Group Exhibitions:
2004 Gallapgos Art Space “Arts and Sciences” Brooklyn, NY
2003 Redux Gallery “Surfaces”, New York, NY
Residencies:
2002-2004 Wonderland Art Collective, Queens, NY
Miscellaneous:
Founder of Gnome Camp Art Project http://www.gnomecamp.com
