Is Williamsburg Getting A Vessel at the Domino Development?

The French street artists JR is working on a large-scale installation with shipping containers on the Williamsburg waterfront at the Domino development that is soon to open.

A Brooklyn Museum multimedia installation “JR: Chronicles” also currently displays work from the artist, whose images usually touch on social issues while utilizing size with massive paste-ups and portraits.

Stacks of over a dozen blue shipping containers were placed in a triangle formation at the Domino development last week. JR posted an Instagram update last Thursday indicating that the Brooklyn Museum and Italian architectural design studio LOT-EK are also partners on the work in progress.

 

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Work in progress in New York … building a very large installation by the Williamsburg bridge with @brooklynmuseum @lot_ek ! More soon 📸 @marc @lucas_scherrer_production

A post shared by JR (@jr) on Jan 16, 2020 at 9:20am PST

The stacks of shipping containers bring to mind the Vessel sculpture at the Hudson Yards development, although it’s unclear if the Domino installation will also be interactive.

A triangle shape was formed with approximately 16 shipping containers as of last weekend, and on Tuesday LOT-EK shared an update commemorating the second triangle in progress.

 

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OPENING SOON! LOT-EK’s TRIANGLE STACK #2 @jr @marc @brooklynmuseum @silman.structural . . #publicspace #publicart #dominopark #containers#shippingcontainers#containerstack #triangle #blue #cantilever #corner #arrow . . . . . #lot_ek #URBANSCAN + #UPCYCLE #OBJECTS + #OPERATIONS #STACK + #CUT . . #architecture#art#photography

A post shared by LOT-EK (@lot_ek) on Jan 21, 2020 at 5:21am PST

 An opening for the installation has yet to be announced, so stay tuned for details.