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surrounding area through the work’s
ability to reflect and refract light onto the
built environment.
The units not only provide a filtered
perspective of the space, but also contain
love notes to Long Island City written by
community members. These love notes
are submitted by community members
through a QR code on the ground at
the site, and are added to the work over
time. These love notes range from poems
to motivational quotes written by the
community and visitors, and become
drivers for conversations within the
space. Ribbon becomes a collaborative,
communal platform existing in harmony
with the surrounding context brought to
life through the engagement of its users.
This project required coordination
between The Urban Conga, Hive Public
Space, several private businesses,
NYC Parks and Recreation, Boyce
Technologies, and the Long Island City
Partnership to make it happen. The
project was developed in modular forms
to allow easy disassembly and the ability
to be transported into another space
within the city. As it travels around, it
will continue to share the communities’
love notes provided in each area, and will
display the various perceptions of the city
and what it has provided for different
community members. dw

Technical sheet
• Client: Long Island City Partnership
and New York City Parks and
Recreation
• Year: 2021
• Location: Long Island City, NY –
USA
• Project Size: 528 ft
• Designers: The Urban Conga & Hive
Public Spaces
• Fabrication: Boyce Technologies

www.theurbanconga.com

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