The Time Capsule
What's your message to the future?
Help Create A New Wurts Street Bridge Time Capsule!
June 17 & 18, 2023
10am - 6pm, FREE Admission
During the renovation of the century-old Wurts Street Bridge, a time capsule was discovered. No one knew it was there! Unfortunately, the effects of moisture and 100 plus years had taken their toll. Only rotted paper remained with the intended message from the past lost to time.
As work continues to renovate the bridge to its former glory, an idea emerged to create a new Time Capsule. Over this last year, the community has created a treasure trove of artwork; ceramics, sculptures, photography and interview recordings, answering the question: "What is your message to the future?" This event will showcase what's been curated so far and invites the community to create new messages to be sealed away in the Time Capsule for future generations to discover.
At the event, there will be interactive workshops for the whole family; a chance to record your personal message, write a message in a bottle, participate in a community mural, make a worry doll, and lots more! All will be archived on the Documentary website before it goes into the Time Capsule..
As work continues to renovate the bridge to its former glory, an idea emerged to create a new Time Capsule. Over this last year, the community has created a treasure trove of artwork; ceramics, sculptures, photography and interview recordings, answering the question: "What is your message to the future?" This event will showcase what's been curated so far and invites the community to create new messages to be sealed away in the Time Capsule for future generations to discover.
At the event, there will be interactive workshops for the whole family; a chance to record your personal message, write a message in a bottle, participate in a community mural, make a worry doll, and lots more! All will be archived on the Documentary website before it goes into the Time Capsule..
The capstone containing the Time Capsule where the new community-created capsule will be placed.
Programming
ENJOY
Music by Pablo Shine Jazz, Jay Ungar, and Molly Mason; delicious food from We Got the Juice, scrumptious deserts from Rosie General, interactive workshops for the whole family; a chance to record your own personal message, and more!
RELAX & LEARN
Take a special Solaris ride down the Rondout to the bridge so you can learn all about its fascinating history
CREATE YOUR MESSAGE FOR THE TIME CAPSULE
GIVE VOICE! - Record your message for the future.
MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE - Add your message or drawing to a glass bottle sealed for posterity.
COMMUNITY MURAL - Leave your hand print, your drawing and your message on a mural of the bridge!
CREATE A WORRY DOLL - Andrea Del Cid from The Reher Center will guide you through this traditional healing craft based on a Mayan legend from Guatemala to help us deal with our worries and send your positive message to the future.
¡CREA UNA MUÑECA QUITAPENAS! - Andrea Del Cid del Centro Reher te guiará a través de este oficio de sanación tradicional basado en una leyenda Maya de Guatemala para limpiar tus preocupaciones y enviar tu mensaje positivo al futuro.
BUILD A BRIDGE! The Hudson River Maritime Museum brings out your inner engineer. We will be helping children construct their own suspension bridge using toothpicks and marshmallows. This exercise gives a sense of the type of structural support required to keep a bridge elevated with anchors and cables.
TOPICS OF INTEREST - Kingston Library has created prompts of important issues within our community. Weigh in and share your opinions! Let people in the future know what is important to this community now.
THE BRIDGE AS MUSE
A display of fine art photography and painting by notable local artists who have been inspired by the bridge.
Music by Pablo Shine Jazz, Jay Ungar, and Molly Mason; delicious food from We Got the Juice, scrumptious deserts from Rosie General, interactive workshops for the whole family; a chance to record your own personal message, and more!
RELAX & LEARN
Take a special Solaris ride down the Rondout to the bridge so you can learn all about its fascinating history
CREATE YOUR MESSAGE FOR THE TIME CAPSULE
GIVE VOICE! - Record your message for the future.
MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE - Add your message or drawing to a glass bottle sealed for posterity.
COMMUNITY MURAL - Leave your hand print, your drawing and your message on a mural of the bridge!
CREATE A WORRY DOLL - Andrea Del Cid from The Reher Center will guide you through this traditional healing craft based on a Mayan legend from Guatemala to help us deal with our worries and send your positive message to the future.
¡CREA UNA MUÑECA QUITAPENAS! - Andrea Del Cid del Centro Reher te guiará a través de este oficio de sanación tradicional basado en una leyenda Maya de Guatemala para limpiar tus preocupaciones y enviar tu mensaje positivo al futuro.
BUILD A BRIDGE! The Hudson River Maritime Museum brings out your inner engineer. We will be helping children construct their own suspension bridge using toothpicks and marshmallows. This exercise gives a sense of the type of structural support required to keep a bridge elevated with anchors and cables.
TOPICS OF INTEREST - Kingston Library has created prompts of important issues within our community. Weigh in and share your opinions! Let people in the future know what is important to this community now.
THE BRIDGE AS MUSE
A display of fine art photography and painting by notable local artists who have been inspired by the bridge.
PAST PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED FOR THE TIME CAPSULE THIS PAST YEAR
MAD hosted Celebration of the Arts Community clay workshop, creating more than 50 glazed and fired ceramic discs for the Time Capsule. These will stand the test of time. All the discs will be displayed and a random lottery will be drawn to decide which discs will be buried with the Time Capsule. All will be photographed for the archive on this website. Participants will be notified.
SEEDS FOR THE FUTURE - The DRAW - Inspired by Native American tradition of preserving seeds for generations to come, students sculpted seed balls in the shape of an heirloom fruit or vegetable. Created with artist Karen James
HOMES OF THE FUTURE - PUGG created an art installation which envisions homes of the future through emotional and political lenses. (The installation will be physically displayed at the exhibition and digitally photographed for the time capsule and this website’s Time Capsule Archive.)
MY WORLD - My Kingston Kids participated in a photography project capturing Kingston from kid's perspectives. They have created images from their world that are meaningful to them that they want to share with the future. All the images will be presented on a monitor and a special art book has been created to include in the capsule.
Read more here.
MAD hosted Celebration of the Arts Community clay workshop, creating more than 50 glazed and fired ceramic discs for the Time Capsule. These will stand the test of time. All the discs will be displayed and a random lottery will be drawn to decide which discs will be buried with the Time Capsule. All will be photographed for the archive on this website. Participants will be notified.
SEEDS FOR THE FUTURE - The DRAW - Inspired by Native American tradition of preserving seeds for generations to come, students sculpted seed balls in the shape of an heirloom fruit or vegetable. Created with artist Karen James
HOMES OF THE FUTURE - PUGG created an art installation which envisions homes of the future through emotional and political lenses. (The installation will be physically displayed at the exhibition and digitally photographed for the time capsule and this website’s Time Capsule Archive.)
MY WORLD - My Kingston Kids participated in a photography project capturing Kingston from kid's perspectives. They have created images from their world that are meaningful to them that they want to share with the future. All the images will be presented on a monitor and a special art book has been created to include in the capsule.
Read more here.
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