The Works on Water 2020 Triennial Video Show presents gorgeous short videos on the watery collisions of history, culture, infrastructure, race, class, access, ritual, and desire. Screenings all weekend—join today at 3! Works on Water mailchi.mp/0b024c88a123/w…

“How does the aesthetic construction of the waterfront shape our ideas about what the city is, what it can be, and who it’s for?“ Nicole Miller on waterfront aesthetics and the artists working to shape an island imagination. Works on Water Culture Push urbanomnibus.net/2020/09/posts-…

Hi. We're Periplus, a new collective seeking to mentor promising BIPOC writers. We're taking applications now for the inaugural class, starting in 2021. Follow us here, and help us tell everyone! bit.ly/periplusfaq

Someone in my feed recently tweeted one of these charts for coastal Brazil; these are amazing. Wind-direction charts of the open ocean, where space is cataloged in terms of numbers and intensities, as if navigating the cosmos. Occult spacetime maps. [loc.gov/item/200957593…]

“But some fish, such as the sailfin catfish, make sounds by rubbing their body parts together like crickets. Then their air-filled swim bladders act like a drum to amplify the sound.” nytimes.com/2020/11/10/sci…

Our Fall/Winter issue is here! OBJECT PLAY features new work by Safia Jama, Asiya Wadud and Yi Xin Tong. We explore how object-based art can inform a de-colonized relationship with local waters. Created in dialogue with PPEH @safiaPOET asiya wadud bit.ly/36pNjI5

"The storm is not off aways. / The storm is here." Read @safiaPOET's gorgeous meditation on confinement and freedom in our new issue OBJECT PLAY. underwaternewyork.com/all-pieces/onc…

"Because this virus is very much invisible and formless, I wanted to give form to it in a certain way." Artist Yi Xin Tong on his video work, "Coronavirus Catch & Cook in NYC," in our new issue OBJECT PLAY. underwaternewyork.com/all-pieces/cor…

did you want another kind of life? dreamt of your gas cooktop? rolled pennies roiled nickles degenerate hands tied behind my back let live Read asiya wadud's poem "ANOTHER METONYM (or the hot plate)" in our current issue. underwaternewyork.com/all-pieces/ano…

Congratulations to our friend and collaborator Sarah Cameron Sunde! We're thrilled to see the Guggenheim Fellowship recognize her work as a performance artist--the honor is so well-deserved! Sarah Cameron Sunde gf.org/announcement-2…

Why This Toxic Canal Zone Is a Litmus Test for N.Y.C. Development nytimes.com/2021/04/09/nyr…

We join so many others in mourning Kamilah Aisha Moon. For those who may want to hear her voice, we’ve added a recording she made of her poem “Net Worth: Sandy Ground’s Harvest” to the landing page of our site. underwaternewyork.com vimeo.com/425627775

This conversation between Christina Sharpe (@hystericalblkns) and Alexis Pauline Gumbs (@alexispauline) was a dream of ours for this issue. Both of their works engage with the Atlantic Ocean in relation to Blackness and, in the case of Alexis, marine mammals as well...

After a long hiatus, we're excited to present newly commissioned work from Mateo Askaripour, Bernard Ferguson, and Whit Harris. We'll be in conversation with the artists at CUNY Brooklyn College on 3/10. Brooklyn College The Wolfe Institute for the Humanities Mateo Askaripour b @whitharris

It was wonderful to be in person with Mateo Askaripour @whitharris and b at Brooklyn College yesterday, celebrating their work in UNY’s new issue, Byways: Three Artists on Brooklyn’s Black Waterfront. The Wolfe Institute for the Humanities Center for the Study of Brooklyn

“A Harp in the Head,” my first published short story, is out w/ Underwater New York 🌊 Didn't commission art, so enjoy this photo of my parents after they got married. No honeymoon, but they went to the Statue of Liberty to celebrate. Ice cream & smiles. Read: bit.ly/3sXgjlW

More info on the issue here: underwaternewyork.com/issue-18-byways and oral history interview here: underwaternewyork.com/all-pieces/a-h…

"The city owns a huge amount of land upstate — an area that’s almost as large as New York City itself." Lize Mogel’s Walking the Watershed investigates NYC's extended geography, via its far-reaching infrastructure. I interviewed her for @UrbanOmnibus. urbanomnibus.net/2022/04/flows-…

We're thrilled to host a virtual poetry reading with three UNY contributors—Bernard Ferguson, Arden Levine, and Julia LoFaso—for the Queens Public Library's summer reading theme, Oceans of Possibilities. Join us on June 15 at 7pm! b Julia LoFaso queenslibrary.org/calendar/ocean…

Join us online tomorrow, where we’ll be hosting a poetry reading with the Queens Public Library! Queens Public Library queenslib.org/3Fp2e5s