The String That Ties Us Together

Ellie Balk, shot by Linn Edwards

For this project, we connected Old Stone House to Brooklyn Historical Society with a red string. The 2.5 mile path shows both residential and commercial streets, traveling through 6 neighborhoods in this unique area of Brooklyn.

My goal for this project is to raise awareness of ideas of home and how we are connected to our communities. Brooklyn is an extreme representation of the experimentation of the United States as creating a Utopian Society based on making a home away from home. The constant influx of immigration from abroad and from within America into neighborhoods in Brooklyn can raise tensions and connections. Utopia is a concept of an ideal society and Brooklyn is seen as a manifestation of that. As we strive to survive and create new community for our families and ourselves that is genuine to our culture, we create an energy that is felt as the Utopian pulse of Brooklyn.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Brooklyn
• Community
• Home
• Ellie Balk
• Linn Edwards
• red string
• South Brooklyn
• Neighborhood