The core of the Sea-Song team consists of two individuals, Sarah Quinter and Robert Pluma.
Sarah is the initiator and lead artist on this project, which has been in the works since December 2012. She is a young NYC-born artist based in Brooklyn, with a fine arts training and experience doing arts, organizing, and educational projects with youth. Her mother grew up five blocks from where Sea-Song will be, and beachgoing trips to the peninsula were an important part of her childhood. After Sandy struck, she sought a way to respond. This project has emerged from the creative input and tangible support of many people. Though she came to the Rockaways with a vision, it is an open ended one that continues to evolve based on the input of stakeholders in affected communities and the opportunities arising in the unique context of post-Sandy Rockaway. Sea-Song is an attempt at an artistic practice that lies between the aesthetic and the social. It is rooted in the belief that beauty is to be found not only in the arrangement of forms and colors, but also in the processes which develop agency, connection, and vision amongst people seeking a better future.
Having spent a great deal of time volunteering for Sandy relief operations, Robert has developed a strong connection to many communities impacted by the storm and is excited to be working on a creative project which can bring hope to a devastated community. He joined the project to build the steel sub-structure, and has now partnered with Sarah to see the project through to completion, committing his design, fabrication, outreach and multimedia skills to ensure the projects' success.
Sarah is the initiator and lead artist on this project, which has been in the works since December 2012. She is a young NYC-born artist based in Brooklyn, with a fine arts training and experience doing arts, organizing, and educational projects with youth. Her mother grew up five blocks from where Sea-Song will be, and beachgoing trips to the peninsula were an important part of her childhood. After Sandy struck, she sought a way to respond. This project has emerged from the creative input and tangible support of many people. Though she came to the Rockaways with a vision, it is an open ended one that continues to evolve based on the input of stakeholders in affected communities and the opportunities arising in the unique context of post-Sandy Rockaway. Sea-Song is an attempt at an artistic practice that lies between the aesthetic and the social. It is rooted in the belief that beauty is to be found not only in the arrangement of forms and colors, but also in the processes which develop agency, connection, and vision amongst people seeking a better future.
Having spent a great deal of time volunteering for Sandy relief operations, Robert has developed a strong connection to many communities impacted by the storm and is excited to be working on a creative project which can bring hope to a devastated community. He joined the project to build the steel sub-structure, and has now partnered with Sarah to see the project through to completion, committing his design, fabrication, outreach and multimedia skills to ensure the projects' success.