Iviva Olenick

Embroidering Brooklyn Love Map, Dumbo Arts Festival, 2011

Iviva embroidering The Brooklyn Love Map during the Dumbo Arts Festival, 2011
Iviva embroidering The Brooklyn Love Map during the Dumbo Arts Festival, 2011
Embroidering “Brooklyn Love Map” on-site during the 2011 Dumbo Arts Festival. Thanks to the many visitors who shared their Brooklyn love stories. It was a great time!

 

In 2011, in conjunction with my Brooklyn Love Exchange project, sponsored in part by a NYC Department of Cultural Affairs regrant from BAC, I collected love stories on site at the Dumbo Arts Festival, filling in gaps in my hand stitched map. My friend, Luke Hoorelbeke shot this footage for me of my interviews. I wasn’t mic’ed, and he didn’t always even turn on the sound. So I added in my own narration, reconnecting with visitors like Camie Fung and her husband, who are about to have their 7th wedding anniversary, and Cynthia Alberto of Weaving Hand.