Bushwick Beergarden
Bushwick Beer Garden, 2008 -
“Bushwick Beer Garden” 2008 – present. I co-created a social and community
interaction space called the Bushwick Beer Garden in Brooklyn NY. Over the past
three years the Beer Garden has held dozens of events including a college reunion,
a political puppet theatre debate, Bushwick Open Studios, and numerous interactive
get to know the neighborhood events. The Beer Garden is a temporary autonomous zone
that incorporates the traditions of an authentic German beer garden with the people
and traditions of a very different and rapidly transitioning neighborhood. The space
pays homage to the historical origins of the Bushwick, as farmland that gradually
filled with German immigrants who established a network of breweries to service a
thirsty New York City. In that "spirit", the Beer Garden hopes to incorporate the
culture, people and practices of Brooklyn in the 21st century. The Bushwick Beer
Garden does not charge admission, fees, dues, sell anything, or accept donations
except of food, drink and beverages are always collective.
