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    Greg Corbino’s Fish Puppets Made from Reclaimed Trash Migrate Along the Hudson River

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    2022 performance of “Murmurations”
    at the River to River Festival. Photo
    by Robin Michals. All images shared with permission

    Greg Corbino’s Fish Puppets Made from Reclaimed Trash Migrate Along the Hudson River

    June 21, 2025

    ArtClimateNature

    Kate Mothes

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    Beginning in the Adirondack Mountains and flowing south into New York Harbor, the iconic Hudson River stretches 315 miles through scenic valleys and creative towns. It’s also a migration route for numerous species of fish, from sturgeon and bass to herring and eels, which head upstream every year to spawn. Contending with habitat destruction due to pollution and the effects of the climate crisis, the survival of these fish is increasingly imperiled. Fortunately, art and activism have a way of bringing these urgent issues to light while also bridging local communities.

    Last weekend marked the inaugural Fish Migration Celebration organized by Riverkeeper, an outfit devoted to protecting and advocating for the health of the Hudson River watershed. Unmissable amid the festivities were a series of large-scale puppets by artist Greg Corbino, part of his ongoing sculpture-meets-performance series, Murmurations.

    2022 performance of “Murmurations” at the River to River Festival. Photo by Robin Michals

    Corbino designed a larger-than-life gold sturgeon to adorn a sailing ship that led a flotilla from Chelsea Pier in New York City up to Croton-on-Hudson, home of Hudson River Music Festival. Corbino’s papier-mâché marine creatures, ranging from oysters and sturgeon to a seahorse and a whale, performed their own migration, parading along the riverbank in both locations.

    The artist describes the collective performance as a “puppet poem of city and sea” and creates each work from plastic trash he removes from New York City waterways and beaches. Through partnerships with events like the Fish Migration Celebration and New York City’s River to River Festival, he aims to highlight the impacts of climate change and raise awareness of increasing plastic pollution in our oceans.

    See more of Corbino’s work on his site.

    Riverkeeper’s Fish Migration Celebration. Photo by Priya Shah

    Riverkeeper’s Fish Migration Celebration. Photo by Rhiannon Catalyst

    Riverkeeper’s Fish Migration Celebration. Photo by Priya Shah

    2022 performance of “Murmurations” at the River to River Festival. Photo by Robin Michals

    Riverkeeper’s Fish Migration Celebration. Photo courtesy of Riverkeeper

    2022 performance of “Murmurations” at the River to River Festival. Photo by Robin Michals

    Riverkeeper’s Fish Migration Celebration. Photo courtesy of Riverkeeper

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      CDK Company Makes Moves Through a Contemporary Art Museum to Billie Eilish’s ‘Bittersuite’

      February 26, 2025

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      Kate Mothes

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      Championing the next generation of dancers in The Netherlands, CDK Company (previously) has made a name for itself through large-scale interpretations of pop music involving numerous dancers in playful, themed outfits. For the group’s latest video, director and choreographer Sergio Reis and team took on Billie Eilish’s “Bittersuite” from her 2024 album Hit Me Hard and Soft.

      Set among paintings and installations in Museum Voorlinden, three dozen performers don pastel garments evocative of 1960s fashion, all wearing identical dark, bowl cut wigs.

      Whether moving through a gallery of paintings by Michaël Borremans, stationed inside a 4-meter-high Corten steel sculpture by Richard Serra, or synchronizing around the edge of Leandro Erlich’s “Swimming Pool,” CDK leads us on a vibrant, emotive journey through Eilish’s music and the museum’s art collection.

      Find more on CDK’s website and dance along to more videos on Reis’s YouTube channel.

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