Mike Estabrook
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The Adventures of La Coronita

Public survey, installation and animation project, 2008
installation in Corona Lake in Flushing Meadows park
Near the Unisphere
Gallery installation at the Queens Museum
Interview in which I discuss the project
Showdown!

In 2008, I was invited to make a work as part of The Queens Museum's community driven arts initiative Corona Plaza, Center of Everywhere. For this work, I created a mascot named "La Coronita", a cute little crown headed girl. I then surveyed citizens about their favorite locations in the neighborhood and asked them to tell me why. I illustrated these anectodes, starring La Coronita animated onto footage taken from these locations. I also installed cut-out figures of La Coronita at these same places.

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